Ya-Marie SesayLatest NewsUSSA President Pushes a Progressive AgendaThe United States Student Association (USSA) has been at the forefront of addressing the many challenges facing higher education.February 25, 2018HBCUsA Public But Controversial Spokesman for HBCUsHe’s become an ardent defender of President Donald J. Trump, taking to the public airways to defend the embattled commander-in-chief. But Paris Dennard—a CNN political commentator and NPR political analyst— is also a staunch advocate for historically Black colleges and universities, as the senior communications director for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the advocacy organization that represents publicly-supported Black colleges.August 7, 2017HomeVerizon Program Encourages Minority Male Youngsters to Pursue STEM StudiesA popular Verizon summer program designed to encourage minority males in middle school to pursue studies in STEM disciplines operated this summer at four minority-serving institutions.August 6, 2017StudentsMusic Therapy Proving to be Sound Choice for Howard StudentMaya Rogers, a graduate student focusing on music therapy at Howard University, has been named one of four student recipients of the $25,000 Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Formation Scholars Award.July 27, 2017Faculty & StaffWomen Breaking Through as Leaders in Theology ProgramsDr. Keri Day, Dr. Margaret Aymer, and Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas are among the African American women advancing in the field of theology, and creating an example for their communities.July 24, 2017StudentsYoga Utilized to Assist Young Girls on Coding PathHowGirlsCode “Mind, Body, and Coding” summer camp, held on the campus of University of Maryland Baltimore County, is a computer science and coding camp for girls ranging from the 3rd to 9th grades.July 20, 2017StudentsStudents With Disabilities: We Want Our Fair Chance at CollegeStudents with disabilities deserve access to higher education to achieve their dreams and goals like everyone else. That is the message several panelists delivered Thursday at a session on the Improving Access to Higher Education Act.July 13, 2017HomeMaryland Bans Scholarship DisplacementThe state of Maryland passed a bill on July 1 that bans scholarship displacement at public colleges, making it the first state in the country to do so.July 12, 2017StudentsUniversity of Maryland Selects Chief Diversity OfficerIn the wake of several racial incidents that plagued the University of Maryland during the 2016-2017 school year, the university appointed Dr. Roger L. Worthington as its new chief diversity officer. He takes over for Kumea Shorter Gooden, who resigned in January. Worthington, who also is Interim Associate Provost, has worked at UMD as professor […]July 12, 2017African-AmericanExperts: Minority Successes Don’t Mean an End to STEM Diversity IssuesPanelists discussed the state of STEM from the diversity viewpoint last week at the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C., after the screening of Crystal Emery’s “Black Women in Medicine.”June 25, 2017Page 1 of 2Next Page
