by LaMont Jones
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Dr. Brian K. Blount began to sense at a young age that ministry may be a calling in his life, but he didn’t foresee his future vocation taking him into the realm of teaching.
Fast forward to t ...
Posted Thursday, September 13th 2018 at 11:05AM
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A video of a tense encounter between four black students and a white man in Florida has prompted a police investigation after it went viral on Twitter.
The video, posted by one of the students of Florida A&M University, Isiah Butterfield, shows th ...
Posted Wednesday, September 12th 2018 at 4:54PM
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Alcorn State University’s popularity amongst students continues to rise, as the university continues to be one of the nation’s most recognized institutions of higher learning.
Alcorn State University ranks number 21st on U. S. News & World Report’ ...
Posted Tuesday, September 11th 2018 at 1:54PM
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Alabama State University celebrated a group of distinguished alumni recently in a gala event held in the ballroom of the John Garrick Hardy Student Center.
The '50 Under 50' Class for 2018 were presented and received their awards before a cheering ...
Posted Tuesday, September 11th 2018 at 12:53PM
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It’s finally here - a program that will teach you how to DISCOVER and UNLOCK your gifts, talents, natural abilities and skills with ways to leverage them to get paid to do what you love. Georgia Woodbine delivers a refreshing approach on basic princi ...
Posted Monday, September 10th 2018 at 6:28PM
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The rain didn’t stop Tennessee State University sophomore Rachelle Brown from winning big at the 29th annual Southern Heritage Classic. Rachelle received the first of four $10,000 McDonald’s True to the HBCU scholarships, facilitated by Thurgood Mars ...
Posted Monday, September 10th 2018 at 5:15PM
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Tuesday: Two Special Events in Honor of 9/11 by ASU
Remembrance Ceremony for 9/11 Attack & Luncheon Honors Firefighters at Station-6
- 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony @ ASU's Flagpole @ 10 a.m. -
- Luncheon to Honor Montgomery's Fire Station-6 First R ...
Posted Monday, September 10th 2018 at 5:12PM
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The Central State football team battled through the rain and mud to beat Clark Atlanta, 7-0, on Saturday afternoon.
With the victory, the Marauders improve to 1-1 overall with a 1-0 ledger in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) ...
Posted Monday, September 10th 2018 at 3:52PM
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The nine-year-old son of Alabama State University's President made a donation during the recent ASU Inaugural Ball, which celebrated the swearing-in of his father as President at the venerable institution of higher education.
Quinton T. Ross, III, ...
Posted Monday, September 10th 2018 at 3:34PM
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Alcorn State University continues to receive recognition for its positive impact on college students.
The University was again the highest ranked Mississippi HBCU and placed sixth on College Consensus' Best Colleges and Universities in Mississippi ...
Posted Friday, September 7th 2018 at 3:37PM
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Central State University President Cynthia Jackson-Hammond has announced that Tara A. Owens has been selected to serve as the university’s new Director of Athletics. Ms. Owens succeeds Mr. Jahan Culbreath who previously served as Director of Athletic ...
Posted Friday, September 7th 2018 at 3:34PM
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Texas College is pleased to announce the annual Opening School Convocation to celebrate the official opening of the 2018-2019 academic year. The Convocation will be held on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. in The Gus F. Taylor Gymnasium on ...
Posted Wednesday, September 5th 2018 at 3:23PM
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The Inaugural Ball for Alabama State University’s 15th President, Dr. Quinton T. Ross, Jr., was held amid great pomp, circumstance, glitz and glamour in Alabama’s capital city with all of the accustomed accolades and revelry that one would expect at ...
Posted Friday, August 31st 2018 at 2:36PM
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Friday: Rickey Smiley Show LIVE from ASU: Free & Open to Everyone!
WHAT: Live from ASU - The Rickey Smiley Morning Show - free and open to everyone!
WHEN: Friday (Aug. 31) from 5 a.m. - 9 a.m.
WHERE: ASU's Dunn-Oliver Acadome.
The news media ...
Posted Thursday, August 30th 2018 at 3:19PM
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Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas funds academic research award
Texas Southern University (TSU) scholars will help in the fight against cancer via a recently announced $5.1 million academic research grant from the Cancer Prevention & ...
Posted Thursday, August 30th 2018 at 3:02PM
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Members of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning will hear from the Mississippi University for Women (MUW) campus community in Campus Listening Sessions on Friday, September 14, 2018, and from the Alcorn State University (ASU ...
Posted Wednesday, August 29th 2018 at 4:26PM
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The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago is looking for professional and qualified candidates for several open vacancies available. As one of 11 Federal Home Loan Banks chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1932 to promote homeownership, we work to create a diverse and inclusive environment where employees ...
Posted Friday, August 24th 2018 at 6:28PM
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Birmingham - area resident has a winning spirit
An Alabama State University honor student was crowned the 2018 National American Miss Alabama Teen at the state competition held recently at the Sheraton in downtown Birmingham, and she will soon be off to compete for the national title in the fall ...
Posted Wednesday, August 22nd 2018 at 3:43PM
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Blue Cross NC Invests $325,000 in Expansion of Johnson C. Smith University’s Sustainability Village
Blue Cross NC’s investment will increase food security for West Charlotte
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) announce ...
Posted Wednesday, August 22nd 2018 at 3:38PM
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Texas Southern University (TSU) students who need a more flexible schedule for the upcoming fall semester have a flexible alternative to consider – the new “Fast Track to Graduation” option.
TSU will offer flexible weekday afternoon classes that sta ...
Posted Thursday, August 16th 2018 at 4:24PM
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Many Clark Atlanta University students who thought they’d secured housing were without dorms Monday night, two days before the fall semester begins.
The university said students were informed about the housing process and timelines back in May.
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Posted Tuesday, August 14th 2018 at 5:31PM
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With one of its largest freshman classes in recent memory, Alabama State University considers each of its students as special and unique members of its Hornet Nation family; yet one of its new 18 year-old students from Chicago’s Southside “shines” am ...
Posted Tuesday, August 14th 2018 at 3:44PM
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An Alabama State University music professor has achieved a first worldwide. Dr. Brenda Luchsinger, assistant professor of music (horn) at ASU is the first American in the world to be certified to teach the Suzuki French Horn.
She completed the Su ...
Posted Tuesday, August 14th 2018 at 3:28PM
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Interim role to be filled by Assistant AD Kevin Granger
Dr. Charles McClelland, who took over the helm of Texas Southern University athletics more than 10 years ago, has resigned to become the next commissioner of the Southwestern Athletic Confe ...
Posted Monday, August 13th 2018 at 8:02PM
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