By Daniel Arkin The Virginia chapter of the NAACP and five students filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the school board in Shenandoah County after the six-person body approved a proposal restoring the names of Confederate military leaders to two public schools. The lawsuit, first reported by NBC News, argues that the school board created “an unlawful and
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Written by the Howard University Newsroom Staff Howard University announced that Sonya Smith, Ph.D., has been appointed to serve as executive director of University’s Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy (RITA). Also referred to as the University Affiliated Research Center, or UARC, the University’s RITA is only one of 15 centers in the United States. Smith is no stranger
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Courtesy of Morgan State University Morgan State University President David K. Wilson, one of the most sought-after thought leaders in higher education, has been chosen to serve on the boards of two nationally recognized organizations. Wilson was recently selected for the T. Rowe Price Charitable Board of Directors and the TIAA Board of Governors. T. Rowe Price Charitable is
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By Tonia Smith Four years ago, Keilee Northcutt graduated near the top of her Tullahoma High School class in Tennessee. But instead of strutting across the stage in front of her proud parents, she was relegated to the front seat of her mom’s car as they drove a lap around the football field, quickly grabbed
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Courtesy of Tennessee State University The newly-instated board of Tennessee State University has decided to stop the current search for a new president and start over. According to the Tennessean, the decision was made unanimously, without any discussion, during a full board meeting on Friday. The move to scrap the current search and start over was recommended by
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By Stephen J. Gaither Tennessee State University is an HBCU with a rich history of athletics. It is also one that has serious facility issues that need to be addressed. In a recent address to the TSU Board of Trustees, Dr. Mikki Allen, the Director of Athletics, underscored the pivotal role of infrastructure in propelling
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By Quintessa Williams Nashville’s council has approved a motion to repurpose millions in federal COVID-19 relief funds to support Fisk University, the city’s oldest institution of higher education. Approximately $8.5 million of the remaining funds from a $10 million American Rescue Plan Act grant, which was initially intended to renovate Fisk’s historic Burrus Hall, will now be redirected to help
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