HBCUs

Dillard University Offering Courses to High School Students

Dillard University in New Orleans has announced the establishment of its Course Choice program. The program is administered by the state of Louisiana and allows high school students to take courses at Dillard that earns them both high school and college credits.

Oakwood University Comes Out on Top In Home Depot’s Retool Your School Competition

Oakwood University, with only 1,939 students was able to beat its rivals, many of which have far larger student bodies, by calling on students, staff, and faculty at its partner institutions in the Seven-day Adventist network around the world to cast votes to benefit Oakwood.

Educators From Senegal Visiting the Campus of Tuskegee University

The Senegalese educators, representing the University of Dakar, the University of St. Louis, and the University of Ziguinchor learned how Tuskegee University forms partnerships with local industry and agriculture concerns.

Tennessee State University Building a New Agricultural Education Research Facility

The 4,800-square-foot facility will include a support building for field research, a building for agricultural education activities, and storage buildings for equipment and pesticides.

New Dental Simulation Laboratory Now Operating at Meharry Medical College

The new facility has 30 workstations that operate in the manner of a private dental practice. Students can practice any dental procedure from a routine cleaning to a root canal on mannequins.

Team From North Carolina A&T State University Wins the ACC Clean Energy Challenge

A team from North Carolina A&T State University took the $100,000 grand prize for developing a bio-based adhesive from swine manure for potential use as a substitute for petroleum-based asphalt binder.

Harris-Stowe State University Partners With Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Under the agreement the two universities will participate in faculty and student exchanges. Graduates of Harris-Stowe State University will be eligible for in-state tuition rate if they are accepted into graduate programs at Southern Illinois University.

Grambling State University Opens Two Help Centers for Students

The department of English and foreign languages has opened up two new facilities to help students with their communications skills. The Enhancement Writing Laboratory and the English Instructional Computer Classroom are available for students majoring in any discipline.

Four Men Charged With Hazing in Virginia State University Drowning

Two Virginia State University students, participating in an initiation rite for a group not affiliated with the university, were swept away by currents in the Appomattox River. Late Monday, police found the body of the one of the men. Another body believed to be the second student was found on Wednesday.

The Nation’s Newest HBCU

American Baptist College in Nashville has applied for designation and been accepted by the U.S. Department of education as a historically Black college and university. It is now the 106th institution of higher education to hold the label as an HBCU.

Major Changes on Campus at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore

The university has purchased land to increase the size of its campus by almost 50 percent and construction is scheduled to started soon on a new science center.

Meharry Medical College Adding Its First New Building in 30 Years

The three-story, 80,000-square-foot project will be called the Turner Family Center, named after Cal Turner Jr., the former CEO of Dollar General stores. It will includes space for classrooms, an auditorium, a banquet hall, food court, and administrative office space.

Alabama State Seeks to Boost Enrollments of International Students

Alabama State University in Montgomery has entered into partnerships with the African countries of Malawi, Nigeria, and Botswana to bring more students from these countries to the university.

Howard University Breaks Ground on Its Interdisciplinary Research Building

The new, 81,000-square-foot Interdisciplinary Research building will include laboratories, classrooms, "clean rooms," offices, and support facilities. The bottom floor of building will have space for retail outlets.

Elizabeth City State University Partners With the Industrial Extension Service of North Carolina State University

Under the agreement, the two institutions will partner to offer courses through the Elizabeth City State University Office of Distance and Continuing Education and students and staff at Elizabeth City State University will become involved in real-world projects of the Industrial Extension Service.

HBCUs That Send the Most Graduates to Serve in the Peace Corps

This year there are 21 graduates from Howard University in Washington, D.C., working in the Peace Corps. Since the Peace Corps was established in 1961, 204 Howard graduates have served.

Tuskegee University Building a New Veterinary Teaching Hospital

The new hospital facility, expected to be completed by the end of 2015 at a cost of $41 million, will allow the veterinary school to enroll more students and also to provide more veterinary services to the surrounding community.

Howard University Boosts Financial Aid for Students in Need

The university has added $600,000 to need-based financial aid programs for the current year. About 400 students, including some graduating seniors, will receive funds under the program.

North Carolina A&T State University Partners With a Community College

The program will funnel successful students from STEM programs at the community college to bachelor's degree programs in the College of Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University.

New Robotics Laboratory Opens at Elizabeth City State University

The laboratory will train university students to design, build, and program robots and to operate them remotely and autonomously. It will also be used during a summer outreach effort aimed at increasing interest among high school in pursuing careers in high technology industries.
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