Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle Film to be Screened at TSU’s
Robert J. Terry Library
To mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s March on Washington, and to introduce four documentaries with riveting new footage illustrat ...
Posted Monday, October 21st 2013 at 4:26PM
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POLICING THE POLICE: AN EXAMINATION OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR ROLE, REPUTATION AND EFFICACY IN THE COMMUNITY
The Earl Carl Institute for Legal & Social Policy Inc., Texas Southern University’s Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of ...
Posted Monday, October 21st 2013 at 3:20PM
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Area Experts Discuss Ways to Increase Access to Healthy Foods
The impact of diet and nutrition on communities in Prince George’s County and around the globe is the focus of the third annual Food Day Symposium at Bowie State University Thursday, Oc ...
Posted Friday, October 18th 2013 at 3:06PM
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By Tom Fornelli | College Football Writer
The good news for Grambling is that its football team is united. The bad news is that they seem to be united against the school.
Following practice on Tuesday Grambling president Frank Pogue, athletic d ...
Posted Thursday, October 17th 2013 at 3:36PM
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Alcorn State University’s commitment to maintaining a campus that is welcoming to all and its diverse student body was again recognized with the 2013 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award. This is the second year in a row that Alcorn has won ...
Posted Thursday, October 17th 2013 at 3:26PM
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"MasterChef" runner-up Joshua Marks was in "the battle of his life fighting mental illness" when he killed himself Friday, his family said Sunday.
His family blames the lack of mental health treatment facilities and the easy access to guns as fact ...
Posted Monday, October 14th 2013 at 7:36PM
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Zuck it up - now anyone can find you.
By Jack Clark - The Register
Facebook is binning a feature that lets people retain their anonymity on the social network.
The retirement of the "Who can look up your Timeline by name?" privacy setting was ...
Posted Friday, October 11th 2013 at 4:42PM
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The Black College Football Hall of Fame will announce the finalists who will be on the ballot for induction into the Fifth Annual Black College Football Hall of Fame on October 23.
The finalists from which they will select includes 20 players, fiv ...
Posted Friday, October 11th 2013 at 3:37PM
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OU Music Department will present internationally acclaimed pianist Leon Bates on Wednesday and Thursday, October 23 and 24.
Bates will offer a master class at the campus' Peters Hall (music building) on Wednesday, October 23, 1:00 p.m., and a rec ...
Posted Friday, October 11th 2013 at 3:01PM
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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in prison for corruption, the apparent last step after a series of scandals destroyed his political career and helped steer a crisis-laden city even deeper into trouble.
Kilp ...
Posted Thursday, October 10th 2013 at 8:10PM
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Gedeon M Mudacumura, Associate Professor of Public Administration in Cheyney University's Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, has been actively collaborating with his peers on many international issues which are relevant to the field of publi ...
Posted Tuesday, October 8th 2013 at 4:43PM
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The Alcorn State University Extension Program (ASUEP) 4th annual Community Resource Development (CRD) Conference will feature the speakers that represent all pillars of community leadership from a retired lieutenant general, to a university president ...
Posted Tuesday, October 8th 2013 at 4:39PM
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The Chicago Scholars Foundation Board of Directors recently announced its selection of Dominque Jordan-Turner as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Jordan-Turner joins the The Chicago Scholars Foundation from The Posse Foundation, where she ...
Posted Monday, October 7th 2013 at 5:56PM
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Radio Online recently reported that Skywatch Traffic in Huntsville, AL, elevated Oakwood alum Carmen Hope Thomas (class of 1994) to Director of Operations.
Currently the company provides traffic service to 32 area radio outlets, including Oakwood ...
Posted Friday, October 4th 2013 at 4:18PM
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The 9th Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair will be held from November 15-16, 2013 in Houston, TX. This event reaches out to aspiring Black lawyers to provide an unparalleled opportunity for them to gain critical "insider" information, resources and contacts.
HOUSTON -- Thinking ...
Posted Thursday, October 3rd 2013 at 5:33PM
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Southern University’s Dr. Alma Thornton, director of the Center for Social Research, has been awarded a three-year, $900,000 federal grant to assist in the prevention of HIV/AIDS and substance abuse.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services ...
Posted Thursday, October 3rd 2013 at 4:37PM
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Homecoming is in full swing at Alcorn! As the University prepares to host its fans Saturday, October 5, 2013, for Homecoming activities, the Department of Athletics is working together with the Division of Academic and Student Affairs and campus poli ...
Posted Thursday, October 3rd 2013 at 4:23PM
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America’s traditionally black colleges and universities are facing extraordinary challenges and must change institutional practices if they are to thrive into the 21st century, Phillip L. Clay, a member of The Kresge Foundation’s Board of Trustees, c ...
Posted Wednesday, October 2nd 2013 at 8:03PM
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Bowie State University invites alumni and the community to celebrate the 2013 homecoming week from Oct. 7-13, capped by the BSU Bulldogs football game against Chowan University at Bulldog Stadium Saturday, Oct. 12 at 1 p.m.
Alumni and friends will ...
Posted Wednesday, October 2nd 2013 at 7:59PM
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Howard University President Sidney A. Ribeau abruptly stepped down Tuesday after months of internal debate over the management and financial health of one of the nation’s premier historically black universities.
Ribeau, in office for five years, a ...
Posted Wednesday, October 2nd 2013 at 7:44PM
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Renowned Anheuser-Busch "Great Kings and Queens of Africa" Art Collection Inspires Scholarship and Mentoring Program
Brewer grants $150,000 in scholarships along with professional development to HBCU student leaders nationwide
A popular and in ...
Posted Monday, September 30th 2013 at 7:35PM
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Education remains paramount to gaining equality, George Haley, brother of famed author Alex Haley, told a crowd of more than 300 gathered at Alcorn State University to celebrate Founders Day for the university and nearby Chamberlain-Hunt Academy.
“E ...
Posted Friday, September 27th 2013 at 6:35PM
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The last component of the $50,000 grant (from this year's "Retool Your School" HBCU campus improvement contest, sponsored by The Home Depot) for the construction of an outdoor pavilion is a "Volunteer Day" -- which has been rescheduled for Wednesday ...
Posted Friday, September 27th 2013 at 3:02PM
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Calvin Eakins, class of 1975, was recently promoted at McCain Foods, one of the world's leading food manufacturers and the world's largest manufacturer of French fry potatoes.
As Director of North America Procurement, he has responsibility for ma ...
Posted Friday, September 27th 2013 at 3:00PM
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