HBCU News & Commentary
In a bit of good news in a landscape in which many Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are facing tough times, a trustee from Morris…
In a grim reminder that safety can be elusive at even the most hallowed public places, there was a stabbing incident at HBCU Morgan State University, the third violent incident on the campus in the last week. The Baltimore Sun reports: The stabbings happened outside the entrance to a cafeteria about 2:05 p.m., after a […]
Texas Southern and Southern University Women’s Basketball Team got into a brawl this weekend at a game that ended in one of the biggest fights the schools have seen. HBCU Sports reports: As a result, Texas Southern and Southern split the regular season championship. Texas Southern, however, will enter the SWAC Tournament as the No. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is kicking off a weekend commemoration 50 years since the pivotal Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights marches in Alabama with a town hall meeting at a historically black college in South Carolina. Obama’s visit to Benedict College in Columbia comes in his first trip to South Carolina as president. The White […]
What happens when rumors surface that a historic institute of higher education might be closing amid financial reasons? Cue upset Alumni, disappointed and confused students and a stressed Administration. Such is the case for South Carolina State University. In an unlikely move, Dr. Thomas Elzey, the school’s President, isn’t suing an outside entity he’s suing his […]
2/27/15- Albert “Berte” Mitchell and the Winston Salem State University National Alumni present a $2500 check to the Tom Joyner Morning Foundation at the CIAA Tournament. The North Carolina school will be the Tom Joyner Foundation March school of the month. In addition, a representative from South Carolina State University clears the air about the […]
Comedian/actor Affion Crockett graduated from Fayetteville State University and credits the HBCU experience as the reason he’s a comedian today. “FSU was like living in School Daze movie. You have to understand, I was an Army brat, so my dad was stationed at Fort Bragg,” Crockett says. “I lived in Germany prior to coming […]
Despite the distressing state of historically black colleges and universities, there are individuals working within the education institutions who are working hard to drive change.…
HBCU Digest talked to FAMU alumnus Oscar Joyner about various topics including his “entrepreneurial and philanthropic support of HBCUs, his time in Tallahassee, and what makes HBCUs strong institutions today.” Check out the interview below. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
Authorities are reporting on a shooting on the campus of Bethune-Cookman College Monday night. WFTV.com reports: School officials said all the victims suffered superficial graze wounds in the incident, which happened just before 7 p.m. Officers said the gunman could be a student. “This could have been a horrible tragedy. We have six shots from […]
Historically Black colleges and universities are suffering in today’s environment as parents and students are electing to go elsewhere. The days of almost certainly attending a Black institution as our parents did are a thing of the past. College students today have more choices. Earlier in the month, President Barack Obama was critical of HBCUs […]
Less than a year after being promoted, ‘Ebony’ Editor-In-Chief and Florida A&M Alum, Mitzi Miller is stepping down from her coveted position. HBCU Buzz reports: Last April, Johnson Publishing Company appointed Miller to editor-in-chief of Ebony Magazine following the departure of Amy DuBois Barnett. Prior to her role at Ebony, Miller spent over three years as the editor-in-chief of Jet Magazine where she […]
