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In this day and age, entrepreneurs flourish by rebelling against traditional values, but a Dean of a renowned university whose roots are deep in Black history seemingly wants its students to drown in conformity. Hampton University, a historically black institution who is dedicated to “multiculturalism” according to its mission statement, placed a ban on cornrows and dreadlocks in 2001. The [...]

Bennett College, the historically black women’s college known locally for civic engagement, was generous enough to post brief course descriptions online, and a handful stuck out from the more predictable course offerings. — EG EI 420: Church and Entrepreneurship During periods of unemployment, my friends have joked about creating a church, getting some suckers to join and making livings as [...]

The 2012 Alabama State University volleyball season is only a few days away as the Lady Hornets will welcome five teams to the 2012 ISTAP Collegiate Cup. The matches begin Friday, August 24 at 9 a.m. and run through Saturday, with the final match scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. The teams participating in the Collegiate Cup include in-state rival [...]

Brawnski Towns doesn’t pay much attention to the year that is listed next to a player on the roster. Instead, Alabama A&M’s long-time defensive coordinator and secondary coach, pays more mind to what is being done on the field. That’s why he’s not concerned with his young secondary, which includes junior Derrick Harris at right cornerback, redshirt sophomore A.J. Clark [...]

Alabama State University in Montgomery has announced plans to offer a new master’s degree program in applied technology. The new program, which will begin this fall, has been authorized by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. The program will include both online and traditional on-campus classes. Alfred Smith, interim provost at Alabama State, says that “the master of science in [...]

The new state budget approved by the legislature last Friday includes additional funding for two local higher education institutions, but not as much money as each had requested. WVU Tech and West Virginia State University had each hoped for extra money. Tech says it needs it to revitalize the Montgomery campus while State hopes to fill a financial hole created [...]

When Meagan Gautier learned about some big changes coming to the Southern University system, she got busy. “I don’t think they were going to tell us, but we found out,” she says. “That’s why we’re here. We showed up to show them that we do know what’s going on and that we’re not going to let it happen.” Gautier is [...]

NAACP leaders will go to the United Nation’s Human Rights Council in Geneva next week in hopes of winning support in its fight against voter suppression in the United States, NAACP President Benjamin T. Jealous said on Thursday. The delegation’s goal is to ask the U.N. to investigate multiple incursions into minority voting rights by certain states, Jealous told reporters [...]

Edward Hill was named dean of the College of Education at Fort Valley State University in Georgia. Previously, Dr. Hill was an assistant professor of special education and educational leadership at the John H. Lounsbury College of Education at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville. He previously served as a teacher and principal in the public schools and as [...]

Victoria’s Secret PINK, the leading loungewear retailer for young women, announced Florida A&M University (FAMU) as the Florida winner of its “Tweet for the Truck” competition. FAMU competed against Florida State University and the University of Florida to win a visit from the brand’s PINK truck. Twitter was utilized to count how many times students tweeted the hashtag #PINKTruck along [...]

The site of a former Maryland plantation field is on route to become an 85-store outlet mall, and local black residents of the area are speaking out against it. Residents of the Prince George County community in Maryland are displeased with the thought of a renowned historic cite of black resistance to slavery being stripped of its connection to Black [...]

The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. chapter was recently suspended from the campus of Johnson C. Smith University. The suspension came about after the chapter had been accused of underground pledging, which has been abolished by the fraternity. Many opinions on the matter were expressed and feelings were thrown out in the open, but how did members of the fraternity react? Graduating senior [...]

Johnson C. Smith University senior Sharelle Hatley has been named the 2012 “Excellence in Leadership” Award recipient. Sharelle Hatley is a women’s volleyball student-athlete and was recognized by the U.S. Marine Corps for great academics, community service, and leadership in sports. Academically, she stays strong with a GPA of 3.33. Her community work is impeccable with helping with such events as: The [...]

Jason Kornwitz has reported that Ron Thomas, director of Morehouse College’s Journalism and Sports Program, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism from Sport in Society this summer. “Sports,” Thomas recalled believing, “was the one place where black people’s achievements couldn’t be denied.” But a Sports Illustrated exposé on racial discrimination against black athletes, which was [...]

The Democratic National Committee and Obama for America hosted an HBCU Summit to encourage young adults to head to the polls in November in support of President Barack Obama. The event took place on February 21, in the Henderson Student Center of Clark Atlanta University, one of the prestigious institutions in the Atlanta University Center, which also includes Morehouse College, [...]

Growing up in Pine Hills, Fla., Florida A&M University (FAMU) alumnus Maurice Allen’s father always encouraged him to play golf. For Allen, he says it was not in his plans, but the naturally talented 28-year old made his mark in the golf world his own way. “A friend bet me that I wasn’t athletic enough to hit the golf ball [...]

There is a battle going on today. A battle that doesn’t obtain headlines on CNN or MSNBC. A battle that does not get much attention in our own communities, but will carry such a grand significance to our HBCUs future. The battle is happening in Maryland. The battle is for the future of Bowie State University, Coppin State University, Morgan State [...]

Hampton University is awarded the prestigious Educational Institutional Award because of their role in the off-track evaluation of participants at the 2011 NASCAR Drive for Diversity Combine hosted by Langley Speedway. Both the Sports Managements School and Scripps School of Journalism and Communications participated in key initiatives. Professor Ralph Charlton and his sport management students organized a car show which [...]