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Starting July 1 Parris Malone, a junior at Tennessee State, will begin serving as President for the Student Tennessee Education Association, the largest professional organization in the state that advocates for educators, students preparing to become educators, and students in the public school system. Malone has been apart of TSU chapter of TEA since she first started classes at the [...]

Ever since his mother put him on a work out plan at a local gym at the age of 15, Adam Badger, now 20, has been proactive in maintaining his physical image, to say the least. This Washington D.C. native and Louisiana raised fitness entrepreneur is studying criminal justice at Florida A&M University, but he is involved in far more [...]

Dillard University President, Dr. Walter Kimbrough, e-mailed students Thanksgiving week, indicating if they needed a place to eat, he would have seats. Check out his reasoning in a interview with HBCU Buzz. Q. How long has this tradition been at Dillard? Kimbrough: This is my first Thanksgiving here, and I am not aware of it being done before. We started [...]

Mr. Reggie Sharpe Jr. is the President of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel Assistants program, President of the Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Society, Chaplain of Alpha Rho Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and preaching assistant at Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia. He is a senior and majors in Religious Studies. He plans [...]

Recently I had the opportunity to conduct an interview with Jasmine Moses, a Broadcast Media major at Central State University and the reigning 2011-2012 Ms. Black and Gold. Hailing from Xenia, Ohio, Jasmine Moses started off her college career as Freshman Class President and is a current member of the Central State University Lady Volleyball Team.  In lieu of community [...]

Girls Got Issues: A Woman’s Guide to Self-discovery and Healing is available now. Girls Got Issues: A Woman’s Guide to Self-Discovery and Healing addresses the various problems that women carry with them from childhood in to adulthood. Serving as a “self-awareness” book, Girls Got Issues assists women in defining the issues they face, why the issues exist, and how to [...]

Determined, a tremendous work ethic, and a smile that lights up the room. That’s how one will describe Howard University senior Ke’Andrea Ayers, better known as Kiki, when they meet her. The CEO of The Urban Feed is one of the hardest working students on Howard University’s campus. The list of organizations she has interned with is impressive and extensive: NBC, Atlantic [...]

The Howard University Department of Radio, Television and Film, housed in the John H. Johnson School of Communications, produced the Presidential Commission on Academic Renewal (PCAR) Roundtable. This, the first of a three part production is an interview with Alvin Thornton, PCAR Chair. Distinguished Department of History faculty member, Dr. Edna Greene Medford, and Law student and Board of Trustee [...]