Central State Iotas wins ‘Chapter of the Year’ award

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Who said Black Greek Lettered Organizations do not promote brotherhood/sisterhood, leadership and scholarship to students on the yard?

Members of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. Alpha Mu Chapter continues to prove this thought wrong by serving their respected HBCU community at Central State University.

These brothers of Iota recently won the prestigious Ohio Valley Region ‘Chapter of the Year’ award during the Spring Regional in Cleveland, Ohio. Rashad Riley, the chapter’s president, also won the ‘Undergraduate Brother of the Year’ award.

With a long list of individual and chapter accomplishments over the course of last year, Alpha Mu Chapter of Iota Phi Theta is committed to their fraternity’s motto “Building A Tradition, Not Resting Upon One.”

About Iota Phi Theta:

Founded September 19, 1963 on the steps of Hurt Gymnasium at Morgan State College, now known as Morgan State University, Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. is the fifth-largest, and fastest growing predominantly black fraternal organization in the United States

About Central State University:

Founded in 1887, Central State University academically prepares students with diverse backgrounds and educational needs for leadership and service in an increasingly complex and rapidly changing world.

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Roland S. Martin named Commencement speaker at Central State

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Award-winning and multifaceted journalist Roland S. Martin will be the Commencement speaker at Central State University located in Wilberforce, Ohio on May 4.

Martin is a nationally syndicated columnist and a commentator for TV One Cable Network who has won numerous awards, including regional Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television News Directors and top reporting honors from the National Association of Black Journalists.

He is a life member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated and a graduate of Texas A&M University, where he earned a bachelor’s of science degree in journalism.

About Central State University:

Founded in 1887, Central State University academically prepares students with diverse backgrounds and educational needs for leadership and service in an increasingly complex and rapidly changing world.

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XXL’s 2013 Freshman Class Revealed… What Do You Think?

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XXL 2013

 

Whether you hate it or love it, every year hip-hop fans wait in anticipation for XXL Magazine to release their Freshman cover.

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The largest cover line on the upcoming May/June 2013 issue reads: “2013’s Freshman Class Best Ever?” And while that notion is clearly up for debate, there are some pretty notable choices. Schoolboy Q, Trinidad James, Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, Action Bronson, Kirko Bangz, Travi$ Scott, Angel Haze, Dizzy Wright and Logic all appear front and center in a group shot while the non-present Chief Keef gets a head-scratching distinction at the “11th Freshman.”

 

 

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40 Years of Amazing Service to NCAT’s Dean of Business and Economics Dr. Quiester Craig

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Congratulations to academic excellence are in order!

Dr. Quiester Craig, Dean of the School of Business and Economics, will retire after 40 years of service to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He has been instrumental in providing exemplary leadership to the School of Business and Economics for over four decades and is credited with its success in receiving undergraduate accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business in the late ‘70s, creating the first accounting program at an HBCU, and so much more.

Above all his professional accolades and awards, his greatest gift to the university has been the mentorship he has provided on a daily basis to his current and former students, faculty and colleagues.

He is well known for requiring “excellence” – in and out the classroom and as he winds down his career, Craig’s legacy will be recorded as nothing short of phenomenal.

See schedule of events at ncat.edu

Talladega College Annual Leadership and All Sports Banquet Feat. Former WNBA Star

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Talladega, Alabama—Talladega College is preparing to host its Annual Leadership and All Sports Banquet. The banquet is an opportunity to inspire the leaders and athletes on the campus while preparing them for a global stage and exposing them to others who have already tread that path.

This year, the featured speaker is Yolanda Moore. Ms. Moore is a founding member and former basketball star player with the WNBA. Yolanda was deemed one of the top 15 U.S. high school female basketball players by USA Today and she was the Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year.  Her dreams were nearly shattered when she became a teenage mother. However, because of a promise from her mother to help if she finished college, Yolanda went on to attend and graduate from the University of Mississippi.

Despite the many set-backs of injury and personal challenges, Yolanda finished with the following honors: two first team All-Southeastern Conference selections, Associated Press All-American Honorable Mention, and Most Valuable Player in her junior and senior year. She now ranks as 9th on the Ole Miss Scoring Chart.

Following her collegiate career, she became one of the founding members of the WNBA.  Her stint with the WNBA also afforded her four playing seasons where she garnered two championships with the Houston Comets in 1997 and 1998.  She also played in Europe and Asia.  Ms. Moore was inducted into the Ole Miss Sports Hall of Fame in 2010 and she was named an SEC Great in 2012.  Following her Bachelor’s degrees in English and Radio & Television from Ole Miss, she obtained a master’s degree from Alcorn State University and she is completing an Education Specialist and PhD degree program.

