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Jackson Hospital to Acquire Alabama State University Student-Art for the Hospital's Permanent Collection

WHAT: Art created by ASU's students will be selected/purchased for Jackson Hospital's permanent art collection. WHEN: (May 2) at 2 p.m. WHERE: ASU's Tullibody Fine Arts Center (room 244) on the cor

Reginald Culpepper · Wednesday, May 2nd 2018 · 677 views · 1 comments

JOHN SINGLETON'S NEW HIT SERIES "SNOWFALL" SEASON TWO PREMIERE SET FOR THURSDAY JULY 19TH ON FX NETWORK

NOMINATED EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR BEST NEW TELEVISION SERIES BY ABFF (AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL) HONORS "SNOWFALL" IS SET TO return for a second season on Thursday July 19th on the FX network. Co-cre

Tanisha Grant · Wednesday, May 2nd 2018 · 5,908 views · 1 comments

Alcorn State University ranked number seven on College Consensus’ Best HBCU list for 2018

The College Consensus has ranked Alcorn State University number seven on its 2018 Best Historically Black Colleges and Universities list. Alcorn is the list’s top public HBCU in the nation, top-ran

Reginald Culpepper · Tuesday, May 1st 2018 · 1,017 views · 1 comments

Cheyney University students recognized at annual Honors and Awards Convocation

Samuel Owusu, a senior biology major from Philadelphia, was presented the Provost’s Award for Leadership at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania’s Honors and Awards Convocation held April 19 in the audi

Reginald Culpepper · Tuesday, May 1st 2018 · 810 views · 1 comments

Alabama State University to Host a Variety of Summer Camps starting June 2-July 27

From June 2 - July 27, ASU hosts both the traditional summer camp and the very unique and special camp Summer camp season is looming just ahead of us, and now is a great time to do a preview news s

Reginald Culpepper · Tuesday, May 1st 2018 · 6,251 views · 1 comments

Alabam State University's Commencement Speaker on May 12, is Duncan Kirkwood

The graduation event will be divided into two ceremonies. Alabama State University will hold its 297th Commencement Exercises on May 12 (Saturday), at 9:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. in the ASU Dunn-Oliver

Reginald Culpepper · Monday, April 30th 2018 · 1,174 views · 1 comments

MULTI AWARD WINNING ACTOR JEFFREY WRIGHT TALKS "OG" WITH TANISHA LAVERNE GRANT AT TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

Jeffrey Wright delivers a powerful performance as a maximum-security prison inmate named Louis, who, 24 years after committing a violent crime as a young man, finds himself on the cusp of release from

Tanisha Grant · Sunday, April 29th 2018 · 3,511 views · 1 comments

17TH ANNUAL TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL SHORTS "INTO THE VOID" WITH TANISHA LAVERNE GRANT

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL SHORTS "INTO THE VOID" PROGRAM ABOUT BAD PETER Directed by Zach Strauss and starring Golden-Globe nominated Frankie Shaw (“SMILF”), Bad Peter tells the tale of an expectant m

Tanisha Grant · Saturday, April 28th 2018 · 3,861 views · 1 comments

Christy Pickering to deliver the keynote address at the Alcorn State University Commencement Exercise

One of Mississippi's most notable educational leaders will speak during Alcorn State University's 2018 Spring Commencement Exercise. Christy Pickering, who serves on the Mississippi Board of Truste

Reginald Culpepper · Thursday, April 26th 2018 · 1,347 views · 1 comments

Texas Southern University Its Annual Maroon and Gray Affair this Saturday Evening

Texas Southern University President Austin Lane and First Lady Loren Lane are hosting their second annual signature event, The Maroon and Gray Affair on April 28, 2018, at the Marriott Marquis in down

Reginald Culpepper · Thursday, April 26th 2018 · 1,694 views · 1 comments

Cheyney University Selects Alumnus Dr. Irvin Clark to Deliver 2018 Commencement Address

