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Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in Cancer Care Highlight Multifactorial Equity Issues

By Maggie L. Shaw, What are social determinants of health (SDOH) and why are they important? What are multilevel barriers to addressing social risks? How can we best utilize SDOH data? A trio of experts set out to answer these and other questions by addressing the multiple fronts on which SDOH have an impact on the cancer care continuum — community, social services, and individual health care needs — on Day 1 of the 46th annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. “How can we work together to come up with a framework that is culturally sensitive to all of our communities,”

$20 Million Donation to Howard University Supports GRACE Grant Program

By Kevin Childs A $20 million donation to Howard University from Carrie Walton Penner and Greg Penner will support the GRACE Grant Endowed Fund, an initiative to eliminate college costs and keep first-year students enrolled through graduation. The GRACE (Graduation Retention Access to Continued Excellence) Grant program provides a 100% match to first-time undergraduate students who receive the maximum Pell Grant from the federal government, with additional funds available to students who have an expected family contribution (EFC) of $0. The average four-year graduation rate for EFC $0 GRACE recipients is 42 percent higher than those in the same category who did not receive GRACE

TSU Enjoys Private Screening Courtesy of Alumna Oprah Winfrey

Written by Alexis Clark A Christmas gift arrived early for TSU, and it was wrapped in the color purple. TSU alumna Oprah Winfrey treated the Tennessee State University community to an early Christmas celebration with an exclusive screening of The Color Purple ahead of its official debut on Christmas Day. Over 150 students, staff, and community members gathered at the event, dressed in hues of purple to honor the highly anticipated movie. Prior to the movie starting TSU President Glenda Glover expressed her gratitude. “We are thankful to Ms. Winfrey for her thoughtfulness and for giving her TSU family an advanced

US Medical Schools Grapple with First Admissions Since End of Affirmative Action

By Richard Abbey, Ilena Peng and Marie Patino, American medical schools are confronting their first major challenge since the US Supreme Court’s June decision to outlaw race-based college admissions. As medical schools sift through their first round of applications since the ruling, there’s already a nascent response to diminish the impact on the pipeline of future Black doctors. The National Medical Association, an organization for Black physicians, is raising money for a new scholarship. The Association of American Medical Colleges will get involved in K-12 education for the first time. Underrepresentation is a long-standing problem: only 5.2% of practicing physicians

Xavier University of Louisiana and other HBCUs partner with Entergy to Address the Racial Wealth Gap

Courtesy of Xavier University of Louisiana Xavier University of Louisiana is one of several Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, to join Entergy’s new initiative, The Power of Prosperity, to ensure the success of HBCU students and help them obtain generational wealth. The program is a partnership with Single Stop and Stackwell, which will provide students and their families with free access to financial support. Through a donation of $700,000 provided, 1,500 freshman and first-year students at Xavier, Dillard University, and Southern University at New Orleans can access The Power of Prosperity initiative free of charge. “Entergy is committed to fostering the

If black lives matter, so do historically black colleges and universities

Written by Andre M. Perry The abolitionist, statesman, and civil rights leader Frederick Douglass said that denying a person an education means adding another link in the chain of their servitude. Quoting his owner in his book Life of an American Slave, Douglass wrote, “[I]f you teach that nigger (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him. It would forever unfit him to be a slave.” Whenever I hear the ahistorical question of whether we still need historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), I think of Douglass, as well as the permanency of income equality, housing segregation, and inadequate funding

HU Expands Prudential Partnership, Receives $1M Grant to Advance Education Programs

Written by Hampton University Hampton University James T. George School of Business announced the expansion of its strategic relationship with Prudential Financial. To enhance the Hampton-Prudential codeveloped educational programs and launch new initiatives, Prudential is providing an additional $1 million grant to Hampton University. With the new grant, the university will offer new scholarship and mentorship opportunities, including expanding the Prudential-Hampton Fellows program that is open to all first-year and second-year business school students. Prudential will also launch a new Faculty Fellowship, which includes a two-week immersive financial education experience at its headquarters in Newark, NJ. Additionally, the partnership will

Bowie State Hosts Inaugural Durant Family Foundation Game Day

By David Thompson Over 1,700 elementary students from schools in Prince George’s and Anne Arundel Counties attended the first annual Durant Family Foundation Game Day at A.C. Jordan Arena and watched the men’s basketball teams from Bowie State and Johnson C. Smith University compete on the hardwood with the Bulldogs winning the contest 84 – 71.   The event was held to further solidify and advance the relationship with the Durant Family Foundation based on the gift it made to Bowie State’s athletic department of which a portion was used to install a new pro-style basketball court. Wanda Durant, president of

Virginia Elementary School Renamed for Howard University Professor Lois Harrison-Jones

By Brittany Bailer Professor Emerita at the Howard University School of Education Lois Harrison-Jones, EdD has been honored by the Richmond, Virginia School Board with the renaming of a school in her honor as John B. Cary Elementary School has become Lois Harrison-Jones Elementary School. The move comes after the school board moved to rename four schools in the district named for Confederate soldiers and/or former slave owners. A West Moreland, Virginia native, Harrison-Jones spent 34 years teaching and training teachers in the Richmond school district. She then went on to hold major positions in school districts around the country. She was

‘Great Debaters’ tournament at Wiley College is an HBCU first

Written By Maya A. Jones Last June, Wiley College announced it would host the nation’s first HBCU National Championship Tournament for 18 colleges with speech and debate teams. As the tournament kicks off in a couple of weeks, some of Wiley’s top competitors said the tournament means much more than just competing with the best. Wiley sophomore Fortune Onwunali, who will celebrate his 20th birthday Saturday during the tournament, said he learned how to become the best version of himself as a member of the team. “I became more open with not only myself, but a lot of the people who

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