http://www.blackcollegevoice.com The Internet's Source for HBCU News & Information Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:29:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Orangburg, South Carolina) - South Carolina State University recently received a $100,000 donation from Shaw/AREVA MOX Services for the university's Nuclear Engineering program. The funds will be used to support the Summer Nuclear Science Institute, designed to expose high school students and guidance counselors to nuclear science and various fields of ... http://www.blackcollegevoice.com/?p=479  (JACKSON, Miss.) – Author, psychotherapist and wellness expert Dwayne Buckingham, a Jackson State University alum, will be the guest speaker at Jackson State’s 30th annual School of Social Work Month Celebration March 31 at the Mississippi e-Center @JSU, 1230 Raymond Road in Jackson. The theme will be “Social Workers Inspire ... http://www.blackcollegevoice.com/?p=478 U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has appointed Dr. Trudie Kibbe Reed, president of Bethune-Cookman University, to serve on the Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) Capital Financing Advisory Board.  Dr. Reed was notified