Congressman Elijah Cummings to attend Tom Joyner Kick-Off Fundraiser on Coppin State Campus
February 19, 2008
BALTIMORE, MD — (February 19, 2008) – U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and several top city officials will participate in a festive round of activities as Coppin State University and the Tom Joyner Foundation launch a major fund-raising campaign on campus Feb. 21, 2008, at 9 a.m.
The kick-off program, which will be held in The Coppin Center, officially launches a $300,000, campaign that focuses on the Tom Joyner Foundation’s selection of Coppin as its “School of the Month (TJFSOTM) For July 2008.”
City officials scheduled to speak during kick-off festivities include Deputy Mayor Salima Siler Marriott and City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. Special guests will include Baltimore City State’s Attorney Patricia Jessamy and Seventh District Baltimore City Councilwoman Belinda Conaway.
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PVAMU Students to Appear on KNWS for Know Your Heritage Quiz Bowl
February 15, 2008
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – Prairie View A&M University’s W.E.B. Du Bois History Club will be featured in the “Know Your Heritage,” History Quiz Bowl, which will be aired February 17 and 24 on KNWS Channel 51 at 8:00p.m. (Central Time). Please check local listings for specific times and details.
Prairie View A&M University was represented among collegiate teams from across the U.S. that competed in the annual quiz bowl aimed at promoting African American history.
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Clark Atlanta President Announces Retirement
February 15, 2008
Clark Atlanta University President Announces Retirement
Atlanta, Georgia (February 15, 2008) – At the winter Board of Trustees meeting, Dr. Walter D. Broadnax, president of Clark Atlanta University, announced his retirement effective July 31, 2008.
Beginning immediately, Dr. Broadnax and Dr. Carlton E. Brown will work together to effectuate a smooth transition, and on August 1, 2008, Dr. Brown will become Interim
President.
“Dr. Broadnax came to CAU at a critical time in our history when we had grave financial challenges,” said Juanita P. Baranco, Chair of the CAU Board of Trustees. “We congratulate President Broadnax for his many accomplishments and thank him for his faithful service to Clark Atlanta.”
Judge Glenda Hatchett to Speak at Philandar Smith Bless The Mic Lecture Series
February 3, 2008
On Monday, February 4 at 7 p.m., Judge Glenda Hatchett will speak in the M.L. Harris Auditorium. Known in legal circles for her innovative courtroom style, and widely respected by viewers for her revolutionary interventions on her TV program, The Judge Hatchett Show, her extensive work with youth has established her as a leader in the justice system nationwide. In 1990, she helped found the Truancy Intervention Project, which enlists the help of legal volunteers to provide early, positive intervention with children reported as truants. She also serves as national spokesperson for CASA or Court Appointed Special Advocates. Additionally, the mother of two boys is the author of Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say, released in 2003.
Bless The Mic, a contemporary spin on the traditional college lecture series, provides a broad mix of speakers who possess the ability to communicate with the hip-hop generation (broadly defined as Black youth culture including college students and young professionals, but today includes a more diverse group of young people), or who have studied areas that are of importance to this demographic.
Amiri Baraka to speak at Southern University - New Orleans
February 1, 2008
Poet laureate and professor emeritus Amiri Baraka highlights
SUNO’s Black History Month celebration
Month also features award-winning author and 25-year-old professor M.K. Asante, Jr.
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Southern University at New Orleans’ (SUNO) Center for African and African-American Studies (CAAAS) presents Amiri Baraka, poet laureate, playwright, activist and co-founder of the Black Arts Movement, in the opening ceremony of its month-long Black History Month celebration. The opening ceremony will take place on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at SUNO’s Lake Campus, 6801 Press Drive, Building 43, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 pm. All events are free and open to the public.
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Michelle Obama to Speak at Delaware State
January 30, 2008
Michelle Obama, wife of presidential hopeful Barack Obama, will represent her husband and speak at Delaware State University on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 31 in the Education and Humanities Theatre on campus.The event is open to the public. The doors to the Education and Humanities Theatre will be opened at 2:30 p.m. (a half hour later then the previously announced time).
Elementary School Named about Virginia Union Alum
January 21, 2008
The Prince William County School Board has named its newest elementary school in honor of Fannie W. Fitzgerald, a 1953 graduate of Virginia Union University. Ms. Fitzgerald was a pioneer in the desegregation of Prince William County Public Schools and a lifelong community leader in Prince William County, Virginia.
Ms. Fitzgerald served as the first African American woman to be appointed elementary supervisor for the newly integrated schools of Prince William County from 1968 through 1971. She left that post to become a learning disability teacher at Dale City Elementary. In 1988, Ms. Fitzgerald retired, but she continued to volunteer in county elementary schools until 1995.
