High school dropout emerges as Claflin grad, future law student
Jerrell Cleveland will be among several hundred students who will graduate from Claflin University at the Commencement Convocation on Saturday. However, his path to...
Black male students focus of Gwinnett initiatives
Devin Boone doesn’t necessarily have the grades for college, just the desire.
But that will get him in the door of historically black Florida Memorial...
ASU’s men’s basketball adds six players to incoming class
MONTGOMERY, AL -
Alabama State University men's basketball coach Lewis Jackson has announced the addition of six players to the 2012-13 Hornet basketball team headlined...
Oprah urges Spelman grads to strive for excellence
Oprah Winfrey, who created a media and philanthropic empire, urged more than 550 graduates at the historically black college for women to strive for...
Provost of Baltimore’s Coppin State University Named First Female President of Central State University
Coppin State University Provost Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond will become the first female president of Central State University, the Ohio school has announced.
Only the eighth...
Benedict College Receives $3.4 Million In Federal Grants
Columbia, SC (WLTX) Benedict College has received two federal grants totaling $3.4 million over five-years from the US Department of Education.
The five-year grant comes...
Benedict AD Washington to receive NAACP award The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Benedict College athletic director Willie Washington is receiving an award from the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP.
The organization said...
Michelle Obama urges North Carolina A&T grads to seek change
The historic action that four North Carolina college students took that led to desegregation at lunch counters more than half a century ago shows...
West Virginia State picks Brian Hemphill as new president
West Virginia State University's Board of Governors has offered the position of president to Brian O. Hemphill. Upon approval by the West Virginia Higher...
MTSU breaks ground on new $147M Science Building
Middle Tennessee State University broke ground Thursday on its long-awaited $147 million Science Building, a project that will help the institution produce more college...
New Alabama A&M trustee Richard Reynolds says school is ‘hidden gem’
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- As the board of trustees at Alabama A&M University cycles through changes in membership, one new member said keeping students foremost...
MTSU breaks ground on new $147M Science Building
Middle Tennessee State University broke ground Thursday on its long-awaited $147 million Science Building, a project that will help the institution produce more college...
New novel by Howard Grad ‘Home’ brings Toni Morrison back to Ohio
At 81, Toni Morrison, who's won the Nobel Prize for her novels about the sorrows and joys of African-American life, has a new book and a new...
NCAA proves flexible with HBCUs Announcing to do More Work
When the NCAA announced its new Academic Progress Rate standards last May, the only high-profile school impacted by the hike was Connecticut. But there...
Full List of HBCU Athletes Signed to the NFL
Full List of Signed HBCU Athletes
Baltimore Ravens
Morgan State Tight End -Wide Receiver Lamont Bryant
Dallas Cowboys
Prairie View A&M DE-LB Adrian Hamilton
Green Bay Packers
Winston-Salem State RB...
S.C. State’s Thompson Holds Lonely Spot as the only HBCU Athlete drafted in the...
When Christian Thompson transferred from Auburn to South Carolina State after his freshman year, he joined a powerhouse Bulldogs squad that succeeded on total team efforts.
Ironically,...
Nation’s capital becomes classroom for Howard students
For a group of students from Howard School, an end-of-year subject test wasn't administered on paper.
Instead, the students were graded as they communicated goals...
Maryland Center at Bowie State University Partners with Industry to Develop Community Based Care...
BOWIE, Md., April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Maryland Center at Bowie State University has formed a partnership with Intelaform, Inc., and VisualMED Clinical Solutions Corporation, market leaders in...
