January 2011
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Facing Accreditation Issues, Gov. Robert Bentley...
Gov. Robert Bentley has summoned the board of trustees from Alabama A&M University to Montgomery next week to address issues related to the school’s regional accreditation.
The meeting is set for next Monday at 10 a.m. at the state Capitol.
A&M faces a Feb. 14 deadline to respond with documentation to a wide-ranging inquiry launched by the Southern Association of Colleges and...
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Morgan State Presents: Russell Simmons Live and In...
The Morgan State University Office of Student Activities will host hip hop mogul Russell Simmons’ as he promotes his new book, Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All on Thursday, February 3rd at 2pm in the University Student Center Theatre.
Russell Simmons has been instrumental in bringing Hip-Hop to every facet of business and media since its inception in the late 1970s: in music with the...
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Florida A&M Alum Aaron Arnold: Corporate Exec to...
Florida A&M University alumnus Aaron Arnold’s story reads like a Hollywood treatment; corporate executive leaves a comfortable job for an unpaid internship with a hip-hop impresario and works his way to acclaim in the entertainment industry.
But Arnold’s rise to prominence as a hip-hop power broker hasn’t yet reached a Hollywood happy ending. With a newly-debuted video on...
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Claflin to Co-host National Association of Student...
Claflin University is set to co-host the 57th annual National Association of Student Affairs Professionals Conference in Columbia from Feb. 8-11.
President Dr. Henry N. Tisdale will be featured in the opening panel discussion of the conference with the topic of “Cultivating Student Success: Accountability, Quality Improvements and Excellence in Higher Education.” Tisdale will be joined by South...
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Alabama State Track and Field Finishes Strong at...
The Alabama State University men’s and women’s track and field team participated in the Tennessee State University Indoor Invitational and earned three first place finishes and several other top-10 performances.
Shawn Lockhart, Delorean Peek and Christopher Duncan all finished first in various events. Lockhart won the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.43, Peek finished first in the...
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Morris Brown Alumnus Solicits Support for New...
Filmmaker and Morris Brown College alumnus Rodgel Gilford yesterday announced a fundraising effort to produce a new documentary on the history and struggle of Morris Brown College. “When the Band Stops Playing,” seeks to give new exposure to the tradition of MBC campus, its place in the Atlanta University Center, and the financial troubles it has faced over its existence.
“The...
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In his memoir, Stride Toward Freedom, Martin Luther King said of Robinson: ‘‘Apparently indefatigable, she, perhaps more than any other person, was active on every level of the protest’’ (King, 78).
Robinson was an educator at Alabama State College (now Alabama State University) and didn’t…
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Grambling State Announces 2011 Football Schedule
In a press conference held today in Monroe, Louisiana officials announced the two year agreement in which Grambling State and ULM would once again meet on the gridiron.
“Both games will be played at ULM’s Malone Stadium in 2011 and 2013. Our fans are excited to keep the rivalry going. We anticipate record numbers that will eclipse the 30,000 plus crowd that attended in 2007,” stated J Lin Dawson,...
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Spelman Grad Tia Fuller Steps Away from Beyonce’s...
Tia Fuller chuckles softly at the mention that many music fans equate listening to jazz with a trip to the dentist. As a noted jazz educator, it’s her mission to convince people otherwise, which she does as a traveling lecturer. It’s a passion that has led her to some of the nation’s most respected educational institutions.
Yet it almost seems contradictory that her biggest claim to fame of late...
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Fayetteville State's Torrey Grissett Signs With...
The Amarillo Venom of the Indoor Football League (IFL) announced recently the signing of former Fayetteville State University (FSU) student Torrey Grissett to a one-year contract through January 1, 2012. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Grissett attended Boyd Anderson High School in Miami, Florida and Douglas Byrd High School here in Fayetteville. He played his collegiate football at...
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Editorial: NAFEO Responds to Governor Jindal
During these austere times states are considering a wide range of options for meeting the educational needs of their increasingly diverse citizenry, while reducing costs. To assist Governor Jindal and the Louisiana State Legislature in exploring a wide range of options, the Governor convened the Louisiana Higher Education Review Commission. The Commission was a blue ribbon panel of some of the...
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Rod Broadway to Remain at Grambling State
A spokesperson for Grambling State University moments ago confirmed that head football coach Rod Broadway will remain as the university’s head football coach. Despite confirmation from two sources in the North Carolina A&T State University athletics department and associated alumni fundraising organization yesterday afternoon, Broadway this morning told members of GSU’s executive...
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Paine Continues Athletic Personnel Changes, Fires...
Paine College continues its shakeup within its sports department.
