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Nation’s largest HBCU unveils a new state of the art dormitory

North Carolina A&T State University has officially opened its first new residence hall in nearly two decades, adding 405 beds as the nation’s largest HBCU prepares for another year of record enrollment growth. University leaders, students, alumni and community members gathered Thursday to celebrate the opening of Bluford Residence Hall, a four-story, 405-bed residential community named in honor of the university’s third president, Ferdinand D. Bluford. According to the university, the facility is the 16th residence hall on A&T’s campus and represents a major investment in the student experience. Located at the corner of Bluford and Stewart streets across from Harrison

Mississippi HBCUs could be hurt by new performance-based college funding formula

Derrion Arrington The board that governs Mississippi’s eight public universities voted June 18 to move toward a funding formula that would tie state dollars to graduation rates, student retention and how much graduates earn. The method for determining the latter has not been clarified. For now, it exists only on paper, and there are potential complications, such as how to measure graduate earnings and whether, for example, graduates’ decisions to pursue public service rather than more lucrative endeavors could contribute to funding penalties for their universities. The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees will take up the model again at its

Three Black Women Who Have Been Appointed to Provost Positions

Preselfannie E. Whitfield McDaniels was promoted from interim provost to permanent provost and vice president for academic affairs at Jackson State University in Mississippi. A faculty member with the HBCU since 1999, Dr. McDaniels currently teaches as a professor of English. Before she was interim provost, she served as dean of the division of graduate studies for seven years. She has also served as chair of the department of English, foreign languages, and speech communication. Her research interests include portfolio and capstone pedagogy, service-learning integration, twentieth-century American literature, and African American women’s literature. “Jackson State University has shaped my life as

Howard University Chaplain Robert Boxie Becomes America’s Youngest Catholic Bishop

By Cedric Mobley For decades, faith has played a central role guiding members of the university community in their pursuit of “truth and service.” That faith has been consistently stewarded by leaders from a spectrum of religious traditions who inspire, nurture, educate, and connect the Howard community with God. One of those leaders, Most Reverend Robert P. Boxie, III, who most recently served as Howard’s Catholic chaplain through the Office of the Dean of the Chapel in coordination with the Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Student Center for six years, has been newly ordained as the youngest bishop in the United States after his selection

Grambling State Digital Library Representatives Participate in Harvard Library HBCU Archivist and Librarian Program

GRAMBLING, La. – Adrienne C. Webber, dean of Grambling State University’s University Digital Library and Learning Commons, and Felicia Burse, program assistant in the Department of Computer Science and Digital Technologies and an archivist, participated in a weeklong professional development program hosted by Harvard Library from June 21-27, 2026, in support of the HBCU Digital Library Trust. The program brought together seven HBCU archivists and librarians for immersive training developed in partnership with the HBCU Library Alliance and the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Participants engaged in hands-on sessions focused on preservation and conservation, archival processing, preparing collections for

HBCU Fayetteville State in North Carolina receives $6.5 million anonymous gift, will go towards its free summer school program

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — Fayetteville State University (FSU) is celebrating a $6.5 million commitment in the form of an Anonymous Trust. According to FSU, it is the largest gift in the University’s history. The windfall comes just weeks after the school received nearly $17 million from the state’s $34.4 billion budget. The money will be used to cover tuition, housing, and meals for students enrolled in the University’s 30-60-90 Free Summer School Program. It is the trust’s second multi-million-dollar investment in the university in three years, surpassing the more than $5.8 million it committed in 2022 that funded student success initiatives. “Today’s announcement represents what

Dr. Albert Mosley Is One Year Into His Bethune-Cookman Presidency — and the Wildcats Are Believing Again

Dr. Albert Mosley’s Bethune-Cookman presidency has done something no interim leader could accomplish — it has given the university its momentum back. When the Bethune-Cookman University Board of Trustees selected Mosley as the institution’s eighth president on June 20, 2025, the announcement ended 1,574 days without permanent leadership. That is more than four years of interim presidents, board tensions, alumni frustration, and institutional uncertainty. Moreover, it is four years during which one of the most historic HBCUs in the country operated without a consistent compass at the top. Mosley officially assumed the presidency on July 7, 2025, arriving in Daytona Beach ready

North Carolina A&T projects 200,000 attendees for historic HBCU homecoming

North Carolina A&T expects more than 200,000 people to attend its historic HBCU homecoming celebration this fall, potentially delivering a major economic boost to Greensboro and the surrounding Piedmont Triad. University officials announced the projection Friday during a virtual presentation marking 100 days until the centennial edition of the Greatest Homecoming on Earth. The weeklong celebration will run from Oct. 25 through Nov. 1. However, North Carolina A&T plans additional centennial events through the end of the calendar year. “In 2024, homecoming week drew a documented 132,000 attendees,” Vice Chancellor for University Advancement Tamara Michel Josserand said. “Last fall, it

Charlotte HBCU up against the clock in accreditation process

Johnson C. Smith remains accredited, but the accreditation journey of the Charlotte-based HBCU moved into a second year of probation as the university works to prove that financial reforms can last. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges informed JCSU in June that it would continue the university’s accreditation for good cause while extending its probationary status into the 2026–27 academic year. That decision keeps the Charlotte institution accredited, meaning students remain eligible for financial aid and degrees remain accredited. It also gives the university another year to demonstrate sustained compliance in areas tied to financial responsibility,

Lawsuit Alleges Ohio HBCU Failed to Stop Deadly Underground Hazing

Hours after Wilberforce University freshman Savanna Jones texted her friends that she was “lowkey scared” to join an underground social club, a picture of her passed out on a bed began circulating across the campus. On April 29, the 18-year-old was set to join the Turtles, which she described in text messages to her friends as an underground drinking organization. That evening, Jones and at least 10 students crowded in a dorm room on the private, historically Black university’s campus. The school has a no-alcohol policy, but when Jones entered the room, bottles of alcohol were already there, her family

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