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TSU Alums, Slim & Husky’s Founders Among Semifinalists For Coveted Culinary Award

By Alexis Clark The blue print all started in Watson Hall dormitory seven years ago. Now three TSU alum who are founders of a major national restaurant chain, has been nominated as semifinalists for the esteemed James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Restaurateur Culinary Award. The semifinalists were announced on January 25. Slim & Husky’s Pizza Beeria owners Clinton Gray, Derrick Moore and Emanuel Reed are nominated in the category of Outstanding Restaurateur. The award recognizes exceptional talent and achievement in the culinary arts, hospitality, media, and broader food system. “To be nominated for a James Beard award within our industry is the equivalent

John C. Smith University’s Lactation and Doula program Receives Nearly $1 Million in County Grant

Courtesy of John C. Smith University During a recent Mecklenburg County Commissioner meeting, Johnson C. Smith University’s Lactation and Doula Program became one of 75 local projects funded with money allocated from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). The county received $99 million in ARPA funds, which were granted by the federal government to stimulate the economy by providing money for state and local governments to make strategic investments in their communities. The county commissioners set aside the money for affordable housing and homelessness; childcare and early childhood development; workforce and economic development; and parks, environment and infrastructure.

Mellon Foundation Awards Morgan State University $500,000 Grant to Cultivate the Next Generation of Black, LGBTQ+ Scholar-Activists

Courtesy of Morgan State University Morgan State University has received a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation—the nation’s largest funder of the arts, culture, and humanities—to launch Black Queer…Everything (BQE), a pioneering initiative that seeks to enrich the discourse of race and racialization nationwide with a specialized focus on the interplay of racialized blackness in relationship to the rich tapestry of sexual orientations and gender identities woven into the human experience. A first-of-its-kind initiative at Morgan, BQE’s mission is to develop innovative research opportunities, humanities-centered collaborative projects, and transformative teaching and curricula to provide meaningful experiences, training, and mentorship opportunities to

State workers union pressures University System of Maryland board for higher pay

By Zshekinah Collier Workers rallied outside the University System of Maryland Board of Regents meeting on Friday morning aiming to bend the ear of leaders for better wages and work conditions. There were about 100 people, some of whom were university employees, who even marched into the meeting that was in progress to garner the attention of board members to no avail. The American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees were outraged that pay raises from a state surplus of nearly $2 billion won’t trickle down to university employees. Standing on the steps of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union building,

Howard University Law Students Travel to Geneva for United Nations Annual Meeting

By Brittany Bailer Justin Hansford, executive director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center and member of the U.N. Permanent Forum of People of African Descent, recently traveled to Geneva, Switzerland for the forum’s first annual meeting. The center recently sponsored 12 law students from Hansford’s Movement Lawyering Clinic to go on the trip and present their semester-long research before the U.N. Human Rights Council. The presentation was titled “Acknowledging Black America in the Discussion for Sustainable Development Goals: HBCUs Leading the Way.” The student research gauged the treatment of Black people in the U.S. using the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), benchmarks that the U.N. has

FAMU Recruiters Attract Hundreds of Students at LA Black College Expo

By Andrew Skerritt Hundreds of students from California and across the West Coast converged on the Florida A&M University recruiting table at the Black College Expo in Los Angeles, on Saturday. The event was held as FAMU is seeing a record number of applications from first-time-in-college students. “It’s impressive to see the number of students coming to the FAMU table. All day long there has been a crowd,” said President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., as he stood near the FAMU table greeting parents and prospective students. “Our staff, our students,  and alumni are working really hard to tell them the FAMU story.

TSU Hospitality Program Places Graduates At Iconic Las Vegas Resorts

By Emmanuel Freeman The Las Vegas Strip, with its posh hotels and unlimited attractions, is always a top destination for tourists. The next time you plan your trip, check-in, or have fine dining at the popular location, a Tennessee State University graduate could be your customer service representative. That’s because two recent TSU grads are now a part of the world-renowned Wynn Resorts after completing the university’s new Hospitality and Tourism Management program in partnership with the iconic company. Monique Darvin and Tavion McCullough will soon start their new careers in the hospitality industry as managers in training for one

Morgan State looks to solve a diversity ‘pipeline problem’ in environmental sciences

By Joel McCord For years, the study of environmental sciences has taken place in an overwhelmingly white world. While African Americans make up about 13% of the U.S. population, they receive fewer than 3% of environmental science degrees annually, according to a 2020 Data USA study. Now, officials at Morgan State University, a historically Black institution, are trying to change that. The university was granted $1 million to study microplastics in Chesapeake Bay for the next three years which is an opportunity to train more Black environmental scientists. The study is being done at the Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research

Commitment To Research Leads To Winter Break in Hawaii

Courtesy of John C. Smith University While some faculty and students spent their winter break home with family celebrating the holidays, Criminology major Alexis Lawson ’23 flew to Hawaii with Dr. Anita Bledsoe-Gardner, professor of Criminology, to present collaborative research at the International Academic Forum (IAFOR[BSD1]) Conference. “This was more than an academic trip,” said Lawson, who visited Hawaii last year for a similar presentation. “I wanted experience giving another presentation because I could add it to my resume. Plus, it was Hawaii, so why not go again?” The project is called “Collaborative and Reflective Learning: Creating Synergistic Scholars and

JSU Student Success Awarded $9 Million for seven U.S. Department of Education Grants

Courtesy of Jackson State University The Office of Postsecondary Education at the United States Department of Education recently awarded the Jackson State University Student Success unit more than $9 million in grants for six new programs and one continuing program to serve low-income first-generation middle school, high school and college students. The programs align with the university’s strategic plan to increase the number of students completing secondary, postsecondary and post-baccalaureate degrees.0000 “Jackson State University is honored to receive this support from the U.S. Department of Education which will help us to execute our mission of serving students who are destined to be the

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