Fisk Professor Publishes New Critique of 19th and 20th Century African American Literature
July 3, 2008 · Print This Article
Source: Fisk University
Dr. Adenike Davidson’s, The Black Nation Novel: Imagining Homeplaces in Early African American Literature is now available.
Published by Third World Press, Dr. Davidson’s new book offers a look at important African American novels from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She examines the idea that many Black Nationalist themes were found in these novels and provided a model for many of the ideas that would surface in the African American literature and culture of the 1960s and 1970s.
Dr. Davidson is associate professor of English and director of the Fisk University W.E.B. DuBois honors program. To find out more about her work, click here.
Acclaimed Author, Dennis Kimbro to Keynote FAMU Summer 2008 Commencement
July 2, 2008 · Print This Article
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Dennis P. Kimbro, Ph.D., acclaimed author and professor, will keynote Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Summer 2008 commencement scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, August 8, at the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center.
Kimbro has interviewed some of America’s most notable achievers with one question in mind: How can impoverished black Americans pull themselves out of poverty and reach their full potential? Kimbro decided to study, and use as a reference, Napoleon Hill’s bestseller “Think and Grow Rich.” He also developed an open survey to use among black Americans much like Hill did in the 1930s.
Two years later, Kimbro learned from the Napoleon Hill Foundation, that Hill himself had drafted a book in 1970 that explored his same question. After a personal meeting with the president of the foundation, Kimbro was commissioned to update and complete Hill’s original manuscript. The end result was “Think and Grow: A Black Choice,” which delves into the secrets of success contained in the lives of peak performing men and women, and reveals how readers can utilize these keys to make their dreams come true.
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Howard, United Health Foundation Tackle Dental Care for Kids
July 1, 2008 · Print This Article
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 25, 2008) – The United Health Foundation and Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) today announced a $300,000 grant from the Foundation to establish a model “program in dental excellence” at Howard University’s College of Dentistry that will expand access to quality dental care for low-income children and their families who reside in Washington, D.C. and Prince George’s County.This new initiative builds upon the demonstrated expertise of the Howard University College of Dentistry and the resources available through the school’s evening dental program. By using the innovative model of family-oriented dentistry and dental case management the program will ensure that children and their families receive comprehensive services that address the full range of their dental needs.
Alabama State to Host 14th Annual President’s Golf Classic
June 27, 2008 · Print This Article
By ASU News Services Staff
The tournament is a two-person scramble format. The best shot is selected, and players will hit from that position. Any ties for trophy winners will be determined by score cards, starting from the 18th hole and going back. Mulligans may be purchased for $5 each during registration but may be used on tees or fairways only.
Morehouse Senior Jerome Singleton Heads to Beijing as Part of the U.S. Paralympic Team
June 26, 2008 · Print This Article
By ADD SEYMOUR JR.
Jerome Singleton’s Olympic dreams have become reality as the Morehouse senior will be heading to Beijing, China, September 7 through 18, as part of the United States team in the 2008 Paralympic Games.
The Paralympic Games are Olympic competitions for athletes with physical disabilities, held every four years, coinciding with the Olympic Games and held in the same venue.
Southern University Welcomes 14 Year Old Student
June 25, 2008 · Print This Article
“Things went okay, I guess,” 14-year-old Southern University scholarship freshman Polite Stewart Jr. said Wednesday morning after completing his first class as a college student.
There is no typo in the age. Polite is 14 and he is a freshman. He is believed to be the youngest fulltime student to enroll at Southern. He has the credentials. He scored a 30 on the ACT when he was 13 years old, and he has been taking high school level courses for the past three years.
Polite said some classmates did double takes while he was in class this morning, but for the most part, the note taking and other aspects of school went well.
Three Baton Rouge television stations came to interview him in between classes. Polite graciously answered their questions as he traversed the campus from one building to the next.
Norman Hutchins and Myrna Summers Headline JSU’s Church Music Workshop
May 23, 2008 · Print This Article
JACKSON, Miss.) - Jackson State University will celebrate its 32nd Annual Church Music Workshop of America with nationally acclaimed gospel artists Norman Hutchins and Myrna Summers.
The workshop is scheduled June 16-19 in the F.D. Hall Music Center on the JSU campus. Focusing on the theme “Music and Worship: A Celebration of Life,” it features a variety of seminars relating to various aspects of worship service music.
Hutchins, of Los Angeles, is a multiple Stellar and Dove Award nominee with hit songs “Battlefield,” “God’s Gotta Blessing With My Name on It,” and “Emmanuel,” His most recent releases are “God is Up to Something” and “A Move of God is on the Way.”
Dr. Sidney A. Ribeau Named 16th President of Howard University
May 7, 2008 · Print This Article
Washington, D.C., (May 7, 2008)—Sidney A. Ribeau, Ph.D., has been named President of Howard University, one of 48 private doctoral/research intensive universities in the United States, the University’s Board of Trustees announced today. He was the unanimous choice of the University’s Trustees. Dr. Ribeau becomes the 16th president of the nation’s premier historically black institution of higher learning.
Dr. Ribeau has been President of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, for 13 years. At the University he initiated a number of successful, innovative, values-based initiatives that provide students with an academic environment that develops culturally literate, technologically sophisticated, productive citizens.
Tommy Hilfiger Speaks to Morehouse Students
April 30, 2008 · Print This Article
Passion and Persistence Defines Tommy Hilfiger’s Rags-to-Riches Story
By ADD SEYMOUR JR.
Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger knows all about persistence.
With $100 and 20 pair of jeans he started selling jeans to his high school friends. Eventually, he saved money from a job at a gas station to start The People’s Place, where he sold clothing.
It went bankrupt in 1975. Despite his family and friends saying that he would never be successful, Hilfiger turned things around and eventually built a multi-billion dollar global fashion empire that is about to spread across the multi-media sphere.
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ExxonMobil Foundation awards Southern University $34,950 grant
April 30, 2008 · Print This Article
BATON ROUGE – The ExxonMobil Foundation has awarded Southern University a check for $34,950 on behalf of ExxonMobil employees, retirees and surviving spouses, under the Foundation’s 2007 Educational Matching Gift Program.
The funds are to be applied to existing or new programs at the university that train new math and science teachers and support women and minority science and engineering programs.
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