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Here's a video of Marcellus(sp?) Ford graduating from the Howard University School of Communication. From his perspective.
Posted: May 18, 2012, 12:48 pm
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported earlier this week that organizers of the annual Atlanta Football Classic have begun preparing for halftime without the Florida A&M Marching 100 for this year's game.
Posted: May 18, 2012, 12:31 pm
One day after officials from Grambling State University responded to proposed cuts to its budget, the Southern University System has released a statement advocating against more than $19 million in reduced state funding to the United State's only historically black system of higher education.
Posted: May 17, 2012, 4:01 pm
North Carolina Central University students Tiarra Green, Courtney Williams and Iyana Henry have been selected among 250 North Carolina Schweitzer Fellows for 2012-13.
Posted: May 17, 2012, 3:30 pm
Benedict College recently received two federal grants totaling $3.4 million over a five-year funding period from the United States Department of Education. The five-year grant comes under the Department of Education's Upward Bound program which seeks to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education.
Posted: May 17, 2012, 1:18 pm
Alabama State University today announced that former Hornet linebacker Nigel Carr has signed a free agent deal with the Baltimore Ravens.
Posted: May 16, 2012, 9:56 pm
North Carolina Central University head football coach Henry Frazier III was arrested on Monday and charged with assault on a female.
Posted: May 16, 2012, 2:44 pm
The Washington Times today reports that a Howard University Hospital employee has been charged with selling the personal information of hospital patients for more than a year.
Posted: May 16, 2012, 7:57 am
Grambling State University today released a statement in response to Louisiana House Bill 1, a measure proposing a $5.5 million reduction in state funding to the university. GSU President Frank Pogue warned of substantial layoffs and program cuts if the bill is passed.
Posted: May 15, 2012, 10:06 pm
And if there is to be a public acknowledgment of how black people have been doubly disadvantaged by segregation and desegregation alike, there is no better example deserving support than historically black colleges and universities. Debate on subsidized housing and healthcare is healthy. Debate on equitable opportunities at higher education is not healthy, and no other institution is as structurally or culturally prepared to meet America's demand for an increase educated professionals and innovators than HBCUs.
Posted: May 14, 2012, 10:38 pm
Tennessee State University track and field coaching legend Ed Temple was among the inductees recently announced by the HOF committee, and will be enshrined on July 12 in Chicago.
Posted: May 14, 2012, 4:47 pm
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents last week announced Dr. Cheryl Davenport Dozier as the permanent president of Savannah State University. Dr. Dozier, a Masters of Social Work alumna of Atlanta University, had held the position on an interim basis since April of 2011, and in that time, has created successful initiatives to improve customer service, alumni giving and retention.
Posted: May 14, 2012, 4:29 pm
Grambling State University men's basketball will lose practice time, scholarships and two games off of its 2012-13 schedule as a penalty for shortcomings in established NCAA's academic progress rate benchmarks, the school announced today.
Posted: May 14, 2012, 4:10 pm
Check out the television ad for Delaware State University alum Delano Hunter, candidate for a seat on the District of Columbia City Council for Ward 5.
Posted: May 14, 2012, 3:09 pm
Kappa Kappa Psi, a national honorary band fraternity, today released a statement announcing the five-year suspension of the Florida A&M University Delta Iota chapter of the organization. Additionally, 28 members of the fraternity associated with hazing during a spring 2010 initiation have been expelled from the organization.
Posted: May 14, 2012, 2:00 pm
