FedEx Strengthens Its Partnerships With HBCUs
The company has announced a multi-year commitment to offer relief support to help students, faculty, and staff at four HBCUs who have suffered adverse economic impact due to COVID-19. The company has also launched a Student Ambassador program to train and mentor students at HBCUs.
Howard University Establishes the Toni Morrison Endowed Chair in Arts and Humanities
The Toni Morrison Endowed Chair in Arts and Humanities will be established utilizing $3 million of the $40 million gift that philanthropist Mackenzie Scott donated to Howard in 2020. Professor Morrison, who won the Nobel Prize in literature, was a graduate of Howard University and also taught there.
Xavier University Students Are Eligible for Early Assurance Program for Admission to Dental School
Historically Black Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans has entered into a partnership with the School of Dentistry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Sophomores at Xavier University who are accepted into the program will be offered conditional early acceptance into the UAB School of Dentistry.
Hampton University to Develop a New Robotics Program With Funding From Amazon
Amazon funding will assist with establishing a new research laboratory in an existing space; a one-year faculty position dedicated to artificial intelligence and machine learning; and the establishment of a senior capstone course where students will receive side-by-side mentorship from leading researchers, software developers, and engineers at Amazon.
The Center for an Equitable and Sustainable Society Created at Howard University
Historically Black Howard University in Washington, D.C. will participate in a $40 million program to establish multidisciplinary academic centers dedicated to reimagining the relationships among markets, governments, and people. Scholars at the new academic centers will investigate how economies should work in the 21st century and the aims they should serve.
Jackson State University in Mississippi Recruiting Students From a Connecticut Community College
Historically Black Jackson State University in Mississippi has signed an agreement with Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, Connecticut, that aims to provide a seamless transfer for students who enroll at JSU at in-state tuition rates after completing their two-year degree at the community college.
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science is the Latest HBCU to Receive...
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in South Los Angeles, one of the nation’s four historically Black medical schools and the only HBCU west of Texas has received a $20 million donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. This one-time gift represents the largest private donation in the history of the university.
Jackson State University in Mississippi Partners With Six Community Colleges in Alabama
Jackson State University, the historically Black educational institution in Mississippi, has announced a partnership with six Alabama community colleges to help associate degree graduates transition into its bachelor degree programs.
New Network of Historically Black and Predominately Black Community Colleges
Complete College America, a national nonprofit organization with the goal to raise postsecondary attainment in the United States, has announced the launch of a network of 22 historically Black community colleges (HBCCs) and predominantly Black community colleges (PBCCs) across eight states.
Southern University Unveils Its New Mobile Health Unit to Serve Low-Income Communities
The School of Nursing at historically Black Southern University in Louisiana has unveiled the Jag Mobile, its state-of-the-art custom mobile health unit that will provide services to medically underserved communities within a 50-mile radius of the Baton Rouge campus.
Tennesseee State University to Expand Its Online Digital Literacy Education Project in Africa
Tennessee State University has been operating an online program for students in South Africa and Liberia. The program is part of a STEM literacy partnership with the African Methodist Episcopal Church that gives students digital resources to develop their technology skills. Now students from four additional nations will be able to participate.
Morgan State University Aims to Establish a Satellite Campus in East Baltimore
Under the agreement, the university will purchase an approximately 59-acre parcel that includes the former Lake Clifton High School and another 14 acres of adjacent property south and east of the school. Morgan State aims to redevelop the property over a 15-to-20-year period, with a projected total minimum investment of $200 million.
Three State-Operated HBCUs in North Carolina Can Now Admit More Out-of-State Students
State universities in North Carolina are restricted in the number of students they can enroll who live outside the state. The general limit is to cap out-of-state enrollment at 18 percent. North Carolina A&T State University and North Carolina Central University can now admit 35 percent of students from outside North Carolina. The threshold for Elizabeth City State University was raised to 50 percent.
New Network of Historically Black and Predominantly Black Community Colleges
A new organization has been established to advocate for the nation's historically Black and predominantly Black community colleges. The nonprofit organization Complete College America has created a national network of 22 historically Black and predominantly Black community colleges across eight states.
Morehouse College Wins the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge
Since the competition was founded in 1989, Morehouse College has qualified to participate every year and has won the championship five times. This year, Morehouse defeated the team from Kentucky State University in the final round. Teams from Oakwood University and Tuskegee University, both in Alabama, were semifinalists in the competition.
Alcorn State University Teams Up With the U.S. Agency for International Development
The partnership will contribute to USAID’s efforts to build a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce by creating opportunities and pathways for Alcorn State students to get involved with the Agency’s work and pursue careers in international development.
Jarvis Christian College to Transition to University Status With Addition of Master’s Degree Programs
Jarvis Christian College, a historically Black educational institution in Hawkins, Texas, has received approval to offer a master's degree in business administration and a master's degree in criminal justice. As a result, the college plans to change its name to Jarvis Christian University.
