President Obama Administration Meets With HBCU Presidents For Black College Week

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College presidents from predominantly black institutions across the country gathered in the nation’s capital Monday for a conference commemorating National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week.

The two-day conference, titled “HBCUs: Engaging the World Anew,” began just days after President Barack Obama signed a proclamation making official the designation for the week of September 18-24.

It’s part of a White House effort to promote the president’s goal of creating the best-educated and most competitive and diverse workforce in the world by 2020, the White House said in a written statement.

In February 2010, Obama signed an executive order renewing an initiative on historically black colleges and universities, establishing a presidential board to advise the White House on matters pertaining to strengthening the educational capacity of these institutions.

John Wilson, executive director of the White House initiative, opened Monday’s conference, which features a variety of panel discussions, break-out sessions and speeches. They will focus on minority presence in the workforce, technology and innovation, and working with small businesses and developing partnerships.

Wilson was followed by a senior adviser to the president, Valerie Jarrett, who discussed the importance of the historically black institutions to the president’s education agenda.

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North Carolina Central University Law School Helps Those with IRS Woes

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North Carolina Central University School of Law has a new addition to its complement of nationally ranked clinical programs, this one aimed at helping low-income residents with their tax troubles.

The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC), which began last month, provides assistance for individuals and families experiencing problems with the Internal Revenue Service. The clinic does not provide tax preparation, but offers help in resolving a myriad of tax-related legal issues. The clinic is staffed by students and faculty who have an interest in tax law, and practicing attorneys who offer their services pro bono to the community. The students and practitioners represent low-income taxpayers and negotiate terms with the IRS at little or no cost to the client.

“We typically pick up the problems that happen after people have filed, or not filed, their taxes,” clinic director Tameka Lester said. “This clinic is an opportunity to help some really good people out there who have gotten into bad situations. It’s an opportunity to serve the public.”

Lester holds a bachelor’s degree in integrated marketing communications from Winthrop University, a master’s in business administration from the University of Phoenix, and is a 2011 graduate of the NCCU School of Law. She is a member of the North Carolina State Bar.

Lester was hired in August to lead the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, which is partially funded through a three-year grant from the IRS. The school received $60,000 for the first year. The clinic helps those who earn less than 250 percent of federal poverty level, which translates to an annual income of no more than $27,225 for a single person.

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Fashionable doesn’t have to mean Broke By Shy-Asia Andrews

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As the fall semester is beginning for all of us we’re going to be making the transition from summer must haves to fall essentials. Though some people enjoy this, many dread having to make the switch, but it can definitely be easy, especially on your pockets.

As college students , many of us do not operate on disposable incomes. Therefore , we have to look for the best bargain when we’re shopping, but this does not mean we’ll have to settle for anything. As an employee in a second-hand shop I know first hand that fashionable doesn’t mean expensive. I can visualize some people’s faces looking a little puzzled at the mention of second-hand clothing, but, once you get into it you will not leave it alone. Trust me , I haven’t had to visit a mall since I realized how much I could save. The average person can go to the mall and find SOME great fall essentials and spend about $300, yes that isn’t too expensive but when your in college that’s a lot of money.With the same amount of money in a second-hand store, you can afford to buy ALL of your fall essentials (including a great pair of boots), a stylish jacket or two, beautiful jewelry , and still have about $100 left in your wallet. If you ask me , visiting a second-hand store is more than worth the visit. You don’t have to worry about coming across any items that are too old for your taste, because the second hand stores geared towards college students only accept current styles, nothing older than two years to be exact.

Oh and did I mention that their discounted prices are not the only way that second hand shops help your wallet? Take your gently used clothing to these shops and some of them will pay you on the spot for your clothing while others will pay you after your clothes have been sold. Now if that isn’t a reason to take a peek I don’t know what else would be.

Shy-Asia Andrews

UMES holds 125th Founders’ Week Convocation

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The 125th Founders’ Week Convocation at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore was a momentous occasion for the university and for 26 students who received their Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees.

