Confident and articulate, high school student Clarisa Hernandez was not the least bit nervous when she made her recent presentation on a drug delivery system for prostate cancer cells, before an audience of faculty, researchers and students at Clark Atlanta University (CAU).
Read Full Article CAU
Three graduate students in the Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (COPPS) participated in the Emerging Minority Business Leaders (EMBL) Summer Institute at West Liberty University in Wheeling, W.Va.
The program, now in its 15th year, seeks to develop and empower students from a wide variety of backgrounds to become the next generation of entrepreneurs and technology leaders for the advancement of American society.
The students were as follows:
Byron Aguilar, a fourth-year doctoral student in the medicinal chemistry program;
Jennifer Green, a fifth-year doctoral student in the pharmacology program; and
Randolph Duverna, a fifth-year doctoral student in the Medicinal Chemistry program
The students first learned about the program when Tyrone Taylor, an administrator for the initiative and ex-NASA employee, came to FAMU in the spring of this year and made a presentation. Aguilar, Green and Duverna were three of only 20 students to attend the lecture.
“The EMBL competition strengthened what we were learning in the Intellectual Property class,” said Duverna. “It gave me an opportunity to learn more about business and helped me to be more marketable.”
The test of endurance, focus and stamina began almost immediately for the three students upon their arrival at West Liberty University.
“We were assigned to a tiny dorm room space that we shared with a roommate and no air conditioning!” says Aguilar, who maintains a 3.6 grade point average. “But it really didn’t matter because we were only in our rooms long enough to get a few hours of sleep.”
Read Full Article at FAMU
The Howard University School of Pharmacy is now the College of Pharmacy, a freestanding entity, and no longer part of the College of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Health Sciences.
The new college was recreated July 1 as part of the University’s ongoing Academic Renewal, giving Howard University 13 schools and colleges. Anthony K. Wutoh, Ph.D., has been named dean of the college. Wutoh, a registered pharmacist, is responsible for the day-to-day leadership and operation of the college’s programs.
Dr. Eve Higginbotham, senior vice president and executive dean for Health Sciences, said the University felt it appropriate to make the pharmacy school a stand alone college because of the strength of its programs and to bring it in line with the nation’s other pharmacy academic programs.
“Over 80 percent of pharmacy programs are freestanding,” said Higginbotham, who oversees the College of Pharmacy, College of Nursing and Allied Heath Sciences, College of Medicine, College of Dentistry, Howard University Health Sciences Library and Howard University Hospital. “This puts us in the framework of what we find in the overall academic pharmacy community.”
The change also allows the program to build on its strengths and to attract more academic funding from the federal government and investment from private industry, she said.
Higginbotham pointed to the college’s new Center for Drug Research and Development, as an example of its strengths.
Wutoh said the 4,900 square foot, state-of-the-art facility gives the University the ability to conduct drug research and will accelerate the discovery and development of new drugs and drug products.
The center’s five laboratories and other facilities give faculty, students and outside companies the capability to work on every phase of drug development, from working with the raw pharmaceutical ingredients to the manufacture, packaging and labeling of the product.
“Our research facility is an example of the potential in the college,” said Wutoh, who served as associate dean of the School of Pharmacy before the transition.
Read Full Article at Howard University
A banquet was held Monday night, August 8th, to honor 12 UDC interns and to thank the Live to Give Charitable Trust Fund, which made the internships possible. The dinner was held at B. Smith’s at Union Station and featured remarks from Heather Burns, founder of the Live to Give Charitable Trust, UDC President Dr. Allen L. Sessoms, Professors G. Derek Musgrove and Meena Srinivansan as well as many of the interns who were able to attend. Dr. Sessoms congratulated the interns as “demonstrating the great talent that lies within UDC.”
