By Mary Hester-Clifton In response to a common need for leadership skills in our communities and organizations, the UAPB Student Government Association (SGA) launched a six-week Freshman Leadership Academy (FLA) for first-year college students. Under the leadership of Leon Jones, III ’22,
Courtesy of Saint Augustine’s Unviversity Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) was awarded $500,000 from the Historically Black Colleges and Universities grant program, funded by the Historic Preservation Fund and administered by the National Park Service (NPS) Department of Interior to preserve the Historic
Courtesy of Cheyey University Historical non-profit founded by descendants of free African Americans supports the nation’s first HBCU with gift for disadvantaged students The Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust (DFCLT) recently donated $10,000 to Cheyney University of Pennsylvania’s Foundation to support the
Descendants of the last African people abducted into slavery and brought to America’s shores gathered over the weekend on the banks of an Alabama river to pay tribute to their ancestors. The descendants of the 110 people aboard the Clotilda, the last known
By Alexis Clark Tennessee State University’s world-renowned Aristocrat of Bands (AOB) and award-winning New Direction Gospel Choir were invited to perform at the 2022 Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans, Louisiana, sponsored by a partnership with McDonalds, highlighting African American culture.
By Brittany Bailer Five students at the Howard University School of Law have been selected for the prestigious Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program. These students, Kiana Stallworth, Nathaniel Williams, Jamieson Davids, Jamayne F. Potts and Mia Santiago, will spend their Summer working in public interest
By Claflin University The life and legacy of Chief Justice Ernest A. Finney, former chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, was honored by the South Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society on April 27 at its Annual Meeting. Special presentations on
Courtesy of Shaw University The National Trust for Historic Preservation, through its HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative, awarded more than $650,000 in grants to five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to fund Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plans. Shaw University received $150,000 and will
Written by Howard University Newsroom With the college football season less than two months away, the Howard University football program will get a chance to showcase its talent to a national audience when it takes on Alabama State Saturday, August 27 in
By Hazel Scott/ASU Alabama State University’s NSF-REU program is sponsoring a 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Training program, which runs through July 29. The program is hosting ten undergraduate students from across the nation who plan to pursue a doctoral degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering
