North Carolina Central University (NCCU) announced today that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will deliver the keynote address to graduates during the 125th Baccalaureate Ceremony at 8 a.m., Saturday, May 9, 2015, in O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium on the campus. Secretary Duncan, the ninth U.S. secretary of education, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2009
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In recognition of Edward Waters College (EWC) 149th anniversary, Jacksonville, Florida Mayor Alvin Brown has issued a proclamation declaring April 8, 2015 as “Edward Waters College” day. Edward Waters College, Florida’s oldest historically black college and private institution of higher learning, will be celebrating Founders’ Day Wednesday, April 8, 2015 on the campus. Formerly named
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The pageantry, show-stopping choreography and dazzling musicianship of the Mighty Marching Hornets Band will be front and center before a national audience as the new “Bama State Style” reality series premieres on the Lifetime Network. The premiere of the television reality series featuring Alabama State University’s world-renowned Mighty Marching Hornets will air on Friday, April
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President Obama recently announced his initiative to make attending community college essentially free. This announcement was met with mixed response from the HBCU community. A number of HBCU advocates expressed deep concern as to whether this would prove detrimental to HBCU enrollments. However, in these conversations one subject that was not prevalent were the HBCUs
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On Saturday, March 28th, the Board of Trustees of Spelman College announced the selection of Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D., as the College’s 10th president since its founding in 1881. Dr. Campbell assumes the role officially August 1, 2015, having served as dean emerita of the Tisch School of the Arts and university professor in the
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Tiger Woods is the first individual donor to a new University of Maryland Eastern Shore scholarship fund that will honor the memory of Dr. Charlie Sifford, the late professional golfer. Woods is joining with the university to pay tribute to the man who broke the color barrier on the PGA Tour in the early 1960s.
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Beginning fall 2015, students at California Community Colleges who meet a certain criteria will be able to transfer to nine historically black colleges and universities, thanks to an agreement inked between leaders of the institutions and the California Community Colleges Board of Governors on March, 17, 2015. According to the agreement, students who apply for
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Let me begin with this unapologetic acknowledgement. I am a black baby boomer who still believes in the transformational value of high quality education for all people, but especially those who look like me. Like many of my generation, I have experienced firsthand the sting of racial segregation, oppression and discrimination. I know what it’s
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