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Howard, PNC Name Erin Horne McKinney Center Director

By Brittany Bailer The Howard University School of Business and PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship announced the hiring of its first national executive director, Erin Horne McKinney. The seasoned nonprofit executive will lead the center’s efforts to increase access to financial services and capital to Black and minority entrepreneurs and their small businesses. Horne McKinney, a North Minneapolis native, has spent more than 20 years building diverse and inclusive technology and entrepreneurial ecosystems within public sector and nonprofit organizations. Most recently, she served as executive vice president of innovation and strategy for the Association of Enterprise Opportunity in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, Horne McKinney held

Black Menaces Use TikTok to Tackle Race on Campus

By Sara Weissman A group of five Black students at Brigham Young University, who call themselves the Black Menaces, started a TikTok account earlier this year where they post videos of themselves posing questions to their mostly white classmates about race and identity. Questions range from what Juneteenth commemorates to whether students have queer friends on campus and whether institutional racism exists. The answers range from thoughtful to painfully awkward. What started as a project by a small group of friends in February has since garnered more than 724,000 followers and 28 million likes, and the Black Menaces are ready to grow further.

TSU Opens Music Studio to Empower Black Male Students

By Alexis Clark More space, more resources, and a better opportunity. This semester, Joshua Akhidenor spent time crafting his talent in a new music studio located on campus that he considers a safe haven. The music studio, which is accessible to members of the Men’s Initiative campus program, is fully loaded with quality equipment to engineer, record music, and produce beats. Akhidenor, a sophomore majoring in business, said he has been producing music since he was in high school, and is grateful to now have a place on campus to express his passion. “I feel like I belong in here,” Akhidenor said

Bowie State Launches NIH-Funded STEM Prep Program

Courtesy of Bowie State University Bowie State University will expand its ability to train and mentor undergraduate students from diverse, underrepresented backgrounds and prepare them for biotechnology, biomedical and other careers steeped in science with a new $148,000 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Scientific Research Preparatory Program (SRPP) is Bowie State’s first prime contract with NIH. The program will focus on recent advances in the field as well as the technical aspects of discovery through laboratory research, a comprehensive curriculum, opportunities to collaborate with scientists, clinical research, college readiness

FSU Business Students Consult for Philippine Startups

Courtesy of Fayetteville State University Fayetteville State University (FSU) students in the Broadwell College of Business and Economics are gaining valuable consulting experience while helping small businesses in the Philippines this semester. The business students, along with students from Camarines Sur Polytechnic College are assisting small businesses in the Philippines to address critical global issues related to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Working in teams, the students meet with clients to develop comprehensive business plans that include strategies to address each client’s concerns. During the consulting phase, students record the business’s history, conduct market research to identify goals

Benedict College Band to Debut in Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade

Courtesy of Benedict College Benedict College Marching Tiger Band of Distinction, is performing in the 2022 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, representing the state of South Carolina. This will mark the first parade appearance by the band. Each year, the Macy’s Parade Band Committee looks for bands that have the stage presence and musical expertise to captivate the streets of New York City and millions of viewers across the country. Benedict College Marching Tiger Band of Distinction was selected from more than 100 applicants as one of nine selected bands to march in the 96th edition of the annual parade. Benedict

Albany State Faculty Present at Statewide CJ Conference

Courtesy of Albany State University Nine Albany State University (ASU) faculty members presented at the Criminal Justice Association of Georgia (CJAG) conference on October 6 and 7 in Dahlonega, Georgia. The theme of this year’s conference was “Criminal Justice Professionals: Best Practices in a Climate of Racial Unrest.” The conference was attended by faculty from criminal justice, sociology, political science, and other fields around the country. In addition to the academicians, criminal justice practitioners and students also participated. The importance of the conference is for scholars to share original research, peer-reviewed policy and program analysis, changing laws, and new court

Hampton University Student Named Schwarzman Finalist

Courtesy of Hampton University Kamaria Horton, a Hampton University Honors student majoring in computer science, has been named a national finalist in the Schwarzman Scholarship competition.  The graduate-level scholarship, awarded annually to 100 U.S. citizens and 100 international citizens, is in its seventh year. Despite its recent establishment, it is a coveted prize, established and endowed by American billionaire, Stephen A. Schwarzman. The award has quickly become one of the most respected, post-graduate scholarships in the world — taking its place alongside other leading awards such as the Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright, Mitchell, and Gates-Cambridge Scholarships. Recipients of the Schwarzman Scholarship will spend one year in

Howard University Students Tackle Misinformation in Midterms

By Tamara E. Holmes With the 2022 midterm elections sparking fears about everything from voter suppression to threats to democracy, Howard University is doing its part to weed through the misinformation. Journalism students and faculty in the Department of Media, Journalism and Film in the Cathy Hughes School of Communications will be covering local, state and national races, as well as issues important to the Black community through the 2022 Howard University Election Project. Students will work Election Day from approximately 6:30 am before the polls open until the wee hours of Wednesday morning when many of the results will be in.

HBCUs Push Toward R-1 Research Status Amid Rising Funding

By Sara Weissman Leaders of historically Black colleges and universities have been working to achieve Research-1 status in recent years, the coveted Carnegie Foundation classification reserved for doctoral universities that demonstrate a certain level of research prowess. No HBCU currently holds such a classification, but administrators at some colleges say the designation feels increasingly attainable after years of striving and strategizing and a record year of securing research dollars. Howard University, for example, raised a record $122 million in grants and contracts this fiscal year, outpacing its goal to reach $100 million by 2024. Howard officials say the institution is the first HBCU to

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