One of the nation’s first doctoral programs in Nursing Education at a historically Black college and university (HBCU) has just launched at Bowie State University. The public university will welcome its inaugural cohort in fall 2026, also making it the state of Maryland’s first Ph.D. in Nursing Education, according to Bowie leaders. “This marks a pivotal
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The Super Bowl champions have signed former HBCU stalwart Aaron Smith to their roster as the preseason kicks into full swing. The signing was made official on Tuesday. The signing of Smith was part of the Seahawks‘ roster moves early in the preseason, which included fullback Robbie Ouzts being placed on injury reserve. Advertisement Smith played for South Carolina State in
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By Shelby Stewart When Dr. Donald Comer officially becomes Lane College’s 11th president next month, he’ll be bringing more than three decades worth of executive leadership at FedEx to one of the nation’s oldest Historically Black Colleges and Universities. During his 35-year career at the global logistics company, Comer rose to become vice president of Decision
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One of HBCU football’s oldest rivalries will kick off a new era. For the first time in its 126-year history, the Morehouse College-Clark Atlanta University football rivalry will start on Labor Day weekend instead of closing the regular season. The inaugural ATL Labor Day Classic is set for Saturday, Sept. 5, at 1 p.m. ET
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Virginia State University (VSU) has been selected to host the 2026 HBCU Media Training Symposium: Owning the Narrative, a national convening of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) focused on strengthening institutional storytelling, communications strategy, and public engagement. The one-day symposium, organized by The EDU Ledger, will take place on Friday, August 21, 2026, in the Alfred W. Harris Academic
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The SIAC Council of Presidents has approved the elimination of divisions across all conference sports, expanding a model already used in football. At the same time, the Division II HBCU conference is moving into one of the country’s fastest-growing women’s sports. The Council authorized the conference office to add women’s flag football as a varsity sport beginning
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Dr. SherRhonda Gibbs has been named the first female president in Texas College’s 132-year history, a milestone marked Thursday at a ceremony at the Mayfair Building in Tyler. “Today is a new day for Texas College,” Gibbs said at the event. Background and experience Gibbs is not new to historically Black colleges and universities. She
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Nearly every student across two Alcorn State University summer history classes failed part of their midterm after falling for an AI trap hidden in their assignment. Dr. Jason Gibson, a history professor at the Mississippi-based Historically Black College and University, secretly embedded the word “Madagascar” in white font within an essay prompt asking students to compare the
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Dr. Michael Lomax became president of Dillard University in New Orleans in 1997. He increased enrollment at the Jewel of Gentilly by about 50%. Fundraising tripled. Some reports say private giving increased 300% and alumni giving increased 2,000%. That was highly unusual for traditionally under-funded HBCUs, then and now. While Lomax was at Dillard, the UNCF’s endowment was
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By Brandon Tensley WILMINGTON, Delaware — Wearing his Sunday best, Corey Gordon Jr. drove 30 minutes to Shiloh Baptist Church in Wilmington, Delaware, to witness a historic event that would impact his fundamental right to vote. The 22-year-old graduate of the University of Delaware saw firsthand how anti-diversity backlash could unsettle a campus. Over the past year,
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