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania President Aaron A. Walton has announced today that Vice President of Economic Development and Dean of the Newton Campus at Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC)

Reginald Culpepper · Thursday, April 26th 2018 · 2,905 views · 1 comments

Eunique Jones Gibson, Founder of the Because of Them We Can Campaign, to Address Bowie State Commencement

Eunique Jones Gibson, an award-winning content creator, director and speaker who founded the iconic Because of Them We Can photo campaign, will return to her alma mater to address about 600 Bowie Stat

Reginald Culpepper · Wednesday, April 25th 2018 · 6,354 views · 1 comments

Oakwood University Students Win at ALSAMP Research Conference

by Kenneth Lai Hing, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, Oakwood University On Sunday, April 15, 2018, nine students from Oakwood's science departments and Dr. Kenneth Lai Hing, Dean of the Sc

Reginald Culpepper · Wednesday, April 25th 2018 · 1,578 views · 1 comments

Google.org has partnered with BeyGOOD and has matched their $100K grant to support four new HBCUs!

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 G

Legasaurus Sister · Monday, April 23rd 2018 · 2,544 views · 1 comments

New ASU Commencement Plan to be Instituted for ASU Commencement Ceremonies

Will be Implemented at ASU's May 12, Spring Commencement/Graduation Ceremony. Growth of Graduation Attendance & Better Serving Students and Their Families' Needs are Catalysts for Change. Shorter Cere

Reginald Culpepper · Monday, April 23rd 2018 · 1,589 views · 1 comments

Harris-Stowe State University and Texas College are Tom Joyner's HBCUs of the Month

The School of the Month Program is the signature program of the Foundation. Annually, the Foundation selects 11 Historically Black Colleges and Universities with which to partner. During the partnersh

Reginald Culpepper · Friday, April 20th 2018 · 4,139 views · 1 comments

Altruistic alumni pay it forward

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 un

Legasaurus Sister · Thursday, April 19th 2018 · 1,581 views · 1 comments

Oakwood University's Eva B. Dykes Library Hosts Traveling Exhibit on African American Surgeons

by Paulette McLean Johnson, director of Library Services, Oakwood University The Eva B. Dykes Library hosted the national traveling exhibit entitled OPENING DOORS: CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN ACA

Reginald Culpepper · Wednesday, April 18th 2018 · 1,829 views · 1 comments

Birmingham Mayor Tells Alabama State University Students Their "Time is Now"

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin told Alabama State University students on Monday that their “time is now” to make their mark on the world. Woodfin was the guest speaker for ASU’s Thomas C. Steward Di

Reginald Culpepper · Tuesday, April 17th 2018 · 2,784 views · 1 comments

Bakari Sellers to Deliver 2018 Shaw University Commencement Address

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 Comm

Legasaurus Sister · Tuesday, April 17th 2018 · 2,955 views · 1 comments

Miss Alabama State University and her Court Selected

Wetumpka resident Arianna Elizabeth Thompson will reign as Miss ASU 2018-2019 The royal line of succession is in place and a new Miss Alabama State University and her court were chosen at a grand p

Reginald Culpepper · Tuesday, April 17th 2018 · 1,924 views · 1 comments

Ten tips to help HBCU students and alumni protect themselves from cybercrimes

63 percent of small business owners admit they have been victims of at least one type of cyber attack. With all of the various types of cyber crimes that exist today, ensuring your company takes the proper security precautions is a must. We want to help make it as simple as possible for you to ge

Reginald Culpepper · Monday, April 16th 2018 · 2,555 views · 1 comments

Beyonce's HBCU-themed Coachella performance and she's awarding $100,000 in scholarships to HBCU students!

If you have not heard by now, this past weekend was an epic event for Coachella. In the history of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the event has never had a black female entertainer as a

Reginald Culpepper · Monday, April 16th 2018 · 9,338 views · 1 comments

Beyonce took over the world with an HBCU-inspired Coachella performance

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 hour

Legasaurus Sister · Monday, April 16th 2018 · 2,843 views · 1 comments