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Aggies in L.A.: Turning the Classic Experience into Opportunity

The N.C. A&T Aggies and Hampton Pirates invaded Los Angeles California during Valentine’s Day weekend for a pulse-pounding NBA HBCU Classic. Alumni and students alike spent the weekend in the Hyatt hotel, affectionately dubbed, “Aggies in L.A.” Each day consisted of a rich itinerary for everyone including networking events, panel sessions, games, and even an alumni sneaker ball. The weekend culminated with the NBA All-Star game on Sunday night sponsored by AT&T. Aggies in L.A.  kicked off on the 12th with a welcome event hosted jointly by the league and Foot Locker at LA Live, where A&T and Hampton were

Six Black Administrators Appointed to New Roles at HBCUs

Ashley Conner was named vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics at Edward Waters University in Jacksonville, Florida. She first joined the university’s athletics administration team in July 2023 as the associate athletic director for student services and senior woman administrator. Earlier, she was the university’s executive director of student success and retention. Conner holds a bachelor of social work degree from North Carolina Central University and a master’s degree in sport administration from Delaware State University. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Alabama A&M University. Erin Wiggins Gilliam has been named vice provost for student academic progression at Albany State

Birmingham-Southern College campus has new owner

By Roy S. Johnson After languishing dormant for almost two years since the closing of financially failing Birmingham-Southern College, the sprawling 192-acre campus on the city’s west side has a new owner. U.S. Homeland Security has agreed to purchase the property and make it the newest home of the U.S. Coast Guard, according to an announcement on Wednesday. The campus is slated to be utilized as a training facility for 1,200 recruits and 400 staff members, said the agency. “We’re very excited to announce that 1,000 jobs are on their way Birmingham,” Mayor Randall Woodfin posted on Facebook. “Major thanks go out to

Spelman College Endowed Professor Wins Two NAACP Image Awards

Courtesy of Spelman College Spelman College Diana King Endowed Professor Shola Lynch has been awarded Outstanding Documentary (Television) and Outstanding Directing in a Documentary by the NAACP Image Awards for her film “Number One on the Call Sheet.” Released in March 2025 on Apple TV+, the two-part documentary explores the experiences of leading Black actors and actresses in Hollywood. Lynch directed part two of the film, focusing on the actresses. “It is an honor to receive two NAACP Image Awards for “Number One on the Call Sheet” and to be recognized by our community,” said Lynch. “I was grateful for the opportunity to direct

FAMU Community Members Say DEI Policies Impacted Black Studies Degree At HBCU

As Florida A&M University seeks to align its curriculum with state standards, the HBCU has consolidated one major degree program, which has angered community members. The Board of Trustees at FAMU approved a measure to consolidate seven degree programs, including one that merges African American (Black) studies. That move, the Tallahassee Democrat reports, aims to help FAMU meet performance standards required by the state. Naysayers found multiple issues with the degree changes, calling out the measure as a way to appease anti-DEI officials in Florida. The board of trustees unanimously approved the measure during a Feb. 12 on-campus meeting. Students called out the private

Dr. Muhsinah Morris Named to 2026 ASU+GSV HBCU Partnership Advisory Board

Dr. Muhsinah Morris, Director of Morehouse in the Metaverse and Professor of Practice, has been named to the 2026 ASU+GSV HBCU Partnership Advisory Board. This appointment extends Morehouse College’s national footprint in innovation and immersive education and represents a strategic advancement for students, faculty, and alumni positioned at the forefront of AI, immersive learning, and the future of work. Dr. Morris, an award-winning educator and leader in AI and extended reality, now serves alongside nationally recognized leaders committed to expanding opportunity for historically Black colleges and universities. The ASU+GSV Summit is a career-defining experience that brings together the PreK-to-Gray education

UC Berkeley School of Education receives $500K in summer research grant for HBCU students

UC Berkeley’s School of Education was awarded $500,000 from the 2026 UC-HBCU Initiative grant to support a seven-week summer research experience for undergraduate students from Morehouse College and Talladega College. The program will serve 18 fellows over the course of three years. The grant will be run through a partnership between HBCUs and campus’s Center for Research on Expanding Educational Opportunity, or CREEO, and it will be led by campus professors Travis Bristol and Tolani Britton. According to Melika Jalili, the senior programs and operations manager at CREEO, the CREEO-HBCU program has been “intentionally designed” to strengthen students’ pathways to

How Spelman’s Innovation Lab Is Incubating Future Tech Leaders

More than 85 students from Black colleges across the South and east coast descended on Spelman College this weekend for the school’s fourth-annual HBCU Game Jam. Over the three-day event, students attended workshops on game design and development, culminating in a hack-a-thon where student teams spent 24-hours building their own video game. For the first time this year, the Game Jam was hosted in the Arthur M. Blank Innovation Lab in Spelman’s new Mary Schmidt Campbell Center for Innovation & the Arts, where participants have access to all the tech resources needed to create a new game from coding and

HBCU Spotlight: Celebrating legacy, opportunity, and impact at Shorter College

At 604 Locust Street in North Little Rock sits Shorter College, one of Arkansas’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU.) To some, it may look like a small campus, but to those who call it home, it represents something much bigger: a path to possible. “If I had to describe it in one word, I believe I would use the word greatness. It’s here. Greatness is here,” said Dr. Jeffery Norfleet, President of Shorter College. Founded in 1886 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church under Bishop Thomas Marcus Decatur Ward, the school was originally known as Bethel University. It was

Columbia president says student was detained by DHS agents who claimed they were looking for missing child

By Doha Madani, Chloe Atkins, Brittany Kubicko and Phil Helsel A Columbia University student was detained Thursday morning by immigration agents who misrepresented themselves by saying they were looking for a missing child to get access to a residential building, the university’s top administrator said. Elmina Aghayeva, who is from Azerbaijan, was later released, but the school’s acting president, Claire Shipman, and others condemned the agents’ actions in the alleged 6 a.m. incident in an off-campus Columbia building. “This was a frightening and fast-moving situation and utterly unacceptable for our students and staff,” Shipman said in a statement. The Department of Homeland Security said Immigration and

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