Graduate Maureen Hirsch of Fallston, Md., said, “It (graduation) means I’m done. I get to get a job. It’s been eight years of hard work.” Her mom, Terry, added, “It means independence and relief. No, really, we are proud of her accomplishment.”

Hirsch is part of the university’s largest class of physical therapy students to graduate since the doctoral program began in 2005. She joins 22 other Marylanders; seven are from Delmarva.

The next step for the graduates is to sit for the professional licensure exam in October, Janet Mutschler, director of clinical education for the program, said. “They are lining up their jobs and are waiting to be licensed to start,” she said. “From what I hear, they have received offers from acute care hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals and outpatient centers.”

Every UMES graduate since the doctoral program’s inception has earned the professional licensing credential.

Dr. Mortimer Neufville, UMES’ interim president, said the 125th birthday is a celebration of university’s “legacy of caring and excellence and of accepting students with dreams and visions.”

Keynote speaker, university alumna and actress Starletta DuPois, opened her address with a stirring rendition of an old African-American spiritual “Hold On a Little While Longer.”

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Baton Rouge Native Tami Lee Hughes will perform at Xavier Oct. 3

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New Orleans LA – Violinist and Baton Rouge native Tami Lee Hughes will perform in
a recital at Xavier University of Louisiana October 3 at 7:00 p.m. in the Music Building Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to the public.

Xavier’s artist-in-residence Dr. Wilfred Delphin will accompany her on piano. Hughes’ program will include pieces by Mozart, Brahms, Korngold and African American composers: George Morrison, Ozie Cargile and Chad ‘Sir Wick’ Hughes.

As a soloist, she has appeared with a number of symphony orchestras across the United States, including the National, Monroe, Mississippi, and Pontiac-Oakland Symphony Orchestras and others. She has extensively appeared as recitalist in universities and concert venues in the United States, Costa Rica, Bermuda, Austria and Russia and has performed as solo or chamber artist in the Ann Arbor Chamber Fest, Natchez Festival of Music, Silver Anniversary Celebration of the New Arts Cultural Society, and a tribute concert to composer Judith Zaimont, broadcast on National Public Radio. Other notable appointments include appearances with the Rocky Mountain Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival
Opera Orchestra, Emerald Sinfonietta, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, and Pro Consorde Chamber Consort.

In August of this year, Albany Records released Hughes’s debut solo album Legacy: Violin Music of African-American Composers. The recording features music for violin and piano by Francis Johnson, George Morrison, David Baker, Ozie Cargile and Chad “Sir Wick”
Hughes.

JSU Professor named Chair of National Committee on Teaching and Learning

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Jackson State University professor of Political Science Michelle D. Deardorff, has been appointed by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to chair the Committee on Teaching and Learning for a term of four years.

The American Political Science Association, founded in 1903, is the leading professional organization for the study of political science and serves more than 15,000 members in over 80 countries.

“I was very surprised when I was contacted by APSA about this opportunity,” said Deardorff, who received a B. A. in political science and history from Taylor University in Indiana and an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Miami University in Ohio. “In my discipline, appointments to the APSA council and to the standing committees almost always goes to faculty at the largest institutions, who are in high-profile Ph.D.-granting departments, and hardly ever to those at HBCUs. I never expected to have this opportunity during my career.”

The APSA Committee on Teaching and Learning addresses issues of course and curriculum preparation and assessment in higher education, the professional development of college and graduate teaching and strategies of teaching and learning for the diversity of students and program missions. The committee also advises the APSA council on the practices and policy for the annual Teaching and Learning Conference.

