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African-American

Student Body Leaders: To Ensure Equity Accept Pass/Fail Grades Without Conditions

Student leaders said the shutdown of campuses has caused a huge upheaval in many students’ lives, especially in the learning environments for historically marginalized and low-income undergraduates. And graduate schools and potential employees must take this into consideration.

April 15, 2020

African-American

$14 Million Grant for Various Colleges, Institutions to Preserve Civil Rights History

A number of institutions, including colleges, have received varying portions of a $14 million grant awarded by the National Park Service to preserve African American civil rights. The funds are awarded through the African American Civil Rights Historic Preservation Fund. The recipient colleges are Allen University, Benedict College, Johnson C. Smith University, Livingstone College, Morris […]

April 13, 2020

HBCUs

A Warning to Anyone Thinking About Being the Next TSU President

The entire Texas Southern University board must be replaced. Immediately. All Texas Southern supporters should pressure Governor Greg Abbot to make this happen.

March 2, 2020

News Roundup

UGA to Name College of Education After its First Black Graduate

The University of Georgia (UGA) will name its College of Education after its first Black graduate Mary Frances Early this week, reported Jackson Progress-Argus. Early earned her master’s degree in music education in 1962 and her specialist in education degree in 1967. In 2013, she was presented with an honorary doctorate from the university. The […]

February 25, 2020

HBCUs

$3 Million in Grants Helps Morehouse, Spelman, and Prairie View Invest in Faculty Development

Three prominent historically Black colleges and universities, Morehouse College, Spelman College and Prairie View A&M University, plan to invest more money in faculty development after receiving several grants totaling $3 million from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. The grants come at a time when the […]

November 19, 2019

News Roundup

Spelman College Will Be the First HBCU With an Endowed Queer Studies Chair

Spelman College will be the first historically Black college or university to have an endowed chair in Queer Studies, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Currently, the college is running a $2 million fundraising campaign, which will be matched by Arcus Foundation founder Jon Stryker to finance the position. “Spelman College has long been at […]

October 31, 2019

African-American

UGA to Name College of Education School After Mary Frances Early

The University of Georgia’s (UGA) College of Education will be named after music educator and the school’s first African-American graduate Mary Frances Early. As part of the university’s Black History Month celebration, there will be a naming ceremony in February 2020, the Board of Regents announced. “Ms. Early has spent her life as a tireless […]

October 16, 2019

HBCUs

Grambling State University: God’s Plan

As a transfer student, admittedly Grambling was not Ayeisha’s first choice. Though in her words “Grambling was the best choice I made for my life.”

October 15, 2019

Students

Joan Johnson, Co-Founder of Johnson Products Company, Dies at 89

Joan Johnson, co-founder of the Black hair care business Johnson Products Company, died Friday at the age of 89 after suffering with a long illness, according to CNN. In 1954, she created the company alongside her husband George Johnson in Chicago. Johnson Products became the first Black-owned company to be traded on the American Stock […]

September 9, 2019

STEM

Donation to Help Spelman Further Grow STEM Education

With the Department of Defense’s $2 million donation, Spelman College will continue to grow and diversify science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. The gift will fund the establishment of the Center of Excellence for Minority Women in STEM, to allow for research, professional development opportunities and training modules. Spelman will also launch an annual […]

September 6, 2019

HBCUs

Bringing HBCUs to the (Round) Table

Repeatedly in the HBCU research literature and through anecdotal accounts, we have learned that school officials, specifically counselors but also teachers, are not aware of HBCUs and fail to present these schools as options for college-bound high school students.

September 5, 2019

News Roundup

Spelman College Ups Security After Shooting Near Clark Atlanta University

After four students were shot near Clark Atlanta University campus – two from Spelman College and two from Clark Atlanta University – Spelman College and the Atlanta University Center Consortium are upping security measures. The system will continue to cooperate with the Atlanta Police Department investigation into the shooting. There will be increased police presence […]

August 23, 2019