Lil Baby, Kandi Burruss, Brandee Evans & Deion Sanders Join Thurgood Marshall College Fund For Virtual Homecoming Celebration Streaming On AspireTV Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), a national organization providing support to publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs), is continuing to celebrate the long standing legacy of HBCUs Homecoming
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Fifth Third Bank will host a virtual book tour with William F. Pickard, Ph.D. who is Chairman and Executive Founder of GAA Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management, GAA New Ventures, Co-Managing Partner MGM Grand Detroit Casino, CEO of Bearwood Management McDonald’s and co-owner of five Black-owned newspapers. Dr. Pickard is also creating a new generation
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In 2017, Fifth Third Bank, National Association, implemented a multicultural college and university recruitment program that establishes relationships with multiple colleges to recruit, hire and retain the best and brightest students.As part of the strategy, the Bank has deepened its relationships with traditional colleges as well as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as a
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On the campaign trail, Senator Doug Jones was in Huntsville Sunday night for a drive-in rally supporting historically black colleges and universities at the Fellowship of Faith Church. Alabama has more HBCUs than any other state, with three in the Huntsville area alone. During his rally, Jones said it was important for those schools to
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The Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Security Agency (NSA) have launched a new initiative aimed at increasing diversity in their cybersecurity workforce. The Cybersecurity Education Diversity Initiative (CEDI), announced Oct. 15, is a collaboration between NSA’s National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) Program Management Office and the Defense Department’s (DoD) Office
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The golf foursome of Phil Mickelson, Charles Barkley, Stephen Curry and Peyton Manning have found a tee time. The superstar athletes will square off Friday, Nov. 27 at Stone Canyon Golf Club in Oro Valley, Ariz., for Capital One’s The Match 3: Champions for Change. Presented by Turner Sports, the match will be exclusively televised
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This would have been the 23rd year the city of Chicago hosted the annual Chicago Football Classic at Soldier Field. Though the coronavirus pandemic caused organizers to cancel the game, part of the celebration is going virtual. From Tuesday, Oct. 20, to Saturday, Oct. 24, CFC organizers are holding the first ever Historically Black Colleges and
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(From left to right) Gilda Barabino, Makola M. Abdullah, Mary Schmidt Campbell, and C. Reynold Verret Historically Black Colleges and Universities Take Center Stage as the Nation Responds to COVID-19 and Systemic Racism By Molly Galvin Most U.S. colleges and universities are struggling to adjust to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Historically Black Colleges and Universities —
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The daily number of positive COVID-19 tests increased by 3,200 after colleges resumed classes throughout the country As schools and colleges are reopening nationwide amid the ever present coronavirus pandemic, students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) are leading by example when it comes to containing the spread of the virus around their campuses.
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The pageantry of bands at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) — the fifth-quarter band battles, the dancers and the halftime shows — are on hold for now with the cancellation of fall sports. HBCUs were affected on all levels by COVID-19, so now these institutions’ bands are operating in ways they never had to
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