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Allstate and the Tom Joyner Foundation are asking alumni, students and supporters of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the country to do their part to raise scholarship funds as part of the fourth annual Allstate Quotes for Education program. For every person who receives an insurance quote from an Allstate agent and mentions Quotes for Education between August [...]

The field has narrowed for potential  football fields that could be training sites for the Washington Redskins. For now it looks like Virginia Union University has shaped up as a top contender for the job. CBS 6 has learned from a source close to the selection process that Redskins team officials will be visiting the VUU campus Sunday to tour [...]

Rodney D. Smith, administrative vice president at Hampton University has announced the appointment of Novelle Dickenson as the new athletics director, Alexiss Robinson as assistant athletics director and senior woman administrator and Kristen Drummond as compliance coordinator. A university committee, made up of faculty, staff and administrators reviewed the credentials of thirty candidates over the past four months and conducted [...]

Mississippi Valley State University has named Angela Franke as its new women’s volleyball coach. Franke, who spent last season as the head coach at St. Andrews University in North Carolina,replaces Alyse Wells-Kilbert, who resigned earlier this summer. Interim Director of Athletics Donald Sims said Thursday that Franke will be a great addition to the program, which opens its season Aug. 31 at [...]

Two women with local ties qualified this morning for the semifinals in the women’s 400-meter track event at the Olympics, according to the London Olympics site. Francena McCorory, 23, a former Hampton University and Bethel High School runner, finished first in the first heat with a time of 50.78 seconds. McCorory was running for the U.S. team. Marlena Wesh, 21, [...]

The Cheyney University Concert Choir will perform under the direction of Marques L. A. Garrett at the 175th Anniversary Gala on October 18 6 - 9 pm at Pennsylvania Convention Center

There is no quick fix. WSSU and other UNC system institutions need money to make the vital repairs to their infrastructure. But they are making due with what has been appropriated by the state. Learn more here.

Former Jackson State star Michael Tinsley advanced to Saturday’s semifinals of the men’s 400-meter hurdles as track and field opened today at the Summer Olympics. Tinsley, a former NCAA champion for the Tigers, won the second of six heats in 49.19 seconds. Puerto Rico’s Javier Culson, this year’s world leader and gold-medal favorite, ran the fastest heat of 48.33 seconds. [...]