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‘My Asian’ Short Film Directed by Howard University’s Jami Ramberan Tackles Asian-American Injustices

By Sholnn Z. Freeman  Howard University’s Jami Ramberan, Emmy-Award winning director and associate professor of film and television in the Cathy Hughes School of Communications, is earning more and more accolades for “My Asian”  a lyrical short film currently on the festival circuit and earning recognition during Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May. Ramberan said “My Asian” is a lyrical short film written from the perspective of poet and performer Suzen Baraka, which tells her story of growing up Black and Korean in America. Ramberan, who directed the short, described it as a striking collage of the many tapestries that make up the often disregarded and

FAMU Wins $250K Grant and Third Place in Goldman Sachs Market Madness Contest

By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University (FAMU) placed third, earning $250,000 in the 2023 Goldman Sachs Market Madness: HBCU Possibilities Program. The five-person FAMU team included Destiny Felton, junior business administration student from Miami; John Stokes, a health science pre-physical therapy student from Memphis, Tennessee; Business administration student Olivia White; junior economics student Tyra Christie of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Kayla Delcham, a broadcast journalism from Orlando, Fla. In April, Goldman Sachs held its third-annual Market Madness competition, the culmination of Goldman Sachs’ HBCU Possibilities Program, with Spelman College taking home first place and a $1 million grant. Five finalist

Bowie State to Host Fifth Annual BOND Academy

Courtesy of Bowie State University Bowie State University will host the fifth annual BOND Academy education conference from May 19-21 drawing education professionals from all levels to address the nationwide lack of male educators of color in the classroom. According to the National Center for Education Statistics’ National Teacher and Principal Survey, Black men make up less than two percent of public school teachers in the U.S. Dr. Julius Davis, a Bowie State education professor, says the conference serves as a platform for Black and Hispanic male educators to share their professional insights into the racial disparities in education. “We

Third-Generation N.C. A&T Graduate Alston Pope’s Family’s Agriculture Legacy

By Lydian Bernhardt In the 1960s, Albert Alston came to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, graduated with a degree in agricultural education and went on to become an agriculture teacher at Northern Nash High School. One of his students was his son, Antoine. In the 1990s, Antoine Alston followed in his father’s footsteps to N.C. A&T and into agricultural education. He went on to earn his Ph.D. and serve his alma mater as associate dean for academics in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES). In 2023, there is Antoine’s daughter, Kayla

USDA Awards Climate-Smart Grant to Lincoln University Researcher for Alley Cropping Project

By Kathy Casteel A Lincoln University agroforestry researcher has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a highly productive alley cropping system for demonstration and research that will aid small farmers in Missouri. Sougata Bardhan, an assistant professor of natural resources management, will establish the demonstration plot at Lincoln’s George Washington Carver Farm near Jefferson City. Alley cropping is a system of planting rows of trees or shrubs to create alleys where agricultural crops are produced between the tree rows. Alley cropping improves soil health, soil quality and water quality, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Bardhan’s project will

President Frederick Awards Danielle Holley with Presidential Medal During Convocation

By Amber Dodd During the Charter Day festivities, President Wayne A.I. Frederick began his traditional address to the attending members, but paused to speak to a special member of Howard’s faculty and staff. Frederick surprised the Howard University School of Law’s dean Danielle Holley with the President’s Medal of Achievement. In shock and in front of her standing ovation, Holley graciously accepted the award which celebrates community members who embody the excellence of Howard’s commitment to truth and service beyond their roles. Holley has served for nine years as dean and will become Mount Holyoke’s 20th president when the academic

Biden Warns of ‘Sinister Forces’ Trying to Reverse Racial Progress

By Peter Baker The president’s commencement address at Howard University, a historically Black institution, came as Democratic strategists have expressed concerns about muted enthusiasm for Mr. Biden among Black voters. President Biden declared on Saturday that white supremacy is “the most dangerous terrorist threat to our homeland” and warned a predominantly Black audience that “sinister forces” embraced by his predecessor and putative challenger are trying to reverse generations of racial progress in America. Mr. Biden never named former President Donald J. Trump in his sometimes stark commencement address to the graduating class of Howard University, the nation’s most prestigious historically

Judge Faye Allen Encourages FAMU Law Grads to Embrace Their Greatness

By Stephanie Strong The 100 graduates of the Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law’s 2022/2023 class listened attentively as keynote hooding speaker Judge Faye Allen, Ninth Judicial Circuit, called them to greatness on Saturday, May 13, 2023. Judge Allen reminded the graduates that great people attended the College of Law when it was founded in 1949. There were great people who led the charge to get the law school reestablished years after it was closed in Tallahassee, Florida and moved to Orlando, Florida. “The history of this great institution puts you in a position to be the greatest lawyers of

Bowie State University Earns Tree Campus Higher Education 2022 Distinction

Courtesy of Bowie State University Bowie State was honored with the 2022 Tree Campus Higher Education recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective forest management to enhance the campus environment. The Arbor Day Foundation is the world’s largest membership nonprofit organization dedicated to planting trees. Its’ Tree Campus Higher Education program began in 2008 to encourage colleges and universities to plant trees on their campuses. “This designation shows everyone that the university is truly committed to embracing and preserving the natural environment around us and lowering the carbon footprint,” said Jabari Walker, Bowie State’s energy and

Landscape Architecture Graduating Class Designs Straight Path to Careers

By Dustin Chandler The state’s only undergraduate landscape architecture program, housed at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has built its rĂ©sumĂ© this spring by graduating its entire senior class with careers in the field already set to begin. “Happily, our class of 2023 has set a new record by reaching 100 percent employment in career positions before graduation,” said Steve Rasmussen Cancian, assistant professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design. “That’s never happened before in our program. “I think the key difference it makes is that where students drop off from the profession is where

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