UDC’s Initiative for Equity, Civic Engagement and Community Leadership focuses on social justice and equity. It encompasses public service, community/civic engagement, research and scholarship. The initiative aspires to demonstrate strategies and solutions that revitalize disadvantaged urban communities and their residents. It ensures that economic and social prosperity are equitably distributed across U.S. communities.
The interns, their majors and the organizations in which they worked are as follows:
Read Full Article at UDC
Chicago’s Dr. Maya Green, MD, MPH recently won a Minority Clinical Fellowship to help minorities with HIV or AIDS who lack care in their communities.
The fellowship was awarded by the HIV Medicine Association and has grants from Gilead Foundation, Genentech, and Tibotec.
“The first thing I recall was excitement,” Dr. Green said about winning the fellowship. “I was shocked that I received it and I was really thankful.”
Dr. Green grew up in what is formerly known as Chatam, now the Roseland community on Chicago’s South Side. She went to Whitney Young High School, where she attended for three years but was let go due to her behavior and grades.
“After I saw the things in my community that were going on, it did have an effect on me where I didn’t put forth a lot of effort in high school,” she said. “I finished at a Christan high school called Liberty Temple. In addition to that, I had to do night school and summer school and make up for some of the things I lost in those first three years.” Dr. Green went to Julian for summer school and Olive Harvey for night school for that summer.
“I didn’t want to stay where I was. My life’s purpose guided me to help me change my life,” she said. That’s another thing, if anyone is at the point where they aren’t enjoying their life, I want them to know that it is possible to change. It is possible not to live their life the same way.”
By the time she got to college she was focused and she knew why she was there. Although Green didn’t get the best grades, she graduated cum laude from Alabama A&M, in Huntsville, with a bachelor of science in biology. After college she originally became a teacher for fourth and fifth graders for four years.
“I always wanted to be a physician. I was initially nervous about going to medical school because on the inside I didn’t think I could do it,” Dr. Green said. “Something inside of me didn’t think I could do it, so I was nervous about that. I didn’t apply.”
Green described children as “extremely honest.” “So all the time when I was asking them what their dreams were they would ask me the same thing. And they were like ‘well if you say we could do what we want to, how come you’re not doing what you what to?'” she said. “And that is what kind of sparked me to go to medical school and follow the path and I’m thankful for that.”
Green received her medical degree and masters of public health degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
During medical school she worked at the University of Illinois at Chicago as a nursing assistant. She’s also done work at Cook County, Illinois Masonic Medical Center and Great Lakes Naval Base—to name a few.
Read Full Article at WindyCityTimes
CBS 3 on-air personality Dave Huddleston is the new instructor of the Lincoln University course Comm 453-Television Practicum in the Mass Communications Center of Excellence.
The purpose of the television practicum is to offer mass communications students practical broadcast experience. The students will be given ample opportunity to take part in all aspects of television production and operation. The primary mode of learning will be through hands-on application in: station management, board operation, production, promotions, news, sports and entertainment.
Huddleston is currently the co-anchor of Eyewitness News at 10 on The CW Philly as well as anchor of the Sunday evening edition of CBS 3’s Eyewitness News. He joined CBS 3 as weekend anchor in November 2008. In February 2009, he became the anchor of the newly launched 10 p.m. newscast on sister station The CW Philly 57.
He is also a multi-award-winning anchor and reporter. Huddleston came to the Philadelphia market from Minneapolis where he had been an anchor/reporter for WCCO, the CBS station, since 1993. While at WCCO, he was one of a team of reporters to receive the prestigious Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for a series of stories on the importance of mentoring. Huddleston also spent three years as a weekend anchor for WKOW in Madison, Wisconsin. In addition, he served as the host for the national Emmy Award-winning science show, “Newton’s Apple.”
Read Full Article at Lincoln
Mark your calendar for Saturday, September 17 for the homecoming football game when the Bowie State Bulldogs will take on the Blue Bears of Livingstone College! Bowie State alumni and fans will be tailgating and reconnecting during homecoming week, September 11-18, 2011 and we invite you to come back to BSU to be involved in our annual celebration!
