Bowie State University to Offer a New Master’s Degree in Philanthropy and Nonprofit Management
Historically Black Bowie State University in Maryland is joining with ABFE (formerly the Association of Black Foundation Executives) to form a partnership that will implement and sustain a HBCU Philanthropy Initiative. This will include the establishment of a master of philanthropy and nonprofit management degree program within the Bowie State University College of Business.
Knoxville College Finds a Partner to Help With the Reaccreditation Process
Students in the doctoral program in higher education administration program at the University of Tennessee will help Knoxville College officials complete the paperwork necessary to pursue reaccreditation with the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools.
U.S. Air Force to Establish a Research Center on the Campus of a Historically...
The Department of the Air Force will provide $12 million per year for five years to fund the research, which will focus on tactical autonomy. The current plan would make the chosen HBCU the leader of a consortium of other HBCUs studying the topic.
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.
Good News! Florida Memorial University Has Been Removed From Accreditation Probation
On Thursday, June 17, 2021, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges voted to place historically Black Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens on “probation for good cause.” After some significant budget cuts, the university's probation has now been lifted.
Boeing Makes New $8 Million Commitment to Train and Recruit Students From HBCUs
Boeing and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund have renewed a partnership agreement that seeks to develop students from historically Black colleges and universities for careers in the aerospace industry.
Elizabeth City State University Partners With Lenoir-Rhyne University for Teacher Education
Under the agreement, students and alumni from ECSU will have priority admission to the Masters in Art of Teaching (MAT) degree program at Lenoir-Rhyne University. ECSU graduates will receive a 10 to 20 percent tuition discount.
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.
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.
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.
Historically Black Claflin University Teams Up With London Metropolitan University
Under the partnership agreement, students from both universities will have opportunities for customized study abroad programs, international summer school, internships, and service-learning placement scholarships.
Prudential Financial Launches Program to Train Endowment Professionals at HBCUs
The goal of the program is to provide investment management education and training for HBCU decision-makers who manage endowments in order to boost endowment performance and therefore reinforce the financial stability of HBCUs.
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.
HBCU Students to Participate in Medical Research Program at the University of Pennsylvania
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is expanding its Penn Access Summer Scholars Program to include students from five historically Black educational institutions. The selective program provides two summers of research for undergraduates with a goal of preparing them to matriculate into medical school.
NFL Partners With Black Medical Schools in an Effort to Diversify the Sports Medicine...
HBCU medical students interested in primary care sports medicine and/or orthopedic surgery will be selected by their respective schools to complete one-month clinical rotations with NFL clubs during the 2022 NFL season. Eight NFL teams each will host two medical students.
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.
Fort Valley State University in Georgia to Begin a Master of Social Work Degree...
The graduate-level program will focus on mental health, addiction, and clinical behavioral health. Internship and fieldwork placements will allow students to further their understanding of addiction and mental health through direct practice. The first classes are scheduled to begin during the Spring 2023 semester.
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.
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.
IBM to Establish Cybersecurity Leadership Centers at Six Historically Black Universities
IBM will develop for each HBCU a customized IBM Security Learning Academy portal. The six participating HBCUs are Clark Atlanta University, Morgan State University, North Carolina A&T State University, South Carolina State University, Southern University, and Xavier University of Louisiana.
Savannah State University to Offer a New Degree Program in Data Analytics
The data analytics degree program is a joint effort between three of the university’s colleges: the College of Business Administration, the College of Sciences and Technology, and the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, and draws on critical competencies from each area of study.
Howard University Acquires a Collection of Gordon Parks Photographs
The breadth of the collection — which spans Parks’s earliest photographs in the 1940s through the 1990s — makes it one of the most comprehensive resources for the study of Parks’s life and work anywhere in the world.
HBCU Medical Schools Team Up to Increase Organ Donorship Rates Among African Americans
The Consortium of HBCU Medical Schools has announced a new initiative to increase the number of African Americans who register to be organ donors. The initiative will also seek to find ways to eliminate racial disparities among recipients of donated organs.
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.
Princeton University Launches Research Partnerships With Five HBCUs
Princeton researchers and researchers from Howard University, Jackson State University, Prairie View A&M University, Spelman College, and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will co-lead research projects. Princeton will fund the research.
Morris Brown College in Atlanta Is Once Again Fully Accredited
Historically Black Morris Brown College in Atlanta was founded in 1881 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 2002, the college lost its accreditation due to an unstable financial position. Now, 20 years later, Morris Brown College is once again fully accredited.
NASA’s New Equity Action Plan Looks to Increase Opportunities for HBCUs
NASA is conducting an internal analysis to (1) identify historically Black colleges and universities that are eligible to compete for awards but are not submitting proposals and (2) analyze barriers for those that did not apply or applied but did not receive awards.
Prairie View A&M University Expands its Partnership With Texas A&M University
The partnership between Texas A&M University and historically Black Prairie View A&M University will be focused on four key areas: faculty exchange, student programs, scholar exchange/support and community outreach.
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.
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.
Florida Memorial University Expects Good News From Its Accrediting Agency
On Thursday, June 17, 2021, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges voted to place the Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens on "probation for good cause." After a campus visit from the accrediting agency, the university believes it will be removed from probation in June.
Fisk University to Offer a New Bachelor’s Degree Program in Kinesiology
Physical activity will be examined from multiple angles, including biological, physiological, and sociological analyses, as well as its effects across a range of tasks, including exercise, daily living, play, sport, and employment. Dr. Andrea K. Stevenson has been chosen to head up the new program.
Howard University Joins the U.S. Space Force’s University Partnership Program
With a focus on workforce development, the Space Force University Partnership Program aims to provide a consistent pipeline of talent through internships, mentorship, scholarship, and fellowship. The UPP also provides research opportunities for university students.
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.
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.
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.
