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Howard Students Explore Red Sea in OceanX Marine Program

By Amber D. Dodd In the field of marine biology, less than 5% of all marine biologists are Black. But that’s something that Howard University may be able to change through OceanX, an ocean exploration initiative. Through its Young Explorers program, OceanX provides opportunity to university students with a seat on the OceanXplorer, one of the most advanced exploration, scientific research and media production vessels ever built. “It’s a program where you have opportunities to challenge ourselves and push ourselves to discover and create, dissect and explore,” says Enoch Jones, a senior and one of last year’s Howard attendees. Gadi

Queen Ife Turns Household Beats Into Music Biz Opportunity

By J. Saxon It is said that a person’s gift will make room for them, and Queen Ife, a junior business administration major with a general business concentration, experienced that when she was invited to appear on the Jennifer Hudson Show this past January to demonstrate creating beats using household items. “It was through a video I posted,” said Ife as she described how she was contacted by show staffers. “I made ‘Are You That Somebody’ by Aaliyah out of household objects, and they saw the video. Within 48-72 hours, they reached out.” Ife participated in a segment where she gave Hudson

Jerry Baldwin Inspires GSU Students at Black History Event

Courtesy of Grambling State University Keynote speaker Jerry Baldwin, pastor of New Living Word Ministries in Ruston, Louisiana, urged Grambling State University students to “wake up” as he highlighted GSU’s Black History Month Convocation Thursday morning at T.H. Harris Auditorium. After being introduced by Student Government Association President Ja’Quel Brooks, Baldwin opened his speech saying he was taking his message from Romans Chapter 13, written by Paul the Apostle, which reads in the New Living Testament version as, “This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for our salvation

FAMU Receives $1.35M bp Grant for Scholarships, Internships

By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University is one of three Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) who each received $1.35 million from bp to provide students with scholarship funding, exposure to the energy industry, and career development experience. As part of bp’s new HBCU Fellowship Program, FAMU, North Carolina A&T University, and Prairie View A&M University will each receive $1.35 million, covering five full scholarships per year at each school for three years – a total of 45 full scholarships during that period. Students who successfully complete the program will be provided with opportunities for additional development, including internships. “I

TSU Turns State Capitol Blue for 2023 Day at the Capitol

By Alexis Clark Tennessee State University turned the State Capitol blue for the 2023 TSU Day at the Capitol. Students, staff, administrators, alumni and faculty got a chance to speak with lawmakers and showcase many of TSU’s excellent academic programs. The University’s day at the capitol included nearly 100 TSU students, like TSU freshman Kindall Miller, who volunteered by delivering gift bags to lawmakers. What Miller didn’t expect was to visit the capitol for the first time ever and leave with a huge opportunity. “I met Senator Brent Taylor and he was very kind …  saying he would be excited to work with

Morehouse’s Women With Heart Returns to Promote Heart Health

Courtesy of Morehouse School of Medicine After a two-year absence due to the pandemic, Morehouse School of Medicine was thrilled to welcome back our signature Women with Heart Initiative events. The 12th Annual Women with Heart Healthy Week, sponsored by Southern Company Gas, kicked off with the Men’s Prayer Breakfast on Tuesday, January 31 in the beautiful Oceans Ballroom at the Georgia Aquarium. The Breakfast featured a reflection on longtime MSM friend, Henry “Hank” Aaron, delivered by Ambassador Andrew Young as well as addresses from MSM’s own Dr. Rick Kittles and Dr. David Satcher and featuring keynote speaker and former

BSU’s BOLD Initiative Supports Mental Health for Families

By Jonathan M. Saxon Families have had to make serious fundamental adjustments to how they live and operate in recent years. During the pandemic’s peak, families were coping with dramatic shifts in how they worked coupled with sudden changes in how their children learned and engaged with school. Additionally, the country experienced some of its highest levels of social unrest in years stemming from high-profile instances of racist violence. Dr. Jennifer West, an associate counseling professor, saw a need for addressing families’ psychological wellness through these difficult conditions and used funding from the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund to create the

NBA HBCU Classic 2023 Honors Grambling & Southern

Courtesy of Grambling State University AT&T will be the presenting partner of the NBA HBCU Classic for the second year the NBA today announced. Together the NBA and AT&T will donate $100,000 to Classic opponents Grambling State University and Southern University for a total of $200,000 to support academic resources, athletics and wellness services as part of their respective ongoing commitments to students, faculty and alumni of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Google and Adidas will serve as associate partners of the game. Throughout NBA All-Star 2023, the NBA will continue its ongoing commitment to HBCUs with more than

NASA Leader Gregory Robinson to Keynote Howard Convocation

By Deidra W. Hill, EdD Howard University alumnus Gregory L. Robinson (CEA ‘83), former executive leader of NASA and one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People”, will serve as the keynote speaker for Howard University’s 156th Charter Day Convocation on Friday, March 3 at 10:30 a.m. in Cramton Auditorium. Howard University will confer upon Robinson an honorary degree, Doctor of Science, the University’s highest honor. The 2023 Charter Day Convocation is open to the public and will also be available for viewing via livestream. With more than 30 years of engineering, program and project management, and senior executive leadership at NASA, Robinson is

Diante Wood Injury Halts Game, TSU Declared Winner

By Brandon King Saturday night in Nashville there was a sobering reminder that competition, no matter how fierce, will always be superseded by people. With 3:04 left in the second half of Tennessee Tech’s matchup with Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech junior guard Diante Wood was injured when he fell into a group of players under the basket and remained face down for several minutes. In a positive sign, Wood was able to move his lower extremities while being attended to by trainers. Wood, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound junior from Anniston, Alabama, was taken off the floor on a stretcher and transported to

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