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Texas Southern University’s Leonard H. O. Spearman Technology building.

Texas Southern Adds Two New Engineering Degree Programs

Texas Southern University’s College of Science, Technology, has been authorized by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to begin offering Bachelor’s degree programs in Civil Engineering in the spring of 2015 and in Electrical and Computer Engineering in the fall of 2015. “This is a major addition to COSTs STEM degree programs and a […]

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HBCU Students Invited to UAF’s Be “U” Hackathon League Series Competition at Microsoft Headquarters

HBCU Students to Compete in UAF Hackathon at Microsoft

The United Athletes Foundation (UAF) Be “U” Hackathon League is an event designed to leverage the talents and resources of the emerging minority collegiate community to enable students/entrepreneurs to create innovative technologies. Reggie Howard, UAF Executive Director and Co-Founder, stated, “These diverse collegiate student teams shall have the opportunity to create innovative business ventures /

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CAU Chevron scholarships recipients with Glenn Weckerlin, Manager of University Partnerships & Association Relations, Chevron, Niccole Boswell, Diversity Portfolio Manager, Chevron and Dr. Olu Olatidoye, Dual Degree Engineering Program, CAU.

Clark Atlanta Receives A $231,000 Grant From Chevron

Chevron Corporation announced on Sept. 30 that it would provide a $231,500 grant for scholarships and to support enrichment programs for Clark Atlanta University’s (CAU) business and engineering students.  This is the third award of more than $200,000 from Chevron since 2011. Trisa Long Paschal, vice president for Institutional Advancement and University Relations, said, “We

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HBCU Engineering students, along with faculty mentors, from Howard University visited NASA Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston.

2014 Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering Programs

It is no secret that HBCUs have produced many great professionals in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Time and again support for HBCU programs has come in from many corporate, government and non-profit organizations, especially for HBCU Engineering Programs. These organizations have offered help and assistance in many ways. A survey was conducted to acknowledge

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Cheyney University Opens New Science Center on September 3, 2014 with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony.

Cheyney University Opens New $23 Million Science Center

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania will officially dedicate its state-of-the-art Science Center, the first new academic building constructed on its historic campus in 30 years, on Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 4 pm. University administrators and trustees will help cut the ribbon, along with PA State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Chancellor Frank T. Brogan, elected

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y’Quish Keyes, (right) a Buick Scholarship recipient, gets advice from Fonzworth Bentley, artist and pop culture icon during a celebrity meet and greet for a recent UNCF Empower Me Tour event in Atlanta, Ga.

Morehouse STEM Student Awarded Buick Scholarship and $25,000 Per Year

After attending a prestigious, predominately White private school, Ty’Quish Keyes yearned for a new cultural and educational experience. Keyes’ mother pushed him to excel in school and his community because she knew that college was the best way out of their crime-ridden North Philadelphia neighborhood, that held few opportunities for young, Black men. In 2011,

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NASA Internship: Paid Hands-on Experience for STEM Students

NASA Internships are designed to provide hands-on training experiences to high school, undergraduate and graduate students. Students who get into these training programs are given the opportunities to do research, develop projects and learn more about operations, side-by-side NASA career professionals. There are also non-technical internships, where the students are given administrative duties in a

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JSU STEM Professors Selected for National Academic Leadership Program

JSU STEM Professors Selected for National Academic Leadership Program

Jackson State University professors Dr. Jacqueline Stevens and Dr. Carolyn Howard were recently accepted to The Chicago School of Professional Psychology’s Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Leadership online-blended program, which is part of the Opportunities for UnderRepresented Scholars (OURS) Program. With funding from the National Science Foundation, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology launched the

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