‘HBCU Promise’ Program Supports Schools in Virginia, South Carolina, Ohio and North Carolina (Black PR Wire) – Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) recently announced that 11 historically Black colleges and universities in Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina and South Carolina will receive support through a $35 million initiative aimed at promoting higher education equity. The six-year “HBCU […]
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D.M.V. HBCU Report: Howard and Morgan Sidelined As MEAC Cancels Fall Sports Season
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com There will be no HBCU sports during the fall of 2020 in the DMV. Once the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) made the official announcement to cancel their sports, Howard University and Morgan State joined Bowie State on the sidelines thanks to the ongoing struggles HBCUs are facing […]
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Morgan Partners with Lieber Institute for African Ancestry Neuroscience Research
Morgan State University Joins Effort to Address Health and Neuroscience Research Disparities Brown Capital Management and State of Maryland Commit $2.25 Million to Fund Nation’s First African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative Baltimore, MD – Morgan State University partners with the nation’s first African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative (AANRI) to close the gap in research that has consistently underrepresented […]
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Morgan State Resumes Schooling With Precautions
By Reginald Allen II and Alana Bynes-Richardson President David Wilson and administrative faculty hosted a Morgan State University virtual town hall meeting in preparation of the upcoming fall semester on July 17. Wilson said, “We have the science to guide us, not the politics.” His statement set the tone for the rest of the town […]
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MSU Distancing, No Sports: ‘We Gon’ Be Alright’
By Joshua Moore Special to the AFRO President David Wilson and members of his leadership team addressed safety protocols regarding COVID-19 to Morgan State University students in a virtual town hall meeting. Lesia Crumpton-Young, provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs, addressed classroom conduct and how classes will be regulated. There will be a […]
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D.M.V. Natives Document ‘City on the Hill’, San Francisco
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com While D.M.V. natives Xavier Underwood and Adam Fleishman have seen their fair share of homelessness and gentrification, another major city captured the documentarians’ attention due to its disproportionate wealth and housing gap that would even make a Washingtonian clutch their pearls. City on the Hill, produced by Armstrong […]
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TBE#29 – Our Children’s Lives Are Too Precious To Risk Reopening Schools Without A Safety Plan
Greater Baltimore Urban League (Courtesy Image/Logo) To Be Equal #29 July 16, 2020 Our Children’s Lives Are Too Precious To Risk Reopening Schools Without A Safety Plan Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Common sense and intelligence can still determine what we do, even in this crazy environment. We’re not going to […]
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Morgan State Accounting Program Earns IMA Endorsement
Morgan State University Accounting Program Earns Endorsement by IMA (Institute of Management Accountants) School is the first HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) to become endorsed Montvale, N.J. and Baltimore, July 14, 2020 – IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants), one of the largest and most respected associations focused exclusively on advancing the management accounting profession, […]
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Morgan State University Nursing Program Awarded $146K Grant
Morgan State University Nursing Program Receives More than $146,000 in Funding to Promote Statewide Student Mentoring Funding Comes as Part of nearly $30M in Nurse Support Program II Competitive Institutional Grants dispersed statewide by the Maryland Higher Education Commission BALTIMORE – In support of efforts to promote statewide mentoring for nursing students, the Morgan State […]
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DMV HBCU Report: MSU Sign Top Basketball Prospects
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Following the George Floyd killing, elite prospects have expressed a renewed interest in competing at Black Colleges. It was only a matter of time before one transcendent blue chip high school basketball player would sign at an HBCU and change the landscape of college basketball forever. Howard […]
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Amid Pandemic, Fewer Students Seek Federal Aid For College
By COLLIN BINKLEY and LARRY FENN, Associated Press The number of high school seniors applying for U.S. federal college aid plunged in the weeks following the sudden closure of school buildings this spring — a time when students were cut off from school counselors, and families hit with financial setbacks were reconsidering plans for higher […]
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N.C. A&T’s Gilmore Named 2020-21 Fulbright Program Grant Finalist
N.C. A&T’s Gilmore Named 2020-21 Fulbright Program Grant Finalist EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 27, 2020) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Student Government Association President Allison Gilmore has been selected as a 2020-21 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant finalist. Gilmore, of St. Louis, is a senior studying journalism and mass communication whose grant […]
