For iPhone: Allstate Senior Vice President of Sourcing & Procurement Solutions Cheryl Harris, called in to talk to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about Quotes For Education Program, an initiative established in 2009 to raise scholarship funds for financially struggling African-American students attending HBCUs. Allstate’s new program HBC “I Owe” You means that you can donate to your favorite […]
Ohio State University is giving the famed HBCU bands a good run for their money. The Ohio State University marching band who has generated headlines lately for their elaborate halftime shows is coordinated by a team of people that includes Michael Smith, the African-American assistant director of marching and athletic bands. Their tributes to Michael […]
Lucy Stanton Day Sessions is considered by some historians the first Black woman to graduate from a four-year college in 1850. Although another pioneer, Mary Jane Patterson, was officially awarded a bachelor’s degree in 1862, Mrs. Day Sessions’ coursework was considered by Oberlin College to be equal to a four-year degree although it lacked some […]
The National Society of Black Engineers boasts a nationwide membership of 35,000-plus members but it started out with just a couple of students in the 70’s on the grounds of Purdue University. The late Edward Barnette (also spelled Barnett is some printings) and Fred Cooper, both engineering students approached the dean of their program about […]
OS ANGELES (AP) — A broken water main near the UCLA campus Tuesday sent a geyser of water some 30 feet into the air, trapping people in underground parking garages and covering some of the best-known parts of campus in water, including the school’s famed basketball arena. The 30-inch, 93-year-old pipe that broke under nearby […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have flocked to for-profit colleges, including a troubled chain that is closing or selling its campuses amid a series of federal and state investigations. A report to be released Wednesday from the office of Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, a critic of the for-profit education industry who chairs the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks is rolling out a program that would allow its workers to earn an online college degree at Arizona State University at a steeply discounted rate. The coffee chain is partnering with the school to offer the option to 135,000 U.S. employees who work at least 20 hours a week. The […]
It seems as if the other 106 HBCU’s will have to make a little room. There is a new kid on the block! Simmons College recently learned that it has been accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE). As a result Simmons College becomes the nation’s 107th HBCU. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, the universities four-acre […]
SEATTLE (AP) — A lone gunman armed with a shotgun and knife opened fire Thursday in a building at a small Seattle university, fatally wounding one person before a student subdued him with pepper spray as he tried to reload, police said. A student building monitor at Seattle Pacific University disarmed the gunman after he […]
Grambling State University has set a new record. But this time it’s not because of its storied football team. It’s because of the family that has now been deemed Guinness Book of Records worthy for most graduates of a single university. The Wayne Family of Marion, Louisiana was notified last month that their bid had […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is taking steps designed to help colleges and universities reduce sexual assaults on their campuses and provide better protections for the victims when they do occur. Schools should identify trained, confidential victim’s advocates and conduct surveys to better gauge the frequency of sexual assault on their campuses since these […]
When Patrick Peoples applied to a number of Ivy League schools, it was on a whim. “No one ever expects to get in,” he said. “I just wanted to apply. Maybe I’ll get into one—maybe, just maybe.” But he did way more than that. Peoples attends the Lyceum Academy of New Hanover High School in […]
