WVAS FM hosted the staff of the Northeaster Document Conservation Center/HBCU Radio Preservation Project. Dr. Will Tchakirides, Assistant Director of Public History and Program says WVAS is one of 30 active HBCU Radio stations in the country. The project will highlight WVAS and Alabama State University on its HBCU Preservation website. Alabama is taking its
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By Lexi White The HBCU Network of Western Massachusetts is celebrating its first student sendoff event in Springfield. The gathering aimed to strengthen pathways to higher education for incoming and returning Historically Black Colleges and Universities students at the Mason Square Branch Library. Williston Northampton School hosts Amaral Soccer Academy Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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From 1987 to 1993, A Different World, a spinoff from The Cosby Show, showed the lives of students at fictional HBCU Hillman College. Now, three decades later, the iconic sitcom that boosted HBCU enrollment roughly 26% is returning with a modern take on college life. Netflix’s 10-episode reboot of A Different World aims to continue the franchise’s legacy by bringing back
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Tennessee State University put athletic director Mikki Allen on administrative leave Thursday. The move came after six head coaches sent a letter to the university president nearly two months ago, saying they had lost confidence in the department’s leadership. TSU president Dwayne Tucker made the decision after starting an internal investigation in late May, when
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Marshall Faulk sparked a conversation during SWAC Football Media Day after arguing that the “next level” for many HBCU football players is no longer the NFL, but the Football Bowl Subdivision. The first-year Southern University head coach pointed to the transfer portal and the changing economics of college football as evidence that elite HBCU talent is now being recruited
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By Shaquille Brewster, Kailani Koenig, Marlene Lenthang and Matt Lavietes MADISON, Wis. — With protests and demands for accountability growing louder in Madison, officials have identified the man who was fatally shot by a police officer this week. Corey Ruiz, who was in his 30s and a member of the Madison community, was killed Wednesday, officials said during a news conference Thursday.
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By Jamaal Abdul-Alim Le Moyne College may have to pay roughly $243,000 to students who were forced to take courses online during COVID-19 because the students paid upwards of $500 in fees for campus services and experiences they never got, Syracuse.com reports. The proposed payout – which is still pending approval from a judge – is part
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By Eunice Alpasan A new statewide day of reflection and remembrance aims to honor the life and legacy of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. Gov. JB Pritzker joined legislators and community members Thursday at the location of Till’s funeral, Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Bronzeville, to sign legislation designating July
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Hundreds of incoming freshmen at Howard University and their families have been feeling anxious about the back-to-school season after receiving an email regarding their enrollment status. As previously reported by theGrio, students and their families turned to social media on July 22 to express their concerns after receiving a message from the university administration that read:
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By Doha Madani and Lindsay Good Chadwick Boseman’s brothers filed a petition last week seeking control of the late actor’s estate, accusing their brother’s widow of mismanagement and failing to distribute the assets. The court filing from Derrick and Kevin Boseman says that since their brother did not leave a will, his widow, Taylor Simone Ledward, inherited half of
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