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U.S. Rep. Cummings to Address School of Nursing Convocation Current News • Archived News

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BALTIMORE, MD — (September 15, 2011) – U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) will be the featured speaker for the opening convocation of Coppin State University’s Helene Fuld School of Nursing on Friday, September 16, 2011, 12:00 P.M., in the James Weldon Johnson Auditorium. A reception honoring Representative Cummings, an avid nursing education advocate in Congress and at public forums in Maryland and throughout the country, will be held immediately following the convocation in Coppin’s Percy Julian Science Building. Citing a potential nursing shortage of “crisis” proportion looming in the U.S., Rep. Cummings recently applauded Coppin’s school of nursing “… for getting the job done…” and its “young-nurses-in-training” for their academic success and contributions to “… the well-being of the community.” “This year, Coppin State’s nursing students achieved the highest RN passing rate (on national licensing examinations) of any school in our state,” Representative Cummings noted. “…(They) are succeeding academically…often against the odds…” He cited Coppin’s Community Nursing Clinic and its service to the campus, the surrounding community, St. Francis Academy students, Wayland Baptist Church senior citizens and children at the Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital. Representative Cummings is a leading foe of current efforts to cut federal support of nursing education. “Cutting federal support of our nurses would be a false economy,” he said recently. “Congress needs to expand … appropriations for … Title III Nursing Workforce Development Programs …” Over the years, he has led or supported a number of projects aimed at strengthening financial funding for Coppin’s nursing program. “I am doing all that I can to help Dr. Copes and her colleagues for a very simple reason,” he said in February. “They are getting the job done.”

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Hampton University Pharmacy School Awarded $1.3 Million NIH Research Grant

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The Hampton University Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the School of Pharmacy received a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health / National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NIH/NHLBI). The funding will support the “Impact of Oxidative Stress-Regulated Angiogenesis in Pulmonary Fibrosis” research project.  Dr. Neelam Azad and Dr. Anand Iyer, assistant professors in the Department of Pharmaceutical, are the principal and co principal investigators.  The research will extend through June 2016.

Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic, usually fatal disease of the lung. Of more than 40,000 people in the United States who succumb each year to the disease, the mortality rate among African-Americans is twice that of Caucasians.

“With the current emphasis on research at HU, this grant award not only reaffirms the position of HU in the research arena but also aids HU’s mission in addressing health problems associated with the minority community,” Azad said.

The grant focuses on exploring the modalities that dictate development of pulmonary fibrosis. The overall objective of this project is to clarify the role of some of the characteristic features, such as angiogenesis and oxidative stress, which have been implicated in pulmonary fibrosis, but are understudied.

“The proposed study will be important not only to the increased understanding of the molecular mechanisms of lung fibrosis,” Iyer said, “but also in the development of potential therapeutic and preventive strategies for this fatal disease.”

According to Dr. Wayne Harris, Dean of the School of Pharmacy, “establishing and maintaining a leadership role in research is a major strategic priority for the University and the School of Pharmacy. Receipt of this grant, demonstrates the research capability of the School and it further strengthens ongoing involvement in biomedical research.”

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Central State Football Player Darius Wilson Receives #1 Ranking

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With the release of statistics by the NCAA for the second week of the 2011 football season, Central State has a No. 1 ranking among Independent colleges and universities at the Division II level.

Wilson, Darius (Matteson, IL, Rich South High School), the Marauders 6’1, 225-pound junior linebacker from Matteson, Illinois, is tops in the Tackles for Loss category after the first two weeks of the season with 9 solo tackles and 7 assist for a combined 19 yards. Wilson is tied for No. 22 on the national level.
As a team, the Marauders also rank No. 1 in Tackles for Loss among independents with 16 solo tackles and two assists for an average of 8.5 yards per game.  The No. 1 independent rank also puts Central State in a tie for 30th among all NCAA Division II schools. The Marauders take a 0-2 record to Livingston, Alabama, this weekend for a Saturday night game with the Tigers of the University of West Alabama, a member of the Gulf South Conference. West Alabama moved to 1-1 on the season September 10 with Tarleton (TX) State University.

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WSSU School of Business and Economics Launches Book on Competitiveness

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The School of Business and Economics at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) is launching a collection of essays on factors that affect success in today’s competitive environment on Tuesday, September 13, at 4 p.m. in the auditorium lobby of the R. J. Reynolds Center on campus.

Editors for the book, Modern Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century: Global Experiences, included three faculty members from Winston-Salem State University.  They were Jessica Bailey, dean of the School of Business and Economics, Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi, chair of the Department of Economics and Finance, and Nikolaos Karagiannis, assistant professor of economics. Claudette Chin-Loy, assistant director of the doctoral program in business studies at Nova Southeastern University in Florida, also served as an editor.

