The beloved Maya Angelou once said, “When you do good, people notice.” That’s exactly what has happened in the lives of a 2018 high school graduate and a Tarrant, Alabama bus driver over the past few days. Now things have just gotten turned up a notch, after Tyrese, Da Brat and Rickey Smiley stepped ...
Posted Friday, May 25th 2018 at 11:31AM
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15 to 16 of every 10,000 black babies born to do not live to their first birthday. That rate is twice that of any other U.S. ethnic group and three times that in some developing countries.
WU Mass Communications Practicum and Center for Entrepreneurship students produced a website featuring podca ...
Posted Friday, May 25th 2018 at 11:16AM
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Investing student loans has been a hot button issue for many years. At the peak of the stock market in 2006, it was a commonly held belief that investing student loans was a wise and safe decision.
Fast forward to today, with the bull market running in full force again, and investors are much mor ...
Posted Thursday, May 24th 2018 at 11:25AM
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TV producer and writer Kenya Barris, and his wife, Dr. Rainbow Barris, have given a gift of $1 million to Clark Atlanta University (CAU). Kenya Barris will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during Commencement Convocation at Clark Atlanta University on Monday, May 21, at 8 a.m. in the Pan ...
Posted Thursday, May 24th 2018 at 1:06AM
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Before you get busy this summer, don’t forget to secure cash you need to get to the graduation finish line. Check these smart to-do’s off your list to win a rare scholarship and get a head start on funding for the fall,
1. Finish Your FAFSA (if yo ...
Posted Wednesday, May 23rd 2018 at 1:22PM
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May we immerse ourselves in a good read!
Phil Jackson is a man I've admired since
his days as a Coach of the Chicago Bulls!
As I search for inspiration and good teachings
to get through the journey called life I was led
to Phil Jackson.
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Posted Wednesday, May 23rd 2018 at 12:32PM
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Nearly 1,000 Candidates Received Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctoral Degrees
Rain was the backdrop, but achievement was at center stage for Morgan State University’s 142nd Spring Commencement Exercises. Tom Joyner, national radio host, philanthropist ...
Posted Monday, May 21st 2018 at 11:19AM
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The DSU Department of Nursing celebrated the newest eight graduates of the its program during its annual Nurse Pinning Ceremony, held May 11 in the Education and Humanities Theatre.
The keynote speaker was a former nursing instructor and the NCLEX ...
Posted Thursday, May 17th 2018 at 11:49AM
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Jayla Woods, a recent graduate of Whitehaven High School in Memphis with nearly $9 million in scholarship offers to attend college, has decided to bring her talent to Tennessee State University.
Woods, who has a weighted 4.2 grade point average and has been courted by more than 160 colleges, will ...
Posted Wednesday, May 16th 2018 at 10:18AM
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School of Architecture and Planning professor Pavlina Ilieva partnered with architect Kuo Pao Lian of PI.KL Studio to participate in the 2018 Light City festival. Together, the pair, in collaboration with Post Typography and Figure 53 along with part ...
Posted Tuesday, May 15th 2018 at 11:25AM
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Central State University, one of Ohio’s 14 institutions of higher education, is working collaboratively with public and private sectors to provide quality educational opportunities that support workforce development. “Higher education degree attainm ...
Posted Monday, May 14th 2018 at 12:22PM
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Diannah Watson, BlackAmericaWeb.com
The cast of A Different World have come together to raise $360k in grants to award to nine HBCU’s.
Jasmine Guy, Cree Summer, Kadeem Harrison and Darryl M. Bell teamed up with The Home Depot to annou ...
Posted Friday, May 4th 2018 at 9:02PM
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Ever since Amber Hawkins started going to school, her parents have encouraged her to fulfill a dream they weren’t able to achieve: to graduate from college.
On Saturday, May 5, Hawkins will fulfill her parents’ dream. She will be among nearly 1,000 students who will receive degrees when TSU holds ...
Posted Friday, May 4th 2018 at 5:30PM
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The NCAA Division I National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) crowned a video submitted by the North Carolina Central University SAAC as the winner of a "Break the Stigma" contest open to all DI institutions promoting mental health awareness ...
Posted Friday, May 4th 2018 at 5:11PM
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by Monica Jackson / Industry News
The Defense Department has given a team from Northrop Grumman the Nunn-Perry award for supporting QTEC Aerospace with its business operations for three years under the Missile Defense Agency’s Mentor-Protégé Progr ...
Posted Friday, May 4th 2018 at 4:43PM
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Xavier University of Louisiana remained No. 4 Tuesday in the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25. It's the final ranking before the national tournament.
XULA (11-11) extended its streak of consecutive top-25 appearances to 94. That's the longe ...
Posted Friday, May 4th 2018 at 4:40PM
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WHAT: Art created by ASU's students will be selected/purchased for Jackson Hospital's permanent art collection.
WHEN: Today (May 2) at 2 p.m.
WHERE: ASU's Tullibody Fine Arts Center (room 244) on the corner of S. Jackson St. & N. University Dr ...
Posted Friday, May 4th 2018 at 4:33PM
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Beyoncé Partners with Google.org in Announcing Four More Scholarships for Her Homecoming Scholars Award Program for 2018-2019 Following Her Second Electrifying Headlining Show at Coachella
GOOGLE.ORG MATCHES HER ORIGINAL $100,000 GRANT, BEY ...
Posted Monday, April 23rd 2018 at 8:53PM
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Couple donates graduation regalia
Photo:
Cardel Louis-Jacques and fiancée Shanicia Hanson
Shanicia Hanson was about to move in November 2016 when she discovered graduation regalia from her undergraduate days at the University of Maryland Eas ...
Posted Thursday, April 19th 2018 at 11:12AM
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Political analyst, attorney and activist to address new graduates
Political analyst, attorney and activist Bakari Sellers will serve as the keynote speaker for Shaw University’s 2018 Spring Commencement exercises, to be held Saturday, May 12 at ...
Posted Tuesday, April 17th 2018 at 4:33PM
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The biggest entertainer in the world just earned herself an honorary degree at every HBCU across the nation overnight.
Beyonce showed up and showed out as the headliner at Coachella in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday using a heavily HBCU ba ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 7:13PM
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Tuskegee is a powerhouse when it comes to producing greatness. It is the alma mater of famous musician Lionel Richie, radio host Tom Joyner, inventor of the Super Soaker Lonnie Johnson, and newly acclaimed author Robert Constant. Since Mr. Constant g ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 2:52PM
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