Diverse StaffHBCUsWilberforce University Faces Potential Loss of AccreditationDocuments released Tuesday reveal that Wilberforce University, the nation’s oldest private historically Black university, has been notified that its accreditation is in jeopardy.June 26, 2014StudentsCornell University Alumni Endow First Africana Studies Center LectureshipCornell University alumni Reuben A. Munday and Cheryl Casselberry Munday have created an endowment that will allow the university’s Africana Studies and Research Center to bring in a leading scholar of African and African-American studies to the Ithaca campus for an annual lecture.June 25, 2014Leadership & PolicyAlum Donates School-Record $3M to Huston-Tillotson UniversityHuston-Tillotson University alum Ada Cecilia Collins Anderson donated $3 million to her alma mater Monday.June 24, 2014StudentsWalmart Awards Thurgood Marshall College Fund $600K GrantThe Walmart Foundation has awarded a $600,000 grant to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund in support of the organization’s Annual Leadership Institute, coaching and mentorship for low-income students and first-generation scholarships for freshman college students.June 18, 2014HomeSiemens Awards Virginia State University $105.6M of In-Kind Software GrantsSiemens has awarded Virginia State University $105.6 million of in-kind software grants for six of its technology focused programs: manufacturing engineering, computer engineering, computer science, electronics engineering technology, logistics technology and mechanical engineering technology.June 10, 2014HBCUsUniversity of Louisiana System Board to Consider Warrick for Grambling State Interim PresidentUniversity of Louisiana System President Sandra Woodley will recommend that the UL System Board of Supervisors appoint Dr. Cynthia Warrick to serve as interim president of Grambling State University.June 9, 2014African-AmericanNorth Carolina Scraps Plan to Consider Elizabeth City State ClosureThe North Carolina state Senate reversed itself over the weekend and removed a provision in its $21.2 billion budget that would have called for plans to potentially close Elizabeth City State University, a historically Black school that has struggled with declining enrollment and its resulting financial challenges.June 2, 2014Community CollegesSt. Augustine’s Names Ward Interim PresidentSt. Augustine’s University turned to its alumni ranks and named Everett B. Ward as its interim president on Wednesday.April 23, 2014StudentsNABJ Co-founder Chuck Stone Dies at 89Charles Sumner “Chuck” Stone Jr., a former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill journalism professor and co-founder of the National Association of Black Journalists, died at the age of 89 on Sunday.April 6, 2014HBCUsHoward University Accumulates $10M in GiftsDuring Howard University’s recent Charter Day celebration, Interim President Wayne A.I. Frederick announced that the university had accrued nearly $10 million in gifts.March 11, 2014Previous PagePage 24 of 115Next Page