Jackson State University is embarking on creating a School of Public Health — the first of its kind in Mississippi. The Mississippi Legislature approved $2 million this past legislative session to establish the school. Last week, the Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning authorized the school to be created at JSU.
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The April 2015 edition takes a look at maximizing internship opportunities, HBCUs and sustainability, and grabbing big dollars from the biggest name in professional golf. HOW WE LIVE T’Edra Jackson is a graduating senior at Paul Quinn College and she has a great job waiting for her at J.C. Penney. Her great fortune started with
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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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Hill, the associate professor and chair of the Southern’s School of Nursing and Allied Health‘s Undergraduate Nursing Program, was inducted into the honored group in recent ceremonies at the 14th annual Louisiana Nurses Foundation Nightingale Awards and Gala. To be included in the hall fame, Hill said, “means that as a little girl I made
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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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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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