National Diversity
C O N F E R E N C E
April 19-21, 2017
Spike Lee
Keynote Speaker
Spike Lee
Film Director, Producer, Writer
The Westin Houston, Memorial City
945 Gessner Road
Houston, TX 77024
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Posted Thursday, February 23rd 2017 at 11:22AM
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A team of students from Alabama State University's College of Business Administration (COBA) took home top honors and more than $2,000 in prize money during the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse Leadership Diversity Competition.
The team, name ...
Posted Wednesday, February 22nd 2017 at 4:04PM
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The University of the Virgin Islands is celebrating the University’s Emerald Anniversary with a revolutionary philanthropic initiative. “55 for 55: The Great Alumni Challenge!” encourages UVI alumni to make history by achieving a 55 percent alu ...
Posted Tuesday, February 21st 2017 at 11:36AM
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Kevin Williams, Jr. has been playing steel pan for a long time although the youngster is still in 9th grade. His talent sees him serenading incoming tourists at the territory’s various ports; he has traveled to Denmark to perform; Mr. Williams is a sought-after performer at many events year-round, a ...
Posted Tuesday, February 21st 2017 at 10:06AM
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By Jeremy Jones @GAFollowers
Congratulations to Savannah State University’s cheerleading team for making history by becoming the very first HBCU to win CheerSport Nationals.
CheerSport is the nation’s largest cheerleading competition held a ...
Posted Tuesday, February 21st 2017 at 10:01AM
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LifeCycle Program Announced
On February 9, former First Lady Michelle Obama's organization "Partnership for a Healthier America" selected Oakwood University as the site for its first-ever convening of HBCUs on the topic of campus health.
Partn ...
Posted Tuesday, February 21st 2017 at 9:47AM
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On February 6, 2017, I had an important conversation with our UNCF Senior Vice-President for Public Policy & Government Affairs, Mrs. Cheryl Smith, regarding the President's planned agenda for Higher Education. On February 3, President Donald Trump's Department of Education representatives extended ...
Posted Tuesday, February 21st 2017 at 9:45AM
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By Keith Miles
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the first Black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity, has selected several Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) graduates to serve in leadership positions at the national level.
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Posted Monday, February 20th 2017 at 1:30PM
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Written by Anthony D. Owens
Howard University today announced that John F.W. Rogers, Executive Vice President and Secretary to the Board of Directors of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and a member of the firm’s Management Committee, has been a ...
Posted Monday, February 20th 2017 at 1:25PM
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Tache Johnson, a junior at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, is just back from California where she spent a week learning all about Apple, one of the top technology companies in the world. Come May, Apple will pay her to intern for 12 weeks this su ...
Posted Monday, February 20th 2017 at 1:14PM
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WHO: The Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
WHAT: Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC), an ensemble of artists who use the body as a way to understand ourselves in the world, will perform as part of Cheyney University’s Arts & Lectures seri ...
Posted Monday, February 20th 2017 at 1:11PM
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C-SPAN’s award-winning, 45-foot customized bus, a mobile, interactive learning center, visited Cheyney University February 13, as part of C-SPAN’s 2017 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) tour. Cheyney, the nation's 1st HBCU, was ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2017 at 1:09PM
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On Sunday, February 19, at 6:00 p.m., in the University Church, the United Student Movement will host the "It's A Different World: College Forum."
The program will feature two of the cast members of the popular television sitcom "A Different Worl ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2017 at 9:10AM
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Be sure to log on for A Conversation with the President of Oakwood University on Tuesday, February 21, at 6:30 p.m. CST.
Dr. Leslie Pollard and moderator Kenn Dixon will be talking about what's going on at Oakwood this semester, including some exc ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2017 at 9:07AM
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According to a new report from Brown University, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University have the highest economic mobility rates among Atlanta-area colleges.
The study examined students who came from families in the bottom 20 percent of inco ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2017 at 1:13PM
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