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.
South Carolina State University Opens Its New Engineering and Computer Science Complex
The 86,500-square-foot building, built at a cost of $24.5 million, includes state-of-the-art classrooms, research centers, laboratories, offices, and academic support spaces. Three academic departments and two research centers are housed in the new complex.
Central State University Offers New Opportunity for Its Geology and Water Resources Students
Central State University, the historically Black educational institution in Wilberforce, Ohio, has entered into an agreement with Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, that will allow Central State University students to get a head start on earning a master's degree in earth and environmental sciences.
Howard University Scientists on an Ocean Research Expedition
A team of faculty and graduate students at Howard University has spent the last five weeks aboard a research ship of the National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration studying particles in the air coming off the coast of West Africa.
Southern University of New Orleans Gains an Academic Partner in Africa
Under the agreement with Central University College in Ghana, SUNO will engage in exchanges of students and faculty, cooperate on research projects, and participate in joint lecture and seminar projects.
Claflin University Begins New Cooperative Degree Program With the S.C. College of Pharmacy
Under the program, students would attend Claflin for three years pursuing a degree program in biochemistry. If they met the academic requirements, the students would then transfer into the doctorate of pharmacy program at the South Carolina College of Pharmacy.
Alabama State University Signs New Agreement With a University in India
Alabama State University, the historically Black educational institution in Montgomery, has signed a collaborative agreement with the Gujarat Forensic Science University in Ahmedabad, India. It is Alabama State's third agreement with universities in India.
Campus of Paine College Named to National Registry of Historic Places
Among the historic landmarks on the Paine College campus are Candler Memorial Library, Mary Helm Hall, Epworth Residential Hall and the Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel.
A New Confucius Institute Comes to the Campus of Texas Southern University
Universities and school systems that establish a Confucius Institute receive support from the government of China to develop Chinese language and cultural courses. The institute at Texas Southern will be the only one in the Houston area.
Dillard University Students Get a Unique Look at the U.S. Justice System at Work
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments for five cases at the Justice Revius O. Ortique Jr. Mock Trial Center on the Dillard campus.
Jackson State University Set to Open New Satellite Campus This Summer
The city of Madison, approximately 15 miles north of Jackson, is predominantly White. The university hopes that the location will help it obtain a threshold where more than 10 percent of its student body is non-Black so it can gain control of a $70 million endowment from the state.
Mississippi Valley State University to Offer In-State Tuition Rates to All Students
At the present time, in-state students pay $5,494 annually for tuition. Students from outside of Mississippi have a tuition bill of $13,734. In the fall semester, 319 of the university's 2,500 students lived in states other than Mississippi.
Alabama HBCUs Team Up in Healthcare Alliance
The alliance is being organized by Louis Sullivan, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and president emeritus of the Morehouse School of Medicine.
HBCU Musicians Perform at Inaugural Events
The Spelman College Glee Club performed at three events in Washington over inaugural weekend and the Grambling State University Tiger Marching Band was the only representative from an HBCU in the inaugural parade.
HBCU in Maryland May Contribute to the Creation of a New Medical School
The new medical school would be a satellite campus of the University of Maryland Baltimore County but would incorporate the health education and research programs at Salisbury University and the historically Black University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Norfolk State University Breaks Ground on Its First New Classroom Building in 38 Years
The new 140,000-square-foot building will house 49 classrooms, computer labs, faculty offices and lounges, teleconferencing facilities, and a cafe.
Alabama A&M Boosting Its Online Offerings
For the first time, the university will offer an online bachelor's degree in management aimed at the nontraditional student but courses will also be made available to resident students if there are available openings in particular courses.
Albany State University Returns Donation From the Ray Charles Foundation
The estate of the famed singer had donated $3 million to the university for a performing arts center on campus that would bear his name but the center was never built.
Jackson State University Offers Tuition Break to Youth From Foster Care
Foster care youth from outside the state of Mississippi can now enroll at the university and pay substantially lower in-state tuition. In-state tuition for certain population groups outside of Mississippi was made possible by a new state law enacted last year.
Dillard University in New Orleans Hosting a Large Contingent of Students From Brazil
The Brazilian students will spend the current semester at Dillard's Center for Intensive English Language (CIEL). Then in the fall of this year, the students will enroll in Dillard's traditional academic programs.
