Black Boy, Big Dreams

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How a black boy in an animated series inspire us all to dream big.

Meet Judge Khalil. Judge Khalil is an animated series about a boy who aspires to be a Judge. The series discuss topics such as the importance of entrepreneurship and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, equality for all races and embracing different cultural backgrounds.

Judge Khalil is a modern day, coming-of-age story about a boy that dreams of becoming a judge. With the encouragement from his family, friends, and favorite teacher, Khalil works his way to his dreams while maneuvering middle school. Our new series will not only reinforce positive images to young people of color, but will also chart new territory in exploring varying career options that aren’t frequently highlighted, specifically for children of color.

From equality and race to friendship and classroom politics, Judge Khalil will bring a fresh take on the timeless story of maturation. Khalil and the rest of the characters will find themselves navigating new journeys that reflect today’s issues while focusing on the importance of following one’s dreams.

As Khalil chases his dreams, we are asking that you help us chase ours! When you decide to support us, you are supporting a company that is committed to improving, uplifting, and reconstructing the image of people of color across the globe.

Judge Khalil is necessary because young people of color need more positive images of themselves in media.  With the increased accessibility of televised police brutality and the lack of uplifting roles for persons of color, the media has the ability to tarnish a young person’s mentality and vision of self worth and importance. With Khalil wanting to become a Judge, there is potential to inspire minority children to explore law and other different career fields that differ from the traditional paths of Lawyer, Judge, and Doctor.

You can view the trailer below. Check out and donate to the Judge Khalil crowdfunding page. You can also follow the creation of the series on Instagram @JudgeKhalil.

https://vimeo.com/238829933

Rev. Al Sharpton Sits Down With The Creator Of The #BlackPantherChallenge

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Rev. Al Sharpton sits down with the creator of the #BlackPantherChallenge and philanthropist Frederick T. Joseph, to discuss the importance of Black Panther and black superheroes. Also joining him in discussing black excellence, the creators of Spokehub App, Robert Hartsfield Jr and John York to discuss the importance of black owned businesses.

Central State University Goes Crazy When They Play #ThisIzFaDemHeaux

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TanaRocks is no stranger to a hit record. “If you happen to brush shoulders with me, play the lotto,” wrote the rapper and also graduate of Central State University in Ohio in his Twitter bio. Indeed. You probably should take him up on his offer.

Last year, TanaRocks and his song #ThisIzFaDemHeaux featuring partner in crime Rxkstxr basically went viral across social media, thanks to much love and support by students at Central State and beyond. But real fans of TanaRocks know better, because he definitely never stops digging for gold.

Central State official DJ Ad recently spun the record at a Marauders basketball game and the song had everybody going dummy.

You can listen to the song, and more on SoundCloud below.

https://soundcloud.com/tanarocks/sets/intoxicated-america

How Should Black Small Business Owners Plan To Pass The Business To Next Generation?

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When Image One Facility Solutions franchise owner Eric Davis goes on vacation, he knows his business is in good hands. That’s because he turns business over to his son, Gregory Pratt. He has worked with his father for about nine years, including being a president-in-training. Now, Davis plans to have Pratt run the commercial cleaning business in Chicago as its owner by late this year.

Davis has owned the franchise for about five years. But three years ago, when a  succession plan was launched, he began giving his son more control over daily operations. “’He has worked hard and studied this industry,” Davis says. “He will make our family business into a great generational business.”

Grooming the Next Generation

In the grooming process, Davis taught Pratt about matters such as working with the franchisor to receive ongoing support to keep the franchise running. Davis also instructed his son in the importance of customer service and treating employees well.

“To see how he’s grown and helped us since starting has been incredible,” Davis says.

Yet, that father is different than many of his peers when turning over a business to a newer generation. Some three in five small businesses do not have a business succession plan in place, a Nationwide Small Business Survey shows. An online Harris Poll survey that included 502 U.S. business owners with less than 300 employees also revealed that 47% don’t believe a succession plan is necessary.

Succession Planning Should Be High on Priority List for Black Small Business Owners

But with the business being the No. 1 asset for many small business owners, succession planning should rank as important as finding new customers or strategically creating ways to keep growing, experts say. Succession planning should be a top concern because a company’s continuity can rely on it. Such planning is of particular importance for small black business owners as it is key in building generational wealth.

Davis suggests entrepreneurs contemplating succession should form close relationships early with lawyers and accountants who can help with that process. “I have a team of people in my network who offer me professional services that I’ve been working with for a long time who will help him [Pratt] too.”

Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs don’t contemplate succession planning until tragedy hits—a debilitating illness, permanent disability, or the death of a key employee.

Davis says franchisor Image One has been very dependable and provided the family business continued support, something he is confident will be ongoing.

“You can get all the information to be a good business owner,” Davis says of the franchisor. “The main reason I’m not concerned is that I know when he needs help they’ll be there to provide it for him.”

Davis has been involved in many ventures prior to becoming an Image One franchisee. He operated other cleaning companies for 10 years. He was a Chicago police officer for 27 years and ran two restaurants. In college, he was captain of the famous University of Houston “Phi Slama Jamma” team that included NBA Hall of Famers Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon.

His initial investment into Image One was about $15,000, including purchasing equipment and acquiring an established customer base. The franchise makes most of its money by cleaning banks, sports venues, and small manufacturing facilities with Davis estimating 2017 revenues totaled about $250,000. That’s a long way from the $30,000 in revenue after the first full year of business.

“We’ve been able to grow revenues largely by retaining customers, attracting new ones, and referrals from existing clients.”

Davis says the business has given him the flexibility to help his family and others. He plans to retire later this year to continue running The BASE, a nonprofit that uses sports and education to help at-risk Chicago youth grow academically.

Meanwhile, Davis wants to keep the franchise in his family and create a legacy. He wants to pass the torch to his son. “It would be incredible if one day I saw my grandson running this business.”

Here are some tips from Eric Davis and Black Enterprise on small business owners creating a plan to hand over the business to the next generation:

-Do your homework; figure out how much money it will take to keep the business operating. Where will this money come from?

-Determine who will be in charge of making sure the succession plan is carried out properly.

-Figure out what strategy will be used to groom someone to take over the business.

-For family businesses, Davis suggests making sure you select the right person to run the business. The reason, he says, is that all of your children, for example, may not be interested in taking over the business.

-Don’t wait until the last minute to plan a succession. Some experts suggest business owners establish one several years before beginning the process.

-Make sure the business is strong financially and know where the money is.

-Find out from your accountant if the business has a lot of debt or tax liabilities before doing the succession.

Finally, teach the new owner the importance of giving back to the community through donations and employment opportunities.

This story was written by Jeffrey McKinney, a contributor to Black Enterprise, where it originally published. This story is published here with permission. 

The Root: ‘Report Finds Some HBCUs Graduating Less Than 1 Out Of 5 Freshmen Within 6 Years’

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The Root recently reported an alarming finding about HBCUs in an article, after coming across a new report by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that shows that at 20 HBCUs, six-year graduation rates were at 20 percent or lower in 2015. “To frame it another way, only 1 in 5 enrolled freshmen ended up graduating within six years,” wrote The Root’s Anne Branigin.

From The Root:

“For perspective, the 2015 national average for all colleges’ six-year graduation rates was 59 percent. According to the AJC, a “handful” of HBCUs are graduating half of their new freshmen within six years.

Leading the list in terms of 2015 graduation rates was Spelman College, with a six-year graduation rate of 76 percent. This was considerably higher than Morehouse’s rate, at 51 percent, and neighboring Georgia State, where black students make up the largest share of the school’s population, with 58 percent.

But Spelman fell behind the University of Georgia, which, at 86 percent, graduated about 4 out of 5 freshmen within six years.”

Head over to The Root to read more.

FAMU Alum Common Says He Blackend His Eye Playing Basketball, But Grambling State Alumna Erykah Badu Isn’t Buying It

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There’s nothing quite like black love and in particular HBCU love. That’s a fact know that.

Recently rapper Common shared a photo on Instragram explaining that he got a black eye playing basketball. But songstress Erykah Badu, who Common says was his first experience with true love, isn’t here for it and she’s not buying his story at all. Insert heart emoji.

“I got my eye blackened playin 🏀 today,” wrote the rapper on Instgram. “However, the fight must go on!”

“Look like a fisss print to me,” commented Badu in response.

People were like “facts tho.”

“When your friends know the truth,” wrote one Instragram user.

What do you think? Did Common really blackened his eye playing basketball or is there more than meets the eye? Let us know and drop your comment below!

