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Tag: Xavier University of Louisiana
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CDC Foundation Gives Xavier University of Louisiana Grant to Tackle COVID-19 Transmission
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation is giving Xavier University of Louisiana $420,000 to create strategies to combat disproportionate COVID-19 transmission among African Americans in the New Orleans area, which has had one of the highest rates of mortality from COVID-19 in Louisiana and the U.S. “The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the […]
May 18, 2021
African-American
Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana Announce Genetic Counseling and Health Informatics Graduate Programs
Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana have announced two new graduate degree programs, genetic counseling and health informatics. Xavier will be both the first Louisiana university to offer a genetic counseling training program and the only such program at a historically Black college and university (HBCU). Both programs are currently in development. Xavier will offer classroom instruction […]
March 23, 2021
Sports
XULA’s Reestablished Baseball Program Plays First Intercollegiate Game in Over 60 Years
Over the years, many historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have eliminated their baseball programs due to limited funding and accessibility issues. Currently, only 8% of Major League Baseball (MLB) players and 4% of baseball players within the National Collegiate Athletic Association are Black, The New York Times reported. However, after announcing a reestablishment of […]
February 24, 2021
HBCUs
Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself: A Message on Behalf of Greatly Underinvested, Often Forgotten Historically Black Colleges and Universities
To say that 2020 has been one of the most abnormally jagged and oddly long years serves as an understatement. From a pandemic that has emancipated the souls of over 211,000 Americans to young people taking to the street to erasure of the country’s oldest institutions, 2020 has shaped into one of the most unpredictable and emotionally exhausting years in decades.
October 13, 2020
African-American
Two New Orleans HBCU Presidents Participate in COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
NBC News reported that two presidents of historically Black colleges and universities, Drs. Walter M. Kimbrough of Dillard University and Dr. C. Reynold Verret of Xavier University of Louisiana, “stunned their campuses when they announced in a joint message that they had participated in a vaccine trial for COVID-19 and then encouraged students to do […]
September 17, 2020
HBCUs
Jefferson Davis Parkway in New Orleans to be Renamed After Former Xavier University President
After a unanimous vote by council members, Jefferson Davis Parkway in New Orleans, Louisiana, will be renamed in honor of Dr. Norman C. Francis, the longtime former president of Xavier University of Louisiana and civil rights activist, according to NBC Philadelphia. In January, the street, which runs through Xavier, a historically Black university, will be […]
August 21, 2020
African-American
Global Manufacturer of COVID-19 Test Kits Partners with HBCUs to Ensure Safe Return to Campus
On Wednesday, Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world’s largest maker of scientific tools, announced a project to support testing, at no-cost, to the nation’s HBCUs, including establishing national HBCU testing centers to process COVID-19 tests and provide timely results throughout the academic year.
August 12, 2020
African-American
Many HBCUs Are Recipients of Gift From Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
Many historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as well as the United Negro College Fund have received a donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, who announced the gift in a blog post on Medium on Tuesday. Diverse reported on Tuesday that Howard University and the Thurgood Marshall Fund also received a donation from Scott. The other […]
July 29, 2020
Students
Rutgers CMSI and The Whether Host Virtual Entrepreneurship Program for HBCU Students
To increase the number of historically Black college and university (HBCUs) students pursuing entrepreneurial career paths, the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) partnered with mentorship network The Whether to create the Mary Ellen Pleasant Entrepreneur (MEPE) fellowship program.
May 5, 2020
HBCUs
Grambling State University: God’s Plan
As a transfer student, admittedly Grambling was not Ayeisha’s first choice. Though in her words “Grambling was the best choice I made for my life.”
October 15, 2019
Leadership & Policy
Report: HBCUs Produce More Upwardly Mobile Graduates than PWIs
A new report presents data indicating that more students experience upward economic mobility at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) than at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs).
October 1, 2019
HBCUs
Leave Ready, to Pivot: A Researcher’s Reflection on Purpose Beyond the Professoriate
“Leave Ready” is a campaign by Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) for its students centered on the notion of readiness. Signs and graphics, at one point, populated the campus with pictures of students and successful alumni with the slogan “Leave Ready.”
June 3, 2019
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