On January 9th 2015, students and officials of Bowie State University gathered for a luncheon to celebrate its 150th birth anniversary. Opened in 1865, it was the first free school in Baltimore, Md. Since then, it has developed into comprehensive liberal arts university educating and preparing students for careers in high demand fields such as
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Atlanta, GA, January 20, 2015 — The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, announced that applications are now being accepted for its 2015 Retool Your School Campus Improvement Grant Program. This program, established in 2010, provides support for campus improvement projects at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the country. Since the
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The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s physical therapy program rightfully promotes itself as a place where every graduate leaves well-prepared to pass the national licensure examination required to treat patients. The Class of 2014 did its part this fall to reinforce that assertion. All 28 UMES Physical Therapy Graduate qualified for licenses to practice, giving the
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On January 15th, Vice President Biden, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, and White House Science Advisor John Holdren traveled to Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia to announce that the Department of Energy will provide a $25 million grant over the next five years to support cybersecurity education. The new grant will support the creation of a
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Having served as an HBCU public relations director, I like seeing news stories that enhance HBCUs’ positions in the college marketplace. In 2013 I ranked the top HBCU stories of the year. Looking at some of the great HBCU news stories that HBCU Lifestyle ran in 2014, I thought it would be great to do
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As 2014 comes to an end, we want to highlight examples of activism within the HBCU context. This year, more than any other, we saw these venerable institutions capitalize on their rich history of activism and making meaningful change. 1. Students at the Atlanta University Center colleges came together to protest the events of Ferguson,
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Dr. Crystal deGregory (pictured far right above with speakers and attendees of the 2014 HBCUStory Symposium) pays a visit to the HBCU Lifestyle Podcast for Episode 17 to talk about the second HBCUStory Symposium which took place October 2014 in Washington, D.C. The podcast also features Mia Hall who wrote one of the most revered
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Musician, actor, producer and author Derrick Watkins, better known as “Fonzworth Bentley,” is an alumnus of Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. He is perhaps best known for being Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs’ former personal valet and assistant. Bentley is author of the book, Advance Your Swagger: How to Use Manners, Confidence, and Style to Get
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