‘I Was Haunted By Tweets Every Single Day’: CSU Grad Omarosa Details Her Time At The White House

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It’s Black History Month which is, in fact, celebrated 365 and 24/7. In a new clip, Central State University’s favorite daughter Omarosa finally let the cat out the bag and detailed her time spent at the White House on Celebrity Big Brother. She also didn’t have any nice words to say about President Donald Trump.

As if anyone actually cared, but anyway.

According to the Shade Room, Omarosa spilled some droplets of tea about working with President Trump.

“Now you definitely have to watch the show to get the full tea, but in a short clip Omarosa is talking to another housemate about why she even took the job, to begin with,” wrote the Shade Room’s Tanya P on Instragram. “She said she took the job as Director of Communication because she was “serving her country, not him…””

You can watch the short clip below.

https://instagram.com/p/Be8lOwWFPcx/

HBCU History Is Black History

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ByErnie Suggs – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Forget the football duels between North Carolina Central and North Carolina A&T. It doesn’t matter if Howard or Hampton is the real “HU.”

The biggest rivalry in the black college universe might be between Cheney University and Lincoln University — two very old schools separated by 24 miles of U.S. 1 in the rural outskirts of Philadelphia.

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Both schools have educated the sons and daughters of former slaves for close to 200 years. Both have clear founding dates and strong histories.

But which came first?

“We always say we the oldest because of the date,” said Tony Butler, a Cheyney alum who now lives in Atlanta. “In all seriousness, we were out there doing what we do before others. And that is a fact.”

At issue is the definition of college.

Cheyney was founded in 1837 — one year before Pennsylvania banned blacks from voting — by Richard Humphreys, a Quaker philanthropist. Humphreys bequeathed $10,000, one tenth of his estate, to design and establish a school to educate the descendants of the African race. The original name for the school was the African Institute, before it changed to the Institute for Colored Youth.

In 1854, Ashmun Institute was founded in the rolling farmlands of southern Chester County, with one clear distinction — it immediately began awarding college-level degrees in liberal arts to blacks as it also quickly transitioned to Lincoln University in 1866 to honor a slain president.

“We were founded as a B.A. degree-granting institution, grounded in the liberal arts,” said Brenda Allen, a 1981 graduate of Lincoln and the school’s new chancellor. “When Lincoln was started, there was an early sensitivity about the inhumanity of slavery. That was the framework that the founders, who were abolitionists, brought.”

The Lincoln University campus is dripping with history. Old buildings and even older cemeteries dot the campus. No one knows where Langston Hughes (Class of ’29) and Thurgood Marshall (Class of ’30) lived on campus, but the two, along with actor Roscoe Lee Brown (’46), Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah (’39) and educator Horace Mann Bond (’23), the first black president of the school and father of Julian Bond, loom large at the school.

“Lincoln has never lost its spiritual legacy,” said the Rev. Frederick T. Faison, the school’s chaplain from his chapel office, which was built in 1890. “It has had an enduring legacy in the black community and I am so grateful to the imagination of black people who were willing to keep singing about freedom.”

It wasn’t until 1914 that the Institute for Colored Youth changed its name to the Cheyney Training School for Teachers and began awarding its first college degrees. During the 77 years from Cheyney’s founding to when it started awarding degrees, 97 historically black colleges and universities were founded. read more

Meet The Morehouse Sigma Taking The Internet By Storm

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You may have seen his dancing cover to Chris Brown’s “Gimme That” on Instagram, or maybe his dance tribute to Bruno Mars’ “Finesse” or possibly strolling alongside his Sigma brothers in the AUC, regardless of whether you like him or not, Jabari “6_Solo” Jones is everywhere. Jabari is a proud member of the Chi Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Incorporated and a 2017 Graduate of Morehouse College. Before Jabari was taking the internet by storm with his impressive dance moves, he was a strong student with a promising future hailing from Detroit, Michigan.

In Detroit, Jabari was always a performer as he was the lead singer in his elementary school choir. He said that he was inspired by Usher and his incredible performance skills. Jabari recalls that after seeing Usher’s “U Don’t Have To Call Video” that he wanted to not only sing in his school’s choir but also dance. Following his time in elementary school, he moved to a different school where he was, as he says, “The New Kid on the Block.” After becoming well known at his previous school for his amazing vocal abilities, he was placed in a new school where he had to prove himself in a new environment. Being the performer that he is, Jabari decided that he would try to captivate his peers with his dancing skills. After mere weeks at his new school, Jabari became known as the go-to guy for dancing. Little did he know the impact that his performing would have on HBCU culture in the years following.

