Historically Black Colleges & Universities

Miss UVI 2015-2016, Katherine Callwood.

Miss UVI to Compete for National HBCU College Queens Crown

Miss UVI 2015-2016, Katherine Callwood, will compete in the 2015 National Black College Alumni (NBCA) Hall of Fame Queens pageant from Sept. 25 to Sept. 27, in Atlanta, Ga., at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Callwood will compete against college queens from Historically Black Colleges and University’s (HBCU) around the nation for the title of Miss […]

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Students react as First Lady Michele Obama delivers the commencement address at the North Carolina Agriculture & Technology commencement ceremony in 2012.

North Carolina A&T: The Top Ranked Public HBCU In The Nation

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is the No. 1 public historically black university in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 Best Colleges rankings released Sept. 9. The multiplatform news provider ranked N.C. A&T No. 9 out of 72 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), up one spot from

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Claflin University students and faculty in group photo.

Setting the Record Straight Regarding Student Enrollment at HBCUs

A common narrative shared among the popular press and social media is the declining student enrollment among Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). However, for many HBCUs, not only has the 2015 academic year brought an increase in the number of student applications, but some of the largest freshmen classes in years. Increases in both

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The Celebration Bowl, a championship style game, will pit the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion against the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)

Goodbye Atlanta Football Classic, Hello Celebration Bowl

The Celebration Bowl, a championship style game, will pit the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion against the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) champion on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga. The inaugural game will kick off at noon ET and be televised nationally on ABC. The game will be the first

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Jackson State University freshman biology major Adrienna Williams,

Started from the Bottom: JSU Freshman Overcomes Hardship, Becomes Gates Scholar

Tears flowed from Adrienna Williams after learning she was selected as a Gates scholar and more recently while explaining that her then-single mother once worried whether she did enough as a parent for her children in their poverty-stricken Yazoo community. Williams, a Jackson State University freshman biology major with ambitions of becoming a physician, candidly

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Florida A&M University (FAMU) President Dr. Elmira Mangum

Growing Pains, Institutional Change, and Leadership at FAMU

Symbols are an important piece of American society. Symbols can inspire and they can also remind of us of a time passed. People take their symbols seriously, sometimes religiously. One only needs to look at the current climate around the removal of the confederate flag from the South Carolina capitol building to understand this to

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HBCU Lifestyle Podcast Episode 25 with Eddie Francis

HL 025: Dr Larry Walker, Student Leadership and JCC Criminal Justice Program

HBCU Lifestyle contributor Dr. Larry J. Walker is featured on Episode 25 as he explains why he believes HBCUs are one of the best places for incarcerated youth to move toward successful lives. The episode also includes another Claflin man, Dennis Richmond, Jr., and we learn what makes Jarvis Christian College’s Criminal Justice program one

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