Tennessee State University is celebrating its 103rd year in existence this month, and is recognized as one of the top HBCUs in the South. TSU is the only state-funded HBCU in Tennessee and some of it’s alumni have achieved fame across a variety of fields. Nestled in Nashville, the school began as the Agricultural […]
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is putting the icon status of Michael Jackson and Ray Charles towards a great cause with the establishment of two new scholarship programs. A press release reveals the Michael Jackson scholarship will provide financial assistance to communication arts and social science students attending a UNCF college/university during the upcoming […]
Retool Your School is a contest sponsored by Home Depot that gives money to HBCU’s every year to help them make physical improvements. As you may know, some struggling HBCU’s can use that money to make campus improvements. This year’s race, the sixth annual is tight, but there are some new ways to support your […]
Hampton University’s status as one of the premier HBCUs has long been established, with nearly 50 Bachelor’s degree programs, over two dozen Master’s degree programs, and nine doctoral programs. Hampton was founded on this day in 1868 as an instructional school for freed slaves in the wake of the Civil War. Brigadier Union Army […]
Remember those Spelman girls? Specifically, twins Kristie and Kirstie Bronner (yep, of the Bronner Bros. hair extravaganzas and company), who were the historic HBCU Spelman…
Texas Southern imposed its own penalty on the women’s basketball team, withdrawing from the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament that begins Wednesday. That move Monday night came hours before the conference handed out suspensions for 15 players involved in the bench-clearing fight between the Lady Tigers and Southern on Saturday night. It’s believed to be one […]
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 […]
During a recent meeting in Washington, Dr. William Harvey, longtime president of Hampton University and Chairman of President Obama’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs expressed his…
South Carolina State University President Thomas Elzey talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the news of the potential closing of SC State amid financial troubles. Though Elzey says that the school has its issues, closing it, even temporarily, would permanently cripple the institution, the only public HBCU in the state. “We have long […]
