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Social Work Alum And Faculty Receives National Award

Courtesy of Norfolk State University Dr. Viola Vaughan-Eden, professor and Ph.D. program director at the Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work at Norfolk State University, received the Outstanding Individual in Academia from the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy (CRISP) during their Social Work Day on the Hill event. “Organizations like CRISP provide an opportunity for our students to understand the intersection of policy, practice, and research. They learn firsthand from lawmakers serving on Capitol Hill. I am extremely honored by this award and look forward to welcoming the next generation of social workers to NSU,” said Dr. Vaughan-Eden. Dr. Viola Vaughan-Eden,

Meharry receives Nunn-Perry Award for Department of Defense program

Courtesy of Meharry Medical College The Department of Defense and Office of Small Business Programs recently awarded Meharry Medical College the Nunn-Perry Award for its work in the Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP). Meharry is a member of one of four mentor-protégé teams selected to receive the Nunn-Perry Award. Meharry Medical College worked with the team in which Tec-Masters, Inc. served as mentor and the company GeneCapture served as protégé in the U.S. Army-sponsored Mentor-Protégé Program. Other team members included Oakwood University and the Women’s Business Center of The Catalyst Center for Business and Entrepreneurship. The MPP partners larger companies with smaller

Honda Campus All-Stars From Alabama State University Reach Nationals

By Kenneth Mullinax/ASU Alabama State University’s Honda Campus All-Star Challenge Team, competing at the national finals tournament this week in Torrance, California, advanced to the Super-16 Level. The accomplishment places the ASU team among the top Historically Black College or Universities (HBCUs) in the nation at the event, which showcases the best HBCU teams in a Jeopardy-like, fact-based, question-and-answer challenge. Representing the Hornet Nation were Jonathan Holland, Savannah Mendenhall, Vanell Tadjuidje, and Samantha Rodman.While Alabama State University’s team advanced to the second-level of the Super-16 national playoff competition, it fell short in moving forward in the semi-quarter finals on April 17 after a close contest with Stillman College.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Gets Inside View on Tech Education at Howard University

By Sholnn Z. Freeman U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured Howard University, where he visited with middle school students, Howard University students, and was briefed on the University’s expanding research footprint in transportation. At the College of Engineering and Architecture, Buttigieg participated in meetings with students and faculty. They put the spotlight on the Howard University Transportation Center, which recently received a $10 million grant from the Department of Transportation. Afterward, Buttigieg met with Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick. Dr. Frederick said Howard University would remain committed to outreach efforts to promote STEM education while also advancing applied research and providing

PVAMU joins national partnership to cultivate more diverse secondary STEM teachers

Courtesy of Prairie View A&M University Prairie View A&M University’s Whitlowe R. Green College of Education and Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences will hold a site visit to officially launch PVU Teach, part of a nationwide effort to improve STEM teaching and learning. PVU Teach is a teacher certification program for undergraduate students in STEM fields. Programs like this are generally completed as a master’s degree, but at PVAMU, students get the opportunity to gain teacher certification while also pursuing an undergraduate major in a STEM discipline. STEM students can differentiate themselves from other candidates for medical school, graduate

Marriott-Sorenson Center for Hospitality Leadership Launches at Howard University

By Brittany Bailer The Marriott-Sorenson Center for Hospitality Leadership at Howard University School of Business hosted its official ribbon-cutting ceremony last week. Created in honor of former Marriott president and CEO Arne M. Sorenson, the Marriott-Sorenson Center was created by a $20 million gift from The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation in 2021. It was Sorenson’s mission to create greater opportunity for all, and build a more diverse and inclusive executive workforce, within Marriott and the broader industry. Members of the Marriott Family, members of the Howard University Board of Trustees and Marriott Student Scholars were all in attendance.

FAMU Partners with The Citizens Campaign to Establish Citizen Leadership Training Base

By Andrew Skeritt Florida A&M University (FAMU) and The Citizens Campaign Wednesday announced the establishment of a Citizen Leadership Training Base designed to train students and members of the community in no-blame, pragmatic problem-solving skills and provide opportunities for them to put their training to use as “citizen leaders” working to better their communities and our country. FAMU is one of 25 colleges around the nation where model Citizen Leadership Training Bases are first being developed in partnership with The Citizens Campaign. The FAMU Citizen Leadership Training Base will have two core components: (1) offering citizen leadership training to students and the broader community

Few universities offer majors in Latino, Black, Asian or Indigenous studies, a new report shows

By Suzanne Gamboa The political uproar over racial and ethnic studies programs in higher education is clouding the reality that few four-year institutions offer a major in Latino studies. Such small numbers also are the reality with majors in the study of other racial and ethnic groups. A major in Latino studies is offered by just 89 of more than 2,600 four-year colleges and universities, according to a new report by The Latinx Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Further, the majority of those programs, most established after the Mexican American and Puerto Rican student movements of the 1960s and

N.C. A&T-Led Research Team Awarded NASA Grant For Flood Monitoring Data Science Research

By Jamie Crockett North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University was awarded a three-year $1.5 million NASA grant to establish an institute connected to the agency’s new Data Science Equity, Access, and Priority in Research and Education (DEAP) opportunity for historically Black colleges and universities. As principal investigator (PI), Leila Hashemi Beni, Ph.D., an associate professor in the College of Science and Technology (CoST), will lead a team of researchers from N.C. A&T, Fayetteville State University and Elizabeth City State University to focus on “harnessing data science for flood monitoring and management.” The team will analyze open-source remote sensing (RS)

Bowie State to Celebrate 158th Founders’ Day

By D. Thompson Bowie State University will celebrate its 158th Founders’ Day on Wednesday, April 19, with a convocation ceremony honoring the institution’s historic and ongoing commitment to academic excellence. Featured highlights of the event include special recognition of 1,075 Fall 2022 Dean’s list students and members of academic honor societies. Set for 10 a.m. in the Martin Luther King Jr Communication Arts Center, Myers Auditorium, the ceremony will uplift the theme, Legacy and Honor. Classes will be dismissed 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. “Since its founding in 1865 in Baltimore, the institution known today as Bowie State University has been empowering

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