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Howard Fine Arts College Wins $150K NEA Rescue Grant

By Aaliyah Butler Howard University Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts was recommended for the National Endowment for the Arts’ American Rescue Plan (ARP) award for $150,000 to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic. The college may use this funding to save jobs and to fund operations and facilities, health and safety supplies, and marketing and promotional efforts to encourage attendance and participation. The American Rescue Plan was signed into law in March 2021 and included $135 million for the National Endowment for the Arts for the arts sector. This is the third installment of ARP funding. In

Jackson State Opens Women’s Business Center for Entrepreneurs

By Jackson State University Jackson State hosted its official grand opening for the Women’s Business Center @JSU in the College of Business Rotunda. It provides business services to women seeking federal contract dollars as women-owned small businesses (WOSB) and economically disadvantaged women-owned small businesses (EDWOSB). “We understand that the fastest-growing entrepreneurial demographic in this country are women, and that is not going to change,” Natalie Cofield, assistant administrator for the Women’s Business Ownership Office of the Small Business Administration (SBA), said. “I’m immensely proud that our office has, to date, opened 140 centers. This gives women the opportunity to walk out

TSU Economist Warns Inflation to Remain Major Challenge

By Mega Gosa A Tennessee State University economist says inflation is not going away anytime soon and is poised to be the top economic challenge this year. Since December 2021, the inflation rate rose to 7 percent, the highest in 40 years. A stronger consumer demand, continuing supply chain issues, and the emergence of the coronavirus omicron variant, continue to plague the economy, making it increasingly tough for working-class citizens to make ends meet. Recently, U.S. President Joe Biden held a meeting with White House officials to discuss the administration’s plan for combating rising prices as inflation continues to surge

KTSU Honors Black Radio Pioneers for Black History Month

Written by Texas Southern University In celebration of Black History Month and in continuing tribute to KTSU’s ‘Journey to 50’ celebration, 90.9 The Choice will air a series of audio vignettes spotlighting the people who first brought music, news, and commentary to Black audiences in Texas. These episodes, researched by and co-branded with the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, will be produced under the supervision of KTSU program director Donna Franklin. The 60-second features will air on KTSU-FM beginning February 6, 2022, and will be voiced by The VIBE Houston content director The Madd Hatta, a 2013 Texas Radio Hall

FSU, FTCC Launch Keen Scholarship for Free Tuition

By Fayetteville State University Fayetteville State University (FSU) today announced a major scholarship for students at Fayetteville Technical Community College. The scholarship will provide two years of free tuition at FSU to students who earn an Associate’s degree at FTCC and who meet other criteria, beginning Fall 2022. At a ceremony hosted at FTCC, FSU Chancellor Darrell T. Allison announced the initiative and its name: “The FTCC Keen Scholarship.’ “It is my honor to announce that beginning this fall, FSU and FTCC have partnered to offer a new scholarship – the FTCC Keen Scholarship – which is a pathway for

Nikole Hannah-Jones Discusses The 1619 Project at Howard

By Aaliyah Butler, Sarah Jones-Smith On Monday, January 31, Howard University students joined award-winning author Nikole Hannah-Jones for a candid discussion about her new top-selling book, “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story.” Hannah-Jones, the new Knight Chair in Race and Journalism and founder of the Center for Journalism and Democracy, also shared her goals as she begins teaching students at the renowned HBCU. “I wanted to come home,” said Hannah-Jones. “Every time I am at Howard, I feel like I get light. I get sustenance. This community has embraced me, and I feel safe. To finally be in a place

Roland Martin to Keynote Grambling State Black History Event

Written by Grambling State University Renowned journalist and author Roland Martin will serve as keynote speaker at Grambling State University (GSU) Monday, February 7 at 7 p.m. during the Black History Month program with the theme, “Fitting Into The Country We Built.” Presented by GSU’s Lyceum Committee and the Favrot Student Union Board, the event will take place in T.H. Harris Auditorium. Protective masks are required for those attending the event. Martin is the host of the Roland Martin Unfiltered Daily Digital Show, which streams on FaceBook Live, YouTube, Periscope, and IGTV at 5 p.m. CST daily. The show focuses

Tuskegee University Expands Data Science and AI Training

By Tuskegee University As more colleges and universities launch data science courses and programs, there is an increasing effort to initiate instructional programs in Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Here at Tuskegee University, the Caring Foundation of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama and Proctor & Gamble (P&G) have awarded the University a grant to provide STEM majors in the pre-med track with practical knowledge and robust training in emerging technologies. Dr. Mohammed Qazi, associate dean for Research and Outreach in the College of Arts and Sciences, led the effort in developing and submitting grant proposals to

UDC Awarded $8.7M to Boost Minority Public Health Workforce

Written by The University of the District of Columbia The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) was awarded $8.7 million (award # 90PH0007/01-00) from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a consortium aimed at identifying and educating individuals from underrepresented backgrounds in public health, informatics and data science over the next four years. The larger $73 million project targets 10 Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) funded through the American Rescue Plan, the ONC’s Public Health Informatics & Technology (PHIT) Workforce Development Program, which seeks

HBCU Bomb Threats Highlight Ongoing Racist Intimidation

By Tat Bellamy-Walker Experts say the recent bomb threats build on years of racist attempts to stop Black people from getting educations at historically Black colleges and universities. This week more than a dozen historically Black colleges and universities across the country were again forced to lock down campuses and cancel classes because of bomb threats. The FBI has identified six “tech-savvy” juveniles as persons of interest in the threats, which appear to be racially motivated, officials said. That comes as no surprise to experts who spoke with NBC News, who said the threats were acts of intimidation, building on years of attempts to racially

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