“I wrote this book as a guide for young women so that they won’t make the same mistakes I’ve made… I really needed someone to step in and show me that I could be so much more… Because I have been in the bottom of the barrel… I thought to myself, ‘You can’t just sit […]
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Rising Boxer Paul Williams Paralyzed after Motorcycle Crash
Burgeoning boxer Paul Williams saw his career cut short after a motorcycle crash this past weekend left him paralyzed from the waist down. Williams was thrown from his bike on the morning of May 27 in Atlanta, Ga. According to a report in the New York Daily News, Williams, 30, was on his way home […]
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Coppin State University College of Health Professions to Offer Health Information Management Program at USMH
Coppin State University (CSU) will become the sixth institution offering programs at the University System of Maryland at Hagerstown (USMH) when it brings its bachelor of science in health information management (HIM) program to the center this fall. A program announcement and reception was held on May 30 in the USMH lobby. Dr. Marcella Copes, […]
Posted inPrince George's County News
Bowie State University Selects Dr. Weldon Jackson as New Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Dr. Weldon Jackson was recently chosen as the new provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Bowie State University, effective July 8. Thanks to his work as special assistant to the president at Morehouse College, Dr. Jackson has more than 27 years of experience in higher education administration. Dr. Jackson has a widespread background […]
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Hampton University to Host 2012 Minister’s Conference
On June 3, over 6,000 ministers from across the country will converge at the Hampton University Minister’s Conference and the annual Choir, Directors and Organists’ Guild. The week-long event will include various workshops, presentations from renowned ministers and unforgettable musical performances. “For almost one hundred years now, ninety eight to be exact, Hampton University is […]
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Morgan State Basketball Team Signs Three New Marylanders to Letters of Intent
Morgan State University’s men’s basketball team recently beefed up its roster by signing three newcomers to national letters of intent. The team finished with its worst record in six years last season, but the new additions should help the team return as a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC)favorite. MSU Media Relations announced May 29 that Maryland […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Howard University’s Army ROTC Program Commissions 5 Officers
Five Howard University Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets were commissioned second lieutenants in the U.S. Army during a May 10 ceremony in Howard’s Armour J. Blackburn University Center. It marked the 94st consecutive year that members of Howard’s Bison Battalion have taken the oath of office. After the students took the oath, family […]
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Christine Haynes Makes Final Cut for ‘Accessorizer of the Year’ at 2012 Fashion Awards MD!
Accredited jewelry professional, designer and owner Christine Haynes has spent many years helping beautify several women with her custom line of jewelry, Fezelry Jewelry Designs. Now the New York native turned Maryland resident will have a chance to bask in her own beauty as a finalist for the “Accessorizer of the Year” award at this […]
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S.C. State AD Charlene Johnson Joins NCAA D-I Football Championship Committee
South Carolina State Athletics Director Charlene Johnson has been appointed to the NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee, as announced by Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Media Relations Office. Johnson will join a committee that will focus on developing policies and procedures that govern the administration of the NCAA Division I Football Championship. Her term on the […]
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Summer Months Deadliest for Teen Drivers
McLean, VA– Citing the fact that summer’s arrival also ushers in that period (May – August) when the greatest number of U.S. teen traffic deaths occur, a Washington-metropolitan area alcohol education group has launched a parental-education initiative to combat both teen drinking and drunk driving this summer. The McLean-based, nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Julius Henson, Company Must Pay $1M for Robocalls
Julius Henson, past campaign consultant to former Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich was ordered by a U.S. District Court judge to pay $1 million to the state for sending out robocalls to prevent Black voters from visiting the polls in 2010. According to the Associated Press, Attorney General Douglas Gansler announced Judge Catherine Blake’s order on […]
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Barbara Graves, Wife of Black Enterprise Publisher, Dies at 74
Barbara Kydd Graves, wife of Black Enterprise (BE) Magazine founder and publisher Earl G. Graves Sr. and one of the key forces in the development of the 40 year-old magazine, died May 25 at Howard University Hospital after a three-year battle against cancer. She was 74. Since the creation of the influential monthly publication for […]