By Quintessa Williams Seven public Mississippi universities are getting millions in funding from the state — including its three public HBCUs. According to the Clarion Ledger, Alcorn State University, Jackson State University, and Mississippi Valley State University are three of the seven schools receiving millions of dollars to put toward capital project spending. Senate Bill 2468, which was signed into
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She’s the U.S. Open champion. One of the highest paid female athlete in the world. And a frustrated Floridian. American tennis player Coco Gauff has never been afraid to use her voice. Not when she delivered an impromptu speech at a Black Lives Matter rally at the age of 16. And not now at age 20 when she’s preparing to
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Courtesy of Tuskegee University Tuskegee University students from different majors worked together to complete a reimagined design of Legion Field Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. The project is part of a partnership with the NFL and the Robert R. Taylor School of Architecture and Construction Science that was announced last fall. The students participated in this multi-disciplinary
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By Aimee Picchi The White House on Wednesday said it has approved $7.7 billion of student debt cancellation for 160,500 borrowers, part of its ongoing effort to provide relief after the Supreme Court last year blocked President Joe Biden’s plan for broad-based college loan forgiveness. With the latest round of forgiveness, the administration has erased a total of $167
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Courtesy of Bowie State University The Prince George’s County Alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta marked its 50th anniversary with donations $50,000 and $1,000 to support scholarships at Bowie State University. “We thought about how to cement partnerships in Prince George’s County and also to elevate our commitment to education,” said Miriam Brewer, chapter president. “We’ve
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By Danielle Layton There’s nothing quite like watching a historically Black college’s marching band rouse a crowd during halftime — except, perhaps, six HBCU marching bands performing back to back. Last year, Alabama State University hosted the Honda Battle of the Bands, making it the first college to host the event on campus. The next show is
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Written by the Howard University Newsroom staff Howard University President Ben Vinson III, Ph.D., joined leaders from the Atlanta University Consortium (AUC) to announce the establishment of EDTECH Africa, an initiative serving as an emerging technology bridge between Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and African scholars aimed at cultivating educational exchanges in the ever-evolving
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