Chicago State University is officially in the running to be the future home of the Obama Presidential Library. CSU submitted it's Request for Qualification (RFQ) document, the first official step in applying to be the home of the library, to the Obam ...
Posted Thursday, June 19th 2014 at 2:28PM
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As a Veterans Affairs Employee, I am part of a diverse team serving America's heroes.
At the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), employees and interns from all nationalities and backgrounds work together to improve Veterans' lives - in an environ ...
Posted Wednesday, June 18th 2014 at 10:59AM
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Today is a new day — and a new day is a new opportunity for God to do something amazing in your life.
You don’t have to wait for tomorrow, for next week, for next month or for next year...
Favor, blessings, healing, breakthrough, increase — the ...
Posted Tuesday, June 17th 2014 at 11:18AM
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By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE | June 17, 2014
LONDON, June 17- Queen Elizabeth II welcomed Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to Windsor Castle on Tuesday on a visit to Britain which aims to repair strained relations between London and Beijing.
Dozens of Ch ...
Posted Tuesday, June 17th 2014 at 10:53AM
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Dr. Shree R. Singh, director of Alabama State University’s Center for NanoBiotechnology Research (CNBR), has been invited to present a seminar this month on “The Emerging Field of NanoBiotechnology” at Aston University in England.
Singh, a profess ...
Posted Monday, June 16th 2014 at 4:53PM
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At NCCU, we're proud of our past, but we measure our success today by our students' achievements. This is what makes us "happy." ...
Posted Monday, June 16th 2014 at 11:24AM
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Angelina Jolie can add royal recognition to Hollywood stardom. The Oscar-winning actress has been named an honorary dame — the female version of a knight — by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.
Jolie, a United Nations special envoy, received the honor on Friday for her work combating sexual violence i ...
Posted Saturday, June 14th 2014 at 11:35AM
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Father's Day is here and what better way to honor the man of the house than by looking, and smelling brand new! To get your gorgeous on for the Special day, head to the nearest Target
store or log on to: http://www.carolsdaughter.com
Invest in y ...
Posted Saturday, June 14th 2014 at 8:02AM
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This evening I attended a recruitment event for an information technology behemoth that was organized by HBCU CONNECT, one of the first online media companies to focus on HBCUs. Within five minutes after the presentations began, I knew with the absolute ce ...
Posted Friday, June 13th 2014 at 10:49PM
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Marriage can be really hard. And I don’t say that lightly. Marriage can be and often is really, really hard.
Do you ever ask yourself why?
You may be thinking, “I know why! It’s that man I’m married to!”
Ahem… I’ve been there.
Have you ev ...
Posted Friday, June 13th 2014 at 5:00PM
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LADIES. We must rise.
Do we want to be the dough in the hot oven
that fails to flourish?
Or do we want to be the fluffy, perky dough
that turns out jusyt right?
Can we stand under hot pressure? Are we
patient enough to give ourselves time to
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Posted Thursday, June 12th 2014 at 9:14AM
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by Alex Isaacs
Los Angeles - ICYMI: The June cover of Time magazine has set social media on fire because it features actress Laverne Cox, who is transgendered.
The raven-locked beauty from America forms part of a piece in the mag entitled The ...
Posted Friday, May 30th 2014 at 4:55PM
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Taste and see the goodness in me.
I am your beacon, your guide.
Let us embark on a strip of red,
green, yellow, and oh yea white to
a destination you will never want
to end.
Our red footprints will lead us to
dance like no ones watching, an ...
Posted Friday, May 30th 2014 at 4:30PM
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Jarrett L. Carter
A recent study from the Center for Economic and Policy Research gives a sobering professional outlook for African-American college graduates. In 2013, more than 12 percent of Black college graduates between the ages of 22 and 27 ...
Posted Friday, May 23rd 2014 at 1:09PM
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By: Brandice Henderson
CEO and Founder of Harlem's Fashion Row
If you haven't heard by now, history was made this year. Harlem's Fashion Row (HFR) teamed up with McCafe to offer HBCU fashion students a chance of a lifetime.
Yes, you read th ...
Posted Wednesday, May 21st 2014 at 1:23PM
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Join us in the Blue and Gold End-of-the-Year Challenge by making a gift to the Oakwood Annual Fund by midnight, June 30, 2014. Our goal is to increase the annual giving participation rate of our alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff and friends.
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Posted Wednesday, May 21st 2014 at 12:36PM
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Sign up for your chance to win a $100 Shopping Spree Giveaway from Carol's Daughter!
Enter before 6.16.14 Midnight
Click here to enter! ...
Posted Monday, May 19th 2014 at 2:36PM
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ASU is one of only 19 universities selected to participate in the Southeast Regional Partnership (SERP) conference nationwide.
A team of Alabama State University faculty members has been invited to participate in the Southeast Regional Partnersh ...
Posted Monday, May 19th 2014 at 2:30PM
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by Jamal Watson
Howard currently offers 28 Ph.D. degree programs and awarded its first doctoral degree to two chemistry students in 1958.
Howard University has maintained it lead as the top producer of on-campus doctoral degrees awarded by Hi ...
Posted Monday, May 12th 2014 at 2:11PM
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The HBCUConnect staff headed to Central State University Friday to reconnect with Alumni, College Faculty, and the class of 2014! Ruth Moss had a special mission to accomplish of serving as her Class Representative for their 50th reunion, 64' in the ...
Posted Monday, May 12th 2014 at 3:40AM
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Robert Lawson, a longtime photographer at his alma mater North Carolina Central University, received the Department of Athletics' most prestigious award on Thursday when Director of Athletics Dr. Ingrid Wicker-McCree presented him with the NCCU Athle ...
Posted Thursday, May 8th 2014 at 3:41PM
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By: Ivy Jacobson
Jay Z and Beyonce are the hottest power couple around without even trying, so it’s no surprise that they easily won the Met Gala with one adorable gesture.
When Bey lost her Lorraine Schwartz ring on the red carpet last nigh ...
Posted Thursday, May 8th 2014 at 12:54PM
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BATTLE IN THE CAPITAL!
Two of our nation's most prestigious HBCUs come together again at the
AT&T NATION'S FOOTBALL CLASSIC*!
9.13.14 - RFK STADIUM - WASHINGTON. DC
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TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
$15 Students ( ...
Posted Thursday, May 8th 2014 at 12:10PM
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