In 2012 Jabari graduated from Renaissance High School and began wondering where he would attend college.

“At Renaissance, it wasn’t a question of if you were going to college, it was which college you were going to and the two options were always Michigan State or University of Michigan.”

Jabari’s mother was a graduate of Tennessee State University and knew the importance of an HBCU experience. It was his mother who encouraged him to look into attending a Historically Black College. With this goal in mind, Jabari went on an HBCU tour exploring many different HBCU campuses such as Clark Atlanta University, Howard, and Morehouse. He recalled that when he went to Morehouse it was reminiscent of the film, Stomp the Yard and that Morehouse was the place for him to be. He applied to Morehouse and was quickly admitted into the freshman class following his graduation from Renaissance High.

During his time at Morehouse, Jabari looked to join a Greek Fraternity. He was impressed with what Greek life meant to the black community and knew that he wanted to get involved. Jabari stated that it was his RA, Colin Bent, who was a Sigma at Morehouse who inspired him to join the Phi Beta Sigma Chapter.
He says,

“As a young freshman it was the Sigmas at Morehouse that seemed to really represent what a fraternity should be, that’s what made me join.”

In the Fall of 2014, Jabari alongside eight other gentlemen became members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Incorporated. Jabari was the sixth member of his line inspiring him to start calling himself, “@6_solo”.

“People think that my name is 6_solo because I crossed alone but I didn’t. “6” actually represents the number in my line and “solo” represents a mindset of self-love and self-reliance.”

For the first ten years of his life, Jabari was an only child and knew that if he wanted to do great things in his life that sometimes it would mean that he would stand alone. As a dancer and performer, Jabari hopes to inspire others to follow their dreams and live life unapologetically. His efforts to inspire others through his dances and social media platforms have paid off in big ways. Today, Jabari is a paid performer and travels to different HBCU’s performing, judging contests and inspiring students. He says that he enjoys getting love and deeply appreciates his social media following.

“The love that I receive is amazing, being recognized from social media is a great feeling.”

Jabari’s social media following is impressive as he currently has over 26,000 followers on Instagram and his videos have been viewed over an impressive 200,000 times. Jabari has big plans to move to Los Angeles and continue his career as a professional dancer. To learn more about Jabari and his adventures following him at @6_solo on Instagram.

Legacy

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Legacy: By Dennis Richmond, Jr.

In 1909 a young black couple got married in New York.  The groom was a handsome young laborer who cleaned chimneys named John Sherman Merritt. The bride, was a beautiful young waitress named Lelia Bell Robinson. The two were deeply in love and later that year, had a baby boy. John told Lelia that she no longer had to work and Lelia began staying home to take care of their son. As time went on, the couple had another child. John picked up a second job as a house cleaner. When the couple had a third child, John began working a third job. By the time of their fourth child, it was the same deal.

By 1918, the couple had four beautiful children and John was working four jobs. He worked as a chimney sweep, a painter, a housekeeper, and a janitor. He became a land owner in his early twenties, knew how to ride a horse, and he and his wife were members of an A.M.E church in Connecticut. Unfortunately, by October 1920, John was diagnosed with sarcoma. His wife told him to slow down, but he didn’t want to. He had four children and a wife. After nine months of suffering with sarcoma, John died of exhaustion. He was 31 years old.

John Sherman Merritt is just one of many of ancestors who worked extremely hard. My great grandmother Rosalee Bowens Dingle worked hard in a tobacco factory and picking cotton in the fields in South Carolina. My 3rd great grandmother Mary Robinson Coles washed and ironed clothes in Virginia. To me, this is what it means to be apart of a legacy. To know who you are and to know who made you is as legacy as it gets. My family, just like millions of other black families, is filled with strong, intelligent, hard-working individuals.

My job, is to keep the legacy going.

Denzel Washington Renews $1 Million Gift To Wiley College To Fund Debate Program

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Star announces gift while being honored for his advocacy and philanthropy.

(Marshall, Texas) Two-time Academy award winner Denzel Washington was recognized at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, for his contributions toward raising awareness around the world about the value of debate education. Washington was honored during the awards ceremony in late January for the nation’s first Historically Black Colleges and Universities Speech and Debate Championship Tournament, which was held over three days on Wiley’s campus.

In accepting the award, Mr. Washington pledged to renew a $1 million gift to the College to continue his funding of its debate program. Washington first donated $1 million to the school in 2007 to support the re-establishment of its debate program, which had been inactive since the early 1900s, when it was led by English professor and poet, Melvin B. Tolson.   Washington starred in and directed the film, “The Great Debaters,” which chronicled the history of the team under Tolson’s mentoring and coaching.

