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Tuskegee’s Pre-Alumni Council awarded scholarships and awards during UNCF annual conference

Courtesy of Tuskegee University Tuskegee University’s Pre-Alumni Council recently participated in the UNCF (United Negro College Fund) Leadership Conference in Birmingham, Alabama. The annual conference hosted more than 300 attendees and offered the HBCU UNCF-member institutions a chance to connect and enhance skills for post-academic life and career opportunities. This year the conference was held in conjunction with the anniversary celebrations of the 76th National Alumni Council (NAC) and the 64th National Pre-alumni Council. The three-day leadership workshop provided networking, motivational and educational opportunities for alums, pre-alumni, UNCF staff, UNCF-member institutions, and current and potential supporters of historically Black colleges

Clark Atlanta University Student wins $10,000 in National Blackstone Launchpad Ideas Competition

Courtesy of Clark Atlanta University The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development (CIED) at Clark Atlanta University is excited to announce that for two consecutive years, our student teams have won the national round of the Blackstone Launchpad Ideas Competition with a grand prize of $10,000! The competition has four categories in which students from all disciplines across campus were invited to compete: Social & Climate Impact, Health & Life Sciences, Consumer Products & Services, and General. Clark Atlanta University had 57 submissions, — a record number of submissions for schools with fewer than 10,000 students. Four teams represented CAU

TSU Takes 2nd Place at Honda Campus All-Star Challenge

By Kelli Sharpe Tennessee State University is heading to the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge National Championship Tournament. TSU earned the bid after its second place finish at the qualifying round held at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. The team placed second in the tournament defeating Florida A&M, Spelman, and Voorhees College. The team defeated Morehouse College in the playoffs and lost a very tough game to Tuskegee University. HCASC is a national quiz competition sponsored by American Honda for HBCUs. For more information see www.hcasc.com The members of the team are: Captain Cameron Malone, Junior, Oak Ridge TN, Electrical Engineering. Tyler Vazquez, Sophomore,

The award winning journalist Soledad O’Brien discussed the documentary “The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks” at FAMU

By Andrew Skerritt Awarding-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien inspired an enthusiastic Lee Hall Auditorium audience Thursday, February 9, as she discussed the documentary, “The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks.” Speaking in conversation with Valencia Matthews, Ph.D., dean of the Florida A&M University College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, O’Brien explained how her role as executive producer of the one-hour-and-36-minute film allowed her to see the mother of the civil rights movement in new and fascinating ways. She learned that much of Parks’ story has been sanitized and watered down. “There was not a thing accidental about Rosa Parks. The story

BGE to Provide $3 million in Grants to Continue BGE Scholars Partnership With Bowie State and Two Other Maryland HBCUs

By David Thompson BGE announced the continuation of partnerships with Bowie State University, Coppin State University and Morgan State University to award scholarships to full-time STEM majors from Maryland. Each school will receive a total of $1 million in grant funding over four years (2023-2026) from the BGE Scholars program. The company made the announcement yesterday at the Banneker Douglas Museum in Annapolis. The funding will provide an annual commitment at each school of $10,000 scholarships to 15 students pursuing degrees in STEM disciplines (for a total of $150,000); $50,000 to fund persistence grants, available to any student at the

Tuskegee’s Department of Social Work hosts annual Social Work Conference focused on using the arts

By Brittney Dabney The Department of Social Work at Tuskegee University will observe the month of March as National Social Work Month and will host its third annual Social Work Conference, titled “Social Work Break Barriers: Using the Arts for Trauma-Informed Care of Families and Practitioners.” This year’s virtual conference will welcome students and faculty to participate in a full slate of events, including a preconference show of the Triggered Project: Triggered Life is a multi-sensory, multimedia, post-traumatic story. Triggered Life follows a day in the life of two such men, Ishmael and Keith. As these men relive their stories of abusive childhoods, they

Howard University Announces 2023 Charter Day Award Recipients

By Brittany Bailer Howard University has selected the 2023 recipients for the Alumni Award for Distinguished Postgraduate Achievement: Globally recognized artist Bisa Butler, surgeon Edward E. Cornwell, M.D., founder of Centennial One Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA, co-host of CBS Saturday Morning Michelle Miller, former program director of the James Webb Telescope Gregory L. Robinson, MBA, and former Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Howard University, Lewis Thigpen, PhD. The awards will be presented during Charter Day 2023. Since 1943, Howard University has honored those among its ranks who embody its values as exemplars of excellence in truth and service. The Alumni Award for Distinguished Postgraduate

Clark Atlanta University announces the Relaunch and Renaming of the Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy

Courtesy of Clark Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University will hold a press briefing announcing the relaunch and renaming of the Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy to the W.E.B. DuBois Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy on its campus Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. in the Thomas W. Cole Exhibition Hall. George T. French Jr., Ph.D., president of Clark Atlanta University, has renamed the Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy after W.E.B. DuBois and has placed it in the Department of Political Science. “Dr. DuBois was an eminent scholar who spent much of his career

White student expelled from Howard University’s law school sues alleging racial discrimination

By Claretta Bellamy A white student who was expelled from Howard University’s law school is suing the historically Black university in Washington, D.C., alleging race discrimination and creating a hostile environment. Plaintiff Michael Ray Newman, who attended the Howard University School of Law in fall 2020 after having received a $26,250 annual scholarship, was expelled about two years later in September. The lawsuit, which Newman’s attorney filed Feb. 16 in Superior Court of the District of Columbia, says he suffered “emotional, mental and economic harm” and seeks more than $2 million in damages. The suit is the result of a series of

Virginia Military Institute’s first Black superintendent facing backlash from school’s alumni

By Nichol Chavez An alumni group of the Virginia Military Institute is publicly questioning why the college’s first Black superintendent was awarded a more “generous” bonus than last year. Retired Army Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins has served as superintendent of the public military college since 2020. He first assumed the role in an interim capacity after General J.H. Binford Peay III resigned, following allegations of a racist culture at the school. Wins officially took on the role last year. Spirit of VMI, a political action committee comprising alumni, parents and friends of the school, issued a statement earlier this month questioning why the VMI

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