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The class of 2013 will enter an improved economy and is expected to earn more through its first year in the workforce than its counterparts in the class of 2012, United Press International reports. A report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers says this year’s graduates should earn an average starting salary of $44,928 — a 5.3 percent jump over last [...]

In November, 1867 Swayne School was opened with 140 pupils. Two years later in 1869, the Talladega County Probate Judge lawfully issued a charter for Swayne School to exist as Talladega College. Still, 145 years later, the commitment to education and academic excellence continues. On Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, Talladega College will confer bachelor’s degrees upon its 138th graduating [...]

As tuition fees have increased, more students have trusted student loans to help finance their education and debt loads have gone up. This situation in turn has had an impact on individual students’ financial situations after graduation. In a recent report, US News & World Report completed an analysis of colleges and universities where students graduated with the least and [...]

Believe with all of your heart that you will do what you were made to do.- Orison Swett Marden To the class of 2012, your time to walk across the stage is approaching. How does it feel? Did it go by fast? Are you stressed? Was this journey easy? Are you overwhelmed? Will you have a job after you graduate? Will you make it in [...]

PVAMU alumnus and Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins returned to “the Hill” to offer his words of encouragement to the fall class of 2011. As the district attorney for Dallas County, Watkins became the first African-American elected to the office on January 1, 2007. He was re-elected for a second term in November 2010. He went on to help create [...]

Miami Gardens — Florida Memorial University (FMU), South Florida’s only historically black university, is culminating another semester of transforming learners into leaders during its annual Summer/Fall combined commencement ceremony. His Excellency Sir Arthur Foulkes, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, will journey from Nassau to Miami Gardens to salute FMU’s Summer and Fall 2011 graduating classes. The island nation’s [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – House Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn will serve as the 2011 Florida A&M University (FAMU) fall commencement speaker on Friday, December 16 at 6 p.m. in the Alfred Lawson Jr. Multipurpose Center and Teaching Gymnasium. Clyburn is the leadership liaison to the Appropriations Committee and one of the Democratic Caucus’ primary liaisons to the White House. [...]

Delaware State University’s Harry L. Williams recently led a DSU delegation to Vietnam to celebrate the first graduating class of its Master of Business Administration program that it offers in that country. Dr. Williams traveled to the Asian country with Amir Mohammadi, vice president of Business and Administration, Dr. Fengshan Liu, assistant vice president of International Affairs, Kishor Sheth, director [...]