By Kevin C. Johnson Howard University undergraduate students pursuing careers in hospitality leadership received an up-close and immersive look inside Marriott International, the world’s largest travel company, with a day-long visit to the company’s global headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. Accompanied by Omari Head, executive director at the Marriott-Sorenson Center for Hospitality at Howard University, 20
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The president & CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) was recently inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame and received the organization’s Chairman’s Award. Dr. Harry L. Williams, the president & CEO of TMCF, was inducted during the 41st annual National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame induction ceremony in
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Livingstone College welcomed its largest freshman class in nearly 150 years this semester, according to the college. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education reports that Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, are seeing record enrollment while many colleges nationwide see an enrollment decline. Freshman reflects on choosing Livingstone College freshman Devin Adams was
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The Virginia legend will host the Oct. 18 showcase at Norfolk State University as part of a week celebrating music, culture and innovation. Missy Elliott has been part of many a HBCU band‘s fifth quarter routine. Now the Virginia legend is coming back home and giving back with a showcase highlighting four of the best
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Courtesy of Tuskegee University Tuskegee University senior Jaida Bazemore took the stage at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (TMCF) 39th Anniversary Gala last month in Washington, D.C., offering insight into her Tuskegee student success journey and the impact of TMCF with supporters of HBCUs from across the country. Bazemore is a business administration major concentrating
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There are no spoilers in this article. A Different World was a popular, incredibly successful sitcom that aired on NBC between 1987 and 1993. Hillman College, the fictitious HBCU in the show, welcomed a new class of first-year students this fall. Fans of the original Cosby Showspinoff, as well as a new generation of viewers,
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These were the chants of Atlanta University Center (AUC) students as they marched through the school campus on Thursday night. It was also the findings of the Mississippi State Medical Examiner’s autopsy of Nolan Wells that the family released on September 26. Wells was an 18-year-old Black Mississippi teenager who went missing and was later
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Benedict College has been awarded a $750,000 National Park Service grant to continue preservation work on Morgan Hall, the oldest building on the college’s campus. The three-year Morgan Hall Preservation Progression Project will build on the college’s initial National Park Service preservation grant awarded in 2018. Officials said the project will continue efforts to restore
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South Carolina State remained among the nation’s top teams in the latest Black College Football Division I FCS poll, ranking No. 2 with 11 first-place votes and 482 total points. Morgan State climbed to No. 3 with 404 points and two first-place votes, while Delaware State ranked No. 8 with 150 points. Norfolk State (58),
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By The Associated Press Nearly 12,000 bans took place in public schools over the past year, according to a new study from PEN America, the highest total since the free expression organization began tracking removals five years ago. For the second straight year, Stephen King was the author most likely to have his work withdrawn.
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