President Obama recently visited North Carolina A&T, where he spoke to a crowd of students. In honor of the event, NBC BLCK profiled 12 White House staffers who are also HBCU grads. See the story below President Obama visits North Carolina A&T State University on Tuesday to discuss developments relating to My Brother's Keeper, an initiative designed to help young … [Read more...]
Michelle Obama Shares Why She Experienced Many Sleepless Nights Being the First Black First Lady with HBCU Grads
By Rthangel73 Giving a candid and deeply personal commencement speech at Tuskegee University on Saturday, the First Lady of the United States reflected on the emotional toll of being the country’s first black first lady. As reported by The Hill, First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to the students at the Historically Black Alabama college for about a half an hour on Saturday, … [Read more...]
Votes for HBCU SC South University to Shut Down for 1 Year
Is this a conspiracy? Is this the start of a possible trend of closing HBCU's? Ok, that may be a far fetched accusation but you have to admit, closing a school down for a year to get their finances straight is pretty much unheard of, until now. South Carolina State University is very close to being shut down as early as today for the 2015-2016 school year for mis-managing … [Read more...]
HBCU Receives $1 Million in STEM Grants
Alabama State University recently announced that they received $1 million in federal grants for STEM programs, a major accomplishment for the institution. The university's Biological Sciences department will receive $770,000 to form a three institution partnership to include Auburn University and Tuskegee University. Through the partnership will come research and employment … [Read more...]
HBCU Alumnae Hesitant to Recommend Black Institutes to Children
Last week, the Huffington Post released an article about young, successful Historically Black College and University graduates to look out for in 2013. Despite theses successes, some HBCU alumnae are hesitant to encourage others to attend. Dr. Jerainne Johnson-Heywood and Dr. Scherise Mitchell-Jordan both attended Morgan State University during the 90's. Even after … [Read more...]
FAMU Cracks Down After Another Hazing Incident
It hasn't even been a full year since the tragic and unfortunate death of a Florida A&M University marching band drum major, and already, the university is back in the news. Another incident of hazing has occurred on the FAMU campus, but this time, the school is taking no chances. The university's Torque Dance Team was suspended after there were allegations of an … [Read more...]
Losing Our Historically Black Colleges and Universities
"You can't continue to move forward unless you give back what you are given. It is our calling." These words were once spoken by Oprah Winfrey, who in 2003 stood at the center of a fundraiser for Bennett College during the "Revitalizing Bennett Campaign," which sought to raise $50 million for the school. There's has been word of Virginia HBCU, Saint Paul's College … [Read more...]
My Life As…A Student at a Historically Black College
CollegeCandy.com runs a regular feature where they have young college students write about their different experiences in order to give others an opportunity to walk in their shoes. Recently they ran a post by Khalea Underwood, a sophomore at Howard University in DC. Check out this excerpt: At home, I was made fun of for my dark brown skin; I was always the "blackest" girl … [Read more...]