Rust College Vice President Dr. Ishmell H. Edwards graciously accepted a check for $3,500 on January 31, 2011 from Mrs. Eloise McClinton, executive director, Institute for Community Services, Incorporated, in support of the Rust College / Marshall Co ...
Posted Tuesday, February 1st 2011 at 4:46PM
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Stillman held it's annual United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Super Viewing Party Saturday, January 29 at the McDonald Hughes Center in Tuscaloosa. This year, UNCF paid tribute to music icon, Chaka Khan. The event garnered just over $9,500 in donations ...
Posted Tuesday, February 1st 2011 at 4:38PM
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Keyser Wilson's painting "Remnants" has been selected for display in a national juried exhibition, entitled EPHEMERA, at Olive DeLuce Art Gallery at Northwest Missouri State University, in Maryville, Mo., from February 14 until March 18, 2011.
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Posted Monday, January 31st 2011 at 2:39PM
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Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church is celebrating their 130th anniversary this year in a unique way. Lifelong member Yvonne Wells conceived an idea to combine an assortment of quilts, made by several church members, together to come up with an even l ...
Posted Monday, January 31st 2011 at 2:23PM
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If you haven't already, go get your copy of the Feb. issue of Black Enterprise Magazine. Check out page 46 for information about me, some of my work, and how to engage kids in science.
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Posted Monday, January 31st 2011 at 1:31PM
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This week, The Black Scholars Index features Tahir Hemphill - a graphic designer and linguistic researcher who combined the two to form a visual ethnographic database of Hip-Hop called 'Hip-Hop Word Count' - http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2011/01/ ...
Posted Monday, January 31st 2011 at 11:13AM
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Distinguished alumna and notable businesswoman Deborah Scott Thomas will deliver the keynote address at Alabama State University’s 111th Founder’s Day Convocation on Friday, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m. in the ASU’s Oliver-Dunn Acadome.
This year’s theme i ...
Posted Friday, January 28th 2011 at 12:54PM
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Dr. Sylvester Oliver, chair, Division of Humanities, Rust College, will give a lecture on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 in the Heard Auditorium, McCarty-Varnell BCS Center at 7:00 p.m.
The presentation entitled, “The Chickasaw Indians, Enslaved Afri ...
Posted Tuesday, January 25th 2011 at 7:42PM
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Florida Memorial University is really steppin’ it up for its 2011 Homecoming Greek Step Show and Concert. This year, Gyptian, Jagged Edge and Slim from 112 will perform during the University’s annual event scheduled for Friday, February 11, 2011 at 7 ...
Posted Tuesday, January 25th 2011 at 2:14PM
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The Harris-Stowe State University Board of Regents has a new chairperson, Thelma V. Cook, known as a community volunteer and business leader. The board also has a new vice chairman, Charles H. Hoessle, retired, former director of the Saint Louis Zool ...
Posted Tuesday, January 25th 2011 at 1:29PM
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This week, The Black Scholars Index features Kaya Henderson, the Interim Chancellor of DC Public Schools - http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2011/01/kaya-henderson-interim-chancellor-of-dc-public-schools/
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Posted Monday, January 24th 2011 at 3:24PM
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Rust College is pleased to announce that Bishop Warner H. Brown, Jr. has agreed to be its special stage guest during its 145 Commencement.
"I am honored by your invitation and look forward to being with you", said Bishop Brown, California-Nevada ...
Posted Friday, January 21st 2011 at 2:13PM
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JACKSON, Miss. -- Alcorn State has hired Melvin Spears as its football coach.
The 50-year-old Spears was the offensive coordinator at Alabama State last season. He replaces Earnest Collins, who left after two seasons to become the coach at Norther ...
Posted Wednesday, January 19th 2011 at 6:25PM
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The Princeton Review recently published its annual 373 Best Colleges guide. Among the 373 colleges chosen as America’s best are six historically black colleges and universities.
They are Fisk University, Hampton University, Howard University, Spelman College, Tuskegee University, and Xavier Univ ...
Posted Thursday, January 13th 2011 at 3:38PM
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This week, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Harry Lee Williams, the 10th President of Delaware State University. http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2011/01/hbcu-presidents-dr-harry-lee-williams-delaware-state-university/
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Posted Monday, January 10th 2011 at 7:06PM
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Please note that BSI will change our daily features to weekly features this week, based on user feedback. We will ask for your feedback in a month or so regarding your preference. Thanks.
http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2011/01/bsi-week-in-re ...
Posted Monday, January 10th 2011 at 1:57PM
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Greeting Scholars!
Happy New Year! We are back!
We hope you are engaged in, excited about, and thankful for a new year!
Where We've Been
As we embark on our 3rd year of existence (yup, we've been around for almost 3 years now), we wil ...
Posted Saturday, January 8th 2011 at 7:47AM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features the National Black Child Development Institute and its CEO Dr. Carol Brunson Day. In 2011, BSI is committed to ensuring Black Children have an awesome start. This feature is to encourag ...
Posted Thursday, January 6th 2011 at 11:52AM
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The Washington Post's Dana Priest and William Arkin issued a report entitled "Monitoring America," which analyzes the exponential growth of Homeland Security in this country. The report looks at how Homeland Security is affecting localities throughou ...
Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 3:04PM
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Rust College and Hendrix College’s men battled through 11 lead changes and seven ties in a nip and tuck contest in Conway, AR. on Tuesday afternoon. Junior Marcus Erves scored 16 points and denied three shots, while junior Jahrell Holmes grabbed a t ...
Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 2:05PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Marjorie Lee Brown, the 2nd Black women to obtain a PhD in Math in the US. Her accomplishments thereafter are even more amazing! http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2011/01/dr-marjorie-lee-brown-the-2nd-bla ...
Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 12:57PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Robert Satcher, Sr., the 9th President of Saint Paul's College. He's a bad man! We aren't sure why we haven't featured him before now. Check him out! Omega Psi Phi stand up! http://www.bl ...
Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 12:56PM
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The Black Scholars Index features Ory Okolloh, a lawyer, activist, and blogger who is headed to Google as its Policy Manager for Africa. Check out this feature and a few of her clips (interview & TED Global talk) now!
http://www.blackscholarsindex ...
Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 12:55PM
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And we forgot to post BSI features here for the week thus far...
See what a few days away from the office will do!
Nonetheless, here they come... ...
Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 12:53PM
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By Alex Tausig
If you're an entrepreneur, you're probably going to screw up at some point. That's ok. Entrepreneurship is a constant process of quickly testing hypotheses, failing, refining and testing again. If you're not failing, you're not learning, right?
Well, not all fails are created eq ...
Posted Tuesday, January 4th 2011 at 7:47PM
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