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NSU Spartan Food Pantry Supports Student Wellness

By Norfolk State University Contributions of more than 15,000 items have helped NSU’s Spartan Food Pantry provide food security, as well as other needed items, to support the academic wellness of students while attending Norfolk State University. The university thanked contributors for not only non-perishable food items but also necessary toiletries and household items. This helps to ensure that students in need can focus on learning instead of worrying about everyday necessities. As an integral part of the MLK National Day of Service, Norfolk State University sponsored the food and essential items pantry drive from Monday, Jan. 17, through Monday,

Talladega College Civil Rights Garden Receives $125K Gift

By Talladega College, Alabama Power and its parent operator, Southern Company, recently donated $125K to assist in the ongoing development of Talladega College’s Civil Rights Garden. The Garden will honor Hank and Billye Aaron, who have contributed more than $700,000 in scholarship money to Talladega College students through the Chasing the Dream Foundation; Arthur Bacon, a renowned local artist; Martin Luther King Jr. and Andrew Young, who met on the campus of Talladega College for an Alpha Phi Alpha convention; and Hank Thomas, one of the 1961 Freedom Riders. The Civil Rights Garden will have sculptures of each person and

UDC Names Sports Complex for Dr. Edwin B. Henderson

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 University Earns Positive 2022 Bond Rating Outlook

By Kimberly Iverson, Thanks to historic philanthropic investment, prudent financial management, and strong demand for a Howard University education, the University’s 2022 bond rating outlooks are positive. National bond rating agency Standard & Poor’s revised its outlook for Howard to positive from stable and assigned its “BBB-” rating on Howard University’s $300 million series 2022A taxable bonds. The agency also affirmed the outstanding “BBB-” long-term and underlying ratings on the outstanding series 2011B, 2020A, 2020B and 2021A bonds. Fitch affirmed its bond rating and revised its outlook to positive, as well. They also assigned the same rating/outlook to the expected

HBCUs Face Bomb Threats and Ongoing Funding Challenges

By Robert Greene II The historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States are under attack, it seems, from multiple directions. In recent weeks, numerous HBCUs have reported bomb threats against them. Such threats have hit institutions such as Howard University in Washington, D.C., Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga., and Alcorn State in Alcorn, Miss. It augurs poorly for the current state of race relations, as these schools have long served the Black American community. At the same time, a recent report from Forbes indicated the extent to which land-grant HBCUs—a significant number of these institutions—have been woefully underfunded by

Fisk University Launches John Lewis Social Justice Fellowships

By Fisk University Fisk University  announced the establishment of three Fellowships to support the John Lewis Center for Social Justice’s comprehensive agenda. The John Lewis Center was founded in 2019 to foster and advance social justice across every sphere of contemporary society by engendering rigorous research, applying scholarship, artistic production, and community engagement locally as well as globally. The Fellowships are directed at three distinct areas of social justice impact: Policy/Activism: The Policy/Activism Fellow will follow in the footsteps of iconic Fiskites Diane Nash and the late Congressman John Lewis to continue the fight against bigotry and confront ongoing attacks on

Douglas J. Hertz Joins Morehouse College Board of Trustees

By Morehouse College, Morehouse College has elected Douglas J. Hertz, president and CEO of United Distributors, to its Board of Trustees. Since joining United Distributors in 1984, he has grown the beverage distribution company to be one of the top 25 privately held businesses in Atlanta. An Atlanta native, Hertz is an alumnus of Westminster High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Tulane University in New Orleans. He completed graduated work in organizational psychology and obtained a Master of Business Administration in marketing and finance. He then began his professional career in accounting and consulting

TSU Hosts “Bring Back Black Wall Street” Workshop

By Emmanuel Freeman Money management and entrepreneurship were the key topics at a financial literacy workshop on Feb. 15 hosted by a group of Tennessee State University students, along with the Women’s Center, to provide awareness and empower their peers. Titled “Bring Back Black Wall Street,” the workshop drew from the 2020 movie “Black Wall Street Burning,” that chronicled the 1921 Memorial Day massacre of Black people and the burning of the once thriving section of Tulsa, Oklahoma, referred to as Black Wall Street. The students said the workshop, part of a Black History Month observance, was about knowing the

GSU’s “Bottled Juice” Play Celebrates Black Joy

Courtesy of Grambling State University Liberating Black joy is the goal of “Bottled Juice,” a play to be presented by Grambling State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, at the Floyd L. Sandle Theatre. Lauren Oliver, a GSU VAPA lecturer, and play director said that the concept for “Bottled Juice” was born out of her interest in revitalizing black joy on GSU’s campus. “This is my first year as a faculty member, but I realized there was a need to shift the conversation away from violence and remind students of the joy

EWU & UNCF Host Inaugural Jacksonville Mayor’s Masked Ball

Courtesy of Edward Waters University, UNCF (United Negro College Fund) and Edward Waters University (EWU) will host the inaugural Jacksonville Mayor’s Masked Ball, a premier fundraising event, on Friday, March 18 at the Prime Osborn Convention Center. More than 500 corporate partners, educators, religious leaders and community influencers are expected to attend. Co-hosting the event are the honorable Mayor Lenny Curry and EWU President Dr. A Zachary Faison, Jr., who collaborated to create the inaugural fundraising event in support of UNCF and Jacksonville’s very own historically black college or university (HBCU), Edward Waters University. For 77 years, UNCF has strived

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