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Students and parents looking for financial aid to help pay for college are rejoicing about the release of a new 67-page book entitled, Get That Money, Honey! Top 101+ Scholarships (and Internships) for African Americans a ...
Posted Tuesday, February 2nd 2016 at 12:08PM
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Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick had been called a “Super Doctor” and named among “America’s Best Physicians” by national publications long before he was unanimously elected Howard U ...
Posted Monday, February 1st 2016 at 6:53PM
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Alabama State University alumna, local resident, and aspiring actress Curtia Torbert goes from local theatre to national television on Monday (Feb. 1), as she is featured on the national television network TV One and on one of it’s original series.
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Posted Friday, January 29th 2016 at 6:03PM
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Holly Adrienne Hogrobrooks, civil rights pioneer who helped to organize Houston’s first sit-in on March 4, 1960, died January 22 after a lengthy illness. Her efforts helped pave the path to end segregation in Houston. She was 75.
Hogrobrooks, was ...
Posted Friday, January 29th 2016 at 2:13PM
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Richard Allen, the founder of the AME Church and it’s first bishop, will be featured as the next issue in the U.S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage Commemorative Series.
Allen, along with the Reverend Absalom Jones, helped found the Free African So ...
Posted Tuesday, January 26th 2016 at 2:35PM
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BY KRISTEN E. HOLMES, Staff Writer for Philly.com
WHEN JALAAL HAYES of North Philadelphia applied to a doctoral program in applied chemistry, even the admissions staff at Delaware State University did a double take.
Hay ...
Posted Tuesday, January 26th 2016 at 1:56PM
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CEO of Sanderson Farms, Inc. Joe Sanderson, Jr. and his wife Kathy donated $1 million to the Alcorn State University Foundation, Inc. Walter Washington Scholarship Endowment to aid students with their academic needs. The donation is the largest indiv ...
Posted Monday, January 25th 2016 at 6:25PM
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Texas Southern University president Dr. John M. Rudley announced during the university’s Winter Commencement ceremony December 12 that he will step down as president at the conclusion of the 2015-2016 academic year.
During his announcement, Rudle ...
Posted Tuesday, December 15th 2015 at 7:26PM
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Watch Alcorn State University take on North Carolina A&T State University in the inaugural Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl, in conjunction with ESPN and 100 Black Men of Atlanta. Join us on Saturday, December 19th as these these MEAC and SWAC football champion powerhouses collide in Atlanta’s Ge ...
Posted Friday, December 11th 2015 at 6:27PM
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Are you a military veteran (post 9/11), college graduate, or a person thinking about changing careers? How would you feel about pursuing opportunities in media sales? What is media sales, you ask? We are talking about radio, television, cable, print, digital, and interactive sales – you know … media ...
Posted Friday, December 11th 2015 at 6:21PM
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In May, Oakwood University won a Tier 1 grant of $50,000 in The Home Depot's Retool Your School competition. Representatives of the competition toured Oakwood's campus today, December 2, as well as to help install exercise equipment purchased from th ...
Posted Wednesday, December 2nd 2015 at 7:00PM
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By Liz Ryan, Forbes | November 22, 2015
Everyone who interviews job-seekers for a living has stories about crazy things that job-seekers have done on job interviews. I have dozens of stories — too many of them to recall.
It’s fun to tell stori ...
Posted Wednesday, December 2nd 2015 at 6:55PM
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The Department of Human Services and Consumer Sciences held their 12th annual Childhood Obesity Conference November 18 in the Cecilia Scott Lane Building on campus. This year’s theme was the “The Role of Added Sugars in Obesity and Diabetes Among Chi ...
Posted Tuesday, November 24th 2015 at 1:14PM
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The 20/20 Leaders of America (20/20 Club) will partner with BET Networks on the 2015 Presidential Justice Forum on November 21, 2015 at Allen University in Columbia, SC. BET News correspondent Jeff Johnson will host the forum at which top 2016 presi ...
Posted Friday, November 20th 2015 at 2:40PM
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Allen University in partnership with the 20/20 Leaders of America, LLC, Attorney General Alan Wilson (R) and the former Governor of South Carolina - Jim Hodges (D) invites you to attend the Presidential Candidates Justice Forum on the campus of Allen ...
Posted Tuesday, November 10th 2015 at 5:49PM
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Alcorn 2014-2015 graduation success rate top in Southwestern Athletic Conference Lorman, MS (November 10, 2015) – According to the NCAA official federal graduation rate data released Wednesday, Nov. 4, Alcorn State University Athletics leads the Sout ...
Posted Tuesday, November 10th 2015 at 5:47PM
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We need volunteers: accountants, financial services professionals, HBCU students, faculty, HBCU staff, and anyone who would like to offer their pro bono or volunteer services. Help your favorite HBCU win a $20,000 award and give good community service. Click here for more details ... ...
Posted Friday, November 6th 2015 at 7:25PM
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We have a well known reporter looking to write a story about how folks in their 50s find new jobs. He is looking for the 50 and up crowd to connect with him for a brief interview, to create a mini-profile, and grab tips on how you managed to find new ...
Posted Thursday, November 5th 2015 at 2:29PM
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Texas Southern University took a major step to unify national, state and local law enforcement agencies to help secure and protect its campus. The TSU police department hosted a round table discussion to look at procedures, personnel and protocol wh ...
Posted Friday, October 30th 2015 at 1:20PM
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What do you do if you’re a successful African American female engineer spending your nights and weekends worrying about the state of public education? Especially when the children in your neighborhood, already struggling with poverty, violence and racial discrimination, aren’t getting the education ...
Posted Thursday, October 15th 2015 at 1:41PM
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Texas Southern University has taken several steps to strengthen on campus security beginning with an 11 p.m. curfew in all student housing and 24 hours, seven days a week around the clock security.
A letter to all university students and constitue ...
Posted Monday, October 12th 2015 at 5:46PM
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Join 19 top graduate schools in international affairs and public policy for a virtual recruitment fair on October 21.
Members of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) will be online to answer your questions about:
- application requirements,
- curricula and joint degrees,
- financial aid, and
- career opportunities.
Go beyond ...
Posted Tuesday, October 6th 2015 at 4:41PM
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Thurgood Marshall College Fund - S.M.A.R.T. Scholarship For Service Program
The Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program is an opportunity for students pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines to receive a full scholarship and be gainfully employed upon degree completi ...
Posted Thursday, October 1st 2015 at 6:38PM
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