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Lexus Verses and Flow Host and Howard University Grad Laz Alonso.

Lexus Verses and Flow Scholarship Awards HBCU Students

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Lexus is proud to announce 16 recipients of the 2015 Lexus Verses and Flow Scholarship. The scholarship program is presented in partnership with select Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and is an expansion of the groundbreaking “Verses and Flow” program, featuring poetry, spoken word and music. Scholarship recipients will be awarded $5,000 in recognition […]

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Desiree Williams accepts the Miss Virginia USA 2016 crown.

Hampton Professor, Alumna Crowned Miss Virginia USA

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The Hampton University community extends congratulations to Dr. Desiree Williams, who was crowned Miss Virginia USA 2016 on Oct. 11 at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville, VA. Williams is an assistant professor of physical therapy at Hampton University and an Hampton alumna. Williams will represent Virginia in the Miss USA pageant in 2016. Williams has won

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A speech-language pathologist works with a young student.

Hampton Receives $1.2 M Grant to Train Minority Speech-Language Pathologists

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The Hampton University Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders has received a $1.2 million grant to train minority scholars to work in high poverty schools. The grant from Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (DOE-OSEP), will provide tuition assistance to 24 highly-qualified communicative sciences and disorders graduate program candidates. These scholars will be

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2015 HU/TAI STEM Academy students

Hampton and Tuskegee Airmen Partner to Teach STEM to Teens

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The Hampton University School of Engineering and Technology in partnership with Tuskegee Airmen Inc. (TAI) hosted their 2nd Annual TAI/HU Aviation STEM program for high school students on July 5 – 11. The objectives of the one week program was to introduce the student participants to the historical impact of the Tuskegee Airmen experience and

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Hampton University to Host HBCU Awards and Media Week 2015

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Members of the HBCU communities throughout the nation will assemble on the campus of Hampton University starting July 9-11 for HBCU Media Week 2015, featuring the yearly media summit and awards ceremony. Hampton University is also the recipient of the 2014 HBCU of the Year Award. Designed to engage the National HBCU community in media

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HBCU delegates met with officials in China to solidify student exchange relations.

Harris-Stowe Joins the HBCU-China Scholarship Exchange

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Harris-Stowe State University officially joined the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Pilot Network October 16, 2014. The first group of HSSU students will participate in the scholarship exchange program in 2015. Spearheaded by Dr. Fatemeh Zakery, dean of the Anheuser-Busch School of Business, HSSU now joins

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Congratulations to Meneko Spigner McBeth. She will take home a $1 million grand prize for creating Lay's Kettle Cooked Wasabi Ginger flavored chips in this year's Lay's "Do Us A Flavor" contest.

Do Us A Flavor Contest: HBCU Alumna Wins $1M Prize

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Following nearly three months of competition, Lay’s potato chips – one of the marquee brands from PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division – today announced Lay’s Kettle Cooked Wasabi Ginger flavored potato chips as the winner of this year’s Lay’s “Do Us A Flavor” contest. Meneko Spigner McBeth a 2001 graduate Hampton University, who submitted the idea for

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HBCU Lacrosse players run out on the field during the annual HBCU Allstar Weekend.

Howard University to Host 2014 HBCU Lacrosse All Star Game

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The Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) Lacrosse Consortium will be hosting the 2nd Annual HBCU Lacrosse All Star Game at Howard University’s Greene Stadium on the weekend of November 8th and 9th. The HBCU Lacrosse Consortium (representatives from Hampton University, Howard University, Morehouse College, Morgan State University and University of Maryland – Eastern Shore)

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