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Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry came to Texas Southern University to speak with student leaders about the importance of registering and voting in the upcoming November elections. “In order

Although Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been shaking up higher education since 2012 by offering free courses to students anywhere in the world, historically black colleges and universities (

How does your HBCU rank against the other top HBCUs in the country? Check out this recent ranking on HBCUConnect.com!

Yesterday, U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) released the 2015 Best Colleges Rankings for the 30th consecutive year. Oakwood University was number 33 on the list. The annual peer survey is conduct

Thirteen years ago, militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. On that day - September 11, 2001 - which has come t

Dozens of volunteers and alumni spent Thursday at Knoxville College to give the struggling school a helping hand. Help came with huge handout of $50,000 worth of renovations from Home Depot. The na

Southern University students got a rallying cry from civil rights activist, the Rev. Al Sharpton, encouraging them to speak out against injustice and to become a strong voting block for change. Sha

Alcorn State University President Dr. Alfred Rankins Jr. named Derek Horne as the University’s new intercollegiate athletic director during a news conference Friday, August 8, at the Vicksburg Expansi

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced a CAREER award of $430,000 over five years to Texas Southern University in support of Dr. Miao Pan, an assistant professor in the Department of

Years ago when defensive coordinator at the University of Memphis, Jay Hopson came calling on the offensive coordinator at Mt. Olive High School, Fred McNair, for recruits, neither had an inkling of t

The Bennett College Board of Trustees is hosting a Naming Ceremony for the Pfeiffer Heating Plant that houses the Journalism and Media Studies Program. The Julianne Malveaux Journalism and Media Studi

This Summer, Grambling State University senior De’Shon Swafford accepted an invitation from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama to participate in the Robotics Academy. The academy

Dr. Loretta Walton-Jaggers, a seasoned educator at Grambling State University was recently named Louisiana Reading Association’s Educator of the Year. Dr. Jaggers is a professor of Education Curriculu

Courtesy of TSPN Sports Three HBCU products — Michael Strahan (Texas Southern), Claude Humphrey (Tennessee State) and Aeneas Williams (Southern) — were officially enshrined in the Pro Football Hall

During the Grand TimkenSteel Parade, a tradition for the Pro Football Hall of Fame weekend, there were huge inflatable balloons, classic cars, walking units, football legends and bands as far as the e

Coming this fall to Comcast SportsNet - "Inside VSU Football" featuring Virginia State University Coach Latrell Scott

Last night Cheyney University of Pennsylvania alum and media correspondent Tanisha LaVerne Grant was on the red carpet to cover the THIRD INSTALLMENT of Sean Combs REVOLT TV's community initiative, "H

About 50 area middle-school students are using the summer break to sharpen their math and science skills during the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp at Bowie State University. The two-wee

by Timothy McDonald, Ed.D., provost and senior vice president To "Start Strong and Finish Strong" is the challenge that will be issued to faculty and staff during the school's annual Colloquium sch

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is pleased to announce that Marita Rivero has been named chairman-elect to the National Trust’s Board of Trustees. Marita will assume the chairman’s role i

The improvement of Alcorn State continues with the future addition of a new facility on the main campus. Alcorn's School of Agriculture, Research, Extension, and Applied Sciences (AREAS) began the

When Sophomore Rodrick Patterson Jr. applied for a scholarship for young farmers during this past spring semester, he knew that he was headed in the right direction. “I applied for this particular

In a move that many educators, prognosticators and medical practitioners saw coming for years, Georgia native Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice becomes the first woman president of Morehouse School of Medic

MEDIA ADVISORY July 3, 2014 GRAMBLING STATE INTERIM PRESIDENT HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE WHO: Grambling State University Interim President Cynthia Warrick WHAT: Media availability and news confer

Erik Johnson is a rising senior and an Army ROTC cadet heading to Germany for a special experience. Of thousands of cadets across the nation, Johnson is the only cadet from Louisiana, the only cade