Chicago was once called the worst school district in the United States. Today, though, high school graduation rates there are rising, as are ACT scores, GPAs, and the number of students enrolled in AP courses. And gains in elementary test scores outp ...
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Author: Dr. Susan Berry
The largest pro-life youth organization in the United States has launched its first chapter at a Historically Black College and University (HBCU).
“It’s time that we spark this revolution to abolish abortion within the A ...
Posted Tuesday, March 5th 2019 at 1:21PM
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Photo: Students say not only did Dr. Nathan Alexander teach the entire lecture holding the baby, but stayed after to answer questions with the child still in his arms. (Images courtesy of Nick Vaughn / @Original_Vaughn)
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Tanasia Kenney
A Georgia college professor is being praised after le ...
Posted Tuesday, March 5th 2019 at 1:08PM
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Chicago State University, a public university with a predominantly Black student body, received a generous donation of $100,000 from Alpha Kappa Alpha.
Breanna Edwards Mar, 04, 2019
The nation’s oldest Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority ...
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Photographed on February 22, 2019.
Melania Trump waves to the media before getting into a waiting vehicle at Boeing Field in Seattle on Monday afternoon. The first lady visited Microsoft to talk and learn about keeping kids safe online. (Ellen M. ...
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Dr. Derrick L. Wilkins, chief of staff in the Office of the Chancellor at Elizabeth City State University, has been selected as a protégé for the Class of 2019 Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI) Institute.
The ...
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Photo: Jaffus Hardrick is the interim president of Florida Memorial University, the only historically black university in South Florida. He was a top administrator at the public Florida International University for a decade before taking on the ne ...
Posted Tuesday, March 5th 2019 at 10:15AM
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I'm Back on stage! Thank you for having me Charlotte. Here are a few highlights for my performance at the Toyota Fan Fest and Cricket Wireless meet and greet! ...
Posted Monday, March 4th 2019 at 4:05PM
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Senior guard Antrice McCoy saw time winding down on the shot clock, drove the lane and, as she was fouled, threw up a prayer.
And, someone answered it.
After converting the old-fashioned three-point play, Lane College women’s basketball team ha ...
Posted Monday, March 4th 2019 at 3:58PM
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After years of disappointing starts, finishes, and a bunch of other things in between, the Miles men’s basketball program finally gets to stamp a phrase into its history.
SIAC Champions.
The Golden Bears completed a stunning one-year turnaround ...
Posted Monday, March 4th 2019 at 3:56PM
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Virginia State University held off a strong second-half rally to defeat the Shaw Bears, 77-66, in the 2019 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Men’s Basketball Championship game Saturday afternoon at the Spectrum Center.
The Bears ...
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Dillard held off a feisty Edward Waters squad in the final seconds to win 64-62 Sunday afternoon in the final of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championship at the Adams-Jenkins Community Sports & Music Complex.
In a rematch of last year’s cha ...
Posted Monday, March 4th 2019 at 3:51PM
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Shareka McNeill broke the CIAA Tournament scoring record with a 37-point effort as Virginia Union University won its second consecutive CIAA Women’s Basketball Championship with a 75-41 win over Fayetteville State Saturday afternoon at the Spectrum ...
Posted Monday, March 4th 2019 at 3:48PM
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The Quest for Something Clean(er)
If you're looking to motivate without being hated, the trick is to be friendly about it. Post a flyer on your dorm message board asking your floor mates to meet for a talk about the bathroom. If you can add "Free ...
Posted Monday, March 4th 2019 at 3:41PM
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We're so excited to welcome you to
Volunteers of America's Founder's Week!
Now is the time to honor the history of Volunteers of America, celebrating people like you who have made it possible to heal Americans in crisis for over 123 years.
J ...
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Retool Your School began with the simple mission: give back to HBCUs by facilitating updates to campuses. Now celebrating its 10th year, the projects funded by the program’s grants instill pride among current students, faculty, alumni, community supp ...
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What does it mean to be 10 years strong? Since 2009, The Home Depot’s Retool Your School Campus Improvement Grant Program has invested more than $2 million dollars to update, upgrade, and uplift HBCU campuses. Ten years later, the Program is deepenin ...
Posted Monday, March 4th 2019 at 11:54AM
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A cluster of storms ripped through the Southeast on Sunday, leaving a trail of destruction that stretched into Florida and Georgia.
All of the reported deaths in Alabama were in Lee County, on the border with Georgia, where two tornadoes touched dow ...
Posted Monday, March 4th 2019 at 9:33AM
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Spend some quality time with your
loved one. You can also learn a thing
or two by watching an interesting
movie. We recommend the Block
Buster: “APOCALYPTO”
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Apocalypto-Rudy-Youngblood/dp/B00FXOQJZS ...
Posted Sunday, March 3rd 2019 at 11:31PM
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I didn't really understand the different types of Anxiety
until I started swimming with the Big Fishes, in the Big
Boys and Girl Corporate Pool.
Feeling the pressure of my own life occurrences compacted
by being sensitive to what others were pr ...
Posted Sunday, March 3rd 2019 at 12:34PM
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As Spring Break approaches, the planning process is a constant for places to go, things to do,
and memories to be made!
We are inspired by The Fresh Prince - Will Smith and his partner for life, Jada Pinkett-Smith!
Seeing the adventures they are ...
Posted Friday, March 1st 2019 at 1:21PM
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By Day One Staff
on February 11, 2019
Ever wonder how Amazon gets your packages to you so quickly?
Find out in this behind-the-scenes video tour.
If you are in the United States or Canada, you can tour an Amazon fulfillment center at 23 lo ...
Posted Thursday, February 28th 2019 at 9:33PM
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