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TSU Aristocrat of Bands’ Gospel Album ‘The Urban Hymnal’

By Alexis Clark From Black spiritual to contemporary, musical experts say Tennessee State University’s Aristocrat of Bands anticipated gospel album is a conceptual journey of faith that embodies the evolution of gospel music told through the lenses of an HBCU band. Titled ‘The Urban Hymnal,’ the album has 10 tracks filled with organic sounds that were created in the Land of Golden Sunshine. The history-making album features trailblazers within the gospel music industry. When Dr. Reginald McDonald was promoted to Director of Bands in 2015, he was told by his predecessor to dream big for the band’s legacy,  to ensure a

Howard University Welcomes Freshmen with Smooth Move-In

By Aaliyah Butler The Howard University campus community embraced hundreds of freshmen students moving into campus housing this week. As families travel from near and far, a new class of Bison are welcomed with smiles from student leaders, volunteers, housing staff and administrators. “I could not have asked for a better move-in. It’s festive, fun and even emotional as parents say goodbye,” said Cynthia Evers, Ed.D., vice president of student affairs. The Howard University campus community embraced hundreds of freshmen students moving into campus housing this week. As families travel from near and far, a new class of Bison are welcomed

NC A&T Kicks Off Record Enrollment & New Academic Year

By Todd Simmons and Jamie Crockett North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University starts the 2022-23 academic year today with more students than ever before, new academic programs and a research enterprise on a rapid rise. The university expects approximately 13,500 students this year – a purposely small increase over last year’s 13,322 headcount, though enrollment figures will not be final until month’s end. Nevertheless, that total is expected to make A&T the nation’s largest historically Black university (HBCU) for the ninth year in a row – indeed, the largest that any HBCU has ever become. “Our measured, strategic growth

Lincoln’s Simbaa Arts Magazine Now Accepting Submissions

Courtesy of Lincoln University Simbaa, Lincoln University’s Magazine of the Arts, is now accepting submissions for its spring 2022 edition. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to submit for consideration their best poetry, short stories, essays, visual art, and photography. All submissions can be e-mailed to simbaa@lincoln.edu. The deadline is Sunday, March 20th. In addition, Simbaa, along with the Department of Languages and Literature, is again sponsoring the Poet Laureate Contest and Guy A. Sims Short Fiction Competition. The top three poems submitted to the Poet Laureate Contest will be published in Simbaa, and the first-place poet will be declared Poet

Howard’s African Studies Center Awarded $3M in Grants

By Aaliyah Butler The Center for African Studies at Howard Universityhas been awarded National Resource Center (NRC) and Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) grants from the United States Department of Education. The center will receive nearly $3 million for the 2022-2026 grant cycle to support Africa-focused programming, education and outreach, as well as African language instruction. “We are delighted to continue to serve as a National Resource Center for African Studies,” saidKrista Johnson, director of the Center for African Studies. “The increased allotment is a testament to Howard’s leadership in African studies, scholarship, language and outreach programs. We are

UAPB Empowers Black Landowners Through Forestry Program

By Wil Hehemann Since 2016, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s (UAPB) “Keeping it in the Family” (KIITF) Program has worked to address historic barriers to African American success in forestry. The program provides educational resources and technical assistance to African American forest landowners to protect and retain their family land for future generations, Kandi Williams, Extension program aide and coordinator for the program, said. Tom Martin, CEO of the American Forest Foundation, recently visited southern Arkansas to meet some of the forest landowners who have benefited from the university’s forestry programming. “We were honored to have Mr. Martin visit as

Morgan State Names Olympian Kenny Monday Wrestling Coach

Courtesy of Morgan State University Leading the return of NCAA Division I, Varsity-level men’s wrestling to Maryland’s largest Historically Black College or University (HBCU), Morgan State University today announced the hiring of Kenny Monday as the Athletics Department’s new men’s wrestling coach, effective Aug. 24, 2022. Monday, the first Black wrestler in history to win an Olympic gold medal, is a National Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee, three-time Olympian and former NCAA All-American standout, who brings a championship-level coaching pedigree and an expansive yet impressive resume to a Bears’ wrestling program looking to restart after a 25-year hiatus. Monday comes to Morgan after serving

Howell Triplets Begin College Journey Together at TSU

By Alexis Clark It may be a little overwhelming to walk a 500-arce university campus as an incoming freshmen, especially when you are hours away from home. But luckily, the Howell triplets will have each other to lean on as they embark on a new journey this fall at TSU. The Howell triplets – Mya, Walter Jr., and James of Louisville, Kentucky, had several acceptance letters from schools across the country. But when the trio toured the TSU campus last summer, they knew they were right at home. “Automatically when we walked on campus it felt like home,” James said. “I fell

HBCU Go Inks CBS Deal to Air HBCU Sports Nationwide

Byron Allen’s free streaming service HBCU Go has struck a nationwide licensing agreement with CBS stations that will run through the 2022-2023 college football season. Under the distribution pact between the Allen Media Group-owned digital platform, which focuses on coverage of the U.S.’s 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), HBCU Go’s sports programming will be carried on CBS owned-and-operated duopoly stations in these key TV markets: New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Tampa, Detroit, Miami and Pittsburgh. As a result of the new CBS stations deal, HBCU Go — which recently got the rights to air

N.C. A&T Picks Adam Harris Book for Campus Dialogue

By North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Text-in-Community (TIC) program has announced Adam Harris’ highly lauded “The State Must Provide: Why America’s Colleges Have Always Been Unequal – And How to Set Them Right” as the campus book for the 2022-23 academic year. Harris is an award-winning staff writer for The Atlantic, and previously reported on higher education policy and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) for The Chronicle of Higher Education. In 2021, he was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. “The State Must Provide” is his first book, and he

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