Brooke Hart Jones—the creative force behind HBCyoU Kidz and HBCyoU Dolls—shares how a simple idea grew into a mission to introduce children to the magic of HBCUs. What began as a single handcrafted doll has blossomed into a vibrant multimedia brand featuring an animated YouTube series, music, and books celebrating the legacy and pride of
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Electronic Arts (EA) Madden is supporting HBCUs in gaming. The digital football experience continues to position itself to be the best in class. For the last three decades, Madden NFL alone has drawn millions of players and has sold over 130 million copies, Director Strategic Programs & Community Relations at EA, Jocel Boney, said at
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Courtesy of Pensole Lewis College Two-time Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter is making more history. Carter recently partnered with Pensole Lewis College, aka PLC Detroit, the only design-focused HBCU and Michigan’s only HBCU, to debut the Apparel Creation STU/DEO by adidas. Pensole lost accreditation and closed in 2015, but it was reestablished in 2021 thanks to the efforts
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By Christian Riley Dutcher The president of the San Antonio Food Bank said he is prepared to take extraordinary measures to ensure food needs are met amid the ongoing federal shutdown. The food bank is expecting a 50% increase in demand after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said federal food aid will not be issued
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Shootings at two historically Black universities this past weekend—and other HBCUs earlier this month—disrupted homecoming events and left campuses reeling. The incidents came at a time when students and staff were already on edge, after violent threats caused lockdowns at multiple HBCU campuses last month. HBCU leaders across the country have been ramping up campus security measures
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One thing about HBCUs is that they are going to look out for their own. Following the ongoing Federal Government Shutdown, Delaware State University and its Hustle Administration have issued new financial accommodations for students and families who have been affected by the shutdown. As a part of these accommodations, the university issued a temporary deferral of all Fall
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Written By Lexx Thornton Active-duty military personnel will stop receiving pay by November 15th if Congress and the White House fail to reach an agreement to end the government shutdown, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned. The nearly four-week-long shutdown has already furloughed approximately 750,000 federal workers and forced hundreds of thousands of others to work
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Written by Lexx Thornton Dr. Rolanda Horn, a two-time graduate of Alabama State University, has been appointed Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and SACSCOC Liaison (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges) at Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) in the metro Atlanta area. Her new role, which began in September, involves leading strategic
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Written By Lexx Thornton Microsoft Teams is introducing a new location-tracking feature that is sparking serious concerns among remote and hybrid workers. The update, set to roll out in December 2025, allows Teams to automatically detect and update a user’s work location based on their connection to the office Wi-Fi network. This development, detailed in
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By Sahil Kapur, Scott Wong and Brennan Leach The pain of a U.S. government shutdown is poised to intensify this week as the funding lapse nears a full month with no resolution in sight. A series of deadlines in the coming days could have negative consequences for ordinary Americans, cutting off food assistance for low-income Americans, raising health insurance premiums
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