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Sports

Claflin University Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Track Coach Resign

Claflin University Athletics Director Dr. Jerome Fitch announced Wednesday the resignation of head coaches Scott Monarch and Christopher Woods from the men’s basketball and men’s and women’s track programs, respectively.

July 17, 2013

Sports

Moody’s Eyes Howard University Credit Rating Amid Troubles

Moody’s Investors Service is reviewing Howard University for a possible downgrade of its credit rating as the historically Black college faces financial challenges.

July 10, 2013

Sports

Racial and Gender Report Card for College Sports Shows Mixed Results

When compared to the pro sports for which The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport publishes report cards, college sports lags behind all in racial hiring practices.

July 10, 2013

Sports

Tuskegee University Selects New AD

On July 1, Curtis Campbell assumed his new role as Tuskegee University’s new athletic director.

July 3, 2013

Students

William Gray, Former Congressman and UNCF President, Dies

Gray, an ex-U.S. Rep, first Black Majority Whip, and former president of the United Negro College Fund passed away Monday at the age of 71.

July 2, 2013

Leadership & Policy

FAMU Lifts Suspension of Marching Band

Florida A&M University’s interim president said Thursday he was lifting the suspension of its famous Marching 100 band about a year and a half after a drum major’s death that led to the departure of school leaders and reforms trying to crack down on brutal hazing in the band.

June 27, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Revamped Big East Hires Val Ackerman as Commissioner

The newly reconstituted Big East Conference hired former WNBA president Val Ackerman, a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, as its commissioner Wednesday.

June 26, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Moody’s Revises NCAA Credit Outlook to Negative

The NCAA’s credit outlook has been revised to negative by ratings agency Moody’s as the governing body of college sports deals with an anti-trust lawsuit about the use of athletes’ images and likenesses.

June 25, 2013

Sports

Athletes Pursue Class Action Suit Against NCAA

Lawyers for former student athletes are seeking Thursday to turn their lawsuit against the NCAA over compensation into a class action representing thousands of collegiate competitors.

June 20, 2013

Sports

NCAA Academic-Based Sanctions Pummel HBCUs

Eighteen Division I teams will miss the postseason, and another 18 in men’s basketball and nine other college sports will trade practice time for remedial classroom sessions under NCAA academic progress reports released Tuesday.

June 11, 2013

Students

Triumph Over Dyslexia: A 4.3 GPA and Admission to UC Berkeley

By this time in June, everyone should have a special graduation story of their own, but I wanted to save one to share with you.

June 10, 2013

Sports

Man Charged in Florida A&M Hazing Case Gets No Jail Time

By Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — The roommate of the Florida A&M drum major who died after undergoing a hazing ritual in 2011 won’t spend any time in jail for his role in the hazing death. Rikki Wills was sentenced Friday to one year of house arrest and five years probation. Wills previously pleaded no […]

June 9, 2013