Xavier University of Louisiana May Open a New Medical School
For decades, Xavier University in New Orleans has consistently produced more African American undergraduate students who go on to obtain medical degrees and Ph.D.’s in the health sciences than any other higher education institution in the nation.
Anonymous Donor Clears the Account Balances of All Wiley College 2022 Graduates
At commencement ceremonies on May 7, Herman J. Felton, Jr., president of Wiley College in Texas, surprised attendees by announcing that the remaining account balances for all graduating students had been fully paid by an anonymous donor. The amount contributed to clear all the students' balances was about $300,000.
Historically Black Grambling State University Enters Partnership With the University of Belize
The agreement establishes a path where graduates of the University of Belize in Central America can work on and complete graduate degrees in the department of curriculum and instruction at Grambling State University through an online program.
Benedict College Is the Inaugural Participant in the VA’s Health Care Talent Academy
The pilot program will increase awareness, knowledge, and empathy of future health conditions common in veterans among Benedict students interested in the health care field. Students will have an opportunity to do 20-40 hours of clinical shadowing and observing at the nearby Dorn VA Medical Center.
Bluefield State College in West Virginia Will Transition to University Status
Historically Black Bluefield State College in West Virginia was founded in 1895 as the Bluefield Colored Institute to provide higher education to the children of African-American coal miners in the region. Today, the college, which will now become a university, is only 10 percent Black.
Southern University Signs a Five-Year Partnership Agreement With Georgetown University
The agreement represents a pledge by the leaders of Georgetown and the Southern University System to collaborate on activities that could include joint research and curriculum projects, the exchange of faculty and research scholars, faculty training and development, and grants and student pipeline programs.
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Aims to Boost Nursing Enrollments
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, the historically Black educational institution in Los Angeles, is joining forces with CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the United States in an effort to address the severe shortage of nurses in California.
Alcorn State University Enters Partnership With Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Copiah-Lincoln Community College operates campuses in Wesson, Mendenhall, and Natchez, Mississippi. Under the agreement, students who complete specific associate degree requirements at the community college will receive guaranteed admission to Alcorn State University’s four-year degree programs.
Florida A&M University Gets a $70 Million Windfall in Increased State Funding
The funding is designed to beef up the university’s student success initiatives, including graduation and retention rates, first-time licensure pass rates for nursing, pharmacy, and physical therapy, boosting the number of STEM graduates, and the recruitment and retention of faculty.
Dillard University to Offer Its First Master’s Degree Program in Its 153-Year History
The new master's degree program in nursing will be a 12-course, 36-39 credit hour hybrid degree program designed to be completed in four consecutive semesters for full-time students; and six semesters for part-time students.
HBCUs Receive Nearly $10 Million to Preserve Historic Buildings on Their Campuses
The National Park Service has announced $9.7 million in grants to assist 21 preservation projects in nine states for historic structures on campuses of historically Black colleges and universities.
Morgan State University’s Actuarial Science Program Gets a Boost From Symetra Life Insurance
Symetra Life Insurance will provide scholarships supporting 25 students pursuing a degree in actuarial science. The scholarship program will provide wraparound support for critical student needs, such as housing, food, clothing, transportation, and other emergency funding that may be a barrier to degree completion.
Jackson State University in Mississippi Offers a New Major in Supply Chain Management
Through the Jackson State University supply chain management program, students will learn to understand the underpinnings of the global supply chain and how the linkage of multiple supply chain functions leads to the delivery of goods and services from around the world.
Jackson State University to Offer a New Master’s Degree Program in Political Science
The political science department at Jackon State University in Mississippi, under the direction of Professor Maruice Mangum, is offering a thesis and non-thesis route to the master's degree in political science. Students can complete the program on campus or online in as little as two semesters.
Texas Southern University Creates the College of Transdisciplinary Studies
Historically Black Texas Southern University n Houston is launching a new college that creates a pathway for people who started college, but did not complete their degree program.
Pharmaceutical Giant Offers 10 Postdoctoral Fellowships to Howard University Students
Sanofi, the Paris-based multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare company headquartered in Paris but with extensive operations in the United States, is partnering with the Howard...
Bowie State University Substantially Boosts Its Online Degree Offerings
Bowie State students can pursue undergraduate degrees online in computer science, computer technology, and criminal justice, master’s degrees in computer science, culturally responsive teacher leadership, management information systems, and reading education, and a doctorate in educational leadership.
College of Business at Jackson State University to Offer New Online Degree Programs
The College of Business at historically Black Jackson State University in Mississippi will offer a master of professional accountancy degree and a bachelor of business administration degree online.
Virginia State University Program to Address Teacher Shortage in Local School Districts
In the new teacher residency program, graduate students will co-teach and earn a master's degree in education within one year at no charge. Upon successful completion of the program, they must commit to full-time teaching positions for three years in schools where the district's population has a least a 30 percent poverty rate.
