DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — Football season is drawing closer, and teams from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) gathered in Durham Wednesday for the conference’s media day to discuss the upcoming 2026 season. Student-athletes and coaches from across the conference met as preparations continue for the fall. Among them were Shaw University and Fayetteville State University, both looking
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By Aaron Gilchrist and Rebecca Cohen OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — Nolan Wells, the Mississippi teenager whose death after a Fourth of July boating trip with friends has spurred national attention, was remembered Monday as a “gentle, calming spirit” during a funeral that attracted hundreds. “I want to give all thanks and honor and glory to God for choosing
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With the second edition of the book, Belonging is the Brand: Inclusive Marketing in Higher Education, author Reginald E. Lewis, Ed.D., delivers a compelling case that belonging, not diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) messaging, is what drives enrollment, retention and institutional trust. The significantly expanded edition arrives at a pivotal moment for higher education, as
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By Mosheh Gains, Courtney Kube and Gordon Lubold The Defense Department on Monday released the names of two soldiers killed in Iranian strikes in Jordan, identifying them as 25-year-old Tyler James Feehan of Hawaii and 19-year-old Isabella Gonzales of Texas. Gonzales was killed Friday and Feehan on Saturday. The Pentagon did not provide details on the exact circumstances of
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By Mike Florio The abrupt news that ESPN has cut ties with NFL analyst Ryan Clark was a surprise. The details are surreal. Via Andrew Marchand of The Athletic, Clark was informed of the move during Monday’s NFL Live. A show on which he was appearing. Per the report, ESPN told Clark during the show because ESPN was receiving
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Courtesy of Howard University Howard University keeps stacking research wins, and the latest one comes straight from the Pentagon. Dr. Karam Jaradat, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Howard, recently received a $780K Howard University DoD grant from the United States Department of Defense. The one-year award funds his project titled Unraveling the
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NFL legend Marshall Faulk is new to HBCU coaching and the SWAC, but Southern University’s rookie head coach already understands where the FCS now sits in college football’s transfer hierarchy. Faulk has spent his football life chasing the sport’s highest level. Now, in his first season leading Southern, he believes the meaning of “the next
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Livingstone College is mourning the loss of softball student-athlete Gabriella Muñoz, the school announced Friday. Muñoz, a rising junior from Katy, Texas, was a member of the Livingstone College Blue Bears softball program and wore No. 55 as a utility player. In announcing her passing, Livingstone remembered her not only for her contributions on the field but also for
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Dr. Albert Mosley’s Bethune-Cookman presidency has done something no interim leader could accomplish — it has given the university its momentum back. When the Bethune-Cookman University Board of Trustees selected Mosley as the institution’s eighth president on June 20, 2025, the announcement ended 1,574 days without permanent leadership. That is more than four years of
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Southern University LSU football fans finally have a date to circle. The Jaguars will travel to Baton Rouge on September 9, 2028, for their second-ever meeting with in-state neighbor LSU. That’s according to a copy of the game contract. Southern will collect a $750,000 guarantee for the trip. That figure is a typical payout for
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