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BeCulturED hosts our LIVE launch event where teams and audience participants will compete for prizes and the title of reigning HBCU trivia champion! This 2-hour interactive experience is being hosted by Wilmo Robinson. You do NOT have to be an HBCU grad to attend this game show, just bring your lo

Legasaurus Sister · Tuesday, February 19th 2019 · 1,774 views · 1 comments

ECSU Ranks in Top 12 HBCU Social Mobility Innovators in the Nation

Elizabeth City State University is ranked seventh in the top 12 listing of CollegeNET, Inc.’s Social Mobility Index. CollegeNET, Inc., a provider of web-based on-demand technologies for higher educ

Legasaurus Sister · Tuesday, February 19th 2019 · 1,325 views · 1 comments

HBCU Innovation Award winner featured in NSF More Science Video

Earlier this month Lara Thompson (third from left in group photo) won an HBCU Innovation Award at the 2019 BEYA STEM Conference in Washington D.C. The associate professor of mechanical engin

Legasaurus Sister · Tuesday, February 19th 2019 · 1,695 views · 1 comments

Career Opportunities: We are looking for leaders and innovators at NextEra Energy

NextEra Energy - This Era Is Autonomous As a solar field technician, Henry Plange (pictured) uses self-operating drones and robots to increase service reliability for customers. We're building a team of innovators and disruptors who can lead the next era of American energy and solve the world'

Reginald Culpepper · Tuesday, February 19th 2019 · 7,335 views · 1 comments

Tuskegee, Miss. State partner to present exhibition celebrating acclaimed African-American photographer P.H. P

Mississippi State University Libraries, in partnership with Tuskegee University and the MSU-based Southern Literary Trail, is presenting an exhibition celebrating the work of acclaimed African-Ameri

Legasaurus Sister · Tuesday, February 19th 2019 · 1,139 views · 1 comments

On Presidents Day, how well do you know your U.S. history?

In advance of Presidents Day, a U.S. history quiz was written by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Some 41,000 Americans took it, with dismal results. Even in the state with the be

Legasaurus Sister · Monday, February 18th 2019 · 3,912 views · 1 comments

Phil Jackson in conversation with John Salley

Phil Jackson in conversation with John Salley at Live Talks Los Angeles, June 12, 2012, discussing Jackson's book, 'Eleven Rings." For more information on Live Talks Los Angeles, visit: www.liveta

Legasaurus Sister · Monday, February 18th 2019 · 9,108 views · 1 comments

Bears' Cohen, Colts' Leonard share NFL's top HBCU player award A&T, SC State alums honored by Hall of Fame

The NFL’s top players from historically black colleges have Carolinas roots. North Carolina A&T’s Tarik Cohen and South Carolina State’s Darius Leonard shared the 2018 Black College Football Pro Player of the Year award given by the NFL Players Association. Cohen, a Chicago Bears running back/k

Legasaurus Sister · Sunday, February 17th 2019 · 2,676 views · 1 comments

U.S. Senate approves measures to help HBCUs

The U.S. Senate has approved a pair of bills that will help historically Black colleges and universities across the country if the measures are approved by the House of Representatives and Preside

Legasaurus Sister · Sunday, February 17th 2019 · 2,114 views · 1 comments

A tale of two colleges: USC’s HBCU exchange program

Adrianna Carter (left), a senior majoring in global medicine and biological sciences at USC, and Alexandria Frank (right), a sophomore majoring in psychology at Howard University, are taking part in a

Legasaurus Sister · Sunday, February 17th 2019 · 3,514 views · 1 comments

The University of the Virgin Islands Becomes First HBCU to Provide Free Tuition

The University of the Virgin Islands has become the first historically Black college or university to provide its students with free tuition. After Hurricane Maria in 2017, the student retention rate at the university fell significantly. This new program was introduced by Lieutenant Governor and

Legasaurus Sister · Sunday, February 17th 2019 · 2,144 views · 1 comments

TSU President Glenda Glover Surprises 20 Visiting High School Seniors with Full Scholarships at ‘Tigerdaze’

Twenty high school students on a site visit Friday to experience the Tennessee State University campus culture, did not leave empty handed. To their surprise, they all received full scholarship offers

Legasaurus Sister · Saturday, February 16th 2019 · 1,638 views · 1 comments

AT&T DREAMS IN BLACK 28 LIST CELEBRATES BLACK CREATIVES

The AT&T “Dream In Black” Black Future Month launches by celebrating people who are making history now while shaping the new future. Black Future Month highlights inspiring black creators including Qu

