HBCUConnect.com founder Will Moss announced a new partnership between Merck, a global biopharmaceutical company known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, and HBCUConnect.com, the largest social network and career site targeting the students, faculty, and alumni from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The partnership is designed to introduce graduating seniors from Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Merck’s Leadership Development Program. ...
Posted Wednesday, June 15th 2016 at 1:55PM
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Friday, June 24, 2016, beginning at 1 p.m. on the campus of Allen University (1530 Harden St. Columbia, SC 29204), Chappelle Auditorium will officially reopen to the public. Allen University would like to invite the public community, guests, alumni ...
Posted Tuesday, June 14th 2016 at 3:59PM
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The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) state convention ended with a new slate of officers for the year 2016-2017. Dr. Charles Edwards was elected as the new Texas State Commander. Dr. Edwards has been a member of the DAV for more than 22 years and has ...
Posted Tuesday, June 14th 2016 at 3:49PM
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Today, the long-awaited reopening of the Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum was brought to fruition as Morgan State University President David Wilson, along with members of the Jackson-Mitchell Family, local and state leaders, and members of ...
Posted Tuesday, June 14th 2016 at 12:14PM
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On the steps of Langston Hughes’ abandoned Harlem-based home grew a new idea that will change the course of a young black man’s future. Erica Buddington, an educator and scholar from New York, sat on those steps of the famed poet’s home everyday for ...
Posted Tuesday, June 14th 2016 at 11:43AM
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On May 15, Oakwood University, in partnership with the Breath of Life Ministry and the South Central Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, presented the "Breathe and Stand Out" Health Fair to the Huntsville community.
The event was held at the McK ...
Posted Wednesday, June 8th 2016 at 7:23PM
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The Oakwood University family is preparing to welcome thousands to the campus for the South Central Conference Camp Meeting, June 10-18.
In the Seventh-day Adventist Church, camp meetings are annual convocations for spiritual renewal and fellowsh ...
Posted Wednesday, June 8th 2016 at 7:20PM
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WVAS Presents Montgomery Screening of ‘The Amazing Nina Simone’
WHAT: Compelling documentary on the life of singer, songwriter, pianist and activist Nina Simone.
WHEN: Saturday, June 11; reception begins at 3 p.m., documentary starts at 4 p.m.
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Posted Wednesday, June 8th 2016 at 1:53PM
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Originally published April 1, 2016 by JL Carter Sr.
Two days ago, a Louisiana State University endowed professor wrote a heartbreaking Times-Picayune editorial on the physical degradation of Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus. In a winding, ...
Posted Monday, June 6th 2016 at 2:41PM
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Keviez Wilson, a graduating senior at Oakwood Adventist Academy, was recently named as a 2016 Gates Millennium Scholar. This prestigious award is only granted to 1,000 out of approximately 3.1 million high school graduates throughout the country. It ...
Posted Thursday, June 2nd 2016 at 4:01PM
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ASU's Mighty Marching Hornets Band Appears in New Movie!
The Alabama State University Mighty Marching Hornets band will be seen worldwide in a new movie scheduled for release in November.
The University's band gathered for a scene they’v ...
Posted Thursday, June 2nd 2016 at 9:42AM
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Lane to take the helm of TSU in its 89th year as a premier HBCU
His plan will focus on student recruitment, enrollment and retention at Texas Southern
Dr. Austin A. Lane has been named the sole finalist to become the 12th president of Texas South ...
Posted Tuesday, May 31st 2016 at 6:56PM
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Verizon and Texas Southern University have announced a partnership focused on exposing middle-school minority boys across Houston to coding, application development, 3D printing, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs and related c ...
Posted Tuesday, May 31st 2016 at 6:51PM
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Parents in search of activities featuring both fun & enrichment for their kids will find a host of options at ASU. From academics, sports, fitness & self-enrichment, ASU’s summer camps offers something for everyone.
All the kids and young adults i ...
Posted Friday, May 27th 2016 at 2:19PM
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The future of historically black colleges, or HBCUs, is a topic never far from my thoughts. After all, it was an HBCU that provided educational access to me and thousands of other blacks at a time in America when racial segregation was the law of the ...
Posted Thursday, May 26th 2016 at 9:26AM
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