There are more than 100 historically black colleges and universities (also known as HBCUs) across the country, each born during a time when the doors of the nation’s most prestigious universities were firmly shut to minorities.
Years later, these schools stand tall as icons of minority higher education, producing some of the nation’s most successful black professionals. Historically black colleges and universities all have shared history and goals, but they’re far from the same – and keeping up with them can be a challenge.
Let HBCULifestyle be your guide to each of the nation’s unique historically black colleges and universities. We offer diverse news that’s fresh, accurate and keeps you up to date on your favorite black colleges. Make important academic decisions using our guides to HBCU rankings and top HBCU education programs. Gain inspiration from our features on HBCU alumni making a difference. Or find important dates for events at your favorite historically black colleges and universities.
News out of black colleges is as diverse as the schools themselves. Look to HBCU Lifestyle to keep you in the know.
It’s graduation time for the nation’s HBCU’s and they have once again lined up an impressive roster of speakers for their upcoming commencement ceremonies. From entertainers, celebrity personalities to top professionals and political figures, these commencement speakers are a diverse group of internationally recognized African American leaders. Take a look at this year’s lineup. Alabama […]
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Hill, the associate professor and chair of the Southern’s School of Nursing and Allied Health‘s Undergraduate Nursing Program, was inducted into the honored group in recent ceremonies at the 14th annual Louisiana Nurses Foundation Nightingale Awards and Gala. To be included in the hall fame, Hill said, “means that as a little girl I made
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Johnson C. Smith University formally recognized President Emeritus Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy with the April 11 naming ceremony of the Information and Technology Hall in her honor. The first and only woman to be appointed president in JCSU’s 148-year history, she has become revered as our “Technology President.” The ceremony opened with a welcome by
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Savannah State University (SSU) has been approved to offer in-state tuition rates to residents of border states. This includes residents of Florida, Alabama and South Carolina. The effort is part of the Complete College Georgia initiative. The University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents (BOR) notes in its guidance document that “providing out-of-state tuition
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Simmons College has officially been named to the country’s list of historically black colleges, according to school officials. The recognition, by the U.S. Department of Education, makes it only the second HBCU in Kentucky and also the oldest. School President Dr. Kevin W Cosby tweeted the news on April 13th. I have never had a
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Organizers of the 15th Annual Black Tie Scholarship Gala scheduled Friday, April 24, have announced this year’s entertainment for the evening. “American Idol” winner and R&B vocal sensation Ruben Studdard will perform for the 2015 event slated for Huntsville’s Von Braun Center in the North Hall at 6:30 p.m. Studdard, a former student at AAMU,
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Allen University will be hosting its inaugural Hip Hop Studies Conference on Friday, April 17, 2015. The conference will feature panel discussions; keynote addresses by Chris “Play” Martin, Preach Jacobs, and Ricky Simone; a musical performance by the Allen University Jazz Ensemble entitled “The Songs Behind the Samples”; and an open mic session for hip-hop/spoken
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Delta Community Credit Union is committed to better the financial lives of its members. Their financial program for young adults and annual scholarship program aims to help these members with early financial milestones such as going to college. In addition to these, to celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2015, Delta Community in partnership with Atlanta
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