The Leadership and All Sports banquet will be held Thursday, April 18th at 7 p.m. in the Tornado Alley Gymnasium.  Tickets are $10 per person and children 12 and under are free.  Tickets can be purchased in the Talladega College Business Office or online at www.eventbrite.com.  For more information, call 256-761-6224.

Yolanda Moore at TC

Contact:  Talladega College

Office of Public Relations/Mrs. Nicola Lawler

Telephone:  256-761-6207

E-mail: nllawler@talladega.edu

Re-Cap: The HBCU Buzz Show 3/26: Womanhood 2013: Cat fights, Stillettos, & Moscato??

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We had yet another exciting & always opinionated episode of The HBCU Buzz Show on March 26, 2013. Wrapping up with National Women’s History Month we had to tackle the reality of women on “reality tv.” Most of us watch it, know it’s for entertainment, but what about the young women who idolize these so-called “stars.”

With the constant barrage from the media & world of reality tv, there is usually a common thread.. the image of groups of grown, and somewhat successful woman, playing the highschool mean girls games for an entire season. For those of us usually 25 & up this is purely a source of entertainment, but for impressionable younger black girls this is the image they are given as being “women” daily. What happened to role models being in the home, church, school, etc?? We welcome Award-winning singer Mya, Kat Calvin, founder of Black Girls Hack, and the always opinionated and hilarious Panama Jackson, 1/2 of very Smart Brothas to our discussion.

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Howard Alum to Play Jackie Robinson in Upcoming Movie “42”

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chadwickbosemanjackierobinson42Congratulations to Chadwick Boseman!

Chadwick Boseman, 30, is one of Hollywood’s up-and-coming actors. The South Carolina native is best known for his roles on the TV series Lincoln Heightsand Persons Unknown. Boseman is also a playwright and screenwriter who graduated from Howard University and attended the British American Dramatic Academy at Oxford.

Last year Boseman got what he calls “the opportunity of a lifetime” to star in the upcoming biopic 42, his first time on the big screen in a lead role.

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Robinson, the first African American player to break Major League Baseball’s color line and play in what was once a whites-only game, was born on January 31, 1919. He faced racism and harassment during his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a famous advocate for nonviolence. Robinson played for the Dodgers for a decade and led the way for more African Americans to take part in professional baseball in the U.S. In 1955, he helped led the Dodgers to its only World Series title before the team’s move to Los Angeles.

Robinson was an equal rights advocate for his entire life, and The Jackie Robinson Foundation continues his efforts to empower American minorities through scholarship programs. Posthumously, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2005.

Jackie Robinson’s life will be brought to the big screen this year in the new film ’42,’ directed by Brian Helgeland. The film is scheduled to be released in April 2013.

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Meet Jackson State’s New Head Men’s Basketball Coach

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Wayne Brent JSUWayne Brent – a championship winning coach – was introduced Monday as the new head men’s basketball coach for Jackson State University.

After welcoming Brent to JSU, Director of Athletics Dr. Vivian L. Fuller presented him with a jacket and shirt bearing the university’s logo. Brent thanked God, his family and the university administration before laying out his plans for JSU.

“There are certain goals that I have set for this program. I want to give guys a chance to dream,” Brent said during Monday’s news conference, adding that he’d like the team to reach the NCAA Tournament in the next few years.

Brent, who is one of the most successful basketball coaches in the history of the Jackson Public School system, brings more than 15 years of coaching experience at the high school and collegiate levels to JSU. He comes to Jackson State after leading Jackson’s Callaway High School to the 2013 state championship.

Brent succeeds Tevester Anderson, who retired last week. Anderson was 149-170 in 10 years at JSU.

Brent had a highly successful tenure at the helm of the Callaway Chargers program. From 2007-2008 through 2012-2013, his teams have won five division championships and four state championships.

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Bravo TV Strikes Again! Married to Medicine Has Some Howard Med Students Upset

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Married to MedicineBravo’s “Married To Medicine” premiered last night after “Real Housewives of Atlanta” and the show already has tongues wagging. The latest show in the network’s popular wives series, the program features women doctors, doctors’ wives and medical sales associates all behaving badly. The first episode features a blowout between doctors wives’ Quad and Toya in which Kari, incidentally the only white castmate reveals she was “scared.” Quad’s behavior is attributed to her Memphis upbringing by the other castmates but viewers worry that the fighting and back-stabbing will reflect on black women doctors and wives in general.

