Courtesy of Saint Augustine’s University Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) students and faculty are now more equipped than ever to find solutions to real-world problems. The university completed almost $11 million in grant funding in fiscal year 2023, an 85 percent jump from
By Shauneen Miranda A number of historically Black colleges and universities are seeing an increase in Black students applying and enrolling after years of decline. “The percentage of Black students enrolled at HBCUs fell from 18 percent in 1976 to 8 percent in
By Claretta Bellamy Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday promoted Natalie Hudson to be chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, making her the first Black person to lead it. Then-Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Hudson as an associate justice in 2015. She will
By Andrew Skerritt More than a dozen Florida A&M University School of Journalism & Graphic Communication spent the summer at ABC News in New York City as part of the Disney Future Storytellers Program. FAMU scholars who major in journalism, public relations
By Jamie Lynch In a sharp break from Arkansas education officials, the Little Rock School District said in a news release it will offer AP African American Studies for credit. Earlier this month, state education officials said students enrolled in the controversial Advanced Placement
Courtesy of Morehouse College Hodan Hassan, a veteran fundraising executive with more than 25 years of experience serving higher education institutions and global humanitarian organizations, has joined the staff of Morehouse College as the new Vice President of the Office of Institutional
By Tina Sfondeles If Republican voters were worried that a presidential debate without frontrunner Donald Trump would be boring, the eight GOP candidates who squared off Wednesday night did their best to prove them wrong. The eight had just two hours to
Courtesy of Saint Augustine’s University Students at Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) are taking their research to the next level thanks to a $147,216 planning grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The two-year grant from NSF’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program will
By Gabrielle Isaac Allison Dr. Angela White, dean of College University and Student Success, hopes to make Johnson C. Smith University a model for holistic, coordinated student care at an HBCU. In order to accomplish that goal, she has instituted two initiatives
Courtesy of the University of the District of Columbia The University Board of Trustees approved the appointment of McMurray at its Executive Committee Meeting. McMurray assumed the role on August 16, 2023, joining recently installed President Maurice Edington in UDC’s Executive Cabinet.
