Today is a Holy day set aside to honor a man who served.
Dr. King put in long work days and long work nights in
order to help end racism in the world.
We honor his work ethic. We honor his message.
Let him be our motivation for Service.
His work life is a challenge to us to
serve our comm ...
Posted Monday, January 15th 2018 at 9:18AM
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Oakwood University is excited to announce the following new degree offerings:
Beginning Spring 2018:
• Bachelors degree in applied mathematics
• Bachelors degree in nutrition (Concentration: vegetarian culinary)
• Bachelors degree in spo ...
Posted Thursday, January 11th 2018 at 5:11PM
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Shaw University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (IEC) was awarded a $50,000 grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation to expand programming for entrepreneurs. The grant comes as part of a $2 million investment in the Carolina Small Business Development Fund (CSBDF), which has partnered with ...
Posted Thursday, January 11th 2018 at 2:19PM
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On January 11, 2018, Texas College will host a ceremony in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.
The ceremony will begin at 10:45 AM in front of the band hall with a march, led by the Texas College Marching Band, and lead to the Steer Walk (locate ...
Posted Wednesday, January 10th 2018 at 6:43PM
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Lakeisha M. Mixon, a second-year student in Morgan State University’s Master of Social Work program, has been selected as a 2017 HBCU All-Star by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The annual honor recognizes undergraduate, graduate and professional students ...
Posted Wednesday, January 10th 2018 at 12:48PM
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Victor R. McCrary, Ph.D., Morgan State University vice president for Research and Economic Development, joined two other members of the National Science Board, senior administrators of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and United States Ambassado ...
Posted Tuesday, January 9th 2018 at 2:23PM
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Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” follows T’Challa who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king. But ...
Posted Tuesday, January 9th 2018 at 12:03PM
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The youngest mayor elected in the modern history of Birmingham speaks at ASU to honor Dr. King.
WHEN: Jan. 18 (Thursday) @ 11 a.m.
WHERE: The ASU Dunn-Oliver Acadome.
The newly elected mayor of Birmingham, Ala. - Randall Woodfin - will be the ...
Posted Monday, January 8th 2018 at 4:06PM
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WHEN: Jan. 16 (Tuesday) at both 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.
WHERE: The Davis Theater, 251 Montgomery St., in downtown Montgomery.
Alabama State University's College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Friends of the ASU Theatre are partnering with Troy Un ...
Posted Monday, January 8th 2018 at 3:34PM
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On January 9, 2018, Texas College, the oldest institution of higher education in Tyler, will celebrate her 124th anniversary. To commemorate the event, the College will host a celebration on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 2:00 PM in the Cafeteria locate ...
Posted Monday, January 8th 2018 at 3:24PM
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Turning 50 years old today is director John Singleton who at 24 years old became the first African American and youngest person to be nominated for an Academy Award lighting the way for Lee Daniels, Steve McQueen, and Barry Jenkins. Known for discov ...
Posted Saturday, January 6th 2018 at 4:46PM
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 90th Academy Awards among them is "DEAR BASKETBALL" by basketball legend Kobe Bryant.
Sixty-three pictures had or ...
Posted Wednesday, December 20th 2017 at 11:50AM
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By: Michael McLendon
People suffering from brain tumors could receive better medical care as a result of research currently being done by one of Tennessee State University’s leading medical scientists.
Dr. Quincy Quick, TSU associate p ...
Posted Monday, December 18th 2017 at 9:54AM
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Johnson C. Smith University is proud to announce that the Tomorrow is What WE Make It comprehensive campaign—launched in 2010 by the JCSU Board of Trustees, with a $150-million goal—has secured gifts and commitments totaling $159.4 million as of ...
Posted Thursday, December 14th 2017 at 6:15PM
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One of Alabama State University's acclaimed experts on cancer research and its director of the ASU Cancer Biology Research and Training (CBRT) - Dr. Manoj Mishra - has received a grant to teach a course on Cancer Health Disparity at the Global Initiatives of Academic Network Program (GIAN) in India ...
Posted Thursday, December 14th 2017 at 11:00AM
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Virgil Davison, one of four from Xavier University of Louisiana in double figures, scored 20 points Wednesday to lead the Gold Rush in an 83-71 men's basketball victory against Carver.
Davison made a season-high-tying five 3-pointers to help the Gold Rush (7-4) snap a two-game losing streak ...
Posted Thursday, December 14th 2017 at 10:53AM
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Emmanuel Freeman
International students with legal status in the United States should not be worried about the new travel ban, says a public policy expert at Tennessee State University.
Dr. Michael Harris, dean of the College of Public Service and a longtime expert on Middle Eastern polit ...
Posted Thursday, December 14th 2017 at 10:49AM
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Prior to speaking to the 142nd graduating class of Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical University on December 8 at the Von Braun Center, Dr. Leslie Pollard, President of Oakwood University, was awarded the Presidential Medallion of Alabama A&M University, for "Influential and Innovative Leadership."
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Posted Thursday, December 14th 2017 at 10:32AM
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Delaware State University will hold its annual December Commencement at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16 in the Memorial Hall Gymnasium.
Media representatives who plan to cover the graduation ceremony, should contact Carlos Holmes on his mobile phone at (302) 399-5972 upon arriving at the campus to arra ...
Posted Thursday, December 14th 2017 at 10:28AM
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Do you dread being asked to stand up in front of the class and read something, whether it is something out of a book or a paper you have written yourself? As long as this fright isn’t completely debilitating, it isn’t going to take years of psych ...
Posted Wednesday, December 13th 2017 at 2:40PM
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Growing up on Chicago’s south side, Modteets Williams dreamed of achieving fame and fortune as a professional basketball player.
These days, Williams sees entrepreneurship as his path to success, and he’s traded in his basketball sneakers for a business plan.
Williams opened Mod’s Market, ...
Posted Wednesday, December 13th 2017 at 1:24PM
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Five MEC students were selected to attend the recent Thurgood Marshall Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C. and two of them found positions through the award-winning national program.
The Institute exists to develop students’ leadership skills, create a community of scholars and provide compa ...
Posted Wednesday, December 13th 2017 at 1:18PM
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