By Margaret Attridge Magna Vista Partners CEO Dale E. Jones established a $2.5 million scholarship at Morehouse College to help juniors and seniors graduate from the historically Black men’s college in Atlanta. The “Finishing Well” Scholarship will benefit juniors and seniors at
By Quintessa Williams Senate Bill 2726, naming eight public universities, three of which were historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs): Alcorn State University, Mississippi Valley State University, and Jackson State University in the state, failed to pass at the state’s Capitol. On Monday, the Senate instead moved Senate Bill
By Sholnn Freeman The Department of Pediatrics and Child Health in the Howard University College of Medicine has been awarded close to $1 million in grant funding from a new Gilead Sciences Inc. initiative dedicated to improving the HIV landscape for Black
By Adam Bearne “Black people don’t skate.” That’s what figure skating coach Jordan McCreary Graham was told when she tried to start a club when she was attending North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU.)
By Dantee Ramos Texas A&M women’s golf has made history on the course, but Zoe Slaughter has also left her mark on campus. In 2021, Slaughter became the first Black player to join Texas A&M Women’s Golf since 1975. “My time here’s been awesome,” Slaughter told KAGS. “We’ve always had a pretty
Courtesy of Coppin State University Coppin State University President Anthony L. Jenkins was elected by the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors to the prestigious board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Baltimore Branch. The branch makes up the fifth
By Morgan State University Furthering a long-standing connection between Maryland’s largest Historically Black College and/or University (HBCU) and the late Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Morgan State University has acquired a 200 linear-foot personal collection of papers, framed artwork, photographs, numbered pieces, and a
Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to be among those marking the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the day Alabama law officers attacked Civil Rights demonstrators on the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. The demonstrators were beaten by officers as
By Kelvin Childs Howard University announced a generous donation of $1.4 million by Levoyd E. Robinson (BBA, ’87) to establish an education fund and upgrade to the student academic support services offices within the University’s School of Business. Robinson is founder, CEO
By Pamela Hill, Ph.D Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have played a significant role in American history for well over a century. The list of notable HBCU alumni is long and includes the likes of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme
