In the second game of the afternoon session of the NCAA Division II Elite 8, the Tuskegee Golden Tigers (21-12) faced the nation’s No. 1 team in Division II, the Metropolitan State Roadrunners (32-1) from Denver, Colorado. With 7:57 remaining in the first half, the Golden Tigers trailed the Roadrunners, 25-18, with Richard Dixon at […]
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A Bowie State University professor will develop a massive open online course (MOOC) to teach people how to effectively report the news using mobile devices, as one of five 2014 Visiting Fellows from Harvard University’s prestigious Nieman Foundation for Journalism. Starting the week of March 24th, Allissa Richardson, lecturer of journalism, will spend two weeks
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The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) men’s basketball team has been getting it done off the court recently as the Hawks were ranked No. 1 of all Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) men’s basketball teams in graduation success rate at 86-percent. The findings were distributed by the HBCU Digest, who recently named UMES
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About 20 million Americans attend college each year and 60% of that number gets into college debts in order to pay for their tuition fees and other costs. In 2012, 7 in 10 college seniors graduated from college with a debt average of $29,400 according to a study done by The Institute for College Access
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February 20th of 2014 marked a milestone in the history of science, African Americans, education and the United States – the 150th birthday of George Washington Carver. In honor of this great man and his incredible accomplishments, Tuskegee University is hosting a year-long celebration filled with history, events and reflections. The Man: George Washington Carver
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Florida Memorial University, Lumen Learning, Oakwood University and Wiley College have announced their collaboration in support of The Center for Excellence in Distance Learning at Wiley College, with the goal of improving online education at HBCUs through the effective use of open educational resources. The Universities are forging a new path by tapping into the
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Jackson State University (JSU) is moving ahead with a $47.3 million plan to build a new 628-bed housing complex, a 650-seat dining hall and a conference center, to be finished by January 2016. The College Board approved JSU’s plans to move ahead on March 20th, 2014 as well as the university’s plans to hire Hollis+Miller
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The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) plays host to the “I, Too, Sing America” Choral Festival, which takes its name from the poem by the late poet and social activist Langston Hughes. The Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts in Princes Anne fills with the heavenly voices of choristers from Bowie State and
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