By Dantee Ramos In Niche’s 2024 Best HBCU Schools in America category, Florida A&M University placed No. 1. FAMU President Larry Robinson said he is happy to see the transformative years recognized. “Great things happen every day at FAMU, and we are proud to know that what we do is being recognized nationally,” Robinson said, according to Tallahassee. “For 136 years,
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By Alexis Davis In 2019, Jakhia Gray spent $25,000 on her campaign and subsequent reign in 2020 as Miss Alcorn State University, hosting a carnival with circus performers, holding daily raffles – including Apple products as some prizes – and feeding students soul food, seafood and tacoswith local food trucks. “The carnival cost roughly $9,500,” Gray said.
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Courtesy of Jackson State University Jackson State University announces two distinguished alumni will keynote the 2024 Spring commencement ceremonies. United States District Judge Carlton W. Reeves will serve as the speaker for the graduate student ceremony on Friday, May 3 at 9 a.m. CT in the Lee E. Williams Athletics and Assembly Center; and United States Senator
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By Rayna Reid Rayford A championship HBCU men’s basketball team finally got their visit to the White House more than 60 years after their big wins. The Tennessee A&I Tigers of Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State University in Nashville made history in 1957, becoming “the first HBCU team to win a national championship,” and then “again by becoming the first college
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Courtesy of Fort Valley State University Fort Valley State University (FVSU) marked a prestigious milestone as the 73rd Honors Convocation took place on March 28. Held at the Health and Physical Education Complex, the Convocation stands as the premier event in the University’s calendar, dedicated to showcasing the academic achievements of students. More than 800
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By Emi Tuyetnhi Tran A consortium of civil rights groups voted unanimously Wednesday to petition the Maryland state government to rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was destroyed by a cargo ship last month, because Key, the author of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” was also a slave owner. The Caucus of African American Leaders — whose
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Courtesy of Bethune-Cookman Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) announced a generous $1.4 million donation from local entrepreneur and philanthropist L. Gale Lemerand today. The donation will be used to renovate two buildings on campus that will be known as the L. Gale Lemerand Academic Multiplex and the L. Gale Lemerand Football Complex. “Mr. Lemerand’s generosity and commitment to
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By Zachary B. Wolf The already stressful college admissions process was thrown into chaos this year by a botched bureaucratic upgrade. Hiccups and delays in the federal financial aid process have kept some high school seniors and current college students from getting aid packages from schools. The dirty secret of college tuition is that most
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By Alexis Clark Promising to be an evening to remember, Tennessee State University will host the Salute to Excellence Gala to honor President Glenda Glover on Saturday, April 13. The TSU family, Nashville community, and a who’s who list of friends, including national leaders and celebrities, will come together to celebrate President Glover’s leadership and
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By Brittany Bailer The Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice hosted their first public event, a fireside chat centered around health narratives in the Black community with Gene Demby, co-host of NPR’s Code Switch podcast, and Marcia Chatelain, Pulitzer Prize winning historian. Co-executive directors Dana A. Williams, Ph.D., dean of the Howard University Graduate School, and Lakshmi Krishnan,
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