New Visions Youth Services is designedย to help create an alternative option to the streets by offering mentoring and developing life skills that seem to be lacking in some of our major cities including Baltimore City. Program creator Bishop Billy Stanfield, Jr. spoke with AURN.ย
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(AURN News) โ Morgan State University has received a $63 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. According to the university, this is the second donation Scott has made, bringing her total contributions to $103 million. The university says the gift is unrestricted ...
On Sept. 19, 1963, at the height of the civil rights movement, Iota Phi Theta fraternity was founded on the campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore. The 12 founders, inspired by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Black Panthers, Malcolm X, and Stokely Carmichael, were unique among their peers: ...
(AURN News) โ Tuskegee University is marking a milestone in aviation education. For the first time in nearly 80 years, a student in Tuskegeeโs Aviation Science program has earned a private pilot license. Isaiah Hand, a senior from Tallahassee, Florida, received his license at Moton Field in August. The achievement ...
(AURN News) โ In a major blow to historically Black colleges and universities, the Trump administration has cut federal funding to programs it labeled โracially discriminatory discretionary grant programs at Minority-Serving Institutions.โ The Education Department confirmed that the โStrengthening Predominantly Black Institutionsโ initiative will no longer receive funding. Several other ...
Fear rippled through Black college campuses today. At least six HBCUs โ Alabama State University, Hampton University, Virginia State University, Clark Atlanta University, Southern University in Baton Rouge, and Bethune-Cookman University โ were forced to lock down after receiving threats. At Alabama State, officials called them โterroristic threats.โ Hampton shut ...
(AURN News) โ President Donald Trump is once again targeting federal programs that have long supported the Black community โ this time through a new directive aimed at higher education. On Thursday, the White House issued a presidential memorandum directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to require all colleges and universities ...
Southern University officially launched its own radio station, WSUB โThe Bluff,โ on 106.1 FM, taking over the former WTQT gospel radio frequency during a Friday ceremony on Government Street, WAFB reported. Chancellor John K. Pierre signed the agreement, calling it a transformative opportunity for students. โWeโre trying to provide a ...
On April 25, 1944, one of the nationโs most vital philanthropic institutions, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), was incorporated. Founded by Frederick D. Patterson, then president of Tuskegee University, along with Mary McLeod Bethune and others, the UNCF has awarded hundreds of millions in scholarships to help Black students ...
On April 11, 1881, classes began in the basement of an Atlanta church at what was then known as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary. Sponsored by the American Baptist Womenโs Home Mission Society, this modest beginning marked the foundation of what would become Spelman College, one of the nationโs premier ...
On February 18, 1867, just two years after the Civil War ended, Rev. William Jefferson White, a Baptist minister, founded the Augusta Theological Institute in the basement of Springfield Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia. The schoolโs mission was to educate young Black men for teaching and ministry. The institution relocated ...
On this day, January 30, in 1867, Morgan State University was founded in Baltimore, Maryland. Originally established as the Centenary Biblical Institute by the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, its mission was to train young Black men for ministry. Over time, the institution expanded its academic offerings, evolving ...
(AURN News) โ Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) announced this week it will make collegiate sports history this fall by becoming the first historically Black college or university (HBCU) to establish a varsity co-ed rowing program. The groundbreaking move elevates the school’s existing rowing club to varsity status after three successful seasons. The club ...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has allocated $5 million in funding for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to conduct housing and community research development. The aim is to support Research Centers of Excellence at HBCUs, which will focus on strategic areas of interest to HUD. ...
The Biden-Harris administration announced a record $16 billion in federal funding for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) from fiscal years 2021 to 2024. This includes over $11.4 billion through grants, contracts, and debt relief, plus more than $4 billion in financial aid and benefits for HBCU students. The funds ...
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