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HBCUs

National HBCU Conference Week Underscores Institutional Competitiveness

WASHINGTON — Competitiveness is the theme for this year’s National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Week Conference hosted by the White House Initiative on HBCUs.

September 17, 2018

HBCUs

Summit Helps HBCU Students Prepare for Law School

ATLANTA—Several hundred students from historically Black colleges and universities across the nation gathered at Emory University  over the weekend to hear from experienced lawyers and current law school students about attending law school. Now in its 5th year, the annual National HBCU Pre-Law Summit & Law Expo was created to address the unique challenges and […]

September 15, 2018

HBCUs

Candidates Stacey Abrams, Andrew Gillum Draw Upon their HBCU Experience

An energized and evolving electorate, well-executed grassroots organizing and exhaustive networks among historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), among other factors, are responsible for the historic gubernatorial candidacies of Georgia’s Stacey Abrams and Florida’s Andrew Gillum, according to scholars and experts in political science and African American studies.

September 14, 2018

African-American

ROTC Programs Bring Access to Education and Careers for HBCU Students

The revival of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program at LeMoyne-Owen College in Tennessee makes the Memphis-based school one of several historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the country that offers students an education and military training to become a commissioned officer in the United States armed forces.

September 12, 2018

HBCUs

Philadelphia Reporter Recognized for Journalistic Excellence

The School of Global Journalism and Communication (SGJC) at Morgan State University (MSU) will award its 2018 Vernon Jarrett Medal for Journalistic Excellence to Helen Ubiñas, an award-winning columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com. Praised for her tenacious, fearless and compassionate reporting, Ubiñas will receive the Vernon Jarrett Medal and a […]

September 12, 2018

HBCUs

Pre-Law Summit Introduces HBCU Students to Law School

The fifth annual National HBCU Pre-Law Summit & Law Expo, the only large-scale national event in the U.S. aimed at assisting HBCU students and alumni become lawyers, is scheduled to kick-off on  Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta. Attendees will participate in workshops, networking events, and panel discussions over […]

September 10, 2018

HBCUs

Theological Schools Face Challenges of Diversity, Relevancy

Beyond issues that have captured media attention – declining enrollment, financial uncertainty, student protests over lack of faculty diversity, LGBTQ concerns about curriculum inclusivity – school administrators have additional concerns such as debt loads of graduates and how to tailor the education to a student body that is increasingly older, female, non-White and second-career.

September 9, 2018

Students

Family Creates Endowed Scholarship for Claflin Biology Majors

Claflin University has established the Spencer and Rev. Minnie Anderson Endowed Scholarship Fund following the couple’s $20,000 gift to the university honoring the memory of their two sons, Michael Cutler and the Rev. Dr. Otis Cutler, Jr. Michael and Otis died 28 days apart – Michael from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 48, […]

September 7, 2018

African-American

Professor Stacey Patton: Helping Students Purchase Textbooks

Back-to-school season is in full swing and Morgan State University (MSU) professor and award-winning journalist Dr. Stacey Patton has already raised more than $10,000 to help financially-strapped students purchase their textbooks this semester.

August 31, 2018

HBCUs

Howard Kicks Off “HU Stands” Campaign

Howard University (HU) is launching a year-long campaign that will engage the campus community around issues of interpersonal violence and sexual assault prevention. The “HU Stands” campaign kicked-off Wednesday with an event hosted by the Office of Title IX and other campus partners that brought students, faculty and staff to take a pledge to stand […]

August 30, 2018

Leadership & Policy

Benedict College Eliminates Majors, Prepares for 21st Century Workforce

Benedict College, the historically Black college based in Columbia, South Carolina, will phase out several of its majors in order to prepare students for the 21st Century job market, college leaders said.

August 29, 2018

Students

Spelman and Ford Partner to Support First-Gen Students

First-generation students at Spelman College will receive support and mentorship under a new initiative with Ford Motor Company this year.

August 24, 2018