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Fresh produce boxes now available to students, staff at four local colleges and universities

Courtesy of Benedict College The $5 boxes are distributed every other week and contain nearly 10 pounds of fresh produce. Students and staff at four local college campuses now have access to boxes of fresh produce for just $5. FoodShare South Carolina launched the new program Wednesday at the University of South Carolina, Allen University, and Columbia College. Foodshare will soon be coming to Benedict College as well. According to the national advocacy nonprofit, Swipe Out Hunger, one in three college students faced food insecurity. Food insecurity is defined by the USDA as a household that has “limited or uncertain access to adequate food.”

FVSU Receives Nearly $3 Million to Increase the Number of Minority STEM Graduates

Courtesy of Fort Valley State University Fort Valley State University (FVSU) has received a nearly $3 million grant from the Department of Education to expand the Cooperative Developmental Energy Program (CDEP) to increase the number of minority Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) graduates. The grant will be used to address the shortage of women and minority STEM professionals and the need to increase their participation in pursuing STEM disciplines. The project addresses the challenge by focusing on providing STEM education to students from rural areas and populations of students under-represented in STEM. The project aims to recruit, mentor and

Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Examine Democracy in America Coming To Claflin University

Courtesy of Claflin University The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street, in cooperation with SC Humanities presents “Voices and Votes: Democracy in American.” The exhibition examines the nearly 250-year-old American experiment of a government “of, by and for the people,” and how each generation since continues to question how to form “a more perfect union.” Opening at the Arthur Rose Museum on the campus of Claflin University on October 29, 2022, “Voices and Votes” will be on view through December 10. Claflin University and the surrounding community has been chosen by SC Humanities to host “Voices and Votes” as part of

Governor Cooper Visits Fayetteville State University and Tours Child Care Center to Highlight NC Child Care Stabilization Grants

Courtesy of Fayetteville State University Governor Roy Cooper visited and toured the Fayetteville State University Early Childhood Learning Center today to highlight the NC Child Care Stabilization Grants. To date, more than $655 million has been distributed to 4,200 child care facilities across the state to support and retain the early educator workforce. “Investing in early childhood education is one of the most important things we can do for the future of our state,” Governor Cooper said. “These grants are helping provide parents with the time and flexibility to keep and obtain good-paying jobs while ensuring their children are cared for.

Tuskegee earns $75,000 for faculty, student research

Courtesy of Tuskegee University Tuskegee University was selected for an All of Us Researcher Academy Institutional Champion award for $75,000 from the National Institutes of Health. This will provide faculty and student stipends for research in health disparities, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence (AI) bias using the All of Us database on the researcher workbench. Tuskegee University joined the All of Us Southern Network in 2018.  Since then, Dr. Stephen Sodeke has been serving as the Site-Principal Investigator at Tuskegee.  Tuskegee University continues to be rewarded for the work faculty researchers are doing to increase the resources

Good Morning America Show Featuring JSU Culminates with Surprise $100K Donation from Mars, Incorporated and SNICKERSÂź

Courtesy of Jackson State University Good Morning America Co-Anchor Michael Strahan traveled to Jackson State University to celebrate Homecoming with the Tigers during a live broadcast of the show. During the broadcast, the University was surprised with the announcement that Mars is donating $100,000 in support of the JSU Emergency Gap Fund. “America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities like JSU are vital resources in educating an increasingly diverse workforce and the business community can step up to support diversity in higher education,” said Anton Vincent, President of Mars Wrigley, North America. “I am extremely proud to call Jackson home where my parents Dr. George and Pearl

Charles Drew University approved to start medical degree program

By Marissa Evans Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science has received preliminary approval from accreditation officials to start taking applications for its own medical school program. University officials hope to open applications for the first medical school class by the first week of November, with the goal of having a class of 60 students entering the program next summer. The historically Black university in Willowbrook received confirmation for preliminary accreditation of its medical school curriculum from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the main officials responsible for approval. The process took five years. “It’s just really a big

Prospective Golden Bulls Visit Campus For Open House

Courtesy of John C. Smith University Nearly 375 prospective future Golden Bulls and their families made their way to Brayboy Gymnasium Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, for Open House. After receiving a true Johnson C. Smith University welcome, students were invited to visit informational booths, participate in challenges and watch performances by the IIOS Drumline, Luv-A-Bulls cheer team, Blue Satin, the Untouchabulls and the University concert choir. “This event always brings out prospective students,” said JCSU’s new Director of Admissions Dr. Hamilton Raymond. “I love to show these students what we can offer by getting them information about JCSU and getting

Howard University Announces Record $122 Million in Annual Research Funding; Creating New Opportunities for Students & Faculty

By the Howard University Newsroom Staff In 2018, Howard University announced a goal of raising $100 million in grants and contracts for research by 2024. Today, Howard surpassed that goal two years early by raising $122 million in Fiscal Year 2022, a record sum for any Historically Black College or University (HBCU). “Research and academic excellence has always been part of Howard’s identity. We have supported hundreds of leading researchers across disciplines, furthering our collective understanding of the world around us and producing research that has changed the world,” said President Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., MBA. “With our new approach to research

Fayetteville State University Earns Grant to Train Students for Competitive Summer Experiences

Courtesy of Fayetteville State University Fayetteville State University (FSU) will launch a program to train a diverse talent pool of freshmen and sophomore students for competitive research-focused summer experiences, thanks to a new grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. James E. Raynor, Jr., Ph.D., a professor in FSU’s Department of Biological and Forensic Sciences, recently received nearly $250,000 to establish a two-year Scientific Research Preparatory Mentoring Program (SRPMP) to train freshmen and sophomore students from historically marginalized backgrounds for competitive entry into research-focused

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