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TSU to Change Lives of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, Receives $284,000 In Grant Award

By Alexis Clark Tennessee State University has received $284,000 from the TN Department of Intellectual Developmental Disabilities (DIDD), becoming the first public institution in Middle Tennessee and HBCU in the nation to offer the program. A check presentation took place Tuesday morning as DIDD commissioner Brad Turner and his team joined TSU President Glenda Glover, Dr. Anita McGaha, TSU director of disability services, Rep. Harold Love Jr., Senator Brenda Gilmore and staff for the historic event. TSU’s grant will be spread over two years to create TigerEDGE (Educate, Develop, and Grow for Employability) a non-degree certificate program for students ages

PVAMU receives $500,000 from USDA-NIFA; funding to create more pathways towards careers in USDA, agriculture

By Karen Cotton Wash Jones, associate professor of agriculture in Prairie View A&M University’s College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, is looking forward to the opportunities the recent funding of a half-million dollars in scholarship funding from the USDA-National Institute of Food And Agriculture will provide for students. “Our students need scholarship assistance, and this is one way of helping students achieve their goals and get involved with the USDA,” said Jones.  “The scholarships will serve as an enticement to bring more students into the college, and possibly a career with the USDA in the future.” The awarding of this next phase of

The career path initiative of a 4.0 graduate

Delaware State University The fact that Brandi Nichols is among the nine 4.0-GPA graduates at Delaware State University who will each receive the Presidential Academic Excellence Award is remarkable enough. However, even more impressive while maintaining academic perfection was the tenacious initiative Ms. Nicole exercised throughout her undergraduate years to figure out her career path. Ms. Nichols – a native of Elkton, Md., but raised mostly in Delaware in Newark and then Magnolia – will walk the May 14 Commencement stage to receive both her award and a BA in New Media in Arts. She began her undergraduate journey, however, in fall 2018

First Generation, next chapter: Mass Communication grad credits Grambling State for preparedness, taking life head on

Courtesy of Grambling State University Kayla Sullers has always believed in jumping into life full-force and building new experiences to help create a better future. The mass communications major isn’t sure what exactly lies ahead in her future as she jumps into the next phase of her life after Thursday’s graduation ceremonies, but she said she does know that Grambling State University has helped prepare her whatever that might be. Sullers’ journey to Grambling came differently than many of those by her fellow graduates. “I’m not a legacy or anything like that,” Sullers said. “My high school counselor was a

Raleigh County Academy of Careers & Technology Students Benefit from Articulation Agreement with BSC

By Bluefield State College Raleigh County Academy of Careers and Technology (ACT) students now can earn 14 college credits while completing specific courses at the Academy, then move seamlessly into the Bluefield State College Criminal Justice program. Through a recently approved Articulation Agreement between BSC, Raleigh County Public Schools, and Raleigh County ACT, qualifying Raleigh County ACT students who have completed the Academy’s Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security Cluster can transfer a semester’s worth of college credit into Bluefield State’s Criminal Justice degree program. During a May 9 ceremony at the Academy of Careers and Technology in Beckley, Mr.

Wiley College Students are Inducted into the National Society of Leadership and Success

Courtesy of Wiley College On Tuesday, April 26, 2022, over 20 students were inducted into the nation’s largest leadership honor society. The NSLS is the most prominent leadership honor society in the United States, National Society of Leadership and Success. Students were selected based on their outstanding leadership contributions and NSLS mission to impact the world by building stronger, more successful leaders. Mr. Jacorey Calloway, NSLS Chapter Success Manager, inspired students with the charge to “persevere” despite challenges and obstacles. Mr. Calloway visited Wiley College and personally participated in the induction ceremony, citing that Wiley College was a special place.

Coppin State University Celebrates Groundbreaking for KEYS Community Healing Village in West Baltimore

By Coppin State University Coppin State University President Anthony L. Jenkins, Ph.D. joined Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby, and other local, state, and community leaders to celebrate the groundbreaking for the KEYS Community Healing Village – a center that will provide mental and behavioral health support, meals, and additional resources to members of the community in West Baltimore. Coppin State University helped secure $1.25 million in funding to support the KEYS Community Healing Village through the SEED Community Development Anchor Institution Fund, through the Maryland Department of Housing and Community

Bluefield State College Class of 2022 Saluted During 125th Commencement Exercises

Courtesy of Bluefield State College The 239 students in the Bluefield State College Class of 2022 had the opportunity to experience and celebrate the milestone achievement of their graduation during the College’s 125th Commencement program on April 30 at Mitchell Stadium in Bluefield. Following the processional and the PikeView High School JROTC cadets’ posting of the colors, BSC President Robin Capehart congratulated this year’s graduating class, their families, BSC faculty and staff, Bluefield State alumni, and friends.  Speakers including the Reverend Garry Moore, BSC Board of Governors chair, and Dr. Ted Lewis, BSC Provost, who saluted the Class of ‘22 for its

UAPB Graduates First Agricultural Engineering Major: Allison Malone

By University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Allison Malone of Memphis, Tennessee is the first student to earn a bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). The degree program, which was initiated in 2019, trains students to meet the demand for more efficient means of production in the agriculture industry. Malone is graduating with a job in hand. She has accepted a position as an agricultural engineering trainee for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Dover, Delaware. She had already completed an internship with the Dover-based office.

Vice President Kamala Harris Leaves Students Inspired After Powerful Commencement Address at TSU, Telling Them to Be The Change the World Needs

By Emmanuel Freeman “To know that she will forever be a part of my TSU history, and to be inducted as an official member of the Tiger family was a tremendous honor to witness.” That statement sums up how Derrick Sanders felt Saturday after hearing Vice President Kamala Harris’ historic and powerful commencement address at Hale Stadium on the main Tennessee State University campus. The Vice President told graduates to seize the opportunities afforded them to “shape the future of our country.” “Vice President Harris accepted not only the honorary doctorate degree but she accepted the love, worth and fellowship of

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