Washington regularly checks in with Wiley’s debate team to encourage its continued success.  He last visited Wiley in 2015 and had lunch with the team.  He was surprised on that visit when he was presented an honorary doctorate degree for his philanthropy in the field of education.

“We are thankful to Mr. Washington for his generous gift to sustain our debate program and ensure its longevity,” said Dr. Haywood L. Strickland, President and CEO of Wiley College.  “Through his support of Wiley College, he has preserved the legacy of the original Great Debaters, while also ensuring that current generations of students can carry forward Tolson’s legacy of excellence. We are forever indebted to him.”

Since the rebirth of the program, which is officially known as the Melvin B. Tolson/Denzel Washington Forensics Society, the team has earned more than 3,000 awards and has twice won the Overall Sweepstakes Championship and the Individual Events Sweepstakes Championship of the Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament, a prestigious debate competition that Tolson’s teams were not allowed to take part in.

After a standing ovation for Mr. Washington during the awards ceremony, he was joined on stage by Bob Eisele storywriter and scriptwriter for “The Great Debaters” and Jeff Poro, storywriter for the “The Great Debaters,” who were also recognized for their work.

Washington was also one of the three inductees into the newly formed HBCU Forensics Hall of Fame during the awards ceremony. Other inductees were  Tolson, posthumously, and  Dr. Thomas F. Freeman, the legendary and longest-serving speech and debate coach, who worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., trained Barbara Jordan, and also trained Denzel Washington for his role in “The Great Debaters.”

Last fall, Wiley College formed the HBCU Speech and Debate League, which hosted the tournament, thanks to a grant from the Charles Koch Foundation.

Oprah’s February Book Club Pick: Written By A Spelman Alumna

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On Tuesday Oprah announced that her latest book club pick was: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones.  During the CBS This Morning announcement Oprah expressed,

“It’s a love story that also has a huge layer of suspense,” she went on to say, “and it’s also so current and so really now that I could not put it down and have already passed it on to lots of my friends.”

In An American Marriage, newlyweds Celestial and Roy, professional African-Americans who live in Atlanta, find their lives destroyed when Roy is accused of a crime he didn’t commit and is sent to prison.

Tayari  Jones is an accomplished Novelist, professor and graduate of Spelman College. In her early days at Spelman, she began writing where she studied under Pearl Cleage, (Spelman ’71) , who published her first story, “Eugenics” in Catalyst magazine.  Tayari later graduated from Spelman, went on to the University of Iowa where she earned a masters’s degree. In 2002, she published her first book  Leaving Atlanta. On February 6th, 2018, her newest book An American Marriage hit book stores everywhere.

An American Marriage is Tayari’s fourth novel. All of her novels are based in the South, where she grew up. When learning the news that her book would be selected for Oprah’s book club she said, “Every author fantasizes about being chosen for Oprah’s Book Club, I know I did,”

It is common knowledge that whenever Oprah selects a book for her book club, the book experiences mass success. In 2016, Oprah selected The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead which gave the novel national recognition. The book went on to win the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.  In a news release, the Oprah Winfrey Network also announced that Oprah’s production company Harpo Films,  will produce a film adaptation of “An American Marriage.” It is no surprise to see a Spelman alumna like Tayari Jones experience such great success. We here at HBCU Buzz are proud of our Spelman sister for making terrific waves in literature and are very exciting to see what Oprah and her team create with the upcoming film.

To buy Tayari’s book click HERE.

To learn more about Tayari and her journey you can follow her website at http://www.tayarijones.com/blog/

HBCU Buzz President Brittany N. Ireland Joins Howard University Communications Team

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Historically-black Howard University located in the nation’s capital advertises itself as providing “Veritas et Utilitas, Truth and Service,” and it seems the institution is staying true to its motto.

Recently, the black university snagged a great addition to its communications team, hiring long-time HBCU Buzz  President Brittany N. Ireland. HBCU Buzz began in 2011 and is the only media outlet reporting news, sports, event, and entertainment information solely for the country’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

The private, research university hired the young maven to bring her expertise to the Office of University Communications, providing social media strategy. Ireland graduated from Howard University’s School of Communications just 5 years ago in 2013.