Golf coach Hoover Johnson, who helped rebuild the program after the team was kept from going to the national championship tournament, was let go by the school this week.
Paine vice president for institutional advancement Brandon Brown said Friday the school does not comment on personnel matters.
“I know a lot of folks question...
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HBCU Alumni Remembered in 25th Anniversary of...
As the nation pauses to remember the lives lost in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger 25 years ago today, students, alumni and supporters of historically black colleges and universities pay special tribute to two of the flight members who were HBCU alumni.
Christa McAuliffe is widely regarded as the first teacher to ever join a space mission, but she was also a graduate alumnus of...
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Xavier Named to National Science Education...
Xavier University of Louisiana is one of twelve schools and the only HBCU to be named a 2011member of the
Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) Science Education Alliance.
Fourteen others will join as associate members.
“The department of Biology at Xavier is very excited about being awarded a full membership to the Science Education Alliance of the HHMI and as a member of Cohort IV, is...
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Former Howard QB Legend Ted White Named Bison...
The Southern University football program will have at least one change to its coaching staff this season.
Quarterbacks coach Ted White, a former Glen Oaks High School standout, has left Southern to become offensive coordinator at Howard, his alma mater.
“He asked me if I minded that, and I said no,” SU coach Stump Mitchell said. “I would never try to prevent someone from advancing their...
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Special Report: Southern Sudan Referendum
The following is a special report on the recent secession referendum vote held in Southern Sudan. The report was researched and authored by Jerry Henderson, Atlanta University (Now Clark Atlanta University) alumnus and consulate with the United Nations’ Mission in Sudan initiative, on location.
BACKGROUND
Sudan, Africa’s largest country has an unequal distribution of oil wealth,...
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Clark Atlanta to Host Launch of 2011 National...
Clark Atlanta University, along with federal agencies and private organizations comprising the Strategic Leadership Council of the National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, will host the kickoff press conference for the initiative on Feb. 3, 2011 at the Henderson Student Center on the CAU campus beginning at 11:00 a.m.
The press conference will formally announce the National HBCU Get Communities...
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Deborah Scott Thomas to Keynote Alabama State...
Distinguished alumna and notable businesswoman Deborah Scott Thomas will deliver the keynote address at Alabama State University’s 111th Founder’s Day Convocation on Friday, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m. in the ASU’s Oliver-Dunn Acadome.
This year’s theme is “Remembering and Celebrating ASU’s Legends of Leadership and Service.”
Thomas is president and chief executive officer of Data Solutions and...
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Five Virginia State Lady Trojans Qualify for...
Five Virginia State University’s women’s indoor track athletes, provisionally qualified for the NCAA Nationals at the University of Maryland Invitational held at the Sports and Learning Complex on Saturday, Jan 22.
Junior Samantha Edwards (Elmont, NY) and sophomore Shaundra Cook (Franklin County, VA) qualified individually and the women’s team of Faith Brock (Virginia Beach, VA), Samantha Edwards...
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Concert to Celebrate the Fisk Jubilee Singers
The CSO Spiritual Ensemble will join forces with Fisk University Alumni to honor the African-American musical heritage of the Fisk Jubilee Singers in a performance titled “Circa 1871: Ode to the Fisk Jubilee Singers,” at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, at Circular Congregational Church in downtown Charleston.
First organized in 1871, the Fisk Jubilee Singers are an African-American a...
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North Carolina Central Students to Provide Free...
As part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA), trained and certified NCCU student volunteers will prepare federal and state tax returns for tax filers who earned less than $49,000 in 2010. The service is available every Saturday beginning Jan. 29 (except March 5 and 12), from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and every Friday beginning Feb. 4 (except March 4 and 11), from 4 to 7 p.m. This service...
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Spelman Alum Kiran Ahuja Leads White House...
Kiran Ahuja, appointed in December 2009 as executive director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, told India-West on the sidelines of the White House Summit on Entrepreneurship and Small Business Growth here Jan. 7 that she “knew from college that I wanted to do work in minority communities.”
The recent conference on the Microsoft campus here (I-W, Jan. 14) was...
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ULM and Grambling Athletics to Hold Joint Press...
ULM announced Thursday afternoon that the athletic department will hold a joint press conference with athletic officials from Grambling State University at noon on Friday.
The media advisory did not give details as to why the press conference will be held, but there has been conversation around the community that the two could be playing each other in 2011.
The two teams met for the first time...
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Elizabeth City State Alum Patricia H. Harris,...
Patricia H. Harris’ heart is as big as her personality.
The active 58-year-old mother of two generously shares her talents as an instructional specialist in the Montgomery County (Md.) Public Schools. She also enthusiastically gives her time to Elizabeth City State University, her alma mater, where the former board chair of the ECSU National Alumni Association is coordinating a $1 million...
