New Langston University President to Take Office Next Month
The 16th president of Langston University will take the helm of the school next month.
Dr. Kent Smith, Jr. who is the current Vice President...
Grambling State University receives $100,962 for summer learning camps
Grambling State University will again host the LA GEAR UP summer learning camps with week I which July 8-14.
Week II activities will be held...
Howard University’s Engineers Without Borders expand water access in Kenya
The Howard University chapter of Engineers Without Borders traveled to Choimim, Kenya to expand the rainwater harvesting system and install water filters in the...
Grambling could suffer from proposed budget cuts
Imagine a sawmill owner doing something that had not much to do with his core, primary business.
Imagine that guy deciding that, for the good...
JCSU forum part of Democratic convention
Hollywood and Washington intersected at Johnson C. Smith University on Tuesday to encourage young adults to become politically active.
Political leaders joined Emmy Award-winner Alfre...
Current New York Jets, Former Hampton University football player gets plea deal in on-campus...
A New York Jets football player who was charged with malicious wounding while he was a student at Hampton University two years ago signed...
Band mates say FAMU victim volunteered to be hazed
Robert Champion was known for his opposition to the hazing rampant in the Florida A&M University marching band, but he was vying to be...
Prosecutors release evidence in FAMU hazing death of drum major Robert Champion
Prosecutors today released hundreds of pages of evidence in the hazing death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion.
The evidence includes the probable-cause...
United Methodists have long worked to fund black colleges
Thanks to Tennessean writer Julie Hubbard for the excellent series on historically black colleges. In the early 1970s, most small black colleges were losing...
3 Finalists at South Carolina State for Interim President
South Carolina State University released the names Monday of its three finalists for the position of interim president.
The candidates are Dr. Ivan W. Banks,...
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...
Bethune sees hike in band tryouts because of FAMU scandal
Florida A&M University's longtime rival, Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, has seen a 10 percent to 20 percent uptick in the number of students wanting to try out for its marching...
ASU’s men’s basketball adds six players to incoming class
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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...
The downward trend of HBCU players in NFL Draft
When Charles Dickens wrote “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” for “A Tale of Two Cities,” black college...
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...
Policy for HBCU’s changes follow Penn State scandal
COLLEGE PARK — When Bowie State University athletic director Anton Goff first heard about the Penn State football child molestation scandal, he shared the...
