WHAT: Texas College will compete in the National Qualifying Tournament of the 29th annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), America’s premier quiz bowl for top HBCU students. The fast-paced buzzer competition highlights students’ academic prowess and ability to answer questions about history, science, literature, religion, the arts and pop culture. Texas College is one of 65 teams competing for institutional grants and a spot in the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge National Championship Tournament taking place in Los Angeles, April 7 – 11, 2018.
The Texas College HCASC Team will consist of:
- Justin Jackson
- Jye Jackson
- Joseph Panalez
- Saul Lawson
- Tanner Land
WHAT ELSE: Honda Campus All-Star Challenge is a year-round program that includes campus engagement, intramural play, qualifying tournaments and culminates with the National Championship. In 1989, Honda established HCASC as a way to highlight and recognize the academic talents of HBCU students. More than $8.5 million in grants from Honda have provided support for scholarships, facility upgrades and other investments to improve the student experience.
WHEN: Saturday, February 3 from 9:30 am – 6 pm
WHERE: Prairie View A&M University, Memorial Student Center
CONTACT: If you are interested in attending the HCASC National Qualifying Tournament, please contact Shadia Washington, University Host, sfwashington@pvam.edu.
VOTING: 4 HBCUs will automatically qualify for the National Championship based on a public vote at
http://bit.ly/2G79eVv. Vote up to 3 times/day through February 5.
About Honda and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)
Honda has supported and celebrated America's HBCUs for more than 25 years. Since 1989, Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), one of Honda's largest and longest running philanthropic initiatives in the United States, has impacted the lives of over 125,000 academic superstars from across the country. Since 2003, Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB) has provided eight top HBCU marching bands with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to deliver a dynamic performance on a national stage. Both HCASC and HBOB enable schools to earn grants and positive attention for their respective institutions. Through programs like HCASC and HBOB, Honda is not only supporting students academically, but helping position them for career success.
About Texas College
Celebrating over 120 years of providing educational opportunities, Texas College is a historical black college founded in 1894, by a group of CME ministers. Our mission, which continues to embody the principles of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, is to ensure that the student body experiences balanced intellectual, psychological, social and spiritual development, aimed at enabling them to become active productive members of society where they live and work. TC is led by its 23rd President Dr. Dwight Fennell. To learn more about Texas College, visit us on the web at
www.texascollege.edu. For information regarding planned giving, endowed scholarships and sponsorships, please contact The Office of the President.
Posted By: Reginald Culpepper
Wednesday, January 31st 2018 at 7:44PM
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