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Food Lion Feeds and Lincoln University Partner on Campus Food Pantry

Courtesy of Lincoln University Lincoln University staff and Food Lion associates are joining together to announce Food Lion Feeds’ recent $12,000 donation for food pantry improvements including a deep freezer and other appliances, shelving, storage bins, and inventory. The opening of the Food Pantry was held at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), food insecurity is defined as the “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways.” With student demographics constantly

ASU’s ASPIRE Helps Community With its Summer Camp Projects

By Kenneth Mullinax/ASU The ASPIRE (Amazing Students Putting in Resilient Efforts to Stay in School) summer program at Alabama State University has been busy recently not only by mentoring and tutoring local students from grades 6-12, but also by involving them in service projects in the Montgomery community. ASPIRE campers participated in a clean-up project at the ASU garden and an outreach program to give more than 100 Montgomery Public School System (MPS) students approved backpacks loaded with school supplies. “We feel it is important to help teach our young folks to be the best well-rounded person possible by helping them both academically

Lincoln University of Missouri Honors its Heritage Through Iron Riders 125th Anniversary Celebration Sponsorship

By Jennifer O’Donley Commemorating the 25th Infantry Buffalo Solders Bicycle Corps’ arrival in Missouri 125 years ago, Lincoln University of Missouri recently cosponsored the 125th anniversary celebration of the Iron Riders. Event organizers shared the little-known story of these soldiers and their extraordinary accomplishments through a series of events, July 17-24, at Big Lake State Park, Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site, St. Jude’s Square in Monroe City and the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park. “Lincoln University is extremely proud to have cosponsored the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Iron Riders,” said Dr. Darius Watson, Lincoln University Interim Dean of

From Dreams to Reality: AOB, Producers Detail Historic Gospel Album ‘Urban Hymnal,’ Set to Release in September

By Alexis Clark From Black spiritual to contemporary, musical experts say Tennessee State University’s Aristocrat of Bands anticipated gospel album is a conceptual journey of faith that embodies the evolution of gospel music told through the lenses of an HBCU band. Titled ‘The Urban Hymnal,’ the album has 10 tracks filled with organic sounds that were created in the Land of Golden Sunshine. The history-making album features trailblazers within the gospel music industry. When Dr. Reginald McDonald was promoted to Director of Bands in 2015, he was told by his predecessor to dream big for the band’s legacy,  to ensure a

Howard University Welcomes Class of 2026 During Campus Move-In

By Aaliyah Butler The Howard University campus community embraced hundreds of freshmen students moving into campus housing this week. As families travel from near and far, a new class of Bison are welcomed with smiles from student leaders, volunteers, housing staff and administrators. “I could not have asked for a better move-in. It’s festive, fun and even emotional as parents say goodbye,” said Cynthia Evers, Ed.D., vice president of student affairs. The Howard University campus community embraced hundreds of freshmen students moving into campus housing this week. As families travel from near and far, a new class of Bison are welcomed

N.C. A&T Begins a Student-Centered Year with New Records, Degree Programs and Momentum

By Todd Simmons and Jamie Crockett North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University starts the 2022-23 academic year today with more students than ever before, new academic programs and a research enterprise on a rapid rise. The university expects approximately 13,500 students this year – a purposely small increase over last year’s 13,322 headcount, though enrollment figures will not be final until month’s end. Nevertheless, that total is expected to make A&T the nation’s largest historically Black university (HBCU) for the ninth year in a row – indeed, the largest that any HBCU has ever become. “Our measured, strategic growth

SIMBAA Literary Magazine announces open submission period, annual contests

Courtesy of Lincoln University Simbaa, Lincoln University’s Magazine of the Arts, is now accepting submissions for its spring 2022 edition. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to submit for consideration their best poetry, short stories, essays, visual art, and photography. All submissions can be e-mailed to simbaa@lincoln.edu. The deadline is Sunday, March 20th. In addition, Simbaa, along with the Department of Languages and Literature, is again sponsoring the Poet Laureate Contest and Guy A. Sims Short Fiction Competition. The top three poems submitted to the Poet Laureate Contest will be published in Simbaa, and the first-place poet will be declared Poet

The Center of African Studies Receives $3 Million to Support Africa-Focused Education

By Aaliyah Butler The Center for African Studies at Howard Universityhas been awarded National Resource Center (NRC) and Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) grants from the United States Department of Education. The center will receive nearly $3 million for the 2022-2026 grant cycle to support Africa-focused programming, education and outreach, as well as African language instruction. “We are delighted to continue to serve as a National Resource Center for African Studies,” saidKrista Johnson, director of the Center for African Studies. “The increased allotment is a testament to Howard’s leadership in African studies, scholarship, language and outreach programs. We are

American Forest Foundation CEO Assesses UAPB’s Outreach Efforts to African American Forest Landowners

By Wil Hehemann Since 2016, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s (UAPB) “Keeping it in the Family” (KIITF) Program has worked to address historic barriers to African American success in forestry. The program provides educational resources and technical assistance to African American forest landowners to protect and retain their family land for future generations, Kandi Williams, Extension program aide and coordinator for the program, said. Tom Martin, CEO of the American Forest Foundation, recently visited southern Arkansas to meet some of the forest landowners who have benefited from the university’s forestry programming. “We were honored to have Mr. Martin visit as

Olympic Gold Medalist Selected to Lead Revived Wrestling Program at Morgan State University

Courtesy of Morgan State University Leading the return of NCAA Division I, Varsity-level men’s wrestling to Maryland’s largest Historically Black College or University (HBCU), Morgan State University today announced the hiring of Kenny Monday as the Athletics Department’s new men’s wrestling coach, effective Aug. 24, 2022. Monday, the first Black wrestler in history to win an Olympic gold medal, is a National Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee, three-time Olympian and former NCAA All-American standout, who brings a championship-level coaching pedigree and an expansive yet impressive resume to a Bears’ wrestling program looking to restart after a 25-year hiatus. Monday comes to Morgan after serving

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