HBCUs

Howard University Announces Plans for a Major New Residential Complex

The new housing will have room for 1,360 students and will include social areas, game rooms, laundry areas, and study places as well as meeting rooms, classrooms, and offices. The $107 million project is expected to be completed by August 2014.

Morgan State University Partners With the U.S. Navy

The agreement will enable students at Morgan State University to receive academic and career advice from Navy personnel. Students can also participate in Navy research projects.

Alabama State University to Offer a Fourth Doctoral Program

In addition to Ph.D. and Ed.D programs in educational leadership, policy, and law, the university offers a Ph.D. program in microbiology and a doctor of physical therapy degree program.

Kentucky State University Debuts New Agricultural Research Magazine

The new magazine will highlight ongoing agricultural research at the university. The first edition includes a cover story on the use of honey bees in agricultural production.

Hampton University School of Pharmacy Opens a Drug Information Center

The questions will be answered by students in the last year of the doctor of pharmacy program. Their answers will be reviewed by a faculty member before the answer is given to the consumer.

Southern University Seeks to Boost Enrollments

Historically Black Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has seen its enrollment drop from 9,500 students to about 6,600 students over the past several years since new, tougher admissions standards were introduced seven years ago.

Elizabeth City State University Opens a New Art Gallery

One section of the gallery will display pieces from the university's permanent collection of African and African American art. The other part of the gallery will exhibit a rotating selection or a visiting collection.

Jackson State University Proposes to Build a 50,000-Seat Domed Stadium

"We don’t see it as a stadium just for Jackson State University,” said David Hoard, vice president for institutional advancement at Jackson State University. “We see it as an investment for the city and the region."

Xavier University Partners With the Chicago School of Professional Psychology

The partnership between the historically Black university and the Chicago School of Professional Psychology will explore the creation of graduate programs in psychology in the New Orleans area.

Jackson State University to Produce an e-Book on Medgar Evers and Margaret Walker

The university, in conjunction with the University Press of Mississippi, is producing an electronic book on the friendship of civil rights leader Medgar Evers and author Margaret Walker Alexander. They were family friends and they lived a block from each other.

Johnson C. Smith University to Offer Students Free Passports

In an effort to boost study abroad programs, historically Black Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, has announced that it will cover the cost of U.S. passports for all first-year and transfer students.

New Student Health Center Being Built at North Carolina A&T State University

The current Sebastian Health Center was built 60 years ago when there were 2,000 students on campus. Today, total enrollments are about 10,000 students.

University of Maryland Eastern Shore Decides Not to Revive Its Football Program

The historically Black university last fielded an intercollegiate football program in 1979. Many alumni wanted to restore the program but a task force appointed by the university's president Juliette B. Bell, found that the institution did not have "either the human or fiscal resources" to do so.

Claflin University Launches the Center for Faith and Public Life

Johnny B. Hill, an associate professor of religion and philosophy at Claflin University, has been appointed the director of the new center where research will focus on religion's impact and influence on current, social, political, and economic issues.

North Carolina A&T Teams Up With Vance-Granville Community College

Under the agreement, graduates of Vance-Granville Community College who have achieved an associate's degree in nursing can transfer into the four-year nursing degree program at North Carolina A&T State University.

A Second Doctoral Program Is Authorized at Winston-Salem State University

The historically Black university in North Carolina has been approved to establish a doctor of nursing practice degree program. The new doctoral program could enroll its first students as early as this coming fall.

Fort Valley State University Program Creates a Pipeline for Energy Industry Engineers

Students spend three years at Fort Valley State and then transfer to one of the partner universities for two years. Students receive two degrees, one in a science field and one in an energy-related discipline.

Florida A&M University Teams Up With the Federal University of Technology in Nigeria

Under the agreement, the two universities will exchange faculty and will cooperate on research and teaching projects. Florida A&M will host graduate students from Nigeria in master's and doctoral degree programs.

Fox Teams Up With HBCUs in Networking Alliance

The new effort will bring HBCU students, faculty, and alumni together with executives from Fox’s media and entertainment businesses in an effort to build a stronger pipeline for students interested in pursuing careers in the film and television industry.

North Carolina Central University Launches a New Magazine Focused on Its Research Projects

The Division of Research and Economic Development at North Carolina Central University in Durham recently published the first issue of Quest, a new magazine that highlights research projects at the historically Black university. The publication is available in print and online formats.
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