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Students

Sorority’s Gift to Howard Worth a Million Bucks

Sorority’s Gift to Howard Worth a Million Bucks WASHINGTONA visit to Howard University’s campus from members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. last month was worth a million bucks to the historically Black school in Washington, D.C. The national sorority presented university officials with a $1 million check during activities on the campus marking the […]

January 29, 2003

HBCUs

The ‘Sisters and the Bro’

The ‘Sisters and the Bro’ President Johnnetta Cole assembles new Bennett College team By Allison ForemanGREENSBORO, N.C.Dr. Tatia Granger remembers the moment like it was yesterday. It was June 6, 2002. The special assistant to the vice president for financial services was sitting at her desk at Duke University when the phone rang. “When I […]

November 20, 2002

Home

Tuskegee Airmen Site Dedication Draws More than 1,500

Tuskegee Airmen Site Dedication Draws More than 1,500TUSKEGEE, Ala.History is at home in Tuskegee, where Tuskegee Institute’s endeavor to build an airfield led to trained African Americans who dared to become combat airmen in World War II.History was made again last month on the grounds of Moton Airfield, when more than 1,500 people crowded into […]

September 11, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Secrets of the Presidential Turn-Around: A Leader for the Long Haul

A Leader for the Long HaulDr. Luns RichardsonMorris CollegeDr. Luns Richardson is reluctant to consider himself a sage, but when it comes to institutional transformation, his higher education story merits recognition. Compared to the others featured in this series — all who have been at their posts for less than 20 years — Richardson is […]

August 28, 2002

HBCUs

A Renewed Spirit

A Renewed SpiritAs NAFEO’s new president, Dr. Frederick Humphries vows to make the organization the ‘lead voice’ for all historically black colleges and universities.  By Cheryl D. FieldsSILVER SPRING, Md.So far, the outward signs of change at the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) are modest: a newly redesigned Web site, increased […]

July 31, 2002

Students

Vision for a ‘New Fisk’ Has Students, Alumni Asking ‘At What Expense?’

Vision for a ‘New Fisk’ Has Students, Alumni Asking ‘At What Expense?’Survey shows president, students far apart on plans for reviving the HBCUBy David HefnerNASHVILLE, Tenn.Fisk University’s newly elected president, Dr. Carolynn Reid-Wallace, has created quite a stir in Nashville and within the tightly woven Fisk community. It all started in March when she hinted […]

June 19, 2002

African-American

A Second Calling

A Second CallingDr. Johnnetta Cole to lead all-female Bennett CollegeBy Allison ForemanGREENSBORO, N.C.Troubled Bennett College received some new hope last month when it named Dr. Johnnetta Cole as its new president. Cole, best known for her 10 years as president of Spelman College, will step into her new post July 15. She will replace Interim […]

May 22, 2002

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Baltimore Turns to DuBois Institute For Digital Divide Program

Baltimore Turns to DuBois Institute For Digital Divide ProgramBALTIMORELess than two years after officials launched an after school computer academy in Boston in partnership with Harvard University’s W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro American Research, Baltimore officials have opened the first of three computer academies, expanding the Harvard-affiliated initiative to the inner city of predominantly Black […]

April 10, 2002

HBCUs

Tom Joyner, Kellogg’s Launch Fund-Raising Galas to Support HBCUs

Tom Joyner, Kellogg’s Launch Fund-Raising Galas to Support HBCUsTom Joyner, Kellogg’s Launch Fund-Raising Galas to Support HBCUsDALLASNationally syndicated radio host and education advocate Tom Joyner has announced the next stage of his plan to increase support for historically Black colleges and universities around the country — fund-raising galas. These events, featuring Joyner as keynote speaker […]

March 13, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Morris Brown President to Resign in June

Morris Brown President to Resign in JuneATLANTADr. Dolores Cross, who has been president at Morris Brown College since 1999, announced plans to resign effective June 30. Cross was the first female president at the private liberal arts and historically Black college that now serves more than 2,700 students. The college is affiliated with the African […]

March 13, 2002

HBCUs

Howard Launches $250 Million Fund-Raising Campaign

Howard Launches $250 Million Fund-Raising CampaignUniversity president faces challenge with “guarded optimism.”By Robin V. SmilesIn today’s era of financial uncertainty and market volatility, embarking on a fund-raising campaign seems more than a notion. Yet, Howard University in Washington has done just that, launching its “Campaign for Howard” with a goal of raising $250 million in […]

March 13, 2002

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Embracing Public History

Embracing Public History The increasing number of Black history museums provides an alternative to the “publish or perish” environment of academia.If you really want to understand the difference between having a career as a traditional university-based historian and working in a public history setting such as a museum, think abut this,” says Dr. Elizabeth Clark-Lewis. […]

February 13, 2002