HBCU
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Aug- 2019 -8 August
Coca-Cola UNITED ‘Pays It Forward’ With Internships For HBCU Students
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The week-long internship gives students a chance to experience a range of roles available at Coca-Cola, including sales operations, productions, marketing, packaging, pricing, event planning, and philanthropy and…
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2 August
SWAC Bringing Basketball Championship to Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The Southwestern Athletic Conference was in Birmingham Tuesday conducting its football media day, but basketball crept into the conversation with the announcement that the SWAC basketball championship will be…
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2 August
Bobbie Knight Named Interim President At Miles College
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The Board of Trustees of Miles College on Thursday announced that retired Alabama Power Executive Bobbie Knight will serve as the college’s Interim President. Knight will replace Dr.…
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1 August
Howard U Bison STEM Program Welcomes New Scholars
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The Howard University Bison STEM Scholars Program welcomes its third group of incoming freshmen for a multi-year program that provides the high-achievers full undergraduate scholarships in exchange for…
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Jul- 2019 -29 July
Lane College president delivers State of the College address: ‘I count it all joy’
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Lane College President Logan Hampton detailed the State of the College while addressing the Lane College National Alumni Association Annual Meeting in Memphis on July 19. Here are…
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22 July
Feds Give Morgan State U. $1.5M Grant for STEM Programs
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen announced Friday more than $1.5 million in federal grant funding for Morgan State University to foster its STEM-related programs. The grant,…
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22 July
UnitedHealth Invests $8M to Educate, Train Minority Data Scientists
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University are among historically Black institutions poised to receive funding for analytics and data science training through…
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20 July
369th Experience Band Ties HBCU Musicians to WWI Black History
VOICE AND VIEWPOINT — In 1919 when the Treaty of Versailles ended WWI, two years after the U.S. entered the fight with France and Great Britain against Germany, 44 Black colleges…
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15 July
COMMENTARY: Meharry’s Juul grant is good news
FLORIDA COURIER — Should Meharry Medical College, a Historically Black College (HBCU) established in 1876 in Nashville, have accepted $7.5 million from Juul Labs, the controversial e-cigarette company that provides an…
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12 July
‘Next Generation Legal Summit’ motivates Orlando students
FLORIDA COURIER — Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law hosted its first “Next Generation Legal Summit” on July 1 at the law school. About one dozen Jones High School students…
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