Another exciting addition to the Howard University Office of University Communications team is newly-hired PR Director, Alonda Thomas, a fellow-HBCU alumna, of Florida A&M University and one of Huffington Post’s “Top 25 African American PR Millennials to Watch.”

“Greatness is grown at Howard University, and it’s a pleasure to return to the place both my mother and I earned our degrees. This place that has taught me so much,” Ireland says in a statement to HBCU Buzz. She continues, “I can’t wait to check boxes on my professional bucket list and given the trajectory of my career, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. I am home.”

While still a Howard University student herself, Brittany and a small team of 3 including HBCU Buzz’s Founder Luke Lawal and Editor-in-Chief Tommy G. Meade Jr., grew HBCU Buzz from a mere idea and a  Twitter account with just a couple hundred followers to its current, national HBCU voice. We anticipate Brittany making monumental millennial moves at Howard University.

Founded in 1867, Howard University is a private, research university that is comprised of 13 schools and colleges. Students pursue studies in more than 120 areas leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University operates with a commitment to Excellence in Truth and Service and has produced four Rhodes Scholars, nine Truman Scholars, two Marshall Scholars, one Schwarzman Scholar, over 60 Fulbright Scholars and 22 Pickering Fellows. Howard also produces more on-campus African-American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the United States.  For more information on Howard University, please visit www.howard.edu.

 

For more information on Brittany Ireland visit brittanyireland.com

Bowie State Continues EPA Partnership To Boost Student Careers In The Federal Government

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Bowie State University President Aminta H. Breaux joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Cosmo Servidio today to sign a five-year agreement to extend and expand a partnership between Bowie State and the EPA, providing educational and practical experiences to BSU students looking to enter careers in the federal government.

Maryland Secretary of the Environment Ben Grumbles and Maryland Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Julianne Oberg were among state officials who attended the agreement signing.

The goal of the partnership is to diversify the federal government workforce by preparing more Bowie State students for those careers. The EPA will work with Bowie State faculty and administrators to provide students with access to EPA experts, joint research projects, and access to competitive student internships and employment.

n 2009 when Bowie State and the EPA first entered into a partnership, only students in the College of Business could participate. With this latest five-year extension, even more BSU students from all academic areas, including education, criminal justice and nursing, will be exposed to the knowledge and resources of the EPA. Since the first agreement, students have experienced job shadow days with EPA scientists, connected with EPA mentors, and heard from EPA policy experts in campus-based forums and classes.


“Bowie State University’s partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency provides invaluable experiential learning opportunities that bridge learning from the classroom to the workplace, deepens the learning for our students, and prepares them for success after graduation,” said President Breaux. “With enhanced access to the EPA’s research facilities and instrumentation, Bowie State can continue to strengthen its academic programs through curriculum development in areas such as public and business administration, education, and environmental policy, to name a few.”

“This agreement highlights many of Administrator Scott Pruitt’s top priorities including active engagement and building strong partnerships,” said EPA Regional Administrator Servidio. “Collaborations with academic institutions like Bowie State help bring environmental stewardship to a new generation.

Central State University Is Helping Students Finance Their Dreams, Report Says

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Central State University, the only public historically black college or university, or HBCU, in the state of Ohio, is helping students in a huge way. According to a recent report by Campus Logic, the black university is helping students finance their dreams, making a difference and helping people in the community.

“My favorite day of the year is graduation day. I don’t work the event, but I always attend. I sit, I cry, I laugh, I smile…It’s such a hard feeling to explain,” stated Sonia Slomba, the school’s Director of Financial Aid. “It’s a very rewarding day.”

She added, “No one grows up dreaming they’ll be a Financial Aid Officer. But it is such a gratifying career where I feel like I’m really making a difference and helping people.”

People were basically like I put on for CSU!

“I try to wear my CSU gear more at work because the only time they hear about my alma mater is when it’s in the media about something negative,” wrote one Twitter user.

https://twitter.com/beingtiffanyb/status/959426137326792705

WATCH: FAMU Grad Andrew Gillum On The Breakfast Club

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Andrew Gillum appeared on The Breakfast Club the other day where he discussed everything under the sun like the power of organizing, and more.

“This week, we covered it all on Breakfast Club — the power of organizing, how we heal this country and our broken justice system, and why Florida A&M University and HBCU Pride matter so much! Tune in and share with your network,” stated Gillum.

So if you haven’t had the chance, watch it today and check out the video below.

https://youtu.be/uKFVyeQm57M