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Virginia Union University Gives $6.35 Million to Help Students Pay Off School Debt
Virginia Union University gave more than $6.35 million to help 1,344 students pay off school debt, making it so that all graduating seniors had no debt to the school and continuing students had their current balance paid. The awarded students include 1,192 undergrad and 152 grad students. Federal funding – via the CARES Act – […]
African-American
Lawsuit is Likely if Nikole Hannah-Jones is Not Offered Tenure at UNC-Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill officials are talking with journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones’s legal team, after threat of a federal discrimination lawsuit amid the university’s decision to refuse to offer her tenure with her hiring, The News & Observer reported. University officials responded last Friday to a letter from the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational […]
African-American
Why I Came Back: An Alumni Perspective
I never intended to stay this long. But I found myself enjoying working as an administrator at the college I graduated from almost a decade earlier.
Leadership & Policy
Harris-Stowe State University President Departs After One Year on the Job
Harris-Stowe State University President Dr. Corey S. Bradford Sr. has left the position after one year on the job, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Dr. LaTonia Collins Smith, who served as provost and vice president of academic affairs, has been appointed interim president. Bradford left to pursue “an opportunity at a research university,” according to a […]
African-American
TMCF to Create National Black Talent Bank to Increase Diversity in Workforce
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) will create the National Black Talent Bank in an effort to increase corporate diversity and advance economic pathways for talented African American students. The talent bank will have a database of talented Black high school seniors and create alternative paths to college and career. It will also give a […]
African-American
Virginia Middle School Renamed After NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
Sidney Lanier Middle School – a Fairfax, Virginia middle school named after a Confederate soldier – has been renamed in honor of African American NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, ABC News reported. Lanier was a poet and Confederate private. Johnson was one of four Black women whose work with NASA helped pave the way for the […]
African-American
Knoxville College Receives $200,000 from City of Knoxville for Renovations
Knoxville College is getting $200,000 from the city of Knoxville to renovate a building housing the school’s workforce development program, Knox News reported. The $200,000 comes from the Community Agency Grant program for renovations to the Alumni Library. Dr. Leonard Adams, the school’s president, said administrators continue to secure funds from sources so that buildings […]
African-American
Black Chemist Declines UNC Faculty Position, Citing Controversial Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure Case
Dr. Lisa Jones, a prominent Black chemist, has turned down an offer to join the faculty at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill citing a decision by UNC trustees not to offer tenure to Pulitzer Prize journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, The News & Observer reported. And some faculty worry the loss of Jones – who […]
Students
Denmark Technical College to Give Free Tuition to 500 Students
Denmark Technical College is giving free tuition to 500 students, The State reported. The Denmark Technical College Tuition Assistance scholarship will eliminate the $2,813 tuition for fall semester for the first 500 students who apply and are enrolled for fall 2021. Returning students are eligible. Out-of-state students can receive a $2,813 credit for tuition. Denmark […]
African-American
Journalist Roland Martin Named Fisk University Inaugural Reavis L. Mitchell Distinguished Scholar in Residence
Roland Martin, journalist and television personality, will be Fisk University’s inaugural Reavis L. Mitchell Distinguished Scholar in Residence. In the role, Martin will teach a course in current affairs. From 2013 to 2017, Martin was host of NewsOneNow, which focused on important issues to African Americans. He also spent four years as host and managing […]
Students
Wilberforce University Forgives $375,000 in Student Debt and Fines 2020 and 2021 Graduates
Wilberforce University announced during spring graduation that it is clearing $375,000 in debt and fines owed by graduates from spring 2020 through those who graduated on Saturday, Dayton Daily News reported. The commencement ceremony was for the classes of 2020 and 2021 and 166 students graduated. “As these graduates begin their lives as responsible adults, […]
Sports
Morehouse College to Receive $1 Million from Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand to Support Journalism and Sports-Related Studies
Morehouse College will receive $1 million from Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand, as part of the Black Community Commitment. The money will help fund scholarships, tech and educational programming for students in journalism and sports-related fields of study. The Black Community Commitment is an initiative by Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand to fight against systemic […]
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