Tag: Historically Black Colleges & Universities

HBCUs

Meharry Medical College Hopes to Test COVID-19 Anti-Viral in Two Weeks

A scientist at Meharry Medical College, a historically Black institution, said he is two weeks away from testing an anti-virus that could potentially prevent COVID-19, the easily transmittable respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, which has taken 26,708 lives in the U.S. as of Thursday, reported NBC News. With much of those cases disproportionately affecting […]

April 16, 2020

HBCUs

With $8 Million Deficit, Bethune-Cookman Faces Potential Accreditation Loss

Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) a private historically Black university must close its $8 million budget deficit by March if it is to remain in operation, reported the Daytona Beach News-Journal. The school, founded in 1904, is currently in its second year of academic probation. “2020 will be a pivotal year in history of B-CU,” President Dr. […]

February 4, 2020

HBCUs

Achieve3000 Partners with EDU, Inc. to Provide CBCA Discounts

Achieve3000, a provider of differentiated instruction, recently partnered with EDU, Inc. to allow its customers discounted access to EDU, Inc.’s Common Black College Application (CBCA). For a single fee, students can apply to any number of 56 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) at the same time after completing their CBCA. “The completion of our […]

December 9, 2019

African-American

HBCU Leaders, Industry Partners Meet on Capitol Hill for HBCU STEAM Day of Action

Collective advocacy for greater resources and support for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and their students was the goal of this year’s HBCU STEAM Day of Action on Capitol Hill, a day hosted by the Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus that brought together members of Congress, industry leaders and the presidents and administrators of the nation’s HBCUs.

March 7, 2019

Latinx

Seminar Exposes HSI, HBCU Students to Diplomacy Careers

A career in international conflict resolution has been on Ava Greene’s radar, and the Spelman College senior learned more about the possibilities when she was selected to attend a new fellows program in Washington, D.C.

February 11, 2019

HBCUs

Alabama HBCU Summit Focuses on Workforce Development

Students and leaders from Alabama’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) gathered at Lawson State Community College for the first Alabama HBCU Summit to discuss student opportunities and challenges and ways to strengthen the state’s workforce. The event was convened by Alabama Sen. Doug Jones who moderated several panels at the summit. Panelists discussed how HBCUs […]

February 4, 2019

HBCUs

Remembering President George H. W. Bush

It was a privilege and honor for me to have a friendly and professional relationship with President George H.W. Bush. I found him to be an extraordinary man of love, values, principles, standards, honesty, compassion, loyalty, camaraderie and character.

December 7, 2018

HBCUs

Marybeth Gasman to Join Rutgers Faculty

Dr. Marybeth Gasman, who has established herself as one of the nation’s most prominent scholars of historically Black colleges in particular and minority-serving institutions in general, is leaving the University and Pennsylvania to join the faculty at the Graduate School of Education (GSE) at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, in the Fall.

December 6, 2018

HBCUs

MBDA Awards Almost $2M to Four HBCUs

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) has awarded almost $2 million to four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in an effort to increase their ability to qualify for and received federal research and development funding; create partnerships with technology resources; increase STEM entrepreneurship and compete for federal contracts. The institutions […]

December 5, 2018

HBCUs

Winston-Salem Pushes for Access to Healthcare

Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) has achieved many accomplishments within its School of Health Sciences in preparing Black students to be successful in health-related ­fields. One in particular is that the historically Black college and university (HBCU) is the only one in the country that has a year-round mobile health unit.

December 4, 2018

Students

Bowie State Launches Scholarship in Honor of Slain Student

Bowie State University officials have created a new scholarship in honor of slain student 2nd Lt. Richard Collins III, in an effort to increase enrollment in Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs at Maryland historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Collins was fatally stabbed on the University of Maryland, College Park campus in May 2017 just […]

November 29, 2018

HBCUs

Howard University College of Medicine Ties its Legacy to the Future

Throughout its 150-year history, the Howard University College of Medicine (HUCM) has produced more than 10,000 physicians – most of them from underserved populations with a mission to serve their communities.

November 26, 2018