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.
North Carolina Central University Partners With Princeton University on Library Fellowships
Under the new initiative, students who earn a master’s degree in information science or library science at North Carolina Central University will be eligible for the Early Career Fellowship Program at the Princeton University Library. The program will offer a total of eight, two-year long positions over the next four years.
National Trust for Historical Preservation Offers Aid to Five HBCUs
Recently, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, through its HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative, awarded more than $650,000 in grants to five historically Black colleges and universities to fund Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plans.
Howard University Forms The Consortium to Advance Equity for Women and Girls of Color
The Consortium, funded by Melinda French Gates, will provide innovative research, data, and programming to advance gender equity and close the achievement gaps for women of color. Additionally, the Howard University Center for Women, Gender, and Global Leadership plans to launch an annual HBCU conference on women and leadership.
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.
Meharry Medical College to Add a New Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Data Science
Students in the new program, scheduled to begin in August, will take courses in mathematics, computational science, biostatistics, biomedical informatics, biomedical image processing and analysis, artificial intelligence and deep learning, and computer programming.
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.
Bomb Threats Continue at HBCUs: Federal Government Offers Grants to Help
The Biden administration has announced that HBCUs that have received bomb threats are eligible for grants of between $50,000 and $150,000 to help them deal with these bomb scares. The grants can be used to improve security or increase mental health resources.
Fort Valley State University Students Eligible for Summer Research at the University of Georgia
The Rising Scholars Internship is an opportunity for students from FVSU to conduct research with scientists from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and reside on the UGA campus in Athens from May 23 through July 23.
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.
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to Offer Two New Master’s Degree Programs
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff has announced that new graduate degree programs in agricultural regulations and aquaculture and fisheries will be offered in the fall semester in the School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences at the historically Black university.
Howard University Announces $785 Million Program to Upgrade Academic Facilities
Historically Black Howard University in Washington, D.C., announced plans for the largest construction real estate initiative in the institution’s history. The university will invest $785 million to build three new state-of-the-art multidisciplinary academic halls and renovate several existing structures.
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.
New $10 Million Initiative Aims to Establish Public Charter Schools on HBCU Campuses
Bloomberg Philanthropies in conjunction with the United Negro College Fund recently announced a new $10 million effort to work with historically Black colleges and universities to start new public charter schools in the South
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
