By Labrina VanCliff The Office of Engagement and Outreach at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will host the third annual Community & Economic Engagement Summit, co-sponsored by MassMutual, during its 97th Homecoming. The free summit, “Economic Empowerment: Advancing the Community,” will take
Written by Tuskegee University Parents and family members of Tuskegee University students were on campus last weekend for the annual Parents’ Weekend 2023 – “Celebrating Tuskegee University Golden Tigers – Head, Heart, and Hand.” The festive weekend included interactive workshops, enlightening seminars,
Courtesy of Texas Southern University Aris Singleton graduated from Texas Southern University in 2017. Six years later, she is the youngest CEO of a textured hair care brand. In September, she graced the cover of the Collector’s Issue of JET Magazine. “I
Written by Grambling State University Longtime friendships often lead to long-lasting effects and impacts, sometimes even after those friends are deceased. That was the case in the friendship of former University of Louisiana at Lafayette President Joel L. Fletcher and former Grambling
By Misha Cornelius The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced today the Academy will gift to the Howard University Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts a replacement of actor Hattie McDaniel’s Best Supporting Actress Academy Award®. Howard University will
By Angel Higgins The goal of the Tennessee State University Office of Student Activities and Leadership is to enhance the skills of those elected or selected to serve in the student government association. Mister Junior Tamauri Murray is doing just that by
By Emi Tuyetnhi Tran Congress’ longest-serving Black staffer, Herbert “Bertie” Bowman, who worked his way up from sweeping the steps of the Capitol as a teenager to coordinating one of the Senate’s most important committees, died this week. He was 92. Bowman died
By East L. Dockery Three North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University professors have been selected as recipients of the 2023-24 Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Medtronic Research & Development Program Award. Laquanda Johnson, Ph.D., MBA, associate professor of supply chain management;
By Uwa Ede-Osifo To playwright Jocelyn Bioh, the African hair braiders of Harlem are icons. “They’re a large part of the economy of Harlem,” Bioh said of the Manhattan neighborhood. “Those are women-owned businesses, and for the most part led.” Despite the ubiquity
By Mark Lawton Joy Harrell Goff, ’98, of Durham became executive director of BUMP the Triangle, a nonprofit that brings African diasporic arts and culture to the Triangle area, particularly to young people. In her new role, Goff wanted to revamp programming,
