The Mobile Sports Authority (MSA) and Promoter, Robert Buck, are proud to announce that after a 20-year break, Mobile will be the host for the revival of a college football rivalry which dates back over 100 years. It was announced today, Mobile will be the host of the first annual 5th Quarter Classic Powered by
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On Wednesday, February 3rd, The Home Depot reaffirmed its commitment to HBCUs by announcing its 2016 Retool Your School Campus Improvement Grant Program. Now in its seventh year, the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer utilizes the program to offer Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) the opportunity to apply for grants that provide sustainable
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On Wednesday, February 10th retired UPS senior executive Calvin E. Tyler Jr. and his wife, Tina, nationally known philanthropists, announced a $5-million gift to Morgan State University for an endowed scholarship fund established in their name at MSU. The fund provides need-based scholarships that cover full tuition for select Morgan students who reside in Baltimore
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Gentel Blair, a senior mass communication major with a concentration in broadcasting at Saint Augustine’s University, has won the prestigious 2016 Ailes Rising Apprentice scholarship from Fox News. The scholarship, which is awarded to two minority students from across the nation, includes a $10,000 education grant and an internship at the Fox News offices in
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CEO of Sanderson Farms, Inc. Joe Sanderson, Jr. and his wife Kathy donated $1 million to the Alcorn State University Foundation, Inc. Walter Washington Scholarship Endowment to aid students with their academic needs. The donation is the largest individual gift in Alcorn’s 145-year history. The donation was inspired by the Sanderson’s connection to Alcorn’s longest
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Engineering students at Jackson State University have designed a “smart mat” that gauges foot temperature of diabetics to help thwart the danger of lower extremity amputations – particularly in Mississippi, where the risk is greater, according to the CDC. The Mississippi Department of Health said the Magnolia state ranked second in the nation for prevalence
A Virginia State University vocal instructor, Jennifer Piazza-Pick, was recently named one of three winners of Hawaii Public Radio’s Art Song Contest. She will be featured on HPR-1’s program, Singing and Other Sins, in December. During the program they will play a 20-minute recording of Piazza-Pick singing a short art song recital. An art song
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On December 21st, the West Virginia State University Board of Governors (WVSU BOG) launched a Presidential Search for the University’s 11th President. During an emergency meeting, the Board appointed a Presidential Search Advisory Committee which will be led by Board Members William Lipscomb and Gail Pitchford as Co-Chairs. The Presidential Search Advisory Committee includes the
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