Landmark Collaboration with SBA and NPHC To Use Black Entrepreneurship To Combat Wealth Gap
An unprecedented collaboration is uniting the U.S. Small Business Administration and National Pan-Hellenic Council to address the wealth gap in the black community. Learn...
Bennett College Receives $1.7M To Clear Account Balances For Nearly 500 Black Women
Bennett College students have had their balances cleared in a surprise charitable donation. Learn more from Josh Rodgers at Afrotech below.
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Jackson State University’s Tiger Career Closet Receives Donations From Zeta Phi Beta, Lawyer’s Association
Jackson State University students will be able to receive business clothes for interviews and other meetings thanks to continued donations. Learn more about two...
$1M In Scholarships Awarded to 100 Students at HBCUs Through Travis Scott’s Foundation
Travis Scott's Cactus Jack Foundation has kept its promise to heavily invest in HBCUs and their students! Learn more in the release from Olafimihan...
Central State To Establish New Workforce Training center In Dayton with $3.6M Grant
Central State University is putting a #3.6 million grant to good use in its community. Learn more from London Bishop at Dayton Daily News...
Wiley College Graduates Have Balances Cleared By Anonymous Donor
The spring 2022 graduates of Wiley College got the surprise of a lifetime when their debts were cleared on commencement day! The Wiley release...
Cheyney University Receives $5 Million Investment From Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania just received a windfall, and the funds will be put to good use. Get the story from TaRhonda Thomas and...
JSU College of Business receives $50,000 gift from Alumnus Joe N. Tatum
Jackson State University just received a great hefty donation from a beloved former student! Get the story from the release below.
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Central State University Alumna Omarosa Manigault Newman Awarded 1.3M In Legal Fees Amid Trump...
Omarosa Manigault Newman will have her legal fees covered after a judge tossed out Donald Trump's lawsuit against her. Get the full story from...
HBCUs Are Establishing Marijuana Programs To Fight Whitewashing Of Legal Cannabis Industry
Founded on the basis of inclusion, some HBCUs are working to avoid the exclusion of diversity in the budding cannabis industry. Get the full...
Simmons College of Kentucky Receives $10 Million of Company’s $50 Million In Donations To...
Simmons College of Kentucky is among several organizations in the Louisville, Kentucky area on the receiving end of $50 million! Get the full story...
Hampton University Dissolves All Student Balances For Spring 2022 Semester
Hampton University has lifted the heavy financial burden off of its students' shoulders by wiping their spring semester balances clean. Get the full story...
Senate Unanimously Approves Kentucky State University Funding
Kentucky State University is thankfully much closer to getting the funding it needs thanks to a recent Senate budget approval. Get the story from...
Two Bluefield State College Alumni Siblings Pledge $100K In Scholarships
Two successful siblings are giving back in a big way to their alma mater Bluefield State College. Get the story from the Bluefield Daily...
HBCU Buzz Founder Luke Lawal Jr. Launches His First Cryptocurrency, $HBCU Coin To Educate...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — March 14th, 2022 — Luke Lawal Jr. Founder of HBCU Buzz and Entrepreneur, today announced the launch of $HBCU, his...
Florida Memorial University Discontinues 16 Degree Programs, Lays Off Four Tenured Professors
In an order to reposition itself financially, Florida Memorial University has had to make some very difficult decisions in terms of its employees and...
West Virginia State University To Celebrate Founders Day With Day of Giving Challenge
March 17 is a significant day for West Virginia State University. The HBCU was founded on that date in 1891 as "West Virginia Colored...
A Senegalese Howard Student Is Fundraising To Invest In Education Within His Home Village
Howard University senior Omar Mbodj is doing what he can to innovate the education system in his native Senegal. Get the full story from...
