By Kyle T. Mosely TheĀ National Football League, theĀ NFLĀ Physicians Society (NFLPS), and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS) have unveiled the third-year roster of medical students forĀ theĀ NFLĀ Diversity inĀ SportsĀ MedicineĀ PipelineĀ Initiative. This groundbreaking initiative, launched in 2022, is a league-wide program with a profound goal-to bolster and diversify the pipeline of students interested in sports medicine careers, thereby
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Courtesy of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff For the second consecutive year, four students from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) were selected to apprentice at theĀ 2024 Bentonville Film FestivalĀ (BFF) as part of the BET-Ā Paramount Content for Change initiative. Wendy Guerrero, President of the BFF Foundation and Bentonville Film Festival, extended
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Courtesy of Alcorn State University Historically Black Alcorn State University in Mississippi has established a new STEM MBA program, the first of its kind in the state. The graduate degree was established in part through a $152,000 federal grant. Offered through the School of Business, the new graduate degree program will prepare students to be
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By Dantee Ramos Just three days after announcing a new chancellor,Ā North Carolina A&T State UniversityĀ received a $20 million anonymous gift.Ā According toĀ WXII, the HBCU will use its funds to form a higher level ofĀ distinction.Ā Kenneth E. Sigmon Jr., vice chancellorĀ ofĀ University Advancement said the anonymous gift will help propel the HBCU. āWe are deeply honored and grateful for
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Courtesy of Allen University In partnership with the SIAC, the ESPN Family of Networks, and HBCU GO, Allen Universityās football team will play five of their ten games during the 2024 season on national network television. Three of the Yellow Jacketsā five home games are included in the television schedule, beginning with their September 28
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By Michael B. Hardison After only officially being formed near the end of 2023, Sampson Countyās first ever Historically Black Colleges and Universities Council was able to bestow inaugural scholarships to Sampson students. The HBCU Council recently awarded two $500 scholarships to a pair of local students who are attending an HBCU this fall. Those
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ByĀ Isabel Yip Debutante balls have traditionally been associated with a particular kind of coming of age: that of teen girls who are well-to-do and, for the most part, white. A newly revived Black debutante ball in Canton, Ohio, uses the cotillion experience as programming for Black girls, many of whom live below the poverty line.
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Courtesy of South Carolina State University South Carolina State University has been allocated $8 million in state funding that will take education and research in theĀ College of Science Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and TransportationĀ (STEM-T College) to a new level. Four years in the making, the Research Partnerships and Workforce Training Programs are a partnership between SC
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By Vanessa Grubbs “You have a big voice, Dr. Grubbs,ā the clinic manager said. I flinched. The last time I heard similar words, they were part of a common refrain that I had encountered often. āYouāre too direct.ā āToo outspoken.ā āIntimidating.ā Peers who looked like me encouraged me to put my head down, make myself
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Courtesy of Pennsylvania State University A recentĀ studyĀ led by scholars at the University of Pennsylvania has found nurses working in hospitals with predominately Black patients experienced the highest levels of moral distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors collected data from 3,675 nurses at 90 hospitals from March 2021 to April 2021 and found nurses in
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