“Our goal was to create a thought-provoking platform for developing alternatives to improve competitiveness in the twenty-first century,” said Karagiannis.  “The contributions to the book expand and update the existing body of knowledge, including providing contemporary material in direct contrast with older views and thoughts.  We think the collection of material offers concrete alternative policies related to many aspects of competitiveness in today’s global economy.”

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NROTC Highlighted for 9/11 Run Participation -Prairie View A&M University

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As the nation remembered the lives of those lost ten years ago in the September 11th terrorist attacks, more than 60 of PVAMU students paid tribute to the victims in a special way.

More than 60 Navy ROTC students partnered with midshipmen from Rice University to participate in a Houston’s first 9/11 Heroes Run at Ellington Airport. The 5K run was one of 28 held throughout the nation in Houston in commemoration of the anniversary.

The Bay Area Citizen was on hand to report on the event and included the midshipmen in its photo gallery for the event. Visit http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/bay_area/news/houston-marks-th-anniversary-of-with-sunday-morning-run/article_4d3b9961-0ee2-5c59-881e-682b3fe8e044.html?photo=1 to view photos of the run.

 

Dr. Walter Washington Parkway signs unveiled – Alcorn State

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“It is official now, Highway 552, aka “the stretch”, is now Dr. Walter Washington Parkway,” pronounced Alcorn State University 18th President M. Christopher Brown II at the historic ceremony that celebrated the unveiling of the MS highway sign today on the University’s Lorman campus.

Dr. Washington is known as Alcorn’s longest-tenured president who served the University from 1969-1994. He is remembered for his innovative vision, insightful leadership, and outstanding service to the University and the state of Mississippi. He continuously fought for equal funding and secured major public and private funds to improve life on campus, including turning a once dirt road that connected the campus with highway 61 into a four-lane highway. On July 1, 2011, legislation passed designating segments of Mississippi Highway 552 beginning at Alcorn within Claiborne County and extending to its intersection with U.S. Highway 61 in Jefferson County to be named in honor of Dr. Washington.

Alcorn students, employees, alumni, state legislators, community leaders, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated leaders, Mississippi Department of Transportation representatives and Dr. Washington’s colleagues and friends gathered in the Ecology Resource Center for the ceremony honoring the legacy of the prominent leader and great educator.

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Alison Law Stylish Buzz of the Week

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Name: Alison Law
Classification: Junior
Repin’: Howard University
Major: Broadcast Journalism
Hometown: Cleveland Heights, OH

Description of styleMy style of fashion is Vintage Eclectic. I love thrifting, I love old clothing and I love being different. I take risk, experiment and just have fun when it comes to getting dressed. My best items have been when I woke up and just throw something together. “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”- CoCo Chanel. Alison’s style is fun, quirky and unpredictable, always leaving us in suspense. She’s no stranger to taking risk, and I must say she does it quite well. Her chic style is a replica of her confidence and demeanor. Who else do you know can pull off that floral print high-waisted bottom?

eMex of Howard University – HBCU Buzz Artist Spotlight

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Artist: EmEx
School: Howard University
Genre: Hip-Hip

Bio: As a well educated kid from inner cities of Baltimore hip-hop artist, eMeX (pronounced M-X), has quite the story to tell. After a life-altering car accident that ended his professional sports dreams along with the death of his grandmother, eMeX (born Matt Walker) used poetry and performance to cope with these traumatic events. With a unique backdrop of varied experiences for a canvas, eMeX uses his commanding lyricism to paint vivid depictions of life’s many facets. His debut mixtape, Honorable Discharge was released in February of 2011. By creating a buzz for himself on the illustrious campus of Howard University, eMeX has already received many rave reviews from his peers and fans from this dynamic debut. eMeX has gained the attention of many presenting him with features on The Urban Feed Magazine’s “28 Days of Black” and on R&B artist Nick Sneed’s hit single “Show You.” eMeX is currently working towards the release of his untitled second project due late fall 2011.

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