Courtesy of Bowie State University Susan Batten, president of the Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE) says data shows foundations are woefully behind the curve in hiring people of color as senior executives which she believes is a major factor in HBCUs
By Brittney Dabney A multidisciplinary team from Tuskegee University has received a $100,000 grant from Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to support the assessment of a research and teaching partnership in engineering between Tuskegee and Columbia University. The grant, “Education
Courtesy of Tuskegee University Tuskegee University received the 2023 Governor’s Trade Excellence Award presented by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey at a ceremony held at the State Capitol. Tuskegee is the first university ever to receive the award. The Governor’s Trade Excellence Award
By Ken Makin Shortly after the NFL draft ended Saturday, the Twitter account for Florida A&M University’s football program offered a glimpse into the moment one of the biggest draft prospects in the historically Black college community got the call. The Dallas
By Claretta Bellamy One year after a mass shooting at a Tops supermarket devastated a Black community in Buffalo, New York, one victim is being memorialized through the gift of education. Friends and former colleagues spearheaded a scholarship fund for local high school students
By Emmanuel Freeman Oprah! Oprah! Oprah! That was the deafening chant that permeated the 12,000-seat Hale Stadium on Saturday, as Oprah Winfrey, Tennessee State University’s most famous alumnus made her triumphant return to her alma mater as the spring undergraduate commencement speaker.
By Sholnn Z. Freeman The Center for Journalism & Democracy (CJD) at Howard University has won a $4 million award over three years from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to establish innovative academic and applied research programs that will advance health equity journalism at HBCUs. The Center for Journalism
By Kenneth Mullinax An assistant professor of recording technology in the Department of Communications at Alabama State University has been awarded the EBSCO Scholarship for Audiovisual Preservation and Archiving, which is a national fellowship. Professor Michael Bean received the prestigious award that paid for
Courtesy of Bowie State University Over 20 paraprofessionals who work for the Howard County Public Schools (HCPS) have completed their course work at Bowie State University and will become certified teachers after they graduate in two weeks and pass the state’s Praxis
By Monet Heath I always had this idea of what my life would be like: I had a concrete plan of where I would attend school, how long it would take me to graduate, which clubs and organizations I would join and