Events and activities in store for this year include the alumni cruise and alumni artist reception, a comedy show and concert featuring mainstream artists, and, of course, the parade and carnival on the day of the game. You don’t want to miss out on these exciting events celebrating thetradition and legacy of our Bowie State University alumni, students and community.
More details about the events leading up to the game will be posted here on the official homecoming website soon. Check back for the announcement of the comedy show and concert lineup! Go Bulldogs!
“With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.”– Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A mountain is a colossal formation of rock that was created years before man’s memory, a testament to the Great Architect’s everlasting mastery. It is permanent, it is incredibly hard to overcome, and it is impervious to change.
It is also a reminder of man’s futility in searching for immortality. A mountain is interminable, but man can meet his end on any given day. Some of us cannot live forever. We can try to live on through leaving a legacy, what we were able to create while on Earth. Common’s Finding Forever album sets its theme on the premise that through music, he, along with the most legendary of musicians (Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, Tupac Shakur) can live forever, long after they have retired and have gone on to make music with angels.
Sports heroes can reach the same plateau, but only by transcending their sport. Michael Jordan’s name is synonymous with basketball, and he became the sport’s first global icon and brand, thus he has a statue outside of the United Center in Chicago where he made basketball his kingdom. Bill Russell, the NBA’s most championed player with 11 titles under his belt, will have a statue of him in Boston’s City Hall Plaza, an overdue tribute to Boston’s biggest winner–in championships and in race relations.
Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of mountains in his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, the quote italicized above and the one that will appear on the side of the 30-foot mountain of a memorial in which MLK’s likeness emerges, standing tall and firm. In his most famous speech, he referred to escaping out of “a mountain of despair.” That perfectly symbolizes how African-Americans felt about America and its system of segregated racism and discrimination. It is permanent. It is incredibly hard to overcome. It is impervious to change.
The committee who created the monument did their best to make King’s words as literal as possible. When we go to Washington, D.C. to see the memorial, we will travel through what the designers have proclaimed the “mountain of despair”-a boulder shaped portal through which tourists and visitors will walk through. This symbolizes the struggle King went through in order to obtain justice and equality.
This leads to The Stone of Hope King mentioned in his speech. Why a stone? I believe that when an entity such as a mountain changes and becomes something new, it has to be given a new name. It is not the same as it once was, even though it looks the same. King didn’t change the name of the United States, but he did change it–forever, and for the better. King changed America, the mountain of racism and oppression that he was destined to climb and conquer.
His last speech, given the day before his assassination, was entitled “I’ve Been To The Mountaintop.” He talked about the crazy black woman who tried to take his life by stabbing him in the chest with a letter opener. The blow was so severe that if he sneezed, he would die. He went on live a life of service, helping to climb the mountain of racism and segregation in America. The next thing he did was bigger for the cause than the last one. He had to start at the bottom, because that’s how you climb mountains. He helped the Civil Rights Movement make stride and stride, overcoming challenge after challenge. He was there when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He was the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Those accomplishments are nothing to sneeze at.
He knew on April 3, 1968 that he did not have long to live. He said he would not be with us to reach the mountaintop, but that as a people, we would reach the Promised Land. A land where mountains, like King, are interminable.
Sports website HBCU Sports Online have drafted up a list of who they think are the 25 Greatest HBCU Players of the Modern Era and none other than Mississippi Valley State University alum and Super Bowl champion Jerry Rice topped the list. While at MVSU Rice was a three time All-SWAC conference player and set all-time SWAC receiving records with 310 career catches and remains the Delta Devils’ only 1st round draft pick into the NFL.,
He tops a list that featured a plethora of familiar names including Super Bowl players and champions Steve McNair (Alcorn State University), Michael Strahan (Texas Southern), Greg Lloyd (Fort Valley State), Walter Payton (Jackson State) and recent NFL Hall of Fame inductees Shannon Sharpe (Savannah State University) and Richard Dent (Tennessee State University).
