Courtesy of Bowie State University Although the CIAA Basketball Tournament brings fans and alumni from around the nation to the week-long event, the Education Day, Career Fair and Tech Summit are among the many off-court activities that attracted Bowie State students and staff. BSU Admissions Office staff and students were on hand at Education Day
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By Alexis Clark Two Tennessee State University students have been selected as ambassadors for the inaugural launch of the Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios Storytellers Lab. The Storytellers Lab is an initiative designed to create partnerships with HBCUs to cultivate diverse creator pipelines within the entertainment industry. Showtime selected TSU students Billy Ashton Briggs and DeShonda Kennerson,
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Courtesy of Langston University Langston University and Wm Conrad Veterans Memorial Gardens have entered into a partnership meant to enhance the way the Veterans Memorial Gardens honors veterans while also giving students opportunities to gain real-world experience. The partnership was signed Nov. 11, 2023, and marks a new era in the relationship between the University
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Michael Strahan is already in the Pro Football Hall of Fame â and many others â but he will soon be in a new one. Strahan is a part of the latest Hall of Fame class at Texas Southern University. The Texas Southern University Sports Hall of Fame, which was reinstated recently, has announced its first
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By Daniel Arkin The head of the NAACP is calling on Black student-athletes to reconsider their decisions to attend public colleges and universities in Florida, challenging a new state policy that bars those institutions from using government funds on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. In a letter sent Monday to current and future student-athletes of the
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By Margaret Attridge Magna Vista Partners CEO Dale E. Jones established a $2.5 million scholarship at Morehouse College to help juniors and seniors graduate from the historically Black men’s college in Atlanta. The âFinishing Wellâ Scholarship will benefit juniors and seniors at the liberal arts college who need help paying for their education in their
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By Quintessa Williams Senate Bill 2726, naming eight public universities, three of which were historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs): Alcorn State University, Mississippi Valley State University, and Jackson State University in the state, failed to pass at the stateâs Capitol. On Monday, the Senate instead moved Senate Bill 2725, (introduced by Sen. Nicole Boyd) which would establish a taskforce made up of
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By Sholnn Freeman The Department of Pediatrics and Child Health in the Howard University College of Medicine has been awarded close to $1 million in grant funding from a new Gilead Sciences Inc. initiative dedicated to improving the HIV landscape for Black women and girls. Gilead Sciences announced awards this week totaling $12.6 million in grant
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By Adam Bearne “Black people don’t skate.” That’s what figure skating coach Jordan McCreary Graham was told when she tried to start a club when she was attending North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU.) Now, two of the coach’s students are proving that wrong. Maya James and
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By Dantee Ramos Texas A&M womenâs golf has made history on the course, but Zoe Slaughter has also left her mark on campus. In 2021, Slaughter became the first Black player to join Texas A&M Womenâs Golf since 1975. âMy time hereâs been awesome,â Slaughter told KAGS. âWeâve always had a pretty great team, hard work ethic. Iâve just been having a good time here playing good tournaments, playing good golf and
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