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Delta Dental Community Care Foundation Establishes $1 Million Scholarship Endowment for Howard University Dentistry Students

Written by the Howard University Newsroom The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation has awarded a $1 million gift to the Howard University College of Dentistry to launch the Delta Dental Endowed Scholarship for Opportunity program. The grant will support the College of Dentistry by offering scholarships to high-achieving and financially deserving students. An additional $20,000 has been allocated to provide immediate financial support for students enrolled in the College of Dentistry. Preferences will be given to students who have demonstrated high academic achievement and financial need as well as dentistry students who have demonstrated interest in working in underserved communities. “We are grateful to the Delta

Hampton University School of Liberal Arts and Education presents the Sixth Annual Hampton University Film Festival

By Hampton University The Hampton University School of Liberal Arts and Education will host its Sixth Annual Film Festival April 6-7 in the Student Center.  This year’s festival features film screenings, discussions and dialogues with some of Hollywood’s biggest and brightest stars, including Keith David, MeKai Curtis and Roy T. Anderson.  “Thank you to Professor Rel Dowdell for his diligent work in bringing Hollywood to Hampton University and to the Hampton Roads community by way of this annual film festival. The presenters will be highly impressed with the future screenwriters Hampton University is developing,” said Dr. William R. Harvey, Hampton University’s

BSU Nutrition Lounge Offers Free Food and Personal Items in a Pinch

By Bowie State University Sometimes despite your best intentions, things don’t go the way you planned. You didn’t put gas in the car yesterday and now the lines are a mile long. Today your daughter decides to dawdle on the way to daycare. You spend precious morning minutes looking for eyeglasses that were perched on your head — again. You get to campus, rush through a couple classes and are soon embarrassed by the symphony of grumbles coming from your not-yet-full stomach. And, of course, it’s the day before payday and you have neither the time nor the money to

Caribbean Scholars Soon to Be Big Blue Tigers Through Grant Initiative

By Lucas Johnson Graduating high school students from the Caribbean will soon experience the excellence of Tennessee State University. Over 200 applicants from the Bahamas, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, and other Caribbean nations have applied to become Big Blue Tigers with the help of an International Tuition Assistance Grant (ITAG). Currently, TSU’s student body is made up of individuals from roughly 34 countries. However, a minimal amount come from the Caribbean. To qualify for this ITAG, high school graduates must have a minimum 3.25 grade point average. “As liaison on Global Initiatives at TSU, part of my responsibility is to

Jackson State University Communications Named a Finalist for 2022 PRSA Anvil Awards

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Courtesy of Jackson State University The Jackson State University (JSU) Office of University Communications has been selected as a finalist for the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Anvil Awards for Best Use of Social Media. Of the hundreds of entries submitted, only those the Anvil Judges deemed to have exceeded an extremely high threshold for quality have made it through to the shortlist. The winners will be announced on Thursday, May 19, 2022. “Thank you to the Public Relations Society of America for recognizing Jackson State University among our national peers as having one of the top social media campaigns of the year,” said Alonda

Delaware State University establishes MBA Certificate Program for Nepal institute

By Carlos Holmes Delaware State University has further expanded its global reach through the recent signing of a Letter of Intent with a Nepalese financial institution to offer an MBA certificate program to financial professionals and other students in that country. The Letter of Intent opens the door to a partnership between the University and BFIN (Banking Finance & Insurance Institute of Nepal), which offers training, workshops and seminars for employees of the financial sector of that Asian nation. Tony Boyle, Vice President of Strategic Enrollment Management, and Dr. Binod Atreya, BFIN Managing Director and CEO, signed the agreement on March 16, which

BSC National Women’s History Month Spotlights Bluefield State Alumna Sarah Ponder

By Bluefield State College Sarah Ponder is a trailblazer.  The Bluefield State alumna recently shared her story with an audience of BSC students, employees, and community members during the College’s celebration of National Women’s History Month through the “Celebration of Women,” sponsored by WV GEAR UP and the Bluefield State Peer Mentors organization. Ponder, the first African-American female Conductor on the Pocahontas Division of Norfolk Southern Railway (1998) and the first African-American female Locomotive Engineer in Norfolk Southern’s Pocahontas Division, recounted the obstacles of racial inequity and gender bias she faced and overcame in her career. “To women in male-dominated

FAMU Hosts Regional FIRST Robotics Competition

By Andrew Skerritt Hundreds of students from different parts of the country competed in the world-renowned robotics program, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, also known as FIRST Robotics, at the Lawson Multipurpose Center at Florida A&M University (FAMU) March 17-19, 2022. Excitement was in the air as robots and students tested their wits and tech skills against each other. Loud music pumped up the crowd, while the sounds of clanging metal, the whirring of wheels, and the thump of basketball like cargo balls brought cheers from the audience. FAMU President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., Farrukh Alvi, Ph.D., interim

Meek Mill’s Reform coming to the Stone

By KHarrington National NAACP, criminal justice reform leaders to participate The nation’s prisons are filled with people who violated probation or parole by visiting a loved one, attending a family barbecue or for picking up their children from daycare. For recording artist Meek Mill, it was popping a wheelie that caused a judge to sentence him to up to four years in prison, sparking the popular #FreeMeek movement and docuseries on Amazon Prime by the same name. Mill, who served five months before being released, has decided to use his power to take action for the millions more who are

The Next Step in the Central Campus Master Plan: Revitalizing Howard’s Academic Facilities

By Seth Shapiro With the announcement that the University will invest $785 million over the next five years to accelerate the Campus Master Plan through investments in new academic buildings, Howard is poised to take a giant leap forward as a leading institution of higher education. For the first time since 1984, Howard will be constructing new academic teaching centers on its campus. The majority of the funds ($670 million) will be used for the construction of new state-of-the-art multidisciplinary academic buildings, including the Health Sciences Complex, the Center for Arts and Communications, and the STEM Center. The remainder of

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