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WASHINGTON The White House will not postpone a conference on historically black colleges next month, rejecting calls from African-American lawmakers who said President Donald Trump should shelve the event after his comments about the fatal protest...
Former FBI Director James Comey is scheduled to deliver a convocation address at Howard University next month, part of a series of lectures he has been invited to give during the coming academic year at the historically black college. Howard...
Chance the Rapper wants to study at Clark Atlanta University and CAU would love to have him. “I was tryna go to Clark ATL. I’m still tryna go,” the artist said in a post now retweeted more than 13,000 times. “Like not honorary, the full blown ya dig...
Rex Tillerson; U.S. Secretary of State gave remarks at the agency’s headquarters focusing on building diversity within the department’s domestic and foreign service ranks targeting HBCUs. Sec Tillerson: @StateDept must redouble efforts to increase...
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have launched a tour of black colleges and universities around the country, hoping to mobilize students, listen to their concerns and encourage more of them to step up as leaders. It’s one of several...
White House aide Omarosa Manigault‘s chilly reception on a panel at a convention for black journalists Friday spiraled into a screaming match following questions about President Donald Trump’s views on police brutality. Speaking on a...
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering professors, Tarik Dickens and Hui Wang, with the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Carl Moore, with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, have been awarded a National Science Foundation...
Professors at Florida A&M University (FAMU) and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering have garnered a prestigious Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Center for...
Dillard University, a New Orleans-based HBCU, is amongst one of the greatest creators of Black undergraduates graduating in physics. According to The Associated Press reports, the New Orleans-based University ranks second in the nation for Black...
Written by Andrew Kreighbaum: Trump promised best effort ever for HBCUs but has left top position at key advocacy office unfilled for longer than any previous administration did. And his pledge to move office to White House remains unfulfilled. The...
Jack Bailey, WVSU jbaile19@wvstateu.edu | (304) 766-4109 Pamela Dickerscheid, WVSO pdickerscheid@wvsymphony.org | (304) 957-9871 Bryan Cummings, CAMC Foundation robert.cummings@camc.org | (304) 388-9866 INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Come hear favorites...
The man behind what we know today as the Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite has passed. Samuel Griffin aka Griff passed away Friday August 4 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Griffin is credited with forming Alcorn State’s Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite, Golden Girls dance...
Betsy DeVos, the top education administrator in the country, is still trying to figure out what the word “choice” means. The Secretary of Education spoke to the Associated Press on Wednesday about her “controversial” (read: incredibly ahistorical...
Allstate and The Tom Joyner Foundation have teamed up to support historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in Allstate’s Quotes for Education (QFE) program. From August 1 through November 30, for every quote made at allstate.com/HBCU...
Virginia Union University Appoints Dr. Hakim J. Lucas as the 13th President
North Carolina Central University (NCCU) exceeded its $7.2 million goal for the 2016-17 annual giving campaign. NCCU completed the fundraising program with gifts and commitments totaling approximately $7,235,834. More than 7,000 contributed to the...
Wilberforce University Alumni Takes Action
The future of American jobs is in STEM. According to the 2016 U.S. News/Raytheon STEM Index, graduate numbers and salaries in the field of science, technology, engineering, and math are increasing as jobs in STEM fields significantly outpace the...
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