Last Updated on June 28, 2015
Episode 16 of the HBCU Lifestyle Podcast features two fun interviews from the online home of the HBCU sports scene to New Orleans, the home of Dillard University. Dillard is one of the top producers of black physics graduates in the country.
HBCU Sports
Kenn Rashad, the founding editor of HBCUSports.com (formerly TSPN Sports) stops by to talk about all things HBCU sports. The conversation goes from his family’s Grambling State University legacy to his web site’s new look. Kenn and Eddie even talk about how they rank a popular HBCU rivalry in addition to the HBCU sporting event they would like to attend most.
Rashad is an internet publisher and digital marketing consultant who also runs Rashad Interactive, LLC. A native of California, he received his bachelor’s in Mass Communications from Grambling.
Follow Kenn Rashad on Twitter: http://twitter.com/KennRashad
About HBCU Sports
Created in 1997 as The SWAC Page (swacpage.com), renamed TSPN Sports (tspnsports.com) in 2007, to becoming our current name in 2014. HBCU Sports is one of the largest and most visited HBCU sports news sites on the Web with nearly 1 million visitors logged in the year 2013.
Keylantra Taylor
Meet a future alumna of one of the country’s top producers of black Physics graduates Keylantra Taylor is both a Physics major and a three-sport athlete. The very competitive Houston native talks about why she chose Dillard and Physics as well as the opportunities that Physics has opened for her. Taylor also talks about how she balances basketball, volleyball, and track and field with academics.
Follow Keylantra Taylor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tayloroftexas
About Dillard University
Since1869, Dillard University has been committed to providing students with a quality four-year liberal arts education. Dillard is a fully accredited private, historically black university. In 2010, U.S. News & World Report ranked Dillard among the nation’s Top 10 HBCUs, based on comprehensive undergraduate studies. Dillard also was awarded a Top 10 Ranking in 2010 for liberal arts schools in the social mobility category by Washington Monthly.
Learn more about Dillard: http://Dillard.edu
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Eddie Francis is the HBCU Lifestyle Podcast host and Greek life contributor. He is also a speaker, award-winning media veteran, and talent acquisition professional. Eddie is a regular contributor to “The HBCU Nation Radio Show” and award-winning “Sunday Journal” talk shows; and he has written for The Huffington Post, The Ladders, Great Black Speakers, LinkedIn, Social-Hire, Write to Bear Alms, Greek Ladders, and Careers in Government. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and you can learn more about him at EddieFrancis.com.
