Last week’s premiere of “Bama State Style,” the reality television series featuring ASU’s Mighty Marching Hornets band, helped the Lifetime Network rank as the number one cable network with original programming in its Friday time period. If last week’s premiere of “Bama State Style,” the new Lifetime Network reality television featuring ASU’s Mighty Marching Hornets
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Johnson C. Smith University formally recognized President Emeritus Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy with the April 11 naming ceremony of the Information and Technology Hall in her honor. The first and only woman to be appointed president in JCSU’s 148-year history, she has become revered as our “Technology President.” The ceremony opened with a welcome by
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Allen University will be hosting its inaugural Hip Hop Studies Conference on Friday, April 17, 2015. The conference will feature panel discussions; keynote addresses by Chris “Play” Martin, Preach Jacobs, and Ricky Simone; a musical performance by the Allen University Jazz Ensemble entitled “The Songs Behind the Samples”; and an open mic session for hip-hop/spoken
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Delta Community Credit Union is committed to better the financial lives of its members. Their financial program for young adults and annual scholarship program aims to help these members with early financial milestones such as going to college. In addition to these, to celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2015, Delta Community in partnership with Atlanta
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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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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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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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Brainpower from America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will be on full display beginning this weekend at the 26th annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) National Championship Tournament. Students representing the very best and brightest have spent the school year diligently preparing and qualifying to compete in the national championship of this unique academic
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