HBCU Digest

Eight months after a controversial dismissal as Chicago State University president, Thomas Calhoun was yesterday named as the vice-president of student engagement and campus life at Kentucky State University, one of several new hires made by newly appointed president M.… Read More

Seven years and hundreds of millions of dollars raised since arriving in Washington D.C. to head the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and now Johnny Taylor will leave the HBCU advocacy nonprofit for a new gig; head of the Society for Human Resource Management.… Read More

President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick announced the appointment of Dr. Yolanda Pierce as the new dean of Howard University School of Divinity.… Read More

Robert Moore writes in the Savannah Tribune about possible destinations for the Division II-bound Savannah State University Tiger athletics program, which weeks after leaving Division I and the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, seemed on a logical path of a feel-good reunion with the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.… Read More

The Board of Governors of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education announced Wednesday morning that Aaron A. Walton was selected as interim president of Cheyney University.… Read More

A food service provider previously contracted with Alabama State University has filed suit against school officials, accusing them of wrongly breaking their agreement.… Read More

Four Mississippi universities and community colleges have been told to make improvements to their nursing programs.

The College Board earlier this month granted accreditation renewals in nursing instruction at 23 universities and community colleges.… Read More

The weekend went from historic to legendary as Bethune-Cookman defeated Florida 6-2 Sunday in the NCAA Gainesville [Fla.] Regional at McKethan Stadium and force a decisive game Monday afternoon at 4 p.m.… Read More

The City of Hampton, the Hampton Police Division, Newport News Sheriff’s Office, York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office and Hampton University held a joint conference Monday morning at Hampton University.… Read More

Alabama State University is being sued by its former food service vendor, Gourmet Services, for what company officials call a ‘breach of contract’ on terms outlining a potential contract extension.… Read More

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced today that it will keep its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments in Charlotte through the 2017-18 season, as the conference reports that spending and economic impact associated with the tournament dropped by more than $10 million from the previous year.… Read More

Multiple sources close to Morehouse College’s Board of Trustees have confirmed that interim president William “Bill” Taggart died last night.… Read More

A $500,000 federal grant will be used to renovate two buildings leased to Southern University Shreveport for its airframe and powerplant school to recruit and train more aircraft technicians.… Read More

Prairie View A&M students haven’t forgotten Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old alumna of their school who was found hanged in a Prairie View jail cell after state police arrested her in a minor traffic stop.… Read More

The Wall Street Journal this week reports on a recent critical thinking test administered to students from 200 colleges and universities across the country.… Read More

Florida A&M University’s board of trustees Thursday approved a $323-million operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The spending plan is about 15 percent over last year’s but includes less state aid.… Read More

WTVR in Norfolk reports on the shooting death of Dy-Shawn Simpkins last week in East Orange, NJ.

The Bulldogs will renew a regional football rivalry next year.

Alabama A&M and the University of North Alabama will play each other in football in 2018 and 2019, the schools announced Friday.The Bulldogs and Lions played annually (except 1991) from 1975-1997 when both were NCAA Division II programs.… Read More

Norfolk State University alumna and Senior Scientist at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Division Sherket Peterson discusses her path to success in chemistry and research, and the rigor of STEM training which works so well for HBCU graduates.… Read More

Officials from the National Basketball Players Association, the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and the Southwestern Athletic Conference today announced the creation of a new ‘top 100’ camp, designed to give increased exposure and development to players from historically black programs.… Read More

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