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A growing legacy for leadership education – Dallas Post Tribune

New endowed chair established honoring leadership legacies of Dr. Joe Townsend ’67 and Dr. Chris Townsend For more than 30 years, “Dr. Joe” served as Texas A&M associate vice president for student development and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences associate dean for student development. Dr. Joe taught many courses and is remembered by […]

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Memphis-based, HBCU Receives Largest Beneficial Endowment in the School’s 158-Year History

LeMoyne-Owen College, the only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Memphis, Tennessee, has been named the beneficiary of an endowment of $40 million, one of the largest gifts to any HBCU and the largest for the school in its 158-year history. The endowment was created from assets

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Dr. Billy C. Hawkins to be 1st Black President at Talladega College to have Building Named in his Honor

Talladega College will hold a naming ceremony for the Dr. Billy C. Hawkins Student Activity Center on August 14, 2020. The newly constructed 47,000-square-foot student center/arena will be the firs…

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Morehouse School of Medicine Awarded $40 Million Federal Grant to Fight COVID-19 Free Press of Jacksonville

by Dana Givens – The spread of COVID-19 has severely impacted marginalized and underserved communities. In numerous cities like New Orleans and Milwaukee, Black neighborhoods saw increasingly high rates of cases due to pre-existing conditions and a lingering history of racial discrimination in the

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Newswire: SPLC announces $30 million investment to increase voter registration

NNPA Newswire Staff Report The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today announced it is investing up to $30 million from its endowment in voter outreach organizations in the Deep South to increase voter registration and participation among people of color with a lower propensity to vote.The

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Morehouse School of Medicine Joins New Effort to Battle COVID-19

A new $40 million initiative aimed at fighting the coronavirus pandemic among ethnic minorities and rural and socially vulnerable communities involves a newly created partnership between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health and the Morehouse School of Medicine

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5 running for Mayor of Eutaw Municipal election candidates set for August 25th

July 21, 2020 was the deadline to qualify to run for mayor and city council positions in upcoming Municipal Elections in Greene County towns. The election is set for August 25, 2020. There will be contested elections in Eutaw and Forkland, while in Boligee and Union only the current incumbents

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Opinion: Mandatory College Football Practices at Time of Pandemic are Nuts

The NCAA has just ruled that mandatory football practices can begin in July, anticipating a full season of college football. This is nuts. The pandemic isn’t going away; it’s surging in more than 29 states, with seven reporting new records for cases in a day. States that opened early without

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Here Are the 4 Options for Parents of BCS students

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times With the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 health pandemic, Birmingham City Schools (BCS) is offering students, teachers and parents four different learning options for the upcoming school year, which begins August 24. Parents can begin registering students

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Michigan House Passes 'Return to Learn' Education Plan | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle

(The Center Square) – The Michigan House Wednesday night approved Republican’s “Return to Learn” plan to change how districts count attendance and provide in-person learning for students from kindergarten through … Continued

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OP-ED: Returning to School in the Fall Isn't Safe Without a Vaccine. | Chicago Defender

Chicago Public Schools proposed a tentative plan for students to return to in-person instruction in the Fall that gives parents an option to opt-out if they have concerns about the … Continued

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Goliath J. Davis, III, Ph.D. Goliath J. Davis, III, Ph.D., Contributor PINELLAS COUNTY Voters will soon cast their ballots for candidates seeking the Pinellas County District 7 school board seat. Given the true state of affairs with education and the achievement gap in Pinellas County, a true

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Los Angeles Community College District Commits to 100 Percent Clean, Renewable Energy - Los Angeles Sentinel

On July 8, 2020, the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Board of Trustees signed the Clean Energy and Sustainability Resolution committing the community college district to eliminate carbon-based electricity consumption by 2030 and replace all other carbon-based energy use with

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Newswire: Barack Obama, other celebs tip caps to Negro Leagues’ 100th Anniversary

By: Jim LItke, AP Barack Obama tipped his cap. So did three other former U.S. presidents and a host of prominent civil rights leaders, entertainers and sports greats in a virtual salute to the 100-year anniversary of the founding of baseball’s Negro Leagues. The campaign launched Monday with photos

