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HBCUs

Fundraise or Die Trying: Bennett, Cheyney and the Future of HBCUs

In 2019, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are learning the hard way that fundraising over $8.2 million dollars in less than 60 days may not be enough to keep hope alive. The $8.2 million dollar figure refers to the amount raised by North Carolina’s Bennett College between December 2018 and February 2019 as a part of the #StandwithBennett campaign that garnered national attention after celebrities publicly endorsed the college’s effort to retain its accreditation. Yet, despite all of Bennett’s efforts, the college’s accreditation was pulled.

April 8, 2019

News Roundup

Hampton University Alumna Ruth E. Carter Wins Oscar for Best Costume Design

Ruth E. Carter, an alumna of Hampton University, won the Oscar for Best Costume Design on Sunday night for her creative work in the movie “Black Panther”. “I can’t say enough about how the pageantry of the film has connected with people in such a beautiful way,” Carter, 57, told NBC News a month after […]

February 25, 2019

African-American

HBCU Chaplains Evolve to Meet the Spiritual Needs of their Students

For years, HBCU chaplains have played a critical role in nourishing students from entry to exit. The job has become a bit more difficult, in part because there has been an overall decline in the number of church-going college students in recent decades.

December 28, 2018

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

African-American

ROTC Programs Bring Access to Education and Careers for HBCU Students

The revival of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program at LeMoyne-Owen College in Tennessee makes the Memphis-based school one of several historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the country that offers students an education and military training to become a commissioned officer in the United States armed forces.

September 12, 2018

News Roundup

Hampton Receives NSF Grant to Increase Minorities in Science, Engineering

Hampton University received a $3.6-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support an institutional project that will recruit and support women and African-American students pursuing research careers in the fields of materials science and engineering. NSF’s grant will fund the Hampton-Brandeis Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) project over six years, […]

August 17, 2018

STEM

Professor Gets $1.2M Grant for Pulmonary Fibrosis Study

An associate professor at Hampton University’s pharmacy school has received her second independent investigator award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Neelam Azad, chairperson of the school’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been granted $1,269,500 for research titled “Targeting Lipogenic and Angiogenic Mediators in Pulmonary Fibrosis.” The award will begin funding this month and […]

July 31, 2018

STEM

Program Boosts Minority Male Middle-Schoolers’ Tech Skills

During July, Hampton University and Verizon Innovative Learning collaborated on a program that allowed male minority middle-school students to immerse themselves in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities in order to bridge the digital divide. According to Hampton University, by 2020, 77 percent of U.S. jobs will require technology skills. The program provides select […]

July 24, 2018

HBCUs

Hampton University’s ‘First Family’ Continues Charitable Giving

Hampton University president Dr. William R. Harvey and his wife Norma B. Harvey donated an unprecedented gift of $553,000 to the institution’s faculty and staff this month, continuing their years of generosity to the university.

July 18, 2018

LGBTQ+

HBCU Leaders Push to Make their Campuses More LGBTQ Inclusive

Creating better inclusion for LGBTQ students at historically Black colleges and universities was the focus of the second annual “Historically Black Colleges and Universities Leadership Summit on LGBTQ Inclusion for University Presidents and Senior Executives” hosted by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation

July 11, 2018

HBCUs

Talladega College Museum to House Historic Amistad Murals

Mural depictions of the 1839 Amistad slave revolt by Haley Woodruff will line the walls of Talladega College’s new 9,730-square-foot art museum upon the building’s completion next year.

June 14, 2018

Latest News

Hampton’s Harvey a Longtime Leader in Higher Education

Over the span of 40 years, Dr. William R. Harvey has led Hampton University to new heights of excellence, making it one of the premier higher education institutions in the country.

March 8, 2018