To that end, a few Howard University medical students have created a petition against the show, writing:

Black female physicians only compose 1% of the American workforce of physicians. Due to our small numbers, the depiction of Black female doctors in media, on any scale, highly affects the public’s view on the character of all future and current African American female doctors. Bravo’s “Married to Medicine” not only exploits the 6 lives of its Black female cast members, but, through its advertisements and commercials, heavily associates Black females in medicine with materialism, “cat fights”, and unprofessionalism.

The petition also brings to light how negative depictions of black women in medicine could adversely impact job opportunities for doctors of color:

Additionally, as residency positions are becoming increasingly more competitive (particularly for Black women) and contingent upon social behavior of graduating medical students, this depiction will only hinder black female physicians from attaining competitive residencies.

Even viewers who aren’t interested in the medical field were turned off by the castmates bickering and turning their noses up at each other, lamenting how their behavior reflects on black women as well as the city of Atlanta.

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Prairie View wins second consecutive SWAC Bowling title

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The Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers claims their second consecutive SWAC Bowling title over Alabama A&M.
The Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers claims their second consecutive SWAC Bowling title over Alabama A&M.

The Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers did it to Alabama A&M again. Not only did the defending champions battle their way back through the elimination bracket to earn the right to defend their title, they came from behind twice to beat Alabama A&M to claim their second consecutive SWAC Bowling title. A trimmed version of the 6 1/2 marathon will be aired tape delayed on ESPNU on April 2 at 8:30 p.m. CT.

PVAM came into the day in the same spot as they were in 2012, having to beat top-seeded A&M twice, after the Lady Bulldogs rolled through the rounds on Saturday. In the first match, PVAM started well, blowing past A&M 231-175. But, after the red-hot start, PVAM struggled in the next three games. The Lady Bulldogs capitalized, posting 154-150, 179-173 and 171-147 wins.

It was a battle of attrition as both teams struggled to close frames. But, the match came down to the final frame, with PVAM leading. However, A&M junior anchor Camille Collins was up with a chance to win the match. She needed a pair of strikes and a nine count. The first shot cleaned house, but the second missed the pocket and PVAM came away with a 151-143 win, forcing a deciding match.

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Watch: Alpha Chapter Iotas 7th Annual Stroll Competition

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The Brothers of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. at Morgan State University recently hosted its 7th annual stroll competition.

Check out the video above, and ‘Ow Ow’ to the bruhs.

About Iota Phi Theta:

Founded September 19, 1963 on the steps of Hurt Gymnasium at Morgan State College, now known as Morgan State University, Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. strives toward “Building A Tradition, Not Resting Upon One.”

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Phi Beta Sigma hosts ‘Sigma Week’ at Central State University

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Nu Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. is hosting their ‘Sigma Week’ this week, March 25-31 on the campus of Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio.

Check out some of their events by viewing the provided picture.

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About Phi Beta Sigma:

Founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C., January 9, 1914, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity is dedicated to strong bonds of brotherhood, living with integrity, serving humanity, promoting quality education and developing leaders.

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President Bill Clinton to deliver Commencement address at Howard University

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Students at Howard University.
Students at Howard University.

Howard University President Sidney A. Ribeau announced today that President Bill Clinton will deliver the Commencement address at Howard University Saturday, May 11, on the Upper Quadrangle of the school’s main campus.

“We are thrilled that President Clinton has agreed to deliver this year’s Commencement address,” said Ribeau. “As a preeminent leader, humanitarian and advocate, his extraordinary global work and commitment to public service will inspire the class of 2013 as they prepare to make their mark on the world.”

Students and supporters of Howard seem to be in favor of the ‘Buzzing’ news too. Check out some of the reactions on Twitter below.

About Howard University:

Founded in 1867, Howard University is a private, research university that is comprised of 13 schools and colleges that produces more on campus African-American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the United States. For more information on Howard University, call 202-238-2330, or visit the University’s Web site at www.howard.edu.

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Southern-Gonzaga: More Than an Upset Bid Was at Stake

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The Gonzaga Bulldogs survived a close call against the Southern Jaguars.
The Gonzaga Bulldogs survived a close call against the Southern Jaguars.

It looked like 1993 all over again.

There was Southern, the sixteenth-seeded SWAC champion, giving once Cinderella now Goliath Gonzaga all it could handle in the second-round of the NCAA Tournament.

These Jaguars, the same outfit that won just four times two years ago, were threatening to upset the No. 1 ranked team in the country.

Before the teams squared off Thursday, the only real discussion about the contest came in the form of could the Zags be only the second mid-major in the last five years to reach the Final Four as a top seed.  A win over Southern seemed so much a formality that The Advocate – a daily newspaper in Southern’s Baton Rouge backyard — didn’t even send a reporter out to Salt Lake City, Utah to cover the game.

