Canvas Studios Inc. & Voir Dire Productions Presents “Walls that Bleed: The Story of the Dudley-A&T Student Uprising”, a documentary film that tells the story of the most successful student led uprising in the history of the United States. There will ...
Posted Thursday, May 31st 2012 at 2:50PM
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Just when you believe our young people don’t get it, you meet Brian Foster. Then you meet his mother, and you understand why Brian Foster gets it.
Foster is a pre-med major and a pitcher on the Southern University baseball team. The Kennesaw, Ga., ...
Posted Tuesday, May 22nd 2012 at 3:26PM
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The Southern University School of Nursing has been recognized as the “Nursing School of the Year” in Louisiana for 2012. It is second time in the past three years that the nursing school has received the designation.
The award was presented by the ...
Posted Tuesday, May 22nd 2012 at 3:22PM
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Alcorn State University concluded its commencement week activities May 9-12 by graduating its largest and most diverse graduation class in its 141-year history.
More than 8,400 people attended the 141st Commencement Convocation to celebrate the a ...
Posted Monday, May 14th 2012 at 6:14PM
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Digging through the demographic data in the latest jobs numbers, one of the clear winners of the last few months has been black women. Since December, they’ve knocked more than 3 percentage points off their unemployment rate, from 13.9 percent to 10. ...
Posted Friday, May 4th 2012 at 5:46PM
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A state attorney on Wednesday charged 13 individuals in connection with the hazing death of a Florida A&M University drum major in November. The charges range from misdemeanor hazing to felony hazing, which carries a maximum sentence of six years.
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Posted Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 at 4:08PM
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It’s been a long time since the meteor shower in November 1833 when stars flew across the Alabama sky; fast forward to this time and Talladega College is making its mark with a star studded affair for Mother’s Day Weekend in the City.
Talladega C ...
Posted Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 at 1:37PM
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Courtesy of NC A&T State University
First Lady Michelle Obama has been tapped to deliver the address for North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s spring commencement, Saturday, May 12, at the Greensboro Coliseum. The doors open ...
Posted Tuesday, May 1st 2012 at 1:31PM
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When Alcorn State University first opened its doors in 1871 with eight faculty members and 179 eager students the institution’s future and impact could not have been foretold. Today, Alcorn serves as the epic-center for academic excellence and is a major economic generator for southwestern Mississip ...
Posted Thursday, April 26th 2012 at 2:16PM
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The Southern University Marching Band is receiving a national award.
The "Human Jukebox" now has the honor of "Best Marching Band of 2012" from the Center for Historically Black Colleges and Universities media advocacy group.
Southern received ...
Posted Wednesday, April 25th 2012 at 7:56PM
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Alcorn State University has won the top honor of HBCU of the Year at the annual HBCU Awards hosted by The Center for HBCU Media Advocacy. The awards ceremony honors excellence at historically black colleges and universities, the HBCU Awards is one of the most prominent and keenly contested awards.
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Posted Saturday, April 21st 2012 at 2:19PM
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The availability of single men is largely about math. If there are 10 single men at a party and you disqualify 9 of them, your probability of meeting Mr. Right shrinks to below 10% (the reason it's 'below' is because, don't forget, he needs to not disqualify you). ...
Posted Wednesday, April 11th 2012 at 1:51PM
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Alcorn State University will host its first annual Unity Through Diversity Week, April 16-20. The week is designed to bring the campus and community together for a series of dynamic educational events to celebrate diversity and inclusion.
The open ...
Posted Monday, April 9th 2012 at 3:30PM
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Apply your professional skills, cultural background and unique perspectives to a global public service career with the U.S. Department of State. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of State offers Foreign Service careers that provide an opportunity to live and work abroad as an Of ...
Posted Friday, March 30th 2012 at 5:36PM
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The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) honored four Alcorn alums who represent a strong commitment to excellence in their fields.
Alcorn led HBCUs present with the most honorees, Verdia L. Haywood ’70, Dr. LaSan ...
Posted Thursday, March 29th 2012 at 5:02PM
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Research scientists at Alcorn State University Swine Development Center in Church Hill, Mississippi, recently reported that adding purslane leaves to swine diets lowers bad cholesterol while increasing the good cholesterol in growing pigs.
“The da ...
Posted Tuesday, March 27th 2012 at 12:56PM
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Toyota pledges $75,000 toward Medgar Wiley Evers statue on Alcorn State Univeristy campus Bronze statue will serve as a testament to furthering equal rights education, citizenship, the arts, and Mississippi tourism
Toyota today announced a contribution of $75,000 toward the effort to build a bro ...
Posted Monday, February 27th 2012 at 2:15PM
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Sojourner Truth was the self-given name of Isabella Baumfree, an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Sojourner Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom ...
Posted Thursday, February 23rd 2012 at 5:17PM
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Did YOU know that African Americans have the highest rate of colorectal cancer, and that it is more likely to be advanced at diagnosis?
The age for colonoscopy in ACG guidelines dropped to 45 for African Americans in 2009. This digestive ditty about colon cancer screening in Black ...
Posted Thursday, February 23rd 2012 at 5:04PM
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From time constraints to travel costs, in-person campus visits can be out of reach for some prospective students. That’s why Alcorn State University has launched a virtual campus tour.
Those who take the virtual tour will get to see some of the mo ...
Posted Friday, February 17th 2012 at 5:31PM
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Tennessee State did what no other team had been able to do this season: beat No. 9 Murray State.
Robert Covington had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead the Tigers to a 72-68 victory that handed the last unbeaten team in Division I its first los ...
Posted Friday, February 10th 2012 at 4:32AM
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Alcorn students, alumni, employees, retirees, local elected officials, legislators, and community members, gathered today in the Oakland Memorial Chapel for Heritage Convocation 2012 where the Honorable Judge Glenda Hatchett of the two-time Emmy nomi ...
Posted Tuesday, February 7th 2012 at 6:38PM
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Tuskegee University made its first appearance in the “Know Your Heritage Black College Quiz” show. Gabriel Smith, a junior studying history, represented the university in the sixth year of this televised competition that was taped at Howard Universit ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2012 at 8:32PM
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