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WSSU RaMS-C reading and math summer program helps local elementary school students thrive

Courtesy of Winston-Salem State University The Winston-Salem State University Reading and Math Summer Camp (RaMS-C) program provides a low- to no-cost option for elementary school students to access high-quality instruction designed by WSSU faculty and certified classroom teachers. The programs, which have been available at WSSU for the past six years, serve as community assets to address the “summer slide” that many children face. This year the program was sponsored by United Way. The 2022 RaMS-C program focused on reading, coding, dance, and mask-making. WSSU education majors have opportunities to teach as part of the program which gives them valuable

Howard University Architecture Students Collaborate with Temple X Schools on Toy Project for Preschool and Elementary School Children

By Hayya Shah Howard University first-year architecture students collaborated with Temple X Schools on a class project for ARCH 208: Design Thinking + Making. Incorporated into course curriculum by course coordinator and architecture lecturer Martin Paddack, the project “Learning Through Experimentation and Exploration: The Concept Toy/Tool” involved students designing and building conceptual toys or tools for preschool and elementary school students. Architecture adjunct lecturers Robert Klosowski and Jahlik Parkes assisted in leading the class of 44 students and bringing the educational and philanthropical project to fruition. “This collaboration with Howard University actualizes the very mission and vision of Temple X Schools. Our philosophy puts early childhood

HBCU students are being disproportionately affected by Roe’s reversal

By Lauren Lumpkin Many of the country’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are scattered across the South, in states where Black Americans, in the wake of the Civil War, pooled their resources and finally gained access to higher education. Now, however, their descendants are disproportionately losing their right to reproductive health, students at those schools say. The Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that legalized abortion nationwide, will have a outsize effect on students at HBCUs due to their concentration in states that are restricting access to the procedure. Nearly three-quarters of HBCUs recognized by the Department of

Tuskegee unveils monument honoring work to eradicate polio

Courtesy of Tuskegee University The research conducted at Tuskegee Infantile Paralysis Center at Tuskegee Institute to eradicate polio decades ago was acknowledged Aug. 4 with the unveiling of a monument provided by fundraising and collaboration of the Rotary Club. The life-size bronze statue depicts Dr. John W. Chenault, nurse Warrena A. Turpin and a young polio patient named Gordon Stewart. They represent the spirit of excellence that was prevalent at the Tuskegee Infantile Paralysis Center, where Black doctors, researchers and support personnel conducted significant work critical to eradicating polio. The monument’s permanent home is in front of the Museum beside

Generous gift allows Turner ballroom to be named for father/daughter alumni

By Meharry Medical College Meharry Medical College recently received a $750,000 gift from the family of two alumni—the late Alexander C. Wells, Ph.D. ’78 and his daughter, Sabrina Wells-Holloway, D.D.S. ’97. The gift, from Dr. Dorothy McKinney-Wells, Alexander’s wife and Sabrina’s mother, will allow a ballroom in The Cal Turner Family Center for Student Education to bear the name “The Wells Ballroom A.” On a morning in early May, mother and daughter visited the Meharry campus to deliver the gift to President James Hildreth. Originally, Dr. McKinney-Wells, who received her doctorate from Vanderbilt, was going to give her donation to the

Marion Bracy ‘84 to join Dillard University as vice president of facilities management and real estate planning

Courtesy of Dillard University Dillard University president Dr. Rochelle L. Ford has announced that Marion Bracy will be joining the University as the vice president for the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Planning. In his role, Bracy will serve as the chief administrator of facilities maintenance, grounds services, and custodial and housekeeping services. Bracy will begin August 22. ​​“It is a pleasure to have Marion Bracy return to The Oaks,” said Ford. “With his vast experience and level of commitment, I am confident that he will help move Dillard forward with facilities that withstand the forecasts, a strategic preventative

NCCU Students Join Prestigious University Innovation Fellows Program

By L.D. Willis This fall, North Carolina Central University (NCCU) graduate students Maya Hamer and Christopher Lawson plan to host a three-day, research conference titled Soaring into STEM. Hamer and Lawson are in the NCCU Information Science master’s degree program, and Hamer is also getting her Master of Business Administration degree. They are the institution’s first University Innovation Fellows (UIF) cohorts, joining other college students across the country in the prestigious program sponsored by Stanford University. The UIF program teaches students about design-centered thinking while empowering them to become change agents for their respective universities. Design thinking is a way to define and solve tough challenges. NCCU applied for the UIF program in fall 2021, explained Siobahn Day Grady, Ph.D., an assistant professor of library and information sciences, and faculty champion for the UIF program. “A lot of the heavy

N.C. A&T Fashion Merchandising Students Interning at Nation’s Top Retailers

By Dustin Chandler North Carolina A&T students are lighting up the nation’s top-tier retail and apparel brands this summer as interns at some of the most recognizable brands in the world. Students in the Fashion Merchandising and Design program, in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, are currently in the middle of summer internships at companies that include Winston-Salem’s major conglomerate Hanesbrands; lifestyle retailer Urban Outfitters and its satellite companies in Pennsylvania; and New York retail giants Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdale’s. “Most fashion students’ dream internship experience is one that places them in areas where they can be

ASU Music Department and ClefWorks To Throw Benefit Concert

​By Hazel Scott Set your calendar. Alabama State University’s Department of Music and ClefWorks, a Montgomery nonprofit music group, have pulled together a special  musical event for the tri-county area — “Music in Montgomery Benefit Concert.”  The ticketed event is Thursday, Sept. 1, at 7 p.m. in the Wilson Auditorium of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 1 Museum  Drive. Several Music Department faculty will headline the show with the goal of concert proceeds benefiting ASU music students.  Faculty performers include Dr. Katrina Williams, clarinet; Dr. Joseph Ortiguera, violin; Dr. Michael Westmoreland, saxophone; Dr. Brenda Luchsinger, horn; Dr. Jonathan Houghtling, trombone, Dr.

Zindzi Thompson makes Meharry history as youngest Black female graduate

Courtesy of Meharry Medical College On a Saturday, in mid-May, 21-year-old Zindzi Thompson walked across the stage of the Grand Ole Opry—but her accolades were from skill and study instead of musical talent. Thompson was the youngest Black female to graduate with an M.D. in the history of Meharry Medical College. When Thompson enrolled in Meharry’s School of Medicine at 16, the South Carolina native would be on track to join a multitude of family members as Meharry alumni. “I have always wanted to be a doctor for as long as I can remember,” Thompson told Nashville’s NewsChannel 5. “There’s nothing

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