Courtesy of Mississippi Valley State University Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) has announced plans to offer students financial assistance by forgiving debt for students with balances enrolled from Fall 2021 until Spring 2023. The announcement comes as the University works diligently to
Courtesy of Tougaloo College Tougaloo College will celebrate nearly two decades of scholarship and philanthropy through its annual star-studded event, the Two Rivers Black-Tie Gala. The event, now in its 18th year, benefits the institution’s student scholarship fund and celebrates the philanthropic
By Alexis Clark Former Tennessee State University graduates are paying it forward for the next generation of engineers. The TSU Engineering Alumni Association (TSUEAA) has awarded academic scholarships to 12 talented undergraduate and graduate students. The College of Engineering Alumni Scholarship Endowment (ASE) is twofold,
Courtesy of Lincoln University of Missouri Lincoln University of Missouri has been awarded $10 million in funding to help address the substantial workforce shortages in food, agriculture, and natural resources sectors projected for the near future. Supported by the National Institute of Food
Courtesy of Fayetteville State University Fayetteville State University recently received a five-year grant totaling $423,487 from NASA’s Office of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Engagement’s (OSTEM) Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) to conduct free, two-week, residential summer camps aimed at preparing high school
By Char Adams The Black-white voter turnout gap in Alabama and other states has widened in the 10 years since the Supreme Court gutted part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that for decades restricted states from enacting voting policies that stanched
Written By Howard University Newsroom Staff Howard University is pleased to announce the appointment of Lisa A. Crooms-Robinson, J.D., as interim dean of the Howard University School of Law. Crooms-Robinson is an internationally respected expert on constitutional law and human rights and has
By Kyla Wright The Fourth of July has come and gone, but conversations about freedom and independence don’t get old … especially among black college students. Webster’s Dictionary says freedom is the power to act without restraint, while it defines independence as
Courtesy of Alcorn State University The Bernard Osher Foundation recently awarded Alcorn State University a $50,000 grant and $1,000,000 endowment gift to support the Osher Reentry Scholarship Program. The funding will support reentry to the university for individuals between 25 – 50
Courtesy of Coahoma Community College Coahoma Community College was named as the most affordable HBCU in the Nation. The company examined tuition and fee data from the 2020-21 school year in order to rank the most affordable public and private historically black
