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Bowie State Founders’ Day Honors Past and Continuing Legacy of Achievement

By Bowie State University Bowie State University, Maryland’s oldest Historically Black College/University (HBCU), will celebrate  its 157th Founders’ Day on Wednesday, April 20 welcoming back a young alumnus, Luke Lawal (’11) as keynote speaker. The forward-looking program will recognize the achievements of current students while also honoring the impact of long time faculty and staff who helped advance the institution. The annual ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Communication Arts Center Myers Auditorium, and will include recognition for Deans List students and recent retirees. Alumni and friends are invited to join students, faculty and

DSU awarded grant for study on bullying and gay young men

Courtesy of Delaware State University Dr. Charles Cange, an Associate Professor of Sociology, has been awarded two National Institutes of Health grants totaling $468,000 to study the long-term effects of bullying on gay young men and which methods can help alleviate their pain. “Due to pervasive stigma and homophobia, this vulnerable population is often exposed to bullying during adolescence,” wrote Dr. Cange, associate professor of sociology at Del State and the principal investigator on the study. “However, research on men’s sexual health has not focused on this exposure, making this a significant gap in the literature.” Specifically, the research will ask

MacKenzie Scott Gifts $20 Million to Meharry Medical College

By Meharry Medical College Meharry Medical College announced today that it has received a $20 million gift from author and philanthropist, Mackenzie Scott. These funds provide a significant opportunity for Meharry to meaningfully address health disparities and advance health equity while our nation and world are positioned for a moment of enormous change. Meharry’s unprecedented growth and change has been underway at the institution since 2015. The College intends to deploy these funds to advance its 2026 strategic vision and support the development of several vital programs and infrastructure improvements at Meharry and transform the College ahead of its sesquicentennial

Virginia Union University Celebrates Historic Opinion by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares on HBCU Funding

Courtesy of Virginia Union University On Monday, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares released his official opinion announcing that “the state has the ability to fund both public and private HBCUs in Virginia.” “This is a significant moment in time for HBCUs,” said Dr. Hakim J. Lucas, President and CEO of Virginia Union University. “While Virginia Union is recognized as a private institution by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), we are a public-serving HBCU in Richmond, Virginia. Our community partnerships speak directly to our strategic vision of serving the underserved. We are here to show our community that there are

PVAMU’s new Texas Association of Future Educators chapter takes aim at national teacher shortage

By Andrew Cohen As part of an effort across The Texas A&M University System to encourage students toward the teaching profession, chapters of the Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE — pronounced “taffy”) have begun to spring up statewide. At Prairie View A&M University, the new TAFE chapter has both sprung up and sprang into action. Advised by Katina L. Thomas, Ed.D, an assistant professor in the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education, PVAMU’s TAFE chapter meets weekly over Zoom. Its inaugural president, senior Joy Houston, says the group is focused on several key areas. “We’ve already talked to PV education alums who

Over 4,000 Attend TSU Spring Preview Day, Potential For Record Setting Freshman Class for 2022

By Emmanuel Freeman On Saturday, more than 4,000 eagerly waiting high school students and their families packed the Gentry Center Complex to get their first taste of TSU and the HBCU experience. It was Spring Preview Day at Tennessee State University, when the institution invites high school junior and seniors to various elaborate ceremonies across campus to acquaint them with the university’s offerings, admission processes and campus life. This year’s preview day saw the return to in-person gathering, the first in nearly two years due to the pandemic. The record number of visitors represented 15 states, including California, Texas, Michigan,

Morehouse College Wins First Prize at 33rd Honda Campus All-Star Challenge

By Morehouse College Morehouse College, the nation’s only college dedicated to educating and developing men of color, emerged as the national champions of the 33rd Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), the premier academic competition for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and one of Honda’s largest and longest running philanthropic initiatives in the United States. The final round win against Kentucky State University and earn Morehouse the top prize of a $75,000 institutional grant. The Morehouse team bested more than 300 students representing 64 HBCUs from across the country in this year’s challenge, bringing the College’s total HCASC championship titles

FAMU CoPPS, IPH Receives $700K Grant to Increase Awareness and Participation of Minorities in COVID-19 Variant Clinical Research Trials

By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health (CoPPS, IPH) has received a $707,000 research grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The one-year grant, “COVID-19 and Health Equity Clinical Trials,” will focus on identifying the significant gaps in local communities that contribute to the low enrollment of racial and ethnic minority populations in COVID-19 clinical trials by developing and evaluating a community-based targeted strategy to improve enrollment. It will also provide clinical research training for 30 minority health care providers and workers in Jacksonville, Tampa, and Tallahassee. “In

WSSU occupational therapy program offers one-of-a-kind mental health concentration

Courtesy of Winston-Salem State University Occupational therapy involves the use of assessment and intervention to develop, recover, or maintain the meaningful activities, or occupations of individuals. All-to-often though, a key tool is missing for occupational therapists: mental health training. And mental health is a primary disrupter of one’s day-to-day life. Winston-Salem State University is on a mission to change that deficiency in the training of occupational therapists. In 2019 WSSU introduced a one-of-a-kind mental health concentration program in occupational therapy to aid the challenges occupational therapists face treating clients with mental health issues. The Master’s level Mental Health Concentration Program

Tichina Arnold Visits Bowie State to Combat Phishing With Gabriel Crypto

Courtesy of Bowie State University Tichina Arnold, award-winning actress and co-star of the CBS hit sitcom, The Neighborhood, visited Bowie State University’s Performing Arts Center on March 25 to speak about Gabriel Crypto, a newly developed app that protects individuals from spam calls or phishing. Each year spam calls account for people losing personal information, financial assets, and peace of mind.  Bowie State University graduate students in the Department of Computer Science are conducting research to improve the speed of detecting new spam and ensuring the Gabriel Crypto App functions on an I-phone. Gabriel Crypto users receive payments in Bitcoin

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