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SC State University’s flag flies atop Statehouse dome, marking historic moment for HBCUs

Campus News, marking historic moment for HBCUs, SC State University’s flag flies atop Statehouse dome /

South Carolina State University band take the field before the homecoming game Saturday, October 4, 2025 in Orangeburg. Andrew J. Whitaker/Staff “You fast forward 20-something years later, and we are now rising on that day and replacing where the Confederate flag once flew with the state’s flagship HBCU flag,” said Grant. Grant, along with state Rep. Jerry […]

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HBCU students turn to GoFundMe for help with tuition and housing

Campus News, HBCU students turn to GoFundMe for help with tuition and housing /

Students who attend historically Black colleges and universities in Atlanta are struggling to make the dean’s list and make payments needed to stay in school. A quick search reveals how much it costs to attend one of Atlanta’s four HBCUs. Tuition costs range from $31,000 at Clark Atlanta University to $56,000 at Morehouse College. “It’s

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TSU becomes first Texas HBCU to earn Carnegie community engagement designation

Campus News, TSU becomes first Texas HBCU to earn Carnegie community engagement designation /

Texas Southern University has earned the prestigious Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, making it the first historically Black college or university in Texas to receive the designation. Fewer than 10 percent of the nearly 4,000 degree-granting institutions in the United States hold this classification, which recognizes universities that integrate community partnerships into their real-worldteaching, research, and service. The Carnegie

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Building trust, saving lives: HBCUs expand organ donation education in Georgia

Building trust, Campus News, saving lives: HBCUs expand organ donation education in Georgia /

By Tashi McQueen AFRO Staff Writer tmcqueen@afro.com LifeLink of Georgia’s Multicultural Donation Education Program (MDEP) has partnered with eight of Georgia’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), including the Morehouse School of Medicine, to address a shortage of Black doctors in the organ donation and transplant field. The partnership is currently in its fourth year

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Morris Brown College president fired in surprise decision by HBCU board

Campus News, Morris Brown College president fired in surprise decision by HBCU board /

The president of Morris Brown College, an HBCU in Atlanta, was terminated from his position and replaced by a member of the university’s board in a surprise and unclear decision Monday. Dr. Kevin E. James held the president’s position for seven years and his contract was set to expire in 2029, he said in a statement. But on Monday, James was

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Announces New Grant Opportunity for HBCUs

Campus News, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Announces New Grant Opportunity for HBCUs /

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has recently announced the availability of $10 million in funding to support housing and community development research projects at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribal colleges and universities, and Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian-serving institutions. “These research opportunities will ensure that we are supporting inclusive communities

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Jacqueline Allen Trimble, English Professor at HBCU, to Serve as New Poet Laureate for State of Alabama

Campus News, English Professor at HBCU, Jacqueline Allen Trimble, to Serve as New Poet Laureate for State of Alabama /

By Javacia Harris Bower | Alabama News Center This month, Jacqueline Allen Trimble – an award-winning poet and professor of English and chair of the Department of Languages and Literatures at Alabama State University – will be commissioned by Gov. Kay Ivey as the new poet laureate for the state of Alabama. Trimble was selected for the role by the Alabama Writers’ Cooperative in

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Dr. Marvalene Hughes, Pioneering HBCU Leader Who Rebuilt Dillard After Hurricane Katrina, Dies

Campus News, Dies, Dr. Marvalene Hughes, Pioneering HBCU Leader Who Rebuilt Dillard After Hurricane Katrina /

Dr. Marvalene Hughes, who became the first woman president of Dillard University and led the historic New Orleans HBCU through one of the most devastating natural disasters in American higher education history, died. Hughes’ presidency, which began July 1, 2005, was immediately tested when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast barely one month into her

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A Major Financial Turnaround at Tennessee State University

A Major Financial Turnaround at Tennessee State University, Campus News /

Despite historic underfunding from the state of Tennessee and recent challenges with leadership turnover and student enrollment, Tennessee State University has made major improvements to its fiscal stability. In the fall 2024 semester, total enrollment at Tennessee State University dropped by some 23 percent. That same semester, administrators told the HBCU’s board of trustees that the university was headed

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National Action Network, Alpha Phi Alpha Launch HBCU Leadership Initiative

Alpha Phi Alpha Launch HBCU Leadership Initiative, Campus News, national action network /

By Jamal Watson The National Action Network and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., announced a partnership over the weekend aimed at mobilizing young Black leaders on college campuses through a national tour and civic engagement campaign that will begin this week at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. The collaboration includes a $50,000 sponsorship from the fraternity

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