Courtesy of Florida A&M University Florida A&M (FAMU) Athletics is a recipient of the NCAA’s Accelerating Academic Success Program (AASP) single-year initiative grant for the 2024-25 academic year, receiving $87,000. Spearheaded by Senior Associate Athletic Director & Senior Woman Administrator Brittney Johnson, FAMU was awarded
Written By the Howard University Newsroom Staff The Schwartz Family Foundation has donated graciously to Howard University’s GRACE (Graduation Retention Access to Continued Excellence) program to ease the financial load for pre-med students. The Schwartz Family GRACE Scholarship Fund will support undergraduate
By Ashley Brown In a groundbreaking achievement, Trinitee Smith, a senior at Elizabeth City State University, has made history by becoming the university’s first social work student elected to the National Association of Social Workers – North Carolina Chapter board of directors.
Courtesy of South Carolina State University South Carolina State University, a historically Black university in Orangeburg, has been placed on probation by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for various non-compliance violations. In the fall of 2022, administrators from South Carolina State
By Larry J. Sanders Ta-Nehisi Coates took the stage at Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium to rousing applause on Thursday evening (Oct. 3), returning to his alma mater for the third stop on a national tour in support of his newest book The Message, published
By Reginald Williams Slow-moving showers hovered over Asheville, N.C., on Sept. 25. At the time, Hurricane Helene was a Category 1 hurricane, swelling on Cancun’s eastern Gulf of Mexico. By the evening of Sept. 26, that Category 1 hurricane dumped more than
By: Brittany Bailer The Howard University School of Education has been named the recipient of the 2024 American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Best Practice Award in Support of Global and International Perspectives. The University is being recognized for its
By Julia Manchester The Democratic governors of the “blue wall” states launched a bus tour Friday aimed at ginning up support for Vice President Harris in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The Driving Forward blue wall bus tour is set to kick off
Courtesy of Jackson State University Entergy Charitable Foundation awarded Jackson State University a $2 million grant to establish the Critical Power Grid Network Security Lab. This groundbreaking initiative aims to enhance cybersecurity within the energy sector. The school announced the news during a press
By Tolly Carr Cam Newton is joining ESPN as a regular contributor on First Take, the network announced Thursday. Front Office Sports reports that Newton’s debut will be at Tennessee State on Friday as part of the network’s HBCU road show. Cecil Newton Jr., the older
