Graduation season is here, and the Cleveland Council of Black Colleges Alumni Association helped students get ready through a special occasion called HBCU Bound Day 2025, to support those heading to Historically Black Colleges and Universities this Fall. “A huge part of HBCUs is honestly the alumni network and it’s so amazing to see these
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In 2022, Janice Pettyjohn made headlines as the first woman hired full-time by the Howard University football program. Three years later, she has firmly established herself as a vital figure in the HBCU football program’s leadership. Pettyjohn now serves as Director of Player Personnel and On-Campus Recruiting. Her promotion highlights her expanding influence at Howard
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By Stacy M. Brown For Fedrick C. Ingram, secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of Teachers, the hiring of Marva Johnson by Florida A&M University (FAMU) is a calculated political strategy to control Black institutions and influence how future generations think. “They are trying to change the mindset, get into the brain trust of young people
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For 25 years, Stan Verrett was a familiar face for ESPN fans, guiding viewers through highlights, breaking news, and in-depth analysis on SportsCenter. But now, after two decades of anchoring in Los Angeles, the Howard University graduate is parting ways with the network as ESPN chooses not to renew his contract this summer. Verrett’s journey
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A group of high school students in Norwalk received a lifechanging opportunity Wednesday. Officials from Livingstone College, a Historically Black College and University located in North Carolina, presented full-ride scholarships to seniors at Brien McMahon and Norwalk high schools. The students who were awarded the scholarships have GPAs between 3.7 and 4.0. Livingstone president and
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Dr. Leslie Ekpe, assistant professor in the Department of Higher Education and Learning Technologies at East Texas A&M University, has been awarded a $5,000 Channing Briggs Small Research Grant by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Foundation to support her project titled “Tell Me Something Good: Alumni Reconnections at HBCU Homecomings.” The research focuses on the experiences of
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Republicans in the House of Representatives won passage on Thursday of a major bill that would enact Donald Trump’s tax and spending priorities while adding trillions of dollars to the US debt and potentially preventing millions of Americans from accessing federal safety net benefits. The One Big Beautiful Bill act was approved in the early
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Tuskegee University President Mark Brown highlighted the importance of federal investments, such as Pell Grants, to students’ success in higher education during a hearing Wednesday. Brown appeared before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee alongside other higher education leaders. He discussed his perspective from a Historically Black College and University on the current
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By David Ingram and Nnamdi Egwuonwu President Donald Trump held a private event Thursday night for 220 crypto investors who had bought into his meme coin, defying bipartisan concerns from lawmakers that he was selling access to accumulate personal wealth. Crypto enthusiasts, including former NBA star Lamar Odom, attended the dinner at Trump National Golf Club in northern
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A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s attempted dismantling of the Department of Education. Judge Myong Joun, a Biden appointee, blocked the Trump administration from carrying out its reduction-in-force, or RIF, at the Education Department, which was announced on March 11. Joun also blocked transferring the management of federal student loans
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