Finally - a place where you can voice your opinion. Welcome to the HBCU Online Radio Show. Come and join us this Thursday where we discuss HBCU issues and the HBCU community, things going on with the web site, HBCUConnect, and other general topic areas of discussion. Not only is this a call-in show, but if you do not want to call in but still take part in the discussion, we have a chat room that you can join while the show is in progress.
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Posted Monday, June 14th 2010 at 5:17AM
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Fergenia H. Hood, was named 2010 Mississippi Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Ambassador for her dedication to the RIF mission and exemplary volunteer record at ICS Head Start.
“I am very excited about serving as RIF ambassador for the great state of ...
Posted Thursday, June 3rd 2010 at 1:33PM
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The United Methodist Higher Education Foundation (UMHEF) of Nashville, Tennessee annually recognizes a supporter of one of the 130 Methodist colleges across the nation. This year, the Foundation and Rust College honored Dr. Ralph and Barbara Hamilton ...
Posted Tuesday, May 25th 2010 at 11:00AM
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On this historic 145th year of Bowie State University’s founding, two icons received candidates for honorary degrees: Sam Gilliam for Doctor of Fine Arts and Catherine Liggins Hughes, for Doctor of Humane Letters.
Gilliam was honored because of hi ...
Posted Friday, May 21st 2010 at 5:37PM
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Rust College congratulates Ms. Ereca King, who was elected Miss Rust for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Ms. King is a native of Pontotoc, Mississippi and is the daughter of Jeffrey and Kim King. King is a senior, majoring in political science/pre-law. ...
Posted Tuesday, May 18th 2010 at 11:49AM
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Doris Ann Dearing Johnson a native of Aberdeen, Miss., Class of 1968, was sworn in as President of the Texas Medical Association Alliance, May 1, at the 93rd Session. She is the first African American to lead the organization. Witnessing her swearin ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 5:30PM
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Manhood, scholarship, perseverance, and uplift are the four cardinal principals in which the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. was founded upon. Living true to these principals, members of the Kappa Beta (Rust College) chapter of Omega Psi Phi went to H ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 5:26PM
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When Victoria Little walked across Bowie State University's commencement stage to receive her bachelor's degree in Psychology in 1980, she had no idea that she would receive a master's degree in Organizational Communications from her alma mater 30 years later. ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 5:23PM
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I recently read about a seller on Craigslist who was selling a diamond ring. He was contacted by a potential buyer and they wanted to see the ring in person. So they make they way to the seller's home and force their way in. They tie up him, his wife ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 4:32PM
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Hampton University President Dr. William R. Harvey has been awarded PepsiCo's Harvey C. Russell Inclusion Award. The award is part of PepsiCo's prestigious Chairman's Award, the highest honor the company bestows.
The Harvey C. Russell Inclusion A ...
Posted Tuesday, May 4th 2010 at 3:04PM
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Managed Health Services (MHS) will sponsor the Indiana Black Expo's (IBE) 40th Anniversary Family Reunion. It is a two-day Community Festival held Father's Day Weekend, on Saturday, June 19, 2010 from 9am to 7pm and Sunday, June 20, 2010, from 10am t ...
Posted Wednesday, April 28th 2010 at 12:37PM
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In Seductive Delusions Gerard Henry shares aspects of his personal testimony as he talks about sexuality and the new sexual ethic. He also talks about how the bombardment of sexual images on TV, billboards, the internet and other forms of media continually assaults the message of sexual integr ...
Posted Thursday, April 22nd 2010 at 3:01PM
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Ralph Metcalfe was serving his country in World War II when Xavier University of Louisiana made history at the 1942 Penn Relays Carnival. This weekend the former Xavier coach and the relay team he assembled will be honored at the 116th running of the ...
Posted Monday, April 19th 2010 at 5:51PM
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Benjamin L. Hooks, who as executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for 16 years championed minorities in an increasingly conservative political era, died at his home in Memphis. ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2010 at 1:05PM
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The plan also includes $255-million a year to help historically black colleges, as outlined in the House bill.
President Obama signed into law some legislation to overhaul the student-loan system, promising annual inflation-adjusted increases in the maximum Pell Grant and more ...
Posted Thursday, March 25th 2010 at 1:10PM
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The number of undergraduate students majoring in computer science significantly increased for the second year in a row according to the Computing Research Association (CRA). The upward trend reverses the steep decline experienced in computer science ...
Posted Wednesday, March 24th 2010 at 1:33PM
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Digital technology—cell phones, digital video, iPods, Facebook, MySpace, Second Life and more—is reshaping the way that young people live and the way they learn, and UNCF (the United Negro College Fund), the nation’s largest and most effective minori ...
Posted Monday, March 22nd 2010 at 5:13PM
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DAYTON, Ohio - Allen Smith scored 14 points and Tyree Glass added 10 as the Southwestern Athletic Conference Champion University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff defeated Winthrop 61-44 in the 2010 NCAA Tournament Opening Round Game. The Golden Lions advance t ...
Posted Wednesday, March 17th 2010 at 1:49PM
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Wal-Mart probing racist store announcement: "All black people leave the store now," public-address system said Sunday.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, New Jersey - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. officials are reviewing security tapes to try to determine who used a sou ...
Posted Wednesday, March 17th 2010 at 1:42PM
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U.S. President Barack Obama is holding a competition for high school students to have a chance for him the speak at your High School graduation!
The White House and the Department of Education have announced the Race to the Top High School Commen ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 2:23PM
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As first reported, Zeta Tau Alpha, a predominantly white sorority, won first place in the nationsl Sprite Step Off competition. It was later discovered that there had been a scoring discrepency which led to an unresolved issue. In order to correct th ...
Posted Friday, February 26th 2010 at 1:28PM
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If you haven’t heard by now, the sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha are the baddest steppers in the land this year.
ZTA, a White sorority, pulled off a major at the Sprite Step-Off Challenge over the weekend. The newcomers beat out Black greeks from Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha, Delta S ...
Posted Thursday, February 25th 2010 at 2:38PM
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American universities are accepting more minorities than ever. Graduating them is another matter.
Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College, was justifiably proud of Bowdoin's efforts to recruit minority students. Since 2003 the small, elite l ...
Posted Tuesday, February 23rd 2010 at 1:17PM
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by Jim Brogan - the Post Chronicle
Meet 13-year-old, Stephen Stafford II. Stephen Stafford is in his second year at Morehouse College
and is a sensation.
The 13-year-old is a triple-major child prodigy (biology, computer science and mathematic ...
Posted Monday, January 25th 2010 at 1:50PM
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Check out the member discount on a very nice commemorative Obama figurine. HBCU Connect members get 10% off. Take advantage before offer expires. ...
Posted Friday, January 22nd 2010 at 5:46PM
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