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Bowie State Alums Featured in Documentary of 1973 School Integration in Prince George’s County

By D. Thompson The Tower Road Bus Documentary chronicles how integrating the Prince George’s County Schools through forced busing impacted and changed the lives of students, teachers, and a principal who all received their undergraduate or graduate degrees from Bowie State. The film brings focus to the events that occurred 50 years ago surrounding school busing that reshaped education in the county, and will be screened on Thursday, Feb. 9, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Fine and Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall. A panel discussion following the screening will include BSU alumni Courtney Pringle ‘62, a retired Crestview

Some students at historically Black colleges in Atlanta are protesting a police training center

By Sara Weissman Some students and faculty members at historically Black Atlanta colleges and universities are speaking out against plans to build an 85-acre, $90 million police training facility nearby in forested land owned by the city. The Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, nicknamed “Cop City” by its critics, was approved by the Atlanta Council in fall 2021. The complex is expected to include shooting ranges, a mock city for police training and a K-9 unit kennel, among other amenities, and would be a little less than 10 miles from the Atlanta University Center, which is home to four HBCUs. The project has

Discrimination and caretaking contribute to lower college completion rate for Black students

By Claretta Bellamy According to a new report, Black college students face two distinct barriers when it comes to finishing their education: discrimination and managing too many responsibilities. Black students reported facing barriers that prevent them from completing their undergraduate studies in six years or less, regardless of the type of certificate or degree program, according to research published Thursday by Gallup and the Lumina Foundation. The most significant factors contributing to the lower rates among Black students, the study found, were experiencing acts of discrimination and managing multiple priorities that can interfere with completing coursework. The report compiled data in fall

Benedict College Receives Over $2.8 Million from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Courtesy of Benedict College Benedict College announced the school received $2,893,457 in funding from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for the implementation of a pilot program titled Connecting Minority Communities and Innovations Initiative. The initial program implementation will span over a two-year period. Since the onset of COVID-19, the landscape of higher education in the United States has been altered, particularly among private Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) such as Benedict College. There are millions of Americans affected by the digital divide. Statistics indicate those who live below or at the poverty level in South Carolina (324,623 people) technologically

Amazon and Howard University Announce Academic Collaboration

By Hayya Shah In an ongoing effort to create enduring pipelines of diverse science talent and differentiated research, Amazon today announced a collaboration with Howard University, a historically Black college or university (HBCU) located in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1867, Howard is a research university comprised of 14 schools and colleges. As part of the collaboration, which will be housed in the College of Engineering and Architecture, Amazon will fund faculty research projects with an initial focus on machine learning and natural language processing. “Through their research, funded in part by Amazon, our faculty and students are working to make advances in artificial

FAMU Alum Ken Riley Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame

By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., and the University community welcomed the election of Rattler and Cincinnati Bengals legend Ken Riley to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Riley, who retired from the NFL 40 years ago, was elected as a member of the 2023 Hall of Fame Class unveiled during the NFL Honors broadcast from Phoenix, Arizona, Thursday night. Riley died in 2020 at the age of 72. He played for the Bengals from 1969 to 1983. During his career, he recorded 65 interceptions in 207 starts for the Bengals, a tally that ranks fifth

Jackson State University’s Margaret Walker Center is nominated by industry peers as Attraction of the Year

By William H. Kelley III The Margaret Walker Center will be highlighted during the annual Hometown Hero and S.U.M.I.T.T (SUperlative Merit In Travel and Tourism) Awards program hosted by Visit Jackson on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, at 7 pm at the Two Mississippi Museums. The MWC, located at Jackson State University, was nominated as Attraction of the Year by fellow hospitality and tourism industry peers. The Hometown Hero awards program is a signature project via Visit Jackson that was created to recognize excellence by individuals and entities contributing to the tourism industry’s success in the City of Soul, Jackson, Miss. “It’s an honor to be

Bowie State Designated as an Adobe Creative Campus

By D. Thompson Bowie State University, one of four historically Black colleges and universities designated as an Adobe Creative Campus, kicked off the spring semester by introducing more than 200 faculty members to the innovative uses for Adobe Creative Cloud software in their classrooms to help students become fluent users of digital tools. BSU students, faculty and staff have free access to download the Creative Cloud apps using BSU login credentials. It is also available on all on-campus devices. “We’re here to support you guys,” said Kevin Bryant, Bowie State’s Adobe customer success manager, during the Spring Faculty Institute. “We envision folks having

City of Bowie Partners With Bowie State to Open City Hall Art Exhibit

By D. Thompson Bowie State University’s fine and performing arts department and the City of Bowie are partnering to host an art exhibit that will be displayed at Bowie City Hall from Jan. 23-May 20. The exhibit will feature over thirty pieces of art, which were chosen through a juried selection process by the City of Bowie Arts Committee, and Bowie State studio art professor Arthur Vidrine. “Art has the ability to connect people together,” said Vidrine who is excited to gather the community around the showcase. “It can bring the community together towards a shared experience. Art has done

Florida Law College To Be Renamed After Benjamin L. Crump

By Candace McDuffie Wednesday, February 8 is the day that the College of Law at St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida, will be renamed the Benjamin L. Crump College of Law. This makes history as the first law school in the nation named after a practicing Black attorney. There is only one other law school in the country named for a Black person and that is none other than Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. St. Thomas University President David A. Armstrong, J.D. expressed his excitement in a statement: “The naming of the Benjamin L. Crump College of Law at St. Thomas University is the latest

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