HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, have been around since the 1800s, but lately, they've gotten a fresh wind.
More top scholars and athletes are choosing HBCUs with no doubt in their minds, despite ...
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Two more HBCU football programs will face USF over the next decade, according to a new report.
USF has completed contracts with South Carolina State and Bethune-Cookman, according to FBSchedules.com.
Bethune-Cookman, based in Daytona, FL will f ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2023 at 3:38PM
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Now that the Super Bowl has concluded, the attention shifts to the NBA as the league prepares for All-Star weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Included in the weekend of events is the NBA HBCU Classic, with rivals Grambling State and Southern facing ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2023 at 3:37PM
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Culture House partnered with BET+ to produce a series of 60-second videos for Black History Month.
“Black History Month is an opportunity to pay homage to the seen and unseen heroes,” said Trinity Webster-Bass, a sophomore at Howard University. “I ...
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Honda and the HBCU community will celebrate the return of Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB) to a live event format Saturday, February 18, 2023, showcasing spectacular marching bands and dance teams from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HB ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2023 at 2:42PM
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More and more people are switching to a plant based lifestyle and Everything Legendary is trying to make products more accessible and tasty for their customers. Founders Duane "Myko" Cheers and Danita Claytor joined Eileen and Britt to talk about the ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2023 at 2:07PM
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Ebony Austin is a successful restauranteur, philanthropist, community leader, and HBCU graduate.
Besides providing jobs to more than 100 community members, running two highly successful restaurants, and an ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2023 at 1:58PM
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Graduates from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are leaders in every field and include barrier-breaking politicians, doctors, business owners, scientists, artists, lawyers, engineers and educators, many of whom are public servants ...
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As the New York Times and PBS NewsHour reported last fall, applications and enrollment have been soaring at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in recent years. Employers such as Google, IBM and NBCUniversal Media realize what an inc ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2023 at 10:45AM
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NORFOLK, Va. (February 14, 2023) – The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) revealed its men’s basketball weekly honors where Howard University freshman Shy Odom (Roxbury, Mass.) won his seventh league Rookie of the Week award. The announcement cam ...
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The week after the announcement that lawmakers had formed a bipartisan historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) Caucus, HBCU students visited the legislature to advocate for their schools.
A group of students from HBCUs across the state ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2023 at 10:26AM
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The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently awarded Johnson C. Smith University $5.7 million for campus technology upgrades and broadband 5G deployment. This is the largest government gra ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 8:14PM
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1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright. Eleanor Quarles arrives in Washington, DC, with ambition and secrets. When she meets the handsome William Pride at Howard University, they fall madly in love. But ...
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2022 Hornets HBCU Fellowship Winner
Have you ever heard the term “Hoopstate?” Being born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, right in the middle of the heart of college basketball’s largest rivalries – NC State, UNC, and Duke – it was something ...
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When Jarrett Carter Sr. launched HBCU Digest in 2010, it was to fill a gap in thoughtful and rigorous higher education journalism on historically Black colleges and universities in the United States.
As a student at Morgan State University in the ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 3:28PM
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The Atlanta Hawks will host their fifth annual HBCU Night during game against Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Atlanta Hawks today announced their plans to host their fifth annual ‘HBCU Night presented by Chase’ at the award-winning State Farm Arena on Fr ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 3:25PM
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On February 23, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc., Bergen/Passaic Chapter, will partner with Bergen Community College to educate high school and incoming college students about the advantages of attending Historically Black Colleges and ...
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Tuskegee University was recently named part of the first HBCU focused University Affiliated Research Center (UARC). This is the the first UARC first associated with HBCUs and the first sponsored by the Air Force. Keep reading for more.
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Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 3:15PM
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Tuskegee University was recently named part of the first HBCU focused University Affiliated Research Center (UARC). This is the the first UARC first associated with HBCUs and the first sponsored by the Air Force. Keep reading for more.
Here’s what ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 3:15PM
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NASA is awarding $11.7 million to eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through the new Data Science Equity, Access, and Priority in Research and Education (DEAP) opportunity. These awards will enable HBCU students and faculty to ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 3:08PM
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In the picture: Kyle Wheeler & Rebecca Boothely
From the electrifying band and fabulous majorette dancers to the joyful homecoming and community, the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) experience is unlike any other. Naturally, most ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 3:04PM
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The only Catholic historically Black college or university (HBCU) reported a data breach this week involving Social Security numbers and other personal information from more than 44,000 students and vendors.
In filings with the office of Maine’s a ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 2:57PM
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Forgive the lack of originality but by the appearance of things, Sheryl Lee Ralph is living her best life right now. One of the stars of the hit comedy Abbott Elementary was trending after Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup between Kansas City and Philadelp ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 2:51PM
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EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Feb. 14, 2023) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has been named the nation’s No. 1 historically Black university (HBCU) by Degree Choices, a higher education research organization whose rankings focus ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 2:42PM
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The CSU Admission’s Recruiting Tour has become an annual event. The purpose is to share the benefits of the Central State University student life and educational opportunities. Central State University President Dr. Jack Thomas and officials of the ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 2:19PM
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