Posts Tagged: HBCU

Keshia Knight Pulliam Is Going To Teach A Class At Clark Atlanta University

Keshia Knight Pulliam will be teaching a course at Clark Atlanta University. She will teach a class on Entrepreneurship and is very excited about this new opportunity. Keshia tweeted, “I look forward to partnering with Now and Later on this program and sharing my personal and professional experience with the #RecognizeTheChew Class in Session students.” She continued, “This… Read more »

Toni Braxton’s Son Headed To Howard

Don’t look now, but Toni Braxton has a son that’s headed to college.  Yeah, Toni’s son Diezel, who was diagnosed with autism, is headed to Howard University.  Toni shared a post of Diezel graduating on social media and announced his next chapter in education.  Diezel’s accomplishment is really huge and heartwarming. Back in 2011, Toni… Read more »

Howard University Receives $1 Million For Women’s Center

Howard University will receive $1 million to open a women’s center. The center will be devoted to producing gender-based research and promoting Black female leaders. The Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership will be one of a handful of academic centers nationwide. The gift is from a Howard University trustee. Howard University is the… Read more »

Mass Shooting Strikes Bayou Classic Weekend in New Orleans; 11 Wounded

Eleven people were wounded — 2 critically — in an overnight mass shooting on Canal Street in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter. So far no arrests have been made according to New Orleans Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson. Ferguson told reporters that police patrols were already on heightened alert for this weekend’s Bayou Classic, the annual… Read more »

Texas Billionaire Pays Student Loans of Morehouse Class of 2019

It was a SURPRISE OF A LIFETIME for nearly 400 graduating seniors at Morehouse College this morning (Sunday 5/19/19)!   Austin, Texas based billionaire Robert F. Smith, who was the commencement speaker announced that he would be paying off all of their student loans!! Smith, who made his fortune as a technology investor had already announced… Read more »