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• HBCU Makes Overweight Students Take Fitness Course

  
  News You Should Know | BET.com — Authority: 482
  A controversial graduation requirement from Lincoln University mandating all overweight students  to take a health and fitness course is causing a serious debate between students, health officials and legal scholars. Lincoln University, a historically Black university near ...
  5 days ago

• ECSU and Tuskegee to meet in Pioneer Bowl

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 128
  Elizabeth City State University will face Tuskegee University in the 11th Pioneer Bowl on Dec. 5 at the Charlie W. Johnson Stadium in Columbia, S.C., the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) announced Wednesday.The game is schedule to start at ...
  6 days ago

• MillerCoors Donates 1.3 Million to Thurgood Marshall College Fund

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 128
  MillerCoors recently announced a donation of $1.3 million during the annual Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Leadership Institute and 22nd anniversary dinner weekend in New York City. The dinner raised a record $6.2 million and these funds will be used to assist in leadership development, programmatic support, ...
  6 days ago

• Proposal to merge Mississippi HBCUs draws fire

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 128
  Gov. Haley Barbour’s plan to merge Mississippi’s three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long legal battle over the historic underfunding of those schools.At Jackson State University, students have turned to Twitter and ...
  6 days ago

• HBCU FOOTBALL WEEKEND RESULTS & Nov. 26 – 29 SCHEDULE

  
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  Scoreboard for November 19 – 22November 19Tennessee State 21, Eastern Illinois 10 – FinalNovember 21 Alabama A&M 17, Miss Valley State 12 – FinalAlcorn State 14, Jackson State 7 – FinalDelaware State 30, Howard 20 – FinalFlorida A&M 42, Bethune-Cookman 6 – FinalLindenwood 42, Langston 14 – ...
  6 days ago

• MillerCoors Gives $1.3M To Support Black Colleges

  
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  From Denver.BizJournals.com: MillerCoors — the North American marketing arm of Colorado’s Molson Coors Brewing Co. — said Wednesday it has donated $1.3 million to support 47 historically black public colleges and universities. The donation is to the  Thurgood Marshall College Fund , which raises money ...
  1 week ago

• The Education Agenda

  
  The Debate Link — Authority: 430
  A big part of Mississippi Governor Haley Barbours (R- Wildly Corrupt ) budget plan involves closing down a bunch of HBCUs, consolidating them with Jackson State University. Leaders of the schools facing merger are strongly opposed to the idea. See the Field Negro for more. He observes: "And here I thought ...
  1 week ago

• Gov: Time to Merge Black Colleges

  
  News You Should Know | BET.com — Authority: 482
  In an effort to save money, Haley Barbour, the governor of Mississippi, is proposing merging Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University and Alcorn State University into one school. Will this work?
  1 week ago

• Howard Students Race To Help NASCAR In Miami

  
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  From WashingtonTimes.com: Some of NASCAR’s newest marketing efforts are being carried out on a college campus in Northwest Washington, up the street from where Duke Ellington played jazz and a short hike from where Bill Cosby stops for his half smokes. Howard University isn’t exactly a hotbed of pistons and pit ...
  1 week ago

• Howard Students Race To Help NASCAR In Miami

  
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  From WashingtonTimes.com: Some of NASCAR’s newest marketing efforts are being carried out on a college campus in Northwest Washington, up the street from where Duke Ellington played jazz and a short hike from where Bill Cosby stops for his half smokes. Howard University isn’t exactly a hotbed of pistons and pit ...
  1 week ago

• United Negro College Fund Helps Black Colleges Go Green

  
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  From S2SMagazine.com: Black colleges and universities are going green with a little help from the United Negro College Fund. The organization announced Thursday tthat it will be helping HBCUs green their buildings after receiving a $1.8 million grant from The Kresge Foundation. “Just as environmental ...
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• Tom Joyner Foundation Announces 2010 Black College Scholarship Program

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 128
  The Tom Joyner Foundation® announced the ‘full ride’ scholarship program that will cover all the expenses of one student planning to attend a Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) in the fall of 2010.“We’ve had two winners so far and they are doing great,” said Tom Joyner, chairman of his ...
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• HBCU FOOTBALL WEEKEND RESULTS & Nov. 19 – 22 SCHEDULE

  
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  Scoreboard for November 12 – 15November 12Grambling State 47, Texas Southern 33 – FinalNovember 14Alabama A&M 13, Jackson State 5 – FinalAustin Peay 24, Tennessee State 21 – FinalAzusa Pacific 37, Langston 3 – FinalBethune-Cookman 21, Howard 10 – FinalCalifornia (PA) 42, Fayetteville State 13 – ...
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• SWAC releases 2009-10 Basketball TV Schedule

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 128
  The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2009-10 basketball television schedule last week, with 14 games slated to be televised on ESPN2 or ESPNU. Both the women’s and men’s finals of the 2010 Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament will be televised live on ESPNU from the CenturyTel Center in ...
  2 weeks ago

• HBCU FOOTBALL WEEKEND RESULTS & Nov. 12 – 15 SCHEDULE

  
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  Scoreboard for November 5 – 9November 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 49, Grambling State 42 – FinalBenedict 49, Clark Atlanta 25 – FinalBethune-Cookman 27, Hampton 24 – FinalClarion 32, Cheyney 12 – FinalDelaware State 24, Winston-Salem State 21 – FinalFayetteville State 21, Bowie State 10 – FinalFlorida A&M ...
  2 weeks ago

• HBCU FOOTBALL WEEKEND RESULTS & Nov. 5 – 8 SCHEDULE

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 128
  Scoreboard for October 29 – November 1October 30 Benedict 21, Stillman 16 – FinalMiles 34, Concordia 6 – Final   October 31 Alabama A&M 21, Alabama State 7 – FinalAlbany State 30, Morehouse 12 – FinalBethune-Cookman 31, NC A&T 13 – FinalElizabeth City State 21, Virginia Union 13 – ...
  3 weeks ago

• HBCUs Quietly Wage War Against Gangsta Rap

  
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  From The Herald Sun: In 1971, Gil Scott Heron recorded, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” Although the song was written during the time of the Vietnam War, Heron could have just as easily been talking about the war against gangsta-ism being waged on the campuses of Historically Black Colleges and ...
  4 weeks ago

• Texas Southern, Smiley Part Ways

  
  News You Should Know | BET.com — Authority: 482
  The Tavis Smiley Communication School at Texas Southern University (TSU) will be renamed as school’s governing board voted to cut ties with the author and journalist for not delivering on his pledge to raise $2 million for the historically Black college. According to the Houston Chronicle , Smiley agreed in 2004 ...
  4 weeks ago

• Morehouse President Responds To Dress Code Controversy

  
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  From The Daily Voice: Under fire from critics inside and outside the institution, Morehouse College has clarified its new dress code policy. In an e-mail message to alumni, college president Robert M. Franklin defended the new policy as an outgrowth of a two-year effort and denied charges that the new rules — ...
  4 weeks ago

• This Week In HBCU News

  
  Long Live THE MESSAGE — Authority: 131
  As the last Flashback Friday eluded to, Howard Universitys homecoming wrapped up last weekend. I didnt really follow any of the festivities but I did read some interesting stories involving three of this nations most popular HBCUs. #1 This isnt gonna end well. Meet Hampton Universitys latest homecoming queen, ...
  4 weeks ago

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