FAMU's College of Law Granted Provisional Accreditation

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
The American Bar Association has granted provisional accreditation to the Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law.
The College of Law will have an enrollment of 300 students this fall. The ABA's announcement means that FAMU students will now be able to sit for Florida's state bar examination. According to the ABA, any school that is granted provisional accreditation is entitled to "all the rights of a fully approved law school. Graduates are entitled to the same recognition as those from fully approved schools."
In addition to FAMU's news, Florida International University (FIU) College of Law also received word of its provisional accreditation, according to the ABA. New law schools may apply for provisional approval after one year of operation. FAMU and FIU began the process in the fall of 2003 and hosted an ABA site evaluation team in November.
— Associated Press

Sonja Haynes Stone Center For Black Culture Opens New Facility at UNC

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History opened its new facility in August. The grand opening celebration included a candlelight vigil and processional and a dedication ceremony.
The center was established in 1988, and named for the late Dr. Sonja Haynes Stone in 1991.
The Stone center focused its attention on raising awareness of and appreciation for African American culture by the campus community. Outgrowing its 900 square-foot office in the Frank Porter Graham Student Union, the new tri-level 44,500 square-foot, freestanding Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History cost $9 million, which was funded entirely through private gifts.
The center's fall 2004 events calendar includes performances by poet Sonia Sanchez, jazz artist Nnenna Freelon, artist/activist/writer/performer/teacher Aya de León, writer Wole Soyinka and the opening of the Hewitt Collection of African American Art.