As a response to the tragedies of July 5-6, on Thursday, July 7, Leslie N. Pollard, president of Oakwood University, utilized Facebook in a Live message to ask one question - what could be done to ensure the safety of our black men. His question was ...
Posted Wednesday, July 13th 2016 at 6:34PM
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Kids Galore at National Center's ‘Booked on Heritage’ Event!
WHEN: Thursday, from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m.
WHERE: ASU's National Center, 1345 Carter Hill Rd., across from the Heritage Barber Shop
Alabama State University's National Center for th ...
Posted Wednesday, July 13th 2016 at 6:25PM
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ASU-UAB Cancer Research Program Expands Thanks to $20k Grant!
Because of a new federal grant awarded to the ongoing Alabama State University-University of Alabama Birmingham cancer research center, a select group of high school and undergraduate s ...
Posted Wednesday, July 13th 2016 at 6:00PM
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Texas Southern University has been ranked 97th on the GoodCall 2016 Best Colleges and Universities for Scholarships report. The top 500 of more than 4,000 public institutions across the country were listed according to data from the National Center f ...
Posted Tuesday, July 12th 2016 at 5:32PM
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Veterans Housing & Career Fair
- Goal is for each homeless veteran to leave with housing & possible employment on that day -
- Sponsored by Alabama State University's Office of Career Services, Family Endeavors, Inc. & the Veterans Administration - ...
Posted Tuesday, July 12th 2016 at 12:44PM
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Citywide Anti-Crime Town Hall/Block-Party Event "Taking to the Streets!"
WHEN: July 13, at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Corner of Pleasant & West Jeff Davis Avenue.
Alabama State University's National Public Radio station - WVAS-FM, ASU's Department of Publ ...
Posted Monday, July 11th 2016 at 7:09PM
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Johnson C. Smith University announced that The Leon Levine Foundation has committed a $1 million grant to the President’s Gap Scholarship Fund, in addition to the $200,000 of support received from the foundation in the last two years.
Established ...
Posted Monday, July 11th 2016 at 7:01PM
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Texas Southern University (TSU) has launched a new, 5-week Summer of Success (SOS) academic support program to provide conditionally admitted students an opportunity to gain full admission into TSU’s 2016 freshmen class. So far, more than 335 student ...
Posted Monday, July 11th 2016 at 12:55PM
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One of Alcorn State University’s deans has been selected to tackle the issue of preparing educators to enhance childhood literacy.
Dr. Robert Carr, dean of the Department of Education and Psychology, was appointed by Governor Phil Bryant to serve ...
Posted Wednesday, July 6th 2016 at 1:39PM
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Johnson C. Smith University President Ronald L. Carter will deliver the keynote speech at the 28th annual National Small College Enrollment Conference, July 11-13, 2016 at the Omni Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. The NSCEC, which covers topics of admissions ...
Posted Wednesday, July 6th 2016 at 1:36PM
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Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (NC-12) announced that five education bills were marked up by the House Education and the Workforce Committee last week. One of the bills was introduced by Congresswoman Adams; the HBCU Capital Financing Act (H.R. 5530) w ...
Posted Friday, July 1st 2016 at 7:45PM
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Allen University has been awarded funding from the R.E.A.C.H.E.S organization to receive equipment for the Yellow Jacket wrestling program. Allen University started its first club wrestling program in the spring of 2014 with 30 student athletes and h ...
Posted Friday, July 1st 2016 at 3:04PM
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Oakwood University is excited to announce its Fall 2016 Registration Incentives!
All new and returning students (full time, traditional program only) who register and financially clear by Thursday, July 28 by 5:00 p.m. (CST) will have the opportu ...
Posted Thursday, June 30th 2016 at 7:20PM
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Courtesy of FastCompany.com
By: Lydia Dishman
Analysis of census data ranks the best cities for underrepresented minorities working in tech.
"If the American economy was the Titanic and the iceberg that sank the Titanic was the financial cris ...
Posted Thursday, June 30th 2016 at 4:53PM
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Texas Southern University President Dr. Austin Lane and Lone Star College Chancellor Dr. Stephen Head met June 29 to sign an articulation agreement between the two institutions. The plan will facilitate transfers, recruitment, and admission and advis ...
Posted Thursday, June 30th 2016 at 2:03PM
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Come join in experiencing the spirit of Africa on this 2 week tour of the countries in southern Africa, including Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Botswana!
From cosmopolitan Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa to the wildlife-rich Chobe National Park in Botswana, to majestic Victoria Falls in ...
Posted Tuesday, June 28th 2016 at 1:50PM
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The Mickey Leland Center for Environment, Justice and Sustainability in the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University was awarded funding by Houston Endowment to support the planning and development of a Commu ...
Posted Tuesday, June 28th 2016 at 1:39PM
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Members of the family of Anna Knight have various roles in the upcoming film, "Free State of Jones," starring Academy Award-winner Matthew McConaughey.
The movie is inspired by the life of Newton Knight, a poor, defiant farmer from Mississippi, wh ...
Posted Thursday, June 23rd 2016 at 3:15PM
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Oakwood University has been approved to participate in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements. NC-SARA is a voluntary, regional approach to state oversight of postsecondary distance education. The SARA agreement allows st ...
Posted Thursday, June 23rd 2016 at 3:12PM
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"The Voice of Alabama State University,” WVAS (a National Public Radio station) continues to receive acclaim for excellence in news broadcasting.
Five journalists with the radio station each received awards from the Associated Press (AP), and four ...
Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 at 2:29PM
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Acclaimed Hollywood & Broadway Artists at ASU's Summer Arts Camp
with Dean Tommie Stewart!
The acclaimed artists below (of Hollywood and Broadway fame) will be on the ASU campus this week assisting their mentor, Dean Tommie 'Tonea' Stewart (dean ...
Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 at 2:16PM
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The Texas Southern University/Verizon Innovative Learning for Minority Males summer program has completed week two of the four-week initiative, which began on June 6. Camp participants were awarded certificates in a special ceremony on June 17 at the ...
Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 at 2:05PM
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The Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Caucus Internship Program was created to establish a pipeline of talented HBCU students to Capitol Hill. A recent study commissioned by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Stu ...
Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 at 2:01PM
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Four ASU professors have been awarded fellowships by the Alabama State Council on the Arts. The council awards fellowship grants to individual artists, based on the merit of their work, career achievements, professional development and service to the ...
Posted Monday, June 20th 2016 at 2:39PM
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The Tom Joyner Foundation and Allen University are sponsoring a Jazz Scholarship Brunch June 25 to raise money to help students at the Historically Black College and University located in Columbia, S.C.
The brunch will take place between 9:30 a.m. ...
Posted Monday, June 20th 2016 at 2:30PM
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