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If coronavirus cases continue spiking, SCS Supt. Ray says he cannot ‘in good faith’ open school buildings - TSDMemphis.com

If coronavirus hospitalizations and cases continue to surge, Memphis students will start the school year online, Supt. Joris Ray said Friday. “If we are where we are today, in good faith I could not open schools,” the Shelby County Schools leader told Chalkbeat. “And when I say open

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WFU professor studying challenges families faced with remote learning - WS Chronicle

With the start of fall classes just weeks away, a Wake Forest University professor is examining challenges families faced with remote learning. The post WFU professor studying challenges families faced with remote learning appeared first on WS Chronicle.

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Calls for more teachers, despite uncertainty over schooling

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GCSC officially kicks off Enrollment Campaign | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Strong, Resilient Built for Education! On Friday, June 19, which was also Juneteenth, the Gary Community School Corporation officially launched its 2020 Enrollment campaign. “Undoubtedly, COVID-19 changed the entire landscape of education almost overnight! School districts everywhere were forced

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Make Your Voice Heard – Safely

By Congresswoman Gwen Moore We’re weeks away from Wisconsin’s August 11th Primary, and so many of you have asked me how to make your voice heard in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic as infection rates spike in Wisconsin and states across the country. Unfortunately, and unsurprisingly, Donald

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Schools reopening a ‘collaborative effort’ – Daytona Times

THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters on Wednesday the Florida Department of Education should not dictate local school-district decisions, even though the department issued an emergency order that says schools must reopen in August unless health officials say

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Hosea Helps Back to School Drive providing hand sanitizer in Atlanta | Atlanta Daily World

palmpalm Donates Over 2,500 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer to Hosea Helps Back to School Drive in Atlanta As children across Atlanta get ready to head back to school this fall, palmpalm™, a new, fast-acting hand sanitizer company, is donating over 2,500 bottles of hand sanitizer, hand sanitizer

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Teens to be honored at drive-by parade for Plano Mayor’s Summer Internship Program on Monday - North Dallas Gazette

While the COVID-19 pandemic is preventing the traditional end-of-summer luncheon celebrating the Plano Mayor’s Summer Internship Program, a drive-by parade will take its place honoring the hard-working Plano teens who participated this extraordinary summer. The parade will be Monday, July 27, at 11

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Voter suppression goes to college | Atlanta Daily World

By BlackPressUSA Dr. William Busa, founder of EQV Analytics, a ‘North Carolina-focused campaign consulting firm serving Democratic candidates with advanced campaign analytics, analyzed student voter turnout from ten North Carolina campuses, three of them HBCUs N.C. AT University, in

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Inglewood schools weighing how and when to reopen -

INGLEWOOD — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the Inglewood Unified School District is in the process of deciding how and when to reopen school campuses for the upcoming 2020-21 school year. “It’s being extremely challenging to think about reopening differently,” said County Administrator Erika

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Langston Jackson is a Miracle: A drug overdose put him in a coma, but faith woke him up. - Los Angeles Sentinel

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A salute to the AKA AKAdemy Class of 2020

Due to the pandemic, the AKA AKAdemy Class of 2020 were not able to have their end of the year celebration, but the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Zeta Upsilon Omega Chapter and the men of Eta Rho Chapter of Omega Psi made sure each graduating student received a proper send-off. ST. PETERSBURG

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Students can win with fall registration at Lone Star College-North Harris | Afram News

To encourage students to think about fall registration during the sunny days of summer, LSC-North Harris is hosting a weekly prize drawing for students who register for fall courses during June and July. The lucky students’ prize will be a pair of LSC-North Harris branded sunglasses, because their

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Mississippi set to remove Confederate emblem from its flag | Dallas Weekly

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Newswire : Mississippi surrenders Confederate symbol from state flag

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COVID-19 Pandemic Exposes Digital Divide Regarding Students’ Academic Progress

As schools across the country prepare for a blend of online and in-person learning during this fall’s reopening processes, a new analysis shows that 1 in 3 Black, Latino and American Indian/Alaska Native students not only lack high-speed home internet access, but are more likely than their White

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