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HBCUs Launch Financial Literacy Program for New Orleans Students

By Xavier University of Louisiana On Thursday, March 10, the New Orleans Business Alliance (NOLABA), United Way of Southeast Louisiana (UWSELA) and representatives of the three Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in New Orleans- Xavier University of Louisiana, Dillard University, and Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO)- announced a partnership to offer financial literacy and lessen the financial burden for students after graduation.   “Students who choose Xavier are talented and ambitious, and they make great substantial financial sacrifices knowing that as an HBCU, we are fully focused on their success,” said Dr. Anne McCall, Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at Xavier

ASU Student Wins Top National Marketing Prize from TMCF

By Kenneth Mullinax/ASU An Alabama State University student is a member of the team that was awarded the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (TMCF) top national prize in marketing. The prize is titled, “The Legacy of Leadership Pitch Competition.” Celeste Thedford, an ASU Marketing major, is a member of the TMCF team that placed first nationwide for designing the best marketing format/campaign “pitch” for the existing Creme of Nature product. In the marketing world, a “pitch” is the manner/rhetoric that one conceptualizes and uses to convince a person to remember or purchase a product or service. Thedford’s team was tasked with conceptualizing a

FSU Hosts Virtual FTLOC Conference on Parenting & Student Success

Courtesy of Fayetteville State University The Fayetteville State University Office of Access and Student Success announced their annual For the Love of Children (FTLOC) Conference on March 12, 2022. This year’s conference is virtual and will celebrate “Listen, Learn, Lead: Parenting Through a Pandemic” with workshop sessions to help parents learn about topics ranging from Academic Student Success and Financial Aid Information to Mental Health. The FTLOC Conference sponsors are various programs in the Office of Access and Student Success, GEAR UP, and TRIO Programs. These programs have improved the educational outcomes of millions of low-income, minority, and disadvantaged students

Bowie State’s Paige Blake Named White House HBCU Scholar

Courtesy of Bowie State University At the beginning of the fall 2021 semester, Paige Blake became one of 86 students participating in the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Scholars Program recognized for their academic achievements, entrepreneurship, and campus leadership. For Blake, a junior biology major at Bowie State University, the honor carries much more significance than for most scholars as she follows in her mother’s footsteps. When Paige was in high school her mother Donovan Griffin – Blake, was named a 2016 White House Scholar as she pursued her doctorate in education while teaching full-time

Grambling State Lifts Campus Mask Mandate After 3 Years

By Grambling State University Grambling State University (GSU) has lifted the protective mask requirement that has been in effect since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020. Face masks and coverings may be worn on campus but are not required. GSU gradually resumed on-campus work for team members beginning in June 2020 with a mask mandate that remained in place since that time. After months of virtual and hybrid learning due to the COVID pandemic, GSU returned to in-person learning for the fall 2021 semester with the mask requirement remaining in place until now. GSU will

UDC Honors Dr. Edwin Henderson with Sports Complex Renaming

Courtesy of the University of the District of Columbia Yesterday morning, the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) commemorated the legacy of its alumnus Dr. Edwin B. Henderson by naming its athletics facility to the Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson Sports Complex during a ceremony held at the Van Ness Campus.  In a surprise announcement, UDC accepted a $200,000 lead gift from the Leonsis Foundation and Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE), the ownership group of the NBA’s Washington Wizards, WNBA’s Washington Mystics, NHL’s Washington Capitals and Capital One Arena, among additional sports and entertainment holding.  MSE is led by Founder & CEO Ted Leonsis. This

Howard Students Launch Rugby Teams with Alumni Support

By Tamara E. Holmes For sophomore Takunda Rusike, playing rugby is one of her favorite pastimes. Finding someone to play with, however, has not always been so easy. When it comes to the Black community, “We don’t know a lot about rugby,” Rusike says. Having first learned about the sport from her family who immigrated to the United States from Zimbabwe, and later having played in high school in Towson, Md., Rusike wished Howard had a team. So she decided to start one. While Rusike was mulling the best way to do that, fellow Bison Daniel Davillier, a junior and

Shaw University Awarded $150K for Historic Preservation

By Shaw University On February 28, 2022, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, through its HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative, awarded more than $650,000 in grants to five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to fund Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plans. Shaw University received $150,000 and will use the funds to preserve important architecture, historic assets, cultural landscapes, and collections, which represent more than 150 years of learning, growing, and empowerment for students, faculty, and alumni. Shaw University President Dr. Paulette Dillard said, “The Shaw University community expresses its sincerest appreciation to the National Trust for Historic Preservation for awarding the campus

Pharrell Hosts Business Forum at Norfolk State University

By Norfolk State University Pharrell Team Up To Present Economic Business Forum Norfolk State University hosted a business economic forum Thursday, Oct. 28, held by entertainment entrepreneur Pharrell Williams. The mogul’s “The Elephant in the Room” was a business economic panel discussion aimed at helping move the region’s economic development forward. A group of financial investors told an audience of invited businesspeople, community leaders, alumni, students and faculty that the city of Norfolk and Norfolk State University are the types of communities and institutions they invest in. “NSU, an HBCU, is actually a gold mine,” Williams said. Referring to the financial

Xavier University Ranks #1 HBCU for Long-Term ROI

By Xavier University  Annually, the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce rank colleges and universities by return on investment. This year, more than 4,500 institutions were ranked using a new metric that measures the share of students at an institution whose earnings 10 years after enrollment are higher than those of workers with a high school diploma as their highest level of education. According to the report, Xavier University of Louisiana is the highest-ranking HBCU regarding students’ 15, 30, and 40-year return on investment (ROI).   Return on investment is described as a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of

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