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HBCUs: Page 271
Sports
Let the Games Begin
Let the Games Beginā AgainHBCU coaches and administrators give their play-by-play accounts of the benefits of reviving college football programs By Crystal L. KeelsItās the pageantry, the precision, the rhythm and the music. Itās wave after wave of energetic flute, trumpet, tuba and drum players wearing colorful uniforms and executing intricate steps. Itās the dramatic [ā¦]
Latinx
IT Report Calls Attention to Minority-Serving Schools
IT Report Calls Attention to Minority-Serving SchoolsIn a study that builds upon the 2000 U.S. Department of Commerce-funded National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) report on IT resources at historically Black colleges and universities, researchers with the Washington-based Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHE) have authored the first, comprehensive national survey of [ā¦]
HBCUs
More Than Childās Play
More Than Childās PlayFor Dr. Sabrina Thomas, dolls are not just childās play. In fact, they are the subject of her research, which recently landed her a $40,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Thomas, an assistant professor of family and consumer sciences at North Carolina Central University, was awarded the grant to [ā¦]
HBCUs
N.C. Black Colleges Get $1 Million for Smoking Cessation, Research
N.C. Black Colleges Get $1 Million for Smoking Cessation, ResearchGREENSBORO, N.C. Three historically Black colleges will use a $1 million grant for smoking cessation programs on their campuses and to research cigarette marketing in low-income areas. Bennett College, N.C., A&T State University and N.C. Central University received the money from the American Legacy Foundation, which [ā¦]
HBCUs
HBCU Board Commends Bush for Commitment, Leadership
HBCU Board Commends Bush for Commitment, LeadershipThe board of advisers of the nationās historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) presented President Bush with a resolution commending him for his visionary leadership, and his commitment and contributions to strengthening the nationās 105 HBCUs. The board also noted that the presidentās commitment enhances HBCUsā ability to continue [ā¦]
Leadership & Policy
Dillard President Michael Lomax to Head UNCF
Dillard President Michael Lomax to Head UNCFWASHINGTONThe United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has announced that Dr. Michael L. Lomax will succeed William H. Gray III as president and CEO of the organization. Lomax, who currently serves as president of Dillard University in New Orleans, will officially join UNCF on June 1, 2004.āDr. Lomax brings a [ā¦]
HBCUs
Seafood Chainās āTom Joyner Platterā to Raise Funds for HBCUs
Seafood Chainās āTom Joyner Platterā to Raise Funds for HBCUsLOUISVILLE, Ky.Long John Silverās Inc. has partnered with the Tom Joyner Foundation to raise much-needed funding for historically Black colleges and universities. Throughout 2004, Long John Silverās will donate a portion of the proceeds from each āTom Joyner Platterā to the foundation, which works aggressively to [ā¦]
HBCUs
Gaining an Edge
Gaining an EdgeProgramming contest exposes HBCU students to high-level competitionAs a senior computer science major at Spelman College, Kafayat Lawal knows that the demand for information technology professionals has seen its ups and downs over the past few years. Since participating with the Spelman computer programming team in competitions for the last three years, Lawal [ā¦]
HBCUs
Higher Education Digital Opportunity Bill
Higher Education Digital Opportunity Bill Faces Uncertain FutureLast summer, congressional legislation earmarking more than a billion dollars to minority-serving institutions to help them upgrade their computing and information infrastructures seemed to have sure prospects following its passage by the U.S. Senate and the House Science Committee. But since the fall, the legislation has languished in [ā¦]
Students
Scholars of Note: Sociology
SociologyA Cutting-Edge ApproachEarl Wright IITitle: Assistant Professor, Sociology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Central FloridaEducation: Ph.D., Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; M.A., Sociology, University of Memphis; B.A., History/Black Studies, University of MemphisAge: 32Earl Wright IIās undergraduate academic career got off to a shaky start. His life had been one of football and partying. The [ā¦]
Students
Emory, Mellon Foundation Team Up for Fellowship Program
Emory, Mellon Foundation Team Up for Fellowship ProgramATLANTAEmory University has received a $247,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to partner in a new fellowship program that will place some of the universityās top graduate students in the classrooms of six colleges and universities in Atlanta and New Orleans. The program expands and enhances [ā¦]
HBCUs
A Rationale for Increasing
A Rationale for Increasing Funding for HBCUsLast year, President Bush proposed a 9 percent increase in funding for minority-serving institutions including historically Black colleges and universities. While such a proposed funding increase is overdue, HBCUs have not been funded at a level needed to create parity in the educational achievements of African Americans.I have followed [ā¦]
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