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VIDEO: Virginia State's Dr. Mirta Martin Discusses...
Dr. Mirta Martin, Dean of the Reginald F. Lewis School of Business at Virginia State University, recently shared insight on renovations, curriculum additions and the school’s benefit to the Commonwealth of Virginia and beyond.
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Former FAMU Executives Sentenced to More than Two...
The former president of the FAMU Credit Union and a Florida A&M University policy institute director were both sentenced to more than two years in federal prison Thursday and ordered to pay back $134,000 in federal grant money they were found guilty of stealing.
U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle sentenced credit union president Eugene Telfair to a 30-month prison term. Robert Nixon, the...
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Reports: Grambling's Rod Broadway Named North...
The Triangle Tribune is reporting, with confirmation to the HBCU Digest from several sources close to the North Carolina A&T State University athletic department, that Grambling State University head football coach Rod Broadway will be named to the same position with the Aggies.
Sources say that a press conference will be held at Grambling in the coming days to announce Broadway’s...
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Bowie State President Named Chair Elect for...
Bowie State University President Mickey L. Burnim was recently elected to serve on the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Board of Directors as chair-elect for the current year. For the next several months, President Burnim will serve in this capacity as he prepares to take over the position of chair of the board beginning in October 2011.
“The AASCU provides a...
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Former Michigan QB Tate Forcier Considering HBCUs...
Former Michigan quarterback Tate Forcier mentioned S.C. State among eight schools he’s examining as transfer options, ESPN.com reported.
FCS members S.C. State, Florida A&M and Montana are the three schools on his list he could transfer to and not have to sit out a year.
S.C. State coach Buddy Pough confirmed his team’s interest in the sophomore but did not elaborate. “The...
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81 Programs Between Grambling, Southern System...
The Louisiana Board of Regents yesterday announced that 460 academic programs at the state’s public colleges and universities are up for possible elimination, citing duplicative academic offerings and low graduation rates for the cuts. The Southern University System stands to lose 53 programs between its Baton Rouge, Shreveport and New Orleans institutions, while Grambling State University...
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Fort Valley State Announces 2011 Football Schedule
The Wildcats of Fort Valley State University (FVSU) will face one of its most challenging seasons with the announcement of its’ 2011 football schedule. The rigorous campaign includes trips to two of the most popular Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) programs in the nation, Florida A&M University (FAMU) and Bethune Cookman University (BCU).
This year’s meeting between FVSU and FAMU will...
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Prairie View A&M Alum, Band Members to Participate...
Prairie View A&M University today announced that 60 members of its Marching Storm Marching Band will participate in the halftime show of this year’s Super Bowl in Dallas. The PVAMU delegation will join other musicians from across the country during a performance headlined by the Black Eye Peas.
The group’s participation was made possible by PVAMU alumnus Jimmy Smith, class of 2003. Smith is...
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Morgan State Football Players Offer Goodwill,...
The Morgan State University football team tried to make good with their northeast Baltimore neighbors by shoveling sidewalks and cleaning cars after the morning snow.
Many of the school’s neighbors protested in November, accusing students of taking their parking spaces and trashing the Northwood community.
On Wednesday, the school’s football players armed themselves with shovels and...
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Delaware State Joins Schools in Bioenergy...
Delaware State University is joining other northeastern universities in an effort to create educational opportunities for students interested in bioenergy and bio-based products.
Sen. Tom Carper says bioenergy and bio-based products are an important emerging market with economic potential for Delaware’s agriculture industry.
via WDEL 1150AM - DSU joins schools in bioenergy education...
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Tennessee State Professor Asks: Are HBCU Students...
While digital technology has become second nature to most students, research has suggested that students at HBCUs have varying attitudes, perceptions and academic abilities in using technology and distance learning via the internet.Exploring the divide among HBCU students is TSU College of Business Professor Dr. Retta Guy.
Her book, “The Digitally Distinterested,” released last fall by Informing...
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Clark Atlanta Cancer Research Center to Host Town...
The Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development (CCRTD) at Clark Atlanta University (CAU) will host a town hall meeting on Jan. 26 at 1 p.m. in the Virginia Lacy Jones Exhibition Hall of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, 111 James P. Brawley Drive, S.W., adjacent to CAU’s campus.
“The Impact of Health Care Reform in Impoverished Communities”
will focus on health care reform legislation...
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Growing Enrollment at UDC Community College...
Officials at the University of the District of Columbia say they might have to scale back its recently launched community college unless it immediately receives $8 million from the D.C. government, putting new pressure on city leaders struggling to close a growing budget shortfall.
The request, which is shining light on a deal struck last year between D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8)...