But with 3:46 remaining in regulation, SU’s Derick Beltran, a junior college transfer and the team’s leading scorer, hit a jumper to tie the score at 56.

I bet the sports editor was sweating bullets that a local was missing what was unfolding inside Energy Solutions Arena.

Some 37 minutes of game-time earlier, Southern proved it would not be intimidated. After falling behind 7-0, the Jaguars went on an 8-0 run to take a surprising lead.  In fact, Southern led three times in the first half alone before trailing 34-31 at intermission.

Southern had established they were going to be the aggressor just like they did 20 years ago, when a spunky group of unknowns knocked off Final Four favorite Georgia Tech in the first-round.

While Gonzaga worked meticulously in the half court create open looks, Southern threw three-point haymakers, and counterpunched with an interior defensive presence that stonewalled Gonzaga’s bigs to the tune of eight blocked shots.

Center Kelly Olynyk, who scored 21 points and collected 10 rebounds to halt the upset bid, spent nearly as much time readjusting his long dark brown locks after shot attempts underneath the rim than he did on the scorers sheet in the first stanza.

“Coming into the game we thought we were going to make history,” senior guard Jameel Grace told the Associated Press. “No one comes into a game expecting to lose. We always expected to come in the game and win the game.”

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PVAMU loses to Baylor in NCAA First Round

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PVAMU’s Kiara Etienne (32) attempts to get by Baylor guard.

Number 16 seeded Prairie View A&M University’s season ended after suffering an 82-40 loss to No. 1 seed Baylor in the first round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament on Sunday inside Ferrell Center.Gabrielle Scott led Prairie View with 14 points off the bench as PVAMU (17-15) earned the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s automatic bid for the third year in a row.

This was the second match-up against Baylor in Waco in three consecutive years in the tournament. The other was to Connecticut.

Latia Williams added 10 points and a team-high nine rebounds. The Lady Panthers shot 25 percent from the floor.

Brittney Griner recorded a double-double with 33 points and 10 boards to complement six blocks. She shot 12-of-17 from the field while the Lady Bears connected 56 percent overall. Griner recorded her 61st career double-double.

BU (33-1), the No. 1 team in the AP and ESPN polls, won their 31st straight game since an early-season loss to Stanford, another top seed.

Odyssey Sims had 12 points and 10 assists, and Destiny Williams had nine points and 10 rebounds off the bench.

PVAMU trailed 22-15 midway through the first half when BU called a timeout after Gabrielle Scott hit a three pointer that gave PVAMU five points in just 35 seconds.

The Lady Bears scored the next five points coming out of the timeout to start a 17-4 run that put them ahead 39-19 late in the first half. Griner scored 10 in the spurt and had 20 in the first half.

”This one game doesn’t justify our season,” Prairie View head coach Toyelle Wilson said. ”Baylor was a lot bigger than us. They had a lot more ammo. They played like the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament.”

The Lady Panthers managed a stellar start in the opening minutes. PVAMU got a steal and had three straight offensive rebounds before Kiara Etienne hit a three-pointer to give the Lady Panthers their only lead at 6-5.

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5 reasons to consider a career in higher education

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Picture of Howard University’s campus.

Three years ago, I was a college senior grappling with what I was going to do when I graduated in two months. With little direction, I went through the motions of the job search, but never left an interview sincerely hoping I would receive an offer.

Then, I interviewed at my alma mater. The role combined my love for technology, communication and teaching in a way I had not seen before. It was a perfect fit. Time has flown since that first day on the job.

But, one thing’s for sure: When I was a senior, I never considered working in higher education. Here are five reasons you should consider what I initially ignored.

1. Higher education is not just for professors. You don’t need a Ph.D. to work at a college or university. In addition to faculty, institutions need staff for a variety of roles. From public relations to project management to human resources, there are opportunities in a number of fields. Universities have media offices, finance departments, and may be developing cutting-edge programs in an area of interest to you. You might be surprised by what sort of positions you find once you start looking.

2. Develop your skill set. A typical university position will involve working across numerous departments with all types of people. This exposure to new situations and responsibilities will hone abilities you might not have realized you had. Carmen Sauls is a recent graduate and admissions counselor at Salem College in Winston-Salem, N.C. Sauls says her new role in higher education is perfect for building a foundation needed as a young professional. “It’s exciting for me to help shape the future of this place, but it’s also a great stepping stone to other careers,” she says. “Whether or not that may be in higher education, I’m developing a variety of relevant skills from time management to presenting.”

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