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The CW’s March Spotlights HBCU Band Life at Prairie View A&M

By Stephanie Holland If you’ve ever watched an HBCU football game, you already know the band is the best part. Sorry, football players, but marching bands are the real MVPs. To that end, the CW is taking a deep dive into the world of HBCU marching bands with its new reality series March, premiering Monday, Jan. 24 at 8 pm. Once All American and All American: Homecoming take over Mondays, March will move to Sundays on Feb. 27 at 9 pm. Per a press release provided to The Root: “Embedded inside the Prairie View A&M University Marching Band, The Marching Storm, this engaging eight-part series will capture the blood,

Lincoln Women Win CIAA Title in Honor of DeAshia Young

By Mia Berry  When the No. 1 Lincoln (Pennsylvania) women’s basketball team arrived at Royal Farms Arena for its opening round matchup in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Tournament, they wanted to make a statement. The Lions abandoned their traditional orange and blue warm-up shirts for a black T-shirt featuring a picture of former All-CIAA backcourt honoree DeAshia Young, who died Feb. 5 of an unknown cause in Detroit. The back of the shirt read #Allfor1 in white block letters, a tribute to Young’s jersey number. It also was inspiration for their performance during the tournament they dedicated in

Bowie State Offers Free Master’s in Special Education via Grant

By David Thompson, It’s always been more difficult to hire and retain special education teachers, but thanks to a new program launched this year at Bowie State University students pursuing master’s degrees in special education can complete the degree tuition free. The first 14 graduate students enrolled in the program this semester at BSU to earn a master’s degree in special education at no charge through a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education and the Special Education Support Services (Project SES).  Bowie State’s special education and school psychology programs collaborate to infuse skills from both areas into

Porsche Launches First College Scholarship at Morehouse

Written By Morehouse College Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA) is partnering with Morehouse College, the nation’s only historically Black liberal arts college focused on educating men, to launch a new scholarship for business majors and a guest lecture series that will expose students to the global automotive industry. In the first year of PCNA’s first-ever gift to a college, The Porsche Scholarship will benefit 10 sophomores, juniors and seniors who are majoring in Business Administration or Economics and have at least a 3.3 grade point average. The funds will assist students with tuition as well as room and board

TSU, Monterey Jazz Festival Host Free Music Symposium

Courtesy of Texas Southern University Texas Southern University (TSU) and the Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF) are proud to announce the continuation of a partnership that has broadened the reach of the MJF’s education programs to many more young people while leveraging TSU’s commitment and legacy of jazz excellence. The partnership, which includes KTSU 90.9 FM, TSU’s Music Department and the School of Communication, features a free two-day intensive music symposium, Monterey Jazz @ TSU, on April 12-13, 2022. Tuesday, April 12, is designed for all greater Houston-based middle and high school music students and programs, and Wednesday, April 13, will be geared toward

George E. Miles Leaves $8.9M Legacy to Eastern Shore Colleges

By University of Maryland Eastern Shore George E. Miles, a proud 1960 graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, understood the value of higher education. Now, his legacy will live on through students on the lower Eastern Shore, thanks to recent gifts from his estate to local colleges and universities, including approximately $3.3 million each to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Salisbury University, and $2.32 million to Wor-Wic Community College. Each gift will benefit students through scholarships and financial aid. Born and raised in Memphis, Tenn., Miles spent most of his adult life in the Salisbury

Tuskegee Vet Students Named Inaugural IDEXX Scholars

Courtesy of Tuskegee University The Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine (TUCVM) is pleased to announce the first students selected as the IDEXX Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine Scholars.  Brittany T. Howard, Justin A. Hodrick, and Sydney N. Johnson are all first-year veterinary students and members of the TUCVM Class of 2025. They were selected this fall to be the first three recipients of this landmark initiative in which nine first-year Tuskegee veterinary students will benefit in total.  For the entering classes in 2022 and 2023, six more students will be selected. “Our first three scholarship recipients were grateful to

Grants Fund New Academic Centers to Rethink Capitalism

By Misha Cornelius Major Philanthropies Launch Effort to Establish Multidisciplinary Centers at Leading Academic Institutions Focused on Reimagining Capitalism, Economy, and Society to Address 21st Century Challenges Today, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, along with Omidyar Network, announced more than $40 million in grants to support the establishment of multidisciplinary academic centers dedicated to reimagining the relationships among markets, governments, and people. At a time when conventional economic prescriptions are failing and democratic governance is threatened around the world, scholars at leading academic institutions will investigate how economies should work in the 21st century and the aims they should serve. The

FAMU Seeks $15M to Boost Student Success, Workforce Impact

By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University (FAMU) President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., led students, administrators, staff, faculty, and alumni in an all-hands-on-deck push to promote the University’s legislative priorities. Addressing a gathering at the start of FAMU Day at the Capitol activities Thursday, Robinson said the success of students and alumni, such as recently sworn St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch and St. Paul, Minnesota, Mayor Melvin Carter, attests to the value of the University. “We have a lot to brag about,” Robinson said. “We have a lot to tell people about why it’s important to invest in the best public Historically

New Book Advances Global Literacy for Equity and Justice

By Prairie View A&M University For Kamala V. Williams, Ph.D., the path to improved literacies begins with a global perspective. Williams, the manager of Prairie View A&M University’s Northwest Houston Center, has collaborated with Petra A. Robinson, Ph.D., and Maja Stojanović (an associate professor and doctoral student at Louisiana State University) to edit and release Global Citizenship for Adult Education: Advancing Critical Literacies for Equity and Social Justice. The landmark book, which focuses on how to promote equity and social justice through global citizenship and lifelong learning while integrating the development of critical literacies, includes contributions from more than 40 writers from

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