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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 [...]

Talladega, Alabama—Talladega College is preparing to host its Annual Leadership and All Sports Banquet. The banquet is an opportunity to inspire the leaders and athletes on the campus while preparing them for a global stage and exposing them to others who have already tread that path. This year, the featured speaker is Yolanda Moore. Ms. Moore is a founding member [...]

This year, Talladega College’s speaker for the convocation will be Susan L. Taylor, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Essence Magazine.  Taylor helped brand Essence as one of the top African American publications  and one of the most revered black-owned businesses of the 21st century. Taylor is from Harlem, New York. As a fourth-generation entrepreneur, Taylor started her own cosmetics company after working for [...]

Talladega, Alabama—Judge Houston L. Brown was elected this week in Birmingham as the presiding judge over state courts in Jefferson County, Alabama.  Along with Brown’s election as the presiding judge over the 10th Judicial Circuit, seven new circuit court judges took the bench following the November general election. In November, Brown was elected to serve a new 6-year term. He [...]

Dr. Billy Hawkins, the 20th President of Talladega College will be joining the HBCU Buzz Show Tuesday November 13, 2012 at 6:30pm for the President’s Corner segment. Bio Join us LIVE tomorrow from 6-7pm to listen in!

From: Office of Public Relations/Mrs. Nicola Lawler This weekend while Talladega College celebrated 145 years of academic excellence during their Annual Founders’ Week activities, another celebration took place in Atlanta, Georgia for Alabama’s first private liberal arts historically black college. Sophomore, Alexis Tardy, from Indianapolis, Indiana won the Ford Black College Quiz Bowl Competition. Alexis is a 2011 graduate of North [...]

The Talladega College fall semester has been off to a great start with a record enrollment of freshmen plus new and exciting ventures. The college’s Opening Convocation is scheduled for next Thursday, September 6 at 10 a.m. in the Tornado Alley Gymnasium on the campus.  The featured speaker of the event is Lamman Rucker. Rucker is commonly known to audiences [...]

NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal visited Talladega College on April 6, 2012. He made the impromptu visit to see his uncle and fellow Omega brother, university president Billy C. Hawkins and to bring awareness to the HBCU’s historic campus. Shaq signed autographs, met with Talladega students and met up with his brothers of Omega Psi Phi to pose for the pictures.  

More than five hundred students from Southern historically black colleges and universities gathered Sunday in Huntsville. They paid tribute to former slaves and plantation workers through songs. Those groups included Oakwood University, Alabama A&M University, Clark Atlanta University, Alabama State University, Miles College, Talladega College and Stillman College. Oakwood’s Roy Malcolm coordinated the Festival of Spirituals. He said they’re not celebrating [...]

What does achievement mean to you? For the ten men who founded Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University, it meant staying on the path to greatness despite the environment of racial discrimination that surrounded them. Indiana University was heavily supporting the Jim Crow laws, so there was a small number of African Americans students attending [...]

Talladega, Alabama—An unique opportunity awaits a Talladega College senior in Montgomery, Alabama this spring. Graduating senior, Gerald Cook was selected to be an intern with the House of Representatives for the Alabama Law Institute beginning February 2012. As a legislative intern, Mr. Cook will get to work with and for Alabama lawmakers during the 2012 Regular Session. Cook remarks that [...]

In a community as close knit as Talladega, Alabama, it is important for everyone to look out for one another. So when James Nixon and his wife, Elaine, visited Washington, D.C. for the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial on October 16, he thought of Talladega College when he picked up his souvenirs after the dedication was over. [...]

Talladega, Alabama—Poet Nikky Finney won the National Book Award for poetry this week at the National Book Awards in New York.  Finney is a 1979 alumna of Talladega College.  She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the College, and she is currently a professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Kentucky. Finney said about [...]

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