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Ex-Nova Southeastern University janitors testify on firings
Several former janitors who worked at Nova Southeastern University testified before a federal labor judge Tuesday, saying that they were fired because they worked to have a union at the school three years ago.  According to the Miami Herald, this National Labor Relations Board case involves six workers, the Service Employees International Union and the […]
August 4, 2009
HBCUs
FAMU Law School Granted Full Accreditation
The Florida A&M University College of Law reached a milestone accomplishment last week when the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions granted full accreditation to the Orlando-based law school.
August 4, 2009
HBCUs
Historically black college alums network with students
Graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities are on a mission to ensure their alma maters are a visible option to North Carolina high school graduates and returning students.   According to the Daily Reflector, though many local alumni chapters are active advocates for their own schools, they joined together for the first time this […]
August 2, 2009
Faculty & Staff
HBCU Battle It Out
Highlights from the 2008 Honda Battle of the Bands, held in Atlanta. Music from North Carolina Central University’s marching band, Sound Machine, directed by Jorim E. Reid, is featured in the slide show.
July 28, 2009
Students
Sallie Mae Suffers Revenue Losses From Economy and Federal Loan Reforms
Sallie Mae, the largest private funding source for student loans, is under fire both from the recession and political reforms in student lending heralded by the Obama administration.
July 27, 2009
Faculty & Staff
New HBCU Initiative Leader Seeks to Forge Relationships Between HBCUs and Obama Administration
Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. looks back at his days as a Morehouse College student as a time when faculty, staff and administrators formed a campus community that was nurturing and family-oriented – a distinguishing characteristic of many of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities.
July 26, 2009
Leadership & Policy
REINVENTING ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS
To remain relevant, alumni associations must do more than plan class reunions and promote their schools, experts say.
July 22, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Reinventing Alumni Associations
To remain relevant, alumni associations must do more than plan class reunions and promote their schools, experts say.
July 22, 2009
HBCUs
Confederate Archives Find Unlikely Transcribers
When Ariel Brown was offered a chance to transcribe the correspondence of the first family of the Confederacy, the history major with a keen interest in the South seized the opportunity.
July 20, 2009
HBCUs
New Executive Director Named To Head White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced last Friday the appointment of Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. as executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
July 19, 2009
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African-American
John Brown Exhibit on Display at West Virginia University
Nineteenth century sketches depicting the trial and hanging of abolitionist John Brown, and the uniform of a Confederate militia commander who helped halt his Harpers Ferry insurrection are on display at West Virginia University.
July 16, 2009
HBCUs
President Obama Taps Xavier Alumna Dr. Regina Benjamin for Surgeon General
President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Dr. Regina Benjamin, a family physician and Xavier University of Louisiana alumna, to be the next Surgeon General.
July 13, 2009
Students
Non-Discrimination Policies and Support Groups Help Ease Campus Life for Gay and Lesbian Students at HBCUs
Earlier this year, a group of gay and lesbian students at Winston-Salem State University, a mid-sized historically Black institution in the conservative Piedmont region of North Carolina, petitioned the school’s administration to add sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination policy.
July 6, 2009
HBCUs
On the Air With Michael Eric Dyson
It’s 1 p.m. and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson is nestled behind a microphone in a small Virginia radio studio where he is gearing up to conduct a phone interview with the legendary Theodore Walter “Sonny” Rollins.
June 30, 2009
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HBCUs
Professional Appoitments
DR. GREGORY ANDERSON has been named dean of the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver, effective July 27. Anderson formerly served as an associate professor of education at Columbia University. He earned a bachelor’s and master’s from the University of Toronto and a doctorate from the City University of New York. DR. […]
June 24, 2009
Students
A Proposal for SNCC 2.0
Black alumni should work to harness the resources of their alma maters as well as their own talents for the betterment of the Black community.
June 24, 2009
HBCUs
HBCU Group Seeks Share of Stimulus
With many chronically underfunded historically Black colleges in need of a lifeline, HBCUs should reap some of the federal stimulus dollars – money they can in turn use to produce needed minority teachers and scientists, recommends the Thurgood Marshall College Fund in a new report.
June 17, 2009
Leadership & Policy
On the Rebound, Cheyney U. Forms All-star Advisory Panel
Cheyney University, the nation’s oldest historically Black college, has recently taken steps to revitalize the institution’s academic program and strengthen its financial stability, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported in its Sunday edition.
June 15, 2009
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