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NSIC Delays Start of Fall Sports Competition

The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference has decided to delay the start of fall athletic competition in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first date of competition is scheduled for Sept. 26 for the sports of football and men’s and women’s cross country. First permissible practice for these sports will be Sept. 2. The first date […]

MAAC Cancels Fall Sports Competitions

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference has decided to cancel fall sports competition “due to continuing health and safety concerns surrounding the global COVID-19 pandemic.” The conference will decide later about whether these canceled competitions can be held in the spring, it said. The canceled sports include men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, and men’s and […]

GLVC Postpones Majority of Fall Sports to Spring Semester

The Great Lakes Valley Conference has decided to postpone the majority of the 2020 fall intercollegiate athletics season until the second semester “due to ongoing concerns of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.” The postponement affects football, men’s and women’s soccer, and volleyball, the conference said. The conference further said men’s and women’s cross country will still […]

RMAC Delays Fall Sports to September 18

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference has delayed fall sports competition to Sept. 18 and restricted play to conference-only in football, volleyball, and women’s and men’s soccer, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference “reviewed current local, state and national COVID-19 guidelines, including the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) guidance and principles and agreed that […]

Little East Conference Suspends Fall Sports

The Little East Conference has decided to suspend conference competition and championships for the fall 2020 semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference said it will explore what opportunities may be available to conduct fall sports regular seasons and championships during the spring 2021 semester “as we continue to monitor the ever-changing local, regional […]

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TMCF, UNCF Partner With Testing for America to Help Safely Reopen HBCUs

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) will partner with the nonprofit Testing for America (TFA) to support historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in their COVID-19 testing plans for students, faculty and staff when campuses reopen for the fall. With communities of color disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 […]

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Coastal Carolina University Gets $95 Million Gift From Anonymous African American Donor

Coastal Carolina University has received a $95 million gift from an anonymous donor who describes himself as an African American entrepreneur and philanthropist under the age of 30 and who lives in Alabama. “Coastal Carolina is an up-and-coming university on the verge of greatness,” said the donor, according to a university statement. “During my visit […]

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Fisk University Names Social Justice Institute After Alumnus and Late Congressman John Lewis

The historically Black Fisk University will name its recently launched institute for social justice after late Congressman and Fisk alumnus John R. Lewis, the school announced yesterday. The John R. Lewis Institute for Social Justice is a continuation of the Fisk Race Relations Institute, “which shaped so many of the conversations and policies during the […]

HCAC Moves Some High-Contact Fall Sports to Spring

The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference has decided to move to spring some fall events in sports that the NCAA classifies as high contact risk. The NCAA classifies football, men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball as high contact risk. A decision on the timing of the fall events in basketball, which is also classified as […]

Presidents’ Athletic Conference to Postpone Many Fall Sports to Spring

The Presidents’ Athletic Conference has decided to postpone the NCAA-defined “high-contact” and “medium contact” sports of football, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, and men’s and women’s cross country until the spring 2021 semester, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference also decided not to hold any winter sport varsity competitions prior to Jan. 1, […]

Big Sky to Delay Most Fall Sports to September 18, No Decision Yet on Football

The Big Sky Conference has decided to delay the first date of competition for its Olympic sports during the fall 2020 season, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. It hasn’t made a decision yet on football. The first date of competition for the traditional fall sports of soccer, volleyball, and men’s and women’s cross country, […]

Judge Orders Reinstatement of Lincoln University President

A Pennsylvania county judge on Friday ordered that Dr. Brenda A. Allen be immediately reinstated as president of Lincoln University, reported The Philadelphia Inquirer. The judge also ordered the board of the Pennsylvania-based historically Black university to hold a special meeting Aug. 6 to consider a new contract for Allen. On July 10, the university’s […]

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