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HL24: HBCU Symposium, Award-Winning App and Dr. TaKeia Anthony

HL 024: HBCU Symposium, An Award-Winning Barber Shop App and Dr. TaKeia Anthony

Episode 24 is full of youth and pure energy. The 2015 HBCU Symposium will be October 9th and 10th in Nashville, so Dr. Crystal deGregory returns to tell us about it in the feature interview on Episode 24. Recent graduate Michael DeVore tells us about an innovative app that can be used when it’s time […]

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Historic Tingley Memorial Hall (Front), on the campus of Claflin University.

Historic Campaign: Claflin University Raises Nearly $90 Million

Claflin University announced on March 19th that it has exceeded its phase one capital campaign goal, raising nearly $90 million –  the largest amount raised in the history of the University. The funds have been used to build the endowment, strengthen academic programs and enhance facilities. “When we launched the campaign, we were focused on

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Ebony Editor-in-Chief Mitzi Miller is introduced at the 2015 Spring Convocation at Claflin University.

Ebony Editor Shares Life Lessons at Claflin Convocation

Sharing experiences from her personal professional journey, Ebony Editor-in-Chief Mitzi Miller said every Claflin student can be a visionary leader and laid out some steps for success during her address at the University’s 2015 Spring Convocation on Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015 . “The first step to being considered a visionary leader is to realize in

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Claflin University Main Campus

Claflin University’s Alumni Giving Rate Among the Best in the Nation

Claflin University alumni giving percentage increased nearly 10 percentage points in 2013, from 43 percent to 52.2 percent. The percentage places Claflin’s alumni giving rate among the best in the nation. “We have always been proud of the support we receive from our alumni,” said Rev. Whittaker V. Middleton, vice president for Institutional Advancement at

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Street lamp banner displays VISIONARY week at Claflin University at the Jonas T. Kennedy Health and Physical Education Center.

Claflin University Named March “School of the Month” by Tom Joyner Foundation

Claflin University, located in Orangeburg and South Carolina’s oldest HBCU, is honored to have been chosen as the Tom Joyner Foundation‘s School of the Month for March, 2014. About Claflin University Founded in 1869, Claflin University is a private, four-year college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Averaging 1,800 students on its urban, 400-acre campus,

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The Civil Rights Movement: On February 1, 1960 four A&T freshmen helped to orchestrate the sit-in movement starting with the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The Civil Rights Movement, HBCUs, and You

Most college campuses boasts statue of and tributes to college founders and important politicians. But there’s something different about North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University: the campus features a striking statue of the Greensboro Four (A&T Four), the four young A&T students who took a historic stand against racism on February 1, 1960 by

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