by AFRO Staff
Hundreds of educators and agencies that support education from around the country converged on the Grand Hyatt hotel in Washington D.C. on Sept. 26-27 for the 2012 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conferen ...
Posted Thursday, September 27th 2012 at 2:43PM
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Virginia State University's President Keith T. Miller presents Academy Award Nominated Actress Angela Bassett as she shares her views on education with support for the VSU Trojan family. Produced by the Office of The President at VSU. ...
Posted Monday, August 13th 2012 at 2:54PM
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People see college students and for some strange reason think we are doing wonderfully. People fail to realize that leaving home for college usually doesn't make things easier.
I have always dreaded this day and came very close to it multiple time. ...
Posted Sunday, July 22nd 2012 at 9:06PM
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I had conversation with a dear sister today, and it seems here lately, as if I’m always saying the same things over and over again to her. My counsel is usually met with deflection and blame-shifting and a refusal to take responsibility for her own j ...
Posted Monday, July 16th 2012 at 9:31AM
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Black Americans have been going to college since the beginning of the 20th century. We can read of the early black scientist and inventors in American history. Parents have taught black children to learn something to make something out of yourself. ...
Posted Tuesday, April 24th 2012 at 10:28PM
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Here we are in the 21st Century.....an age of advanced science, technology and internet. A person is able to capture the latest information at the click of a mouse. So why are so many Black Americans still deceived by the European Christian religio ...
Posted Monday, April 23rd 2012 at 2:51PM
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Subj: Facebook Spies
— Everyone is talking about CISPA — the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act — which would give Big Brother new powers to invade our Facebook accounts, follow our texts and basically read, watch and listen to everyt ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2012 at 5:10PM
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This 15 year performs her first ever solo performance delivering a stellar rendition of the National Anthem ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2012 at 2:42PM
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Many of us go about our daily lives not realizing the number of opportunities that are passing us by each day. Allow me to explain by first sharing an event that occurred this week in our office. Let me give you a bit more background. Our company ...
Posted Friday, April 6th 2012 at 12:31AM
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/NEW_BOOK_PRESS_RELEASE.pdf
Great textbook for college courses in Communicable diseases or Infectious Diseases. Also great reference to non students to know about 132 Communicable Diseases discusse ...
Posted Thursday, March 15th 2012 at 5:31PM
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Coming to Nashville in conjunction with the 2012 Summer NAMM Show (National Association of Music Merchants) is a live arrangement competition called the Strange Arrange which is the first of its kind in the nation. Created by the same pioneer that br ...
Posted Wednesday, March 14th 2012 at 3:11PM
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NASHVILLE- Coming to Nashville in conjunction with the 2012 Summer NAMM Show (National Association of Music Merchants) is a live arrangement competition called the Strange Arrange which is the first of its kind in the nation. Created by the same pion ...
Posted Wednesday, March 14th 2012 at 2:51PM
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PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE INAUGURAL LECTURE OF BAINES-WOODRUFF ENDOWED LECTURESHIP IN HEALTH DISPARITIES
Friday, March 2, 2012 | 11a.m.
Alabama State University
Ralph D. Abernathy Auditorium
Reception to follow
For more information, call 334 ...
Posted Tuesday, February 28th 2012 at 10:17PM
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In recognition of Black History Month, I was interviewed on a Radio Blog talk show called True Cowboy Radio. Katie Bartlett is the host of the show.
A little background information of myself is I'm an African American rodeo cow ...
Posted Friday, February 10th 2012 at 11:13PM
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On February 1, 1960 in Greensboro, North Carolina, four A&T freshmen students, Ezell Blair (Jibreel Khazan) Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil walked downtown and “sat - in” at the whites – only lunch counter at Woolworth’s. They ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2012 at 9:25PM
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Josh and Mat Shockley, former art students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, were recently profiled by the Capital News Service as creators of a comic book series with a superhero based on the Eastern Shore. The Fall is developed under the ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2012 at 9:04PM
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Florida A&M University President James H. Ammons today announced the temporary suspension of induction, enrollment, initiation, membership intake and recruitment for all campus-based student clubs and organizations until fall 2012. Dr. Ammons also an ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2012 at 8:59PM
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Norfolk State quarterback Chris Walley and North Carolina A&T State running back Mike Mayhew were selected as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's (MEAC) Co-Offensive Players of the Year and Bethune-Cookman's Ryan Davis earned the Defensive Player o ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2012 at 8:54PM
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Facing increased cuts in state funding, the chancellor of N.C. Central University has proposed eliminating several degree programs, merging others and increasing the class size of selected general education courses as a way of balancing the budget.
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Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2012 at 8:46PM
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Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2012 at 6:13PM
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