West Virginia State University will hold its annual Day in the Park at Shawnee Park in Dunbar from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 27. Admittance is free.
Event organizers promise a day of fun for all. For golfers, there will be a bulls-eye sho ...
Posted Friday, July 25th 2008 at 2:08PM
(more)
Gina De La Rosa, a rising eighth grader at Vernon Johns Middle School in Petersburg, traded in nearly a month’s worth of summer fun to learn how to multiply, divide and subtract fractions at Virginia State University.
If given the choice ...
Posted Friday, July 25th 2008 at 1:34PM
(more)
Norfolk State University Welcomes Norfolk Public Schools Top 10 2008 Graduates Norfolk, Va.— Norfolk State University plans to enroll the highest number of the Top Ten 2008 graduates (among colleges and universities in Hampton Roads) advertised in a ...
Posted Friday, July 25th 2008 at 1:05PM
(more)
Hampton, VA - The results of a recent study by Hampton University School of Business researchers found that the best method to rank the top colleges and universities for African-American students was to base the rankings on the impact of the alumni of the institutions.
Dr. Sid Howard Credle ...
Posted Friday, July 25th 2008 at 1:01PM
(more)
MARSHALL, TEXAS –Wiley College has been selected by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) to receive the Wal-Mart College Success Award—a $100,000 grant to help build on Wiley College’s demonstrated successes in enrolling, retaining, and graduati ...
Posted Friday, July 25th 2008 at 12:50PM
(more)
HOUSTON – Texas Southern University Director of Athletics Charles McClelland has announced the hiring of LSU assistant coach Yolanda Wells-Broughton as the Lady Tigers new head women's basketball coach.
"We're pleased to have a person like Coach ...
Posted Friday, July 25th 2008 at 12:39PM
(more)
LOS ANGELES, CA--(July 15, 2008)--On Thursday, July 24 at 10 a.m. at the famed Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum a press conference will be held to officially announce the 3rd annual Angel City Football Classic (ACC) returning to Los Angeles on Saturday, ...
Posted Friday, July 25th 2008 at 12:30PM
(more)
In mid-August, the City of Memphis will once again host The Annual Hank Aaron Celebrity Sports Weekend which benefits The United Negro College Fund/UNCF and The LeMoyne-Owen College. Thanks to the Ad-In Tennis Association, founder of the event, and ...
Posted Friday, July 25th 2008 at 11:20AM
(more)
In mid-August, the City of Memphis will once again host The Annual Hank Aaron Celebrity Sports Weekend which benefits The United Negro College Fund/UNCF and The LeMoyne-Owen College. Thanks to the Ad-In Tennis Association, founder of the event, and ...
Posted Friday, July 25th 2008 at 11:19AM
(more)
Gloria Reuben, nationally-known actress and singer, will be the commencement speaker at the Lane College Commencement Convocation on Sunday, June 15 beginning at 2:00 p.m. in the J.F. Lane Health, Physical Education and Recreation Building.
Over t ...
Posted Friday, July 25th 2008 at 10:50AM
(more)
Newly elected president of Voorhees College, Dr. Cleveland L. Sellers, Jr., returns to Harvard University, where he received his master’s degree, for the Harvard Seminar for New Presidents. The seminar began Friday, July 18, and it will conclude on ...
Posted Friday, July 25th 2008 at 10:40AM
(more)
Local young people who say they're disappointed with their community's negative reputation are setting out to transform that image and highlight Orangeburg's strengths by coming together and giving back.
Since its inception in February, the nonpr ...
Posted Friday, July 25th 2008 at 10:29AM
(more)
In 2006, Morris College was awarded a $600,000 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to revitalize the surrounding neighborhood of the institution.
On last year, the demolition of a burned-out house was completed and, si ...
Posted Friday, July 25th 2008 at 10:26AM
(more)
Three outstanding educators at Denmark Technical College were recently honored at the 2008 South Carolina Technical Education Association’s annual conference in Myrtle Beach, SC. The event was attended by SCTEA members from all 16 state technical col ...
Posted Friday, July 25th 2008 at 9:50AM
(more)
It’s official. Claflin University has been granted NCAA Division II status, successfully completing a process that has spanned four years.
At today’s press conference, Claflin University Athletics Director Dr. Tim Autry announced that the Un ...
Posted Friday, July 25th 2008 at 9:26AM
(more)
