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Dr. George C. Bradley, President announced the appointment of Dr. Steven Thomas as the dean of its newly created School of Professional Studies and Dr. Emily Williams as the dean of its newly created School of Arts and Sciences. The new appointments come on the helm of the College’s new Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Marcus Tillery. [...]

Savannah State University will kick off its “Tell Them We Are Rising!: Exploring Slavery, Emancipation and the African-American Experience in Savannah and Southeast Georgia” project at 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 25, with a lecture on Lowcountry Africana heritage from New York University history professor Michael Gomez. The event will be held in Torian Auditorium in the Howard Jordan building on [...]

Summer vacation is over, and Fort Valley State University is coming alive. The campus is bustling with activity as freshmen adjust to campus life. Vanescia Holman is among 1,100 first-year students making the transition. The projected number of freshmen this fall represents a 35 percent increase over last year. She’ll join a swelling Wildcat student population of more than 4,000 [...]

Tuskegee University held its summer commencement today in the University Chapel. According to the Office of the Registrar, degrees conferred included business, chemistry, engineering and liberal arts. Newly commissioned officers of the U.S. Air Force were also recognized by their ROTC unit. The speaker for the occasion was Jay Gogue, president of Auburn University. “We should fully embrace our neighbor [...]

When students return to Dr. Kuldeep Rawat’s classes at Elizabeth City State University in fall 2011, they will find a newly developed remote laboratory. Last August, Rawat, an associate professor in the Technology Department, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund/Dept of Energy Technology Award for Faculty Innovations grant. It provided a $60,000 grant to develop infrastructure that will allow students to [...]

Inspired by the Obama administration’s call to discover and engage the world, 24 members of the Howard University Freshmen Leadership Academy will travel to Beijing this summer from July 25 to Aug. 2. The students will visit Chinese universities, Tiananmen Square and several other cultural and historic sites. They will explore global trends and business practices and learn about Chinese [...]

TSU Receives Department of Homeland Security Scientific Leadership Award Tennessee State University College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science is preparing graduate students to protect the nation against cybercrimes and intrusions with a recent grant from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The DHS Scientific Leadership Award for Minority Serving Institutions Granting Graduate Degrees in the amount of $301,679 will [...]

Grambling State University has developed a plan of action in response to the scathing audit released last month by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Office. The action plan includes the audit findings, the university’s response to each finding, an outlined plan of action for the next six months and a timetable for turning each issue around, said GSU President Frank Pogue [...]

Team Success mentoring program co-coordinators Kena Torbert (far left) and Phillip Petway (far right) pose with participants June 8 at Fort Valley State University. June 29, 2011 - After a fierce competition, 16 Middle Georgia high school students won a coveted spot in this summer’s TEAM Success Mentoring Program at Fort Valley State University.  The selection committee had a difficult job [...]

From L-R: Dr. Josef Broder, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), University of Georgia; Dr. Bob Shulstad, Associate Dean for Research, CAES, UGA; Mr. Zippy Duvall, President of Georgia Farm Bureau; Dr. Scott Angle, Dean and Director, CAES, UGA; Mr. Gary Black, Agriculture Commissioner, Georgia Department of Agriculture; Dr. Govind Kannan, Interim Dean and [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida A&M University (FAMU) alumnus Larry O. Rivers became the first African American to successfully defend a doctoral dissertation in Vanderbilt University’s Department of History. Rivers, who currently teaches history at Augusta State University in Augusta, Ga., recently returned to Nashville, Tenn. to participate in his graduate alma mater’s commencement ceremony. “My FAMU education really helped me [...]

Grambling State University SOAR to Success     GRAMBLING, LA —Grambling State University launched its first Summer Orientation, Advising and Registration (SOAR) program last week with great success. During this first session new students were able to register, meet with their advisors, and see first-hand what college life will be like this fall, without the rat race. Students were in [...]

June 22, 2011- A nine-day trip overseas has three Fort Valley State University students shifting their view of the Middle East.  Marketing students Chaslyn Hawkins, Maketa El and Christopher T. Johnson visited Istanbul, Turkey as part of a study abroad program sponsored by Georgia State University’s Center for International Business, Education and Research (GSU-CIBER) and CNN. “Before I visited, I [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Area middle school students are curing the summer “brain drain” this year with a heavy dose of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fun at the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp hosted by Florida A&M University (FAMU).  The hands-on program offers students an exciting way to beat the heat as they design space suits while experiencing [...]

Virginia State University will host a delegation of 20 faculty, administrators and student leaders from the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Nigeria’s top ranked university, from June 20-30. VSU President Keith T. Miller invited the delegation to campus as part of the International Institute for Capacity Building in Higher Education, a professional development program that emerged from a recent partnership between the [...]

Hampton, Va. –The Hampton University Doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT) program has been re-accredited for 10 years by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE). “Students, future employers, and the general public can be assured that Hampton’s DPT Program has a solid, comprehensive curriculum delivered by a highly qualified faculty that prepares graduates to be competent physical therapists,” said [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Officials from Florida A&M University (FAMU), alongside Florida State University’s College of Medicine, are working with the Gadsden County School Board and the Gadsden County Health Department to develop a 4,000 square feet state-of-the-art Health and Wellness Service and Training Center at Havana Middle School. To provide quality health care for students, Havana School Board employees and [...]

WASHINGTON – Three Howard University students, Noelle Jones, Camille Grayson and Seth Lemon, broadcast journalism, were each awarded $7,000 scholarships by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama’s White House Correspondents’ Association during the annual luncheon on Friday, April 29 and dinner late last month. The students, who are journalism majors in the School of Communications, were chosen for [...]