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Sonja A. Bennett Appointed to Lead Claflin...
Claflin University yesterday announced the appointment of Sonya A. Bennett as its Assistant Vice-President for Communications and Marketing. A tenured journalist and public relations practitioner, Bennett held a similar position at Saint Augustine’s College prior to her arrival at Claflin.
“I feel I bring a diversity of experience that will benefit Claflin University. My main goal is to...
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SC Lawmakers Question SCSU President on...
South Carolina State University President Dr. George Cooper fielded questions yesterday from state lawmakers about expenditures on the currently under-construction James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center. Officials say his answers, or lack thereof on more than $55 million in support of the center may impact the university’s 2011-2012 budget allocation.
The legislators have called...
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Hampton Nursing Students: No Heat in Freeman Hall
Nursing students at Hampton University took complaints about malfunctioning heating in a campus academic hall to a local media outlet, and tonight, students and university officials report that heating has been fixed in William Freeman Hall.
Read the full story at: Taking action for Hampton University students with complaints of no heat in their building - WTKR
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Saint Augustine's Men's 4x400 Relay Team Qualifies...
The Saint Augustine’s College men’s 4x400 relay team ran an indoor time of 3:11.44 Saturday which automatically qualifies for the NCAA Division II Championships, which will be held at March 11-12 in Albuquerque, N.M.
The 4x4 foursome of Kelly Fisher, Jason Boyd, Josh Edmonds and Antonio Abney finished second behind GW Express in the event at the Hokie Invitational hosted by Virginia Tech at...
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Xavier Gold Rush Lines Up to Beat Mobile, Improves...
Jeremy Lee, scoring in double figures for the first time in 10 games, had a career-high-tying 15 points Monday to help NAIA No. 11 Xavier University of Louisiana defeat Mobile 69-63 in a game filled with fouls and free throws.
The victory was the fifth in a row for Xavier (19-2) and its 17th straight at The Barn. The Gold Rush have Louisiana’s longest current win streak in men’s...
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UMES Research Examines Aspects of Water Quality
People who care about this nation’s water quality will gather in Washington on Monday Jan. 31 to explore new, innovative ways we can protect and improve this vital resource in our agricultural, rural and urbanizing watersheds.
Three University of Maryland Eastern Shore researchers will attend the National Water Program conference put on by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and land-grant...
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Panel Proposes Changes in Effort to Overhaul SCSU...
South Carolina State University’s By-Law Ad Hoc Committee, which is in the process of overhauling the university’s bylaws, proposed some changes to the 2002 edition of bylaws on Monday.
The 2002 bylaws allowed the executive committee to approve purchases and sales of real property with the full board’s approval, but the new version states that only the full board can authorize...
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Florida A&M Shocks Hampton, 62-58
Florida A&M basketball coach Eugene Harris doesn’t take off his jacket except on a rare occasion.
Monday night was one of them. With 37.2 seconds on the clock and the Rattlers holding a three-possession lead on the top team in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Harris was down to his white shirt and tie.
On the other end, Hampton University’s head coach Edward Joyner constantly...
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Editorial: Thurgood Marshall College Fund...
The following editorial was written by Jarrett L. Carter Sr., Founding Editor of the HBCU Digest and Executive Director of the Center for HBCU Media Advocacy, Inc.
The email’s headline sparked the initial interest; THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND MEMBER UNIVERSITIES PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE ANSWERS DOUBTS OF HBCU CONTINUED RELEVANCY. I fully expected a passionate, rallying cry for HBCU leaders and...
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Jackson State to Host Auditions for Feature...
Jackson State University English professor Charles Chiplin and the Atlanta-based Prince S.R. Media Productions are developing a feature film adaptation of the novel “Johnson Grass,” and will hold auditions for acting roles from 3 to 7 p.m., Jan. 31 – Feb. 14 in the Jacob L. Reddix building on the university’s main campus, located at 1400 John R. Lynch Street in Jackson.
“Johnson Grass,” written...
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Ron Spry Steps Down as Paine Coach
After serving five weeks on indefinite administrative leave, longtime Paine College athletic director and head basketball coach Ron Spry announced this afternoon that he was stepping down. He retires after serving 31 years at the school.
“I made the resignation because I felt like it was in the best interest of my family and Paine College,” said Spry, a six-time Southern...
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Mason: Merger Threatens Southern System
The Southern University System president said Monday he is not only against a Southern University at New Orleans merger with the University of New Orleans, but that such a move could begin the demise of the entire Southern System.
Southern President Ronald Mason Jr. discussed his reasons against a merger Monday in an interview for the first time since Gov. Bobby Jindal last week asked for a study...