All posts tagged "HBCU"

Atlanta’s Black Coffee Company Opens Second Location at Morehouse College

THE ATLANTA VOICE — For the owners Christopher Bolden, Jamin Butler, Branden Cole, Gino Jones, and Leonard Lightfoot, opening a coffee shop on Morehouse’s campus is...

America’s High School Students to Descend Upon Walt Disney World Resort for HBCU Week Foundation College Fair in October

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Walt Disney World’s support of the HBCU Week Foundation College Fair is part of an ongoing collaboration between the foundation and Disney on...

Students, Faculty, and Alum Urge Morehouse to Rescind Biden’s Commencement Invite

NNPA NEWSWIRE: Concerned alumni invoke one of the college’s most famous graduates. “In inviting President Biden to campus, the college affirms a cruel standard that complicity...

Registration open for 6th Annual Moguls in the Making HBCU student pitch competition

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ally Financial Inc. and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the largest organization exclusively representing the Black College community, has opened registration for...

OP-ED: President Biden’s Lasting Legacy

NNPA NEWSWIRE — How poetic is it that the first woman, the first Black American, and first Asian American to be elected vice president of this...

Sports Illustrated Names Deion Sanders Sportsman of the Year for 2023

After all the controversy that came with his decision to leave an HBCU, Jackson State University, Sanders remains a winner even after a losing season. The...

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Alabama A&M Grad Designs First Nike Shoe Inspired by Her Alma Mater

By Curtis Venetta Hville Blast Alabama A&M University alumna, Jennifer Gray, has designed the first Nike shoe inspired by her alma mater. Gray’s design represents one...

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Sports Illustrated Names Deion Sanders Sportsman of the Year for 2023 

NNPA NEWSWIRE — After all the controversy that came with his decision to leave an HBCU, Jackson State University, Sanders remains a winner even after a...

AAMU-ASU Battle for Bragging Rights. Keys to the Magic City Classic on Sat.

By Donald Hunt For The Birmingham Times It’s always one of the biggest college football games of the season for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)....

AAMU Head Drum Major Jeremy Bellot: ‘To Be On That Stage is Something Big’

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times As the head drum major for Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (AAMU) and its Marching Maroon and White...

ASU Head Drum Major Ja’Vonta Price: ‘The Price of Glory Is High’

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times When he was a child, Ja’Vonta Price was always banging on something: “I pounded on anything that made...

HBCU Students Present STEM Findings to Southern Research Professionals

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times Dezmond Spencer, a Tuskegee University alumnus, was among the Southern Research staffers at Homewood Suites by Hilton on...

HBCU Football Roundup Features Key Matchups in Birmingham Area

By Donald Hunt For The Birmingham Times There should be a lot of exciting football in the Birmingham area this weekend. The fans will have a...

Acting President of Temple University Dies Suddenly After Memorial Service

NBC News Referred to by a colleague as a ‘calm force in troubled waters,’ Temple University Acting President suddenly died Tuesday after falling ill at a...

Seeking Zero-Tolerance of Slavery: The Abolitionism Movement

By Tamara Shiloh The year was 1619. A Portuguese slave ship, the São João Bautista, made its way across the Atlantic Ocean filled with human cargo:...

OP-ED: Bridging Florida’s Digital Divide for the Next Generation  

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Lawmakers in Tallahassee and state capitals elsewhere will be coming under pressure from an assortment of constituencies seeking portions of the federal BEAD...

PRESS ROOM: Dr. Dietra Trent, Executive Director for the White House Initiative on HBCUs as the 3rd annual African American Golf EXPO and Forum Keynote Speaker 

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The mission of the African American Golf EXPO and Forum is to promote the game, the business, the industry, the careers, and the...

President Biden’s Full Howard University Commencement Address

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “You’re the scientists, the doctors, the advocates who will bring -- do big things like ending cancer as we know it and even...

HNU Says (Secret) Deadline Has Passed to File Proposals to Save Campus

By Ken Epstein The Board of Trustees of Holy Names University (HNU), which has shown little interest in working with educational institutions or city leaders to...

Remembering Kenneth Brown, Educator, Engineer, and El Camino College Trustee

By Joe W. Bowers Jr. California Black Media The El Camino Community College District, California State University Dominguez Hills, and the aerospace industry have lost a...

Does Holy Names University Need to Close Down? HNU’s Bond-Holder Says No

By Ken Epstein When the Holy Names University Board of Trustees declared in December 2022 that the college was closing, they said they could not afford...

Holy Names University Says it Will Close; Local Leaders Want Campus to Remain Center for Higher Ed

HNU’s site could become a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) campus, said Post Publisher Paul Cobb By Ken Epstein Holy Names University (HNU), which has...