Tanisha Grant · Saturday, February 16th 2019 · 2,867 views · 1 comments

Ford Fund Announces Inaugural HBC-You Mobility Challenge $25,000 Grant Opportunity

Ford Fund Announces Inaugural HBC-You Mobility Challenge $25,000 Grant Opportunity • The Ford HBC-You Mobility Challenge invites Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to submit inn

Dana Harvey · Thursday, February 14th 2019 · 237 views · 1 comments

SUSAN TAYLOR'S "NATIONAL CARES MENTORING MOVEMENT" BRINGS OUT CELEBRITY A LISTERS

On Monday, February 11th, at Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City, the National CARES Mentoring Movement presented its fourth annual For the Love of Our Children Gala, featuring a special appearance by

Tanisha Grant · Thursday, February 14th 2019 · 5,654 views · 1 comments

Lessons learned from Mr. Barack Obama and Mr. Sean Carter

1. They'd rather we don't pay attention to the Gossip and Drama spread about their Industries. 2. If someone special offers you Marijuana, don't mess with it. 3. A man who loves you will take your hand and lead you away from Danger and Fighting others. 4. You don't have to meet a Man in

Legasaurus Sister · Wednesday, February 13th 2019 · 6,646 views · 1 comments

New Alabama State University - Trenholm Agreement Assists Trenholm Students in Furthering Their Education!

Schools to Sign Transfer Agreement/MOU that Allows Trenholm State Community CollegeStudents to Also Obtain an ASU Degree WHAT: News Conference with ASU President Ross and Trenholm President Munne

Reginald Culpepper · Wednesday, February 13th 2019 · 5,141 views · 1 comments

Janette Ikz's Transition from Singleness to Marriage and Now Motherhood /Season Finale

I had the pleasure of sitting down to talk with poet, speaker wife and mother, Janette Ikz. She is more commonly known by the name Genetics and is familiarly known for her popular spoken word pieces "

Legasaurus Sister · Wednesday, February 13th 2019 · 5,901 views · 1 comments

Over $70,000 in scholarship money in The National Business Case Competition - register now!

The Executive Leadership Council Presents The National Business Case Competition Scholarship in conjunction with ExxonMobil. The competition consists of teams that will develop and present viable solu

Reginald Culpepper · Monday, February 11th 2019 · 4,854 views · 1 comments

The Origins and Purpose of Black History Month with Alabama State University's Dr. Howard Robinson

The Origins & Purpose of Black History Month WHEN: Tuesday (Feb. 12) 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. WHERE: ASU's Levi Watkins Learning Center (ASU Library) Lecture Hall on its first-floor (off of N. University Dr.). As the nation celebrates Black History Month, join us at Alabama State University on Tues

Reginald Culpepper · Monday, February 11th 2019 · 5,397 views · 1 comments

Virginia church eliminates debt for some Howard University students

Photo: Photo For The Washington Post By Evelyn Hockstein. Mya Thompson, a 25-year-old senior at Howard University, walks to class on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. Thompson is a recipient of a gift from

Legasaurus Sister · Monday, February 11th 2019 · 1,859 views · 1 comments

HBCUs deserve adequate funding

By Spring 2019 Editorial Board February is a month during which it is integral to look at the past and learn from the country’s failures and triumphs. This month, especially, is a time to

Legasaurus Sister · Monday, February 11th 2019 · 2,203 views · 1 comments

Seminar Exposes HSI, HBCU Students to Diplomacy Careers

A career in international conflict resolution has been on Ava Greene’s radar, and the Spelman College senior learned more about the possibilities when she was selected to attend a new fellows program

Legasaurus Sister · Monday, February 11th 2019 · 3,780 views · 1 comments

Protect Your Vehicle from Winter Salt and Sand

The salt helps melt ice even if it’s freezing, and the sand keeps salt in place. But they can really inflict some major punishment upon a vehicle, See these tips from Nationwide for protecting it.

Reginald Culpepper · Friday, February 8th 2019 · 4,861 views · 1 comments

Free Diversity Teacher Job Fair In St. Louis on March 2!

Diversity Teacher Job Fair Hiring Teachers and Coaches of Color - Meet and Interview with 28 Local Private Independent Schools! Bring your unique voice and experiences to our students and make

Reginald Culpepper · Friday, February 8th 2019 · 5,513 views · 1 comments