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Ray Charles To Be Honored at Morehouse With Performing Arts Center

Ray Charles To Be Honored at Morehouse With Performing Arts CenterBEVERLY HILLS, Calif.Morehouse College will host a star-studded tribute at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to raise money for the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center, which is the centerpiece of a larger complex, the Morehouse College Center for the Arts. Honorary co-chairs for the event include […]

August 25, 2004

Leadership & Policy

In Not So Good Company

In Not So Good CompanyAnother HBCU loses its accreditation, but with new leadership Barber-Scotia College is meeting its challenges head onBy Tracie PowellCONCORD, N.C.It’s not every day that a college president hand delivers a check to the city to clear up more than $75,000 in unpaid utility bills, but for Dr. Gloria Bromwell-Tinubu, the newly […]

August 25, 2004

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Spelman College Partners With South African University To Help Foster Sustainable Development

Spelman College Partners With South African University To Help Foster Sustainable DevelopmentATLANTAFor the past 18 months, Spelman College has been working with Mangosuthu Technikon, a South African university in Durban, to increase staff and infrastructure development in three areas: grants and contracts; marketing and communications; and alumni development. Teams of administrators from Spelman and Mangosuthu […]

August 11, 2004

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Energy Department Launches Science Education Campaign

Energy Department Launches Science Education Campaign MENLO PARK, CALIF.Earlier this month, U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced a national campaign aimed towards getting the United States to strengthen its position as a leading producer of scientific talent by increasing the number of American students pursuing careers as scientists and engineers.  “The risks of a […]

July 28, 2004

Leadership & Policy

A Battle of Wills

A Battle of WillsPhiladelphiaAlong Philadelphia’s City Avenue, between the St. Joseph’s University campus and the Bala Station metro stop, an ominous black billboard has risen. “A man’s will should not be broken,” reads the legend. But though that phrasing might seem cryptic, be assured its meaning is clear as glass to any Philadelphian who cares […]

July 16, 2004

Students

Bob Dole to Chair Bennett College Fund-Raising Campaign

Bob Dole to Chair Bennett College Fund-Raising CampaignGREENSBORO, N.C.Former U.S. Sen. Robert J. Dole and the historically Black women’s college Bennett might appear to be an unlikely pair. Yet, the two have joined forces recently for an ambitious fund-raising endeavor.The former presidential candidate will serve as chairman of the school’s $50 million “Revitalizing Bennett Campaign,” […]

July 16, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Back in theTrenches

Back in theTrenchesDr. Nannerl Overholser Keohane became Duke University’s eighth president when she arrived on campus in July 1993. She also became the university’s first female president. And after 11 years of leading the 12,000-student campus in Durham, N.C., Keohane is stepping down this month to return to teaching and research. Keohane has been called […]

June 30, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Hefner to Retire From Tennessee State University

Hefner to Retire From Tennessee State UniversityNASHVILLE, Tenn.Dr. James A. Hefner, president of Tennessee State University, plans to retire as the sixth president of the university effective May 31, 2005. J. Stanley Rogers, vice chair of the Tennessee Board of Regents, praised Hefner’s “steadfast commitment to opening the doors of education to all. Jim Hefner […]

June 30, 2004

HBCUs

Black College Alumni Gifts on the Rise

Black College Alumni Gifts on the RiseATLANTAAlumni giving to historically Black colleges and universities is growing, thanks in part to the Kresge Foundation through its HBCU Initiative, which works with HBCUs to strengthen their fund raising and institutional advancement. While many media reports have questioned the strength of HBCU alumni giving, the Kresge HBCU Initiative […]

June 16, 2004

Sports

Funding Shortages Push Back Central State Football Program

Funding Shortages Push Back Central State Football ProgramXENIA, OhioFunding issues forced the delay of the return of Ohio’s Central State University Marauder football program, according to a report in the Dayton Daily News. A fall 2004 comeback was highly anticipated at the historically Black school located in Xenia, Ohio, but approximately $600,000 is needed to […]

May 5, 2004

Sports

Let the Games Begin

Let the Games Begin— AgainHBCU coaches and administrators give their play-by-play accounts of the benefits of reviving college football programs By Crystal L. KeelsIt’s the pageantry, the precision, the rhythm and the music. It’s wave after wave of energetic flute, trumpet, tuba and drum players wearing colorful uniforms and executing intricate steps. It’s the dramatic […]

April 7, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Oprah Winfrey Makes Second $5 Million Donation to Morehouse

Oprah Winfrey Makes Second $5 Million Donation to Morehouse ATLANTAOprah Winfrey surprised Morehouse students and officials in February with a $5 million donation during the college’s 137th Founder’s Week celebration. Winfrey was awarded the first ever Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Humanitarian Service Award at a gala during the celebration and announced her donation during […]

April 7, 2004