The list was comprised by sports writers and HBCU sports information directors across the country. Of course with any list, there was plenty of debate in the comments section. A couple of people felt that many players were slighted because they did not have great professional careers.
“I knew it. This a PRO survey,” said commenter Anntony L. Pace. “No Earl Harvey? No Richard Huntley? You’ve GOT to be kidding me!”
You can check out the rest of the list HERE to see if any of your favorite players or schools were represented.
Alcorn State University recently paid off its $680,000 revenue bond acquired in 1996 for constructing a residence hall on its Natchez Campus. The project was completed in 1997 and it also included equipping and furnishing the dormitory initially intended for ASU School of Nursing students.
“With today’s concerns over long-term bond agreements and debt, this payoff is evidence of Alcorn’s financial stability,” says Alcorn President M. Christopher Brown II. “We value our financial portfolio and work hard to continue Alcorn’s growth and ability to assist our constituents.” The cost of the project was estimated at $2,894,950 and the state of Mississippi issued general obligation bonds to provide funding in the approximate amount of $2,200,000 to pay a portion of the total project costs. The $680,000 institutional bond was issued to pay the balance of the project costs. The additional funds allowed Alcorn to double the Natchez Campus Residence Hall’s capacity.
The key accessible and 24-hour security monitored Natchez Residence Hall Complex houses ASU School of Nursing and School of Business students as well as Copiah-Lincoln Community College students who attend college in Natchez. The complex is divided into three buildings: individual residence halls for male and female students and the main building that includes the director’s office, guest lobby, kitchen area, computer laboratory, and laundry facilities.
“Alcorn State University strives to provide its students with a living and learning environment that fosters excellence,” says President Brown. “And this project allowed the University to provide a state-of-the-art facility that enriches our students socially and academically.”
Article Referenced from Alcorn State
Morgan State University has been included in a very elite group of colleges and universities around the country, named one of ‘America’s Best Colleges’ recently by Forbes Magazine. Listed among the top quarter of the nation’s colleges and universities, Morgan also ranked among the ten best historically black colleges and universities.
“To be included among such an exclusive list of colleges and universities shows Morgan’s continued drive to be among the best research institutions in the nation,” said Morgan President David Wilson. “We believe the academic, social and cultural experience here at Morgan to be without peer, and our place on this list demonstrates a recognition of the same outside of our community.”
Read Referenced Article Article at MSU
Council to Lead Integration of Electric Vehicles Into Maryland CommunitiesGovernor O’Malley recently named Morgan State Professor Z. Andrew Farkas to a newly formed state Electrical Vehicle Infrastructure Council. Dr. Farkas joins automobile manufacturers and dealers, electrical vehicle (EV) charging manufacturers and environmental and energy experts to plan and coordinate the successful integration of electric vehicles into Maryland’s communities and transportation system.
The Council will develop recommendations on the supply, support systems and consumer awareness strategies the state will take to promote the use of electric vehicles in commercial and private use.
Dr. Farkas is also the Director for the National Transportation Center at Morgan State University.
Article referenced from Morgan State
HU Pharmacy School Lauded for Partnership – The Hampton University School of Pharmacy was recently recognized, by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) and Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, for its educational partnership with the Norfolk Technical Center. Norfolk Technical Center houses the only Virginia Board approved pharmacy technician program in a public high school system in Hampton Roads. The goal of the partnership is to build a pipeline of students who want to further their education and pursue a Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Hampton University.
HU School of Pharmacy Assistant Dean of Academic and Student Affairs Corinne Ramaley, has served on the advisory board for the pharmacy technician program at Norfolk Technical Center, within Norfolk Public Schools, since 2010. Crystal Stokes received the VDOE Career and Technical Education “Creating Excellence Award,” in the individual teacher category, for the Hampton University/Norfolk Technical Center Pharmacy Technician Partnership. Stokes is the pharmacy instructor in the School of Health Occupations at Norfolk Technical Center.
The partnership with Norfolk Technical Center is a component of the HU School of Pharmacy’s strategic plan to enhance recruitment of high school students to HU’s pre-professional pharmacy program. Students in this high school program are eligible for Virginia Pharmacy Technician State Licensure and national certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB). McDonnell and the VDOE acknowledged three exemplary career and technical programs, and outstanding work of private sector and local educators.
Read Full Articles at Hampton University
SALES, SHOPPING, & SPOTTING!
I know it’s buried in the back of all of our minds, and I hate to be the one to dig it back up but summer is sadly coming to an end. The time is winding down to get any financial and living situations settled before the semester begins. As the optimist that I am, let’s focus on the perks. There will be tons of sales, shopping and spotting! Back to school sales are right around the corner, and now is the time to start paying attention to those sale signs plastered in the retail windows!
Most of us will still be wearing our summer clothes for the first few weeks of school, but it is still necessary to stock up on a few fall necessities. There are three things both males and females must have in their closet. I. Sweater cardigan, which can take an outfit to the next level. II. Comfy pair of shoes such as TOMS or Sperry’s for all the extra running around you will be doing to get your semester started. III. School paraphernalia, whether sweatpants or a t-shirt, show some school pride!
One of my favorite things to do on my campus, Howard University, is “yard spotting”. The yard on Howard’s campus is code for runway. It is located in the middle of the main campus, surrounded by the historic Undergraduate Library most commonly indentified by its clock towers, Alain Locke Hall, Blackburn Center, Fredrick Douglas Hall, and the department of Theater Arts. On the yard you are guaranteed to see students with style, creativity and dapper, which comes to no surprise that Howard University was recently “crowned” 2nd best dressed university in the nation by the Huffington Post.
Remember let not your wardrobe be limited to what you are used to, observe others around you. Do some “spotting” of your own whether it is on your campus, nearest city, or blogs. It is important to create your style from your personality. Don’t be afraid to think beyond the box. “There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.” –Anthony Rapp
FRANKFORT (August 10, 2011) – Kentucky State University’s (KSU) Director of Athletics, Dr. Denisha L. Hendricks, has announced the hiring of Lydia Harsley as the new Assistant Director of Athletics for Internal Relations and Senior Woman Administrator. As the newest member to the Thorobred athletics staff, Harsley will serve as the athletic academic coordinator, and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and Student-Athlete Affairs (SAA, formerly CHAMPS/Life Skills) advisor.
Prior to her arrival at KSU, Harsley was the athletic academic coordinator and cheerleading advisor for Cheyney University (PA). During her time at CU, Harsley was the liaison between athletics and residence life, student activities, dining, career and health services. She was a member of CU’s Student Affairs Council and the athletics senior staff. Over the course of two years, Harsley raised thousands of dollars for student training, materials and funding for the academic program at CU. She was also the advisor for CU’s first two Academic All-American and a McClendon Scholar, while organizing CU’s first revenue-generating volleyball tournament and hosting the first cheerleading competition in CU history.
Preceding her time at CU, Harsley worked at Saint Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, VA where she served as Compliance Director, SAAC Advisor and NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Coordinator. She was responsible for monitoring student-athlete progress while managing NCAA, CIAA and institutional compliance. In addition, Harsley educated coaches, boosters and student-athletes on NCAA regulations, oversaw a scholarship budget of over one million dollars and prepared grant-in-aid contracts for all student-athletes. Harsley also worked for Richmond Sports Backers, the Richmond Ballerz Event Operation Staff and Virginia State University’s Sports Information Office.
Harsley holds membership with the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA) and is a graduate of the NACWAA/HERS Institute (2007) and the Division II Leadership Academy (2009)
A native of Woodbridge, VA, Harsley earned a Bachelor and Master of Science in Sports Management from Virginia State University.
