HBCUs

Albany State University Forms Partnership With Walmart

The partnership will include scholarships, internship opportunities, in-kind contributions from Walmart to the university and job readiness workshops led by Walmart professionals in fields such as logistics, law, and transportation management.

North Carolina HBCU Tightening Its Belt

Saint Augustine's University in Raleigh, North Carolina, saw tuition revenue drop by $3 million during the last academic year. It has taken several steps to deal with the loss in revenue including the recent decision not to rehire 75 adjunct faculty members for the new academic year.

Ohio HBCU Enters Into a Parntership With a University in Cameroon

Central State University, the historically Black educational institution in Wilberforce, Ohio, has entered into a partnership agreement with Santa Monica University: The American International University in Cameroon.

Norfolk State University Trying to Gets Its Financial House in Order

Norfolk State was placed on accreditation warning status by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools due to the commission's concerns about the university's finances. President Eddie Moore Jr. stated that the next six months were "critical to our survival and success."

North Carolina A&T State University Enters the Peanut Business

A partnership with a Toronto-based firm will develop food products from hypoallergenic peanuts using a process patented by researchers in the university's School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.

Kentucky State President Takes Pay Cut to Help Low-Wage University Workers

New interim president Raymond Burse has voluntarily reduced his salary from$349,869 to $259,745 so that university employees who had been earning minimum wage would have their hourly rate boosted to $10.25.

Black Undergraduates at Two HBCUs Participate in Prostate Cancer Research

Students from two historically Black educational institutions in Mississippi - Jackson State University and Tougaloo College - participated in a 10-week program this summer involving prostate cancer research at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Alumni Step Up to Help Wilberforce University

At a recent national alumni conference, $400,000 was donated to help the school financially and another $1.4 million was pledged. With overall debt of $23 million, a lot more work needs to be done to shore up the university's finances.

Florida A&M University Establishes the Sustainability Institute

The institute's mission is to enhance the university’s academic and research programs on sustainability issues; improve the efficiencies and environmental stewardship of campus operations; and perform outreach and engagement initiatives.

Tuskegee University to Participate in Space Vehicle Design Project

Tuskegee students and faculty will have the opportunity to work on the development of the Dream Chaser Orbital Transportation System of Sierra Nevada Corporation's Space Systems division.

Jackson State University to Establish a School of Journalism

Eric D. Stringfellow, an award-winning journalist, will serve as interim director of the new school. He has been serving as executive director for university communications and will continue in that role.

Alabama State University to Build National Park Service Center on Campus

Alabama State University in Montgomery has signed an agreement with the National Park Service to develop a new $5 million interpretive center on campus that will be part of the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail.

HBCU Tackles the High Cost of College Textbooks

The new program at Tennessee State will allow first- and second-year students to buy electronic books for general education classes instead of traditional paper textbooks. Students could save as much as $735 per semester.

Delaware State University Signs Agreements With Five Universities in China and Ghana

The Chinese universities will send undergraduate and graduate students to Delaware State and the universities in Ghana will participate in faculty and student exchanges, research collaborations, and other ventures with Delaware State.

University of the District of Columbia Offering Free Soil Testing for Residents With Urban Gardens

Urban vegetable gardens can produce healthy and inexpensive food to help meet the dietary needs of city residents. But food from these gardens is only as good as the soil in which it is grown.

A New Clandestine Website Calls for Ouster of Paine College’s President

In June the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools placed Paine College on accreditation probation. The college has 12 months to address the commission's concerns or it could lose its accreditation.

Let’s Create a National Endowment for HBCUs

Professor Richard F. America calls for a national fundraising effort to strengthen historically Black colleges and universities well into the twenty-first century.

Eight HBCUs Sign Agreement With China’s Ministry of Education

Eight historically Black colleges and universities have signed an agreement with the China Education Association for International Exchange. The agreement calls for 1,000 scholarships for students at the HBCUs to study abroad in China.

Winston-Salem State University Announces an Academic Reorganization

The College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business and Economics, and the School of Education and Human Performance will be consolidated into the College of Arts, Sciences, Business, and Education.

HBCU Puts the University at the Fingertips of Its Students

The new University of Maryland Eastern Shore app provides fingertip links to a faculty directory, a campus map, university social media platforms, the resources of the university's library, and emergency contact information.
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