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UNCF surprises Ashley Booth and her family with a Scholarship on The Queen Latifah Show.

Johnson C Smith Student Awarded UNCF Scholarship on Queen Latifah Show

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UNCF (United Negro College Fund), the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization, delivered an overwhelming surprise to Ashley Booth, a deserving student at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. As part of the 35th annual UNCF An Evening of Stars fundraising show, UNCF president and CEO Dr. Michael L. Lomax arranged

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Hip-Hop Artist and Actor Common To Visit NSU Campus in April

Hip-Hop Artist and Actor Common To Visit Norfolk State Campus in April

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Norfolk State University will continue its series of unique educational lectures next month when popular Hip-Hop Artist/Actor Common will visit the campus to speak with the students in a discussion about success and greatness. The artist and actor will speak on Tuesday, April 8, at 7 p.m. at the L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center.

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FAMU to Offer New Master of Education Degree Starting Fall 2014

FAMU to Offer New Master of Education Degree Starting Fall 2014

HBCU Colleges, HBCU News /

Florida A&M University’s oldest academic program is adding to its legacy. The College of Education recently received approval from the Board of Trustees to offer a Master of Education degree in curriculum and instruction beginning this fall. According to the College’s Interim Dean Patricia Green-Powell, Ph.D., the program allows FAMU to lead the charge in

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky President Wil James (left) presents Dr. Mary Sias, president of Kentucky State University, with a $375,000 check to establish the Toyota Engineering Scholarship on March 18, 2014.

Kentucky State Partners with Toyota to Develop Engineering Majors

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A unique scholarship program was unveiled on March 18th that matches Toyota’s need for mechanical engineers with that of top incoming students at Kentucky State University in Frankfort.The Toyota Engineering Scholarship program – made possible via a five-year, $375,000 grant from the automaker – will tie in directly with its manufacturing operations in Georgetown, Ky.,

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HBCU Presidents Dr. Kevin D. Rome, of Lincoln University, left; Dr. William B. Bynum, of Mississippi Valley State University; and Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover say non-minority institutions should take a lesson from HBCUs on how they are coping in the face of limited resources.

HBCU Presidents to Critics: We Are Still Very Relevant

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In spite of fewer resources compared to the nation’s other majority institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities graduate impressive number of majors in education and in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Responding to critics who question the relevancy of HBCUs and whether they can embrace the culture of diversity they have demanded of others, a

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Visiting Harvard Fellow Allissa Richardson sits at computer in Journalism lab.

Bowie State Journalism Professor Named Visiting Fellow at Harvard

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A Bowie State University professor will develop a massive open online course (MOOC) to teach people how to effectively report the news using mobile devices, as one of five 2014 Visiting Fellows from Harvard University’s prestigious Nieman Foundation for Journalism. Starting the week of March 24th, Allissa Richardson, lecturer of journalism, will spend two weeks

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Graduation Success Rate: University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s (UMES) basketball student-athlete Ishaq Pitt on the court during a game against Savannah State University (2012-2013).

Graduation Success Rate: UMES Men’s Basketball Leads all HBCU Programs

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The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) men’s basketball team has been getting it done off the court recently as the Hawks were ranked No. 1 of all Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) men’s basketball teams in graduation success rate at 86-percent. The findings were distributed by the HBCU Digest, who recently named UMES

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What is an HBCU? The letters HBCU are an acronym that for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Pictured are graduates march out of the Cravath Hall building at Fisk University, a private HBCU in Nashville, TN.

College Completion: Top 10 HBCUs by Graduation Rate

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College graduation rates offer valuable information for the prospective student. They indicate how many students enrolled at a particular college actually graduate from that college. While low college graduation rates aren’t necessarily a negative sign, students often want to surround themselves with like-minded individuals who are dedicated to obtaining a degree from their chosen school.

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