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President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to Deliver 2023 Commencement Address

By Sholnn Z. Freeman Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., MBA, president of Howard University, announced today that Joseph R. Biden Jr., the 46th president of the United States, will serve as the commencement orator during the 155th commencement ceremony on Howard University’s Upper Quadrangle of the main campus at 10 a.m. on May 13, 2023. “It is an honor and privilege to welcome President Biden to deliver the 2023 commencement address and celebrate the graduating Class of 2023,” Dr. Frederick said. “This honorary Doctor of Letters is much deserved for his years of transformational service as U.S. Senator, Vice President, and

Norfolk State’s Board Member Donates $1M For Endowed Chair

Courtesy of Norfolk State University Norfolk State University is pleased to announce a major gift from Board of Visitors Board member Mr. Conrad Hall. Hall has contributed a gift of $1M to support the creation of the Conrad M. Hall Endowed Chair in Constitutional and U.S. History at the university. This position will add to the Department of History and Interdisciplinary Studies and the Department of Political Science program offerings and will allow the university to recruit renowned constitutional scholars as professors to enhance the degree programs. In making the gift Mr. Hall stated, “It is the expectation that an understanding of American

Lincoln University Creative Writing Students Present LU-MRRL Lecture Series: The Immersive Reading Experience

Courtesy of Lincoln University of Missouri Lincoln University’s (LU) creative writing students from English 271: Introduction to Fiction Writing and English 375/475: Intermediate and Advanced Fiction Workshop read their works of fiction at the Missouri River Regional Library (MRRL) on April 24, 2023, for the LU-MRRL Lecture Series: The Immersive Reading Experience. All writings produced for The Immersive Reading Experience event were crafted by students through class assignments under the guidance of their instructor, Assistant Professor of English Daren Dean. “I have some really talented students who have impressed me this semester,” he commented. LU students Emily Botts, Jestine Lange, Izabella Ort and

Reid Named North Carolina A&T’s First Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellow

By Jackie Torok Kennedy Reid has been named North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s first Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program recipient. Reid will graduate May 13 with a B.S. in economics with a law concentration from the Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics. She received the University Award for Academic Excellence during N.C. A&T’s Spring 2023 Honors Convocation, when she served as student speaker. The Greensboro, North Carolina, native also was the sole recipient of the Eve Marie Carson Servant Leader Award, which is bestowed annually by the University of North Carolina Association of Student

Bishop State signs partnership agreement with Miles College

Courtesy of Bishop State Community College The Memorandum of Agreement signed Monday by Bishop State President Olivier Charles and Miles College President Bobbi Knight will guarantee the transfer of academic credits and provide ongoing collaborative campus advising for students. Bishop State students who graduate with an associate degree and a minimum GPA of 2.0 may transfer up to 64 semester hours to Miles College toward a four-year degree. All transfer application fees will be waived for Bishop State students. “This partnership will provide our Bishop State students a smooth transfer process for furthering their education at Miles College,” President Charles

Howard University picks African diaspora scholar as next university president

Howard University is turning to an experienced scholar of the African diaspora to serve as its new university president. Ben Vinson III, currently the provost at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, will officially take over as president from the retiring Wayne Frederick on Sept. 1. Vinson is a historian specializing in studies of the African diaspora, particularly in Latin America. His appointment comes at a crucial time for the historically Black university; the venerable institution is riding a wave of national prominence, with illustrious alumni, major funding boosts and high-profile staff additions. Vinson called the Howard position, “the honor of

Bowie State Hosts Second Annual Data Science and Analytics Symposium

By Jonathan Saxon Bowie State University hosted the second annual Data Science and Analytics (DSA) Symposium, a two-day event which brings together data analytics experts from academia, government and private industry to discuss the latest trends on how organizations can use raw data to make decisions in education, training and the workforce. This year’s conference focused on the role of data science and analytics in addressing social injustice and the disparities in socioeconomic opportunities in the U.S. The symposium’s first day featured a keynote address from U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Santos, emphasized the importance of researchers using their individual

Hip-hop exec teams with Florida Memorial to cultivate next wave of Black tech stars

By Janey Tate When Slip-N-Slide Records founder Ted Lucas decided to start investing in the tech industry, he quickly realized Black people were being left out of the high-paying jobs and startup funding. The Miami rap pioneer, who is responsible for discovering multiplatinum artists such as Rick Ross, Trina and Trick Daddy, decided he needed to take the same energy he put into finding top music acts and use it to foster the next Black tech superstars. In 2021, Lucas founded TechNolij, a nonprofit organization focused on closing the racial wealth gap through technology education. “I saw what was happening here in South

TSU Student-Athlete To Graduate With 4.0 GPA, Along With Two Degrees And An OVC Championship

By Alexis Clark For three years, Gina Rivera-Ortiz’s parents would drive two hours to get her to volleyball practice, in her native territory of Puerto Rico. Dedication that has paid off in the long run with Rivera-Ortiz’s becoming a decorated libero, a back-row defensive specialist, for Tennessee State University volleyball team. Add to her accomplishment an Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) championship and OVC tournament MVP in 2022 for the TSU Tigers. Not only has Rivera-Ortiz, a TSU graduate student, put blood, sweat and tears on the court, she has put her all into her education as well. “Since pre-kindergarten I’ve

Lincoln University Wins DOE Grant to Train a Diverse STEM Workforce

Courtesy of Lincoln University of Missouri The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded an $800,000 grant to a Lincoln University of Missouri professor to fund efforts to develop a more diverse STEM workforce over the next four years. Sean Zeiger, an assistant professor of forest hydrology and watershed management at Lincoln, leads the project to train a diverse workforce to measure and model energy, water and carbon budgets. A partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and collaboration with the University of Missouri offers enhanced training and research opportunities for LU students selected for the program. “The need to recruit and retain

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