Gospel superstar, TSU alumna Yolanda Adams to serve as Winter Commencement speaker.
Yolanda Adams, a Grammy Award-winning Gospel singer, will address graduates at Texas Southern University’s Winter Commencement on Saturday, December 16, 2017.
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Posted Wednesday, December 6th 2017 at 6:50PM
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WHEN: FRIDAY (Dec. 8), at 3 p.m.
WHERE: The ASU Dunn-Oliver Acadome.
Alabama State University is hosting its 293rd Commencement Exercises this Friday (Dec. 8), at 3 p.m. (the processional begins at 2:45 p.m.) at the ASU Dunn-Oliver Acadome with A ...
Posted Wednesday, December 6th 2017 at 3:50PM
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Alcorn State University continues to receive recognition as a premier university for its scholarship offerings and low student loan debt.
Alcorn is ranked number four on The Student Loan Report’s 2017 Public Colleges with the Most Creative Arts ...
Posted Wednesday, December 6th 2017 at 3:28PM
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Texas Southern University has partnered with the Education Advisory Board (EAB), a research and technology company based in Washington, D.C., to improve the outcome of the University’s top priority – student success and completion.
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Posted Tuesday, December 5th 2017 at 8:23PM
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Dr. Johnny Sanders, Jr., and Dr. Rubye Coleman-Sanders who graduated from Alabama State University with bachelor’s degrees (1970, 1971, respectively) in teacher education, have created a legacy endowed scholarship in their names for first-gener ...
Posted Tuesday, December 5th 2017 at 8:21PM
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Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC) and Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL), co-chairs of the Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Caucus, sent a letter extending an invitation to Johnathan Holifield, the newly appointed Executive ...
Posted Tuesday, December 5th 2017 at 8:19PM
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Students from seven historically black colleges and universities in North Carolina organized to spread the importance of voting in local elections through get-out-to-vote rallies on their campuses. HBCU Democracy Fellows with Common Cause NC helped o ...
Posted Tuesday, December 5th 2017 at 3:41PM
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During the New York Emmys Gold and Silver Awards veteran award winning journalist Connie Chung weighed in about sexual harassment amid NBC's Matt Lauer being fired from the TODAY SHOW after sexual harassment claims were filed against him.
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Posted Tuesday, December 5th 2017 at 11:44AM
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One of Alcorn State University’s own will address graduating scholars during the university’s fall commencement.
Dr. Donzell Lee, who serves as the executive vice president for the Office of Academic Affairs and provost, will deliver the keyno ...
Posted Thursday, November 30th 2017 at 4:50PM
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by Bresean Davidson, intern at Oakwood University
Participants from the U.S. Department of State's Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative will be taking part in an event at Oakwood University, hosted by Global Ties Alabama.
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Posted Thursday, November 30th 2017 at 3:34PM
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Revenue officials will discuss Alabama business tax legislation & answer questions relating to tax law and filing in Alabama
ASU's Small Business Development Center offers expert/professional assistance to businesses in the River Region -
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Posted Wednesday, November 29th 2017 at 3:13PM
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The Alabama State University Mighty Marching Hornets band has received an invitation to participate in the 2019 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. This Rose Bowl-connected event is a celebration more than a century old.
As one of ...
Posted Wednesday, November 29th 2017 at 3:07PM
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Part of the commemoration of the 62nd Anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
WHEN: Monday (Dec. 4) from 6 - 8 p.m.
WHERE: First Baptist Church, 347 North Ripley Street, across from the MPD headquarters.
Alabama State University's National C ...
Posted Wednesday, November 29th 2017 at 2:58PM
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Two of Alcorn State University’s most accomplished athletes are headed to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Hall of Fame.
Roynell Young and James Williams are among nine other heralded SWAC athletes who will be inducted into the invita ...
Posted Tuesday, November 28th 2017 at 3:27PM
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ASU's National Center for the Study of Civil Rights & African-American Culture promotes our rich civil rights history
WHAT: ASU's National Center Hosts its "Annual Patron's Legacy Gala."
WHEN: Dec. 8 (Friday), from 8 p.m. - Midnight.
WHERE: RSA ...
Posted Tuesday, November 28th 2017 at 3:25PM
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Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the nation’s largest civil rights organization, the National Urban League, will address about 380 Bowie State University graduates and their families at the winter commencement. The ceremony is set to take place ...
Posted Monday, November 27th 2017 at 5:34PM
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The 2017 Top 25 African American PR Millennials Series Continues. Contributor and global media and communications strategist Gwendolyn Quinn and Antonice Jackson, President of the National Black Public Relations Society’s Washington, D.C. Chapter ...
Posted Monday, November 27th 2017 at 9:42AM
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Prince Harry is to marry his American actress girlfriend Meghan Markle.
The prince, fifth in line to the throne, will marry Ms Markle in spring 2018 and they will live at Nottingham Cottage in Kensington Palace, London.
The cou ...
Posted Monday, November 27th 2017 at 9:00AM
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ASU'S Turkey Day Classic Event Schedule
- It Kicks-Off Tuesday @ 7:30 a.m. with its Business & Community Breakfast at The Renaissance Hotel -
- The ASU Turkey Day Classic Week Features a Host of Exciting Homecoming Festivities & Fun for the Whole ...
Posted Monday, November 20th 2017 at 3:17PM
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Dr. Dwalah Fisher was selected as one of the nine class members to be inducted into the 2017 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Hall of Fame. The enshrinement ceremony will take place on Nov. 30 at The Westin Galleria in Houston.
Fisher, who ...
Posted Friday, November 17th 2017 at 8:28PM
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Stanley Nelson, the preeminent storyteller of the African-American experience and Firelight Films, the award-winning production company committed to making films about pivotal events, movements, and people in American history, unveil a new full-lengt ...
Posted Friday, November 17th 2017 at 5:17PM
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Johnson C. Smith University is happy to announce the receipt of $1,100,000 from Kenan Charitable Trust and $738,000 from the Department of Education for its Access to Innovation Initiative. This K-16 initiative will increase students’ interest and ...
Posted Thursday, November 16th 2017 at 7:12PM
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The holidays are a busy time of year for travel. According to U.S. Department of Transportation Statistics, the number of long-distance trips by Americans increases by 54 percent during the Thanksgiving travel period. The number rises by 23 percent during Christmas and New Year’s, compared to the av ...
Posted Thursday, November 16th 2017 at 3:41PM
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