During a briefing to Vice President Mike Pence with other agency officials at FEMA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on January 14, 2021, FBI Director Christopher Wray discussed the FBI’s efforts regarding inauguration security. Remarks as delivered. Mr. Vice President, just as we’re doing with our
The $20,000 prize was perfect timing for Gantt who says he needed the capital to grow his team and really wanted to hire military spouses. “I was looking for someone that can help with PR… Now I can engage them,” said Gantt when he realized
Denmark S.C- Voorhees College will be virtually hosting Homecoming 2020 complete with a weekend of events as activities from Thursday, Nov. 12-Sunday, Nov. 15 under the theme, “Voorhees College Strong.” Homecoming weekend kicks off with author, producer, playwright, and poet Sheila P. Moses who will
(JACKSON, Miss.) — Lance Wheeler, education and public relations manager for the Margaret Walker Center, will appear as a panelist for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s discussion, “The Power of Place: Legacy & Impact of Colonization and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade,” on Aug. 25. The four-person
Texas College has recently been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Historic Preservation Fund for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities grant program, funded and administered by the National Park Service within the Department of Interior. This funding is slated for the renovation of the
(JACKSON, Miss.) — Aug. 28 marks the 57th Anniversary of the March on Washington, where 250,000 people assembled at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. to spotlight the ongoing inequalities faced by African-Americans. It is also the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his
Ellucian, the leading provider of software and services built to power higher education, today announced that Texas Southern University (TSU) has gone live with Ellucian BannerCloud a powerful enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution designed specifically for higher education. In 2019, TSU elected to expand its
(JACKSON, Miss.) — The Office of Student Success has been awarded more than $2.6 million over a five-year period. Grant funding will be used to implement two TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Programs from the U.S. Department of Education. “One of the responsibilities given to
HAMPTON, Va. (Aug. 17, 2020) — The Hampton University Museum is pleased to announce that it has been awarded $218,669 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museum Grants for African American History and Culture that will expand the accessibility of its African
Jefferson City, MO- The Lincoln University “We Are Lincoln” Annual Fund Campaign has exceeded its 2019-20 fiscal year goal. The comprehensive campaign started on July 1, 2019, with an original goal of $1.2 million. The University reached the initial goal in December, and the momentum
