China Lovelace will host the Shade Room Live Radio Show alongside co-host La’Janeé, in a new partnership with Amazon.
VSU New Student Enrollment Highest in 30 Years
Virginia State University’s fall 2022-23 new student enrollment is the highest in 30 years with 1700 new students.
Virginia State Enrollment Records Largest Increase in a Decade
Despite national trends of declining university admissions, Virginia State Enrollment shows the largest increase year-to-year.
Retool Your School 2021 HBCU Grant Program Winners Announced
Congratulations to the 30 Retool Your School 2021 grant winners! See which HBCUs topped the Home Depot leader board.
VSU Faculty Member Piazza-Pick Receives National Music Award
A Virginia State University vocal instructor, Jennifer Piazza-Pick, was recently named one of three winners of Hawaii Public Radio’s Art Song Contest. She will be featured on HPR-1’s program, Singing and Other Sins, in December. During the program they will play a 20-minute recording of Piazza-Pick singing a short art song recital. An art song […]
VSU Interim President Pamela Hammond to Step Down
Virginia State University Interim President Pamela V. Hammond has notified the University’s Board of Visitors of her intent to not renew her contract, set to expire on December 31, 2015 and to withdraw from further consideration as a candidate for the presidency. In submitting the letter, Dr. Hammond is invoking a 60-day notice clause in […]
2014 Top Accomplishments in HBCU Activism
As 2014 comes to an end, we want to highlight examples of activism within the HBCU context. This year, more than any other, we saw these venerable institutions capitalize on their rich history of activism and making meaningful change. 1. Students at the Atlanta University Center colleges came together to protest the events of Ferguson, […]
HBCUs Gears Up for the Battle of the Bands – Jan. 29th in ATL
Entry #43, January 9, 2011 Article from: The T and D South Carolina State University‘s Marching 101 has joined the ranks of the top eight Historically Black College and University marching bands selected to perform at the 2011 Honda Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase. Other bands participating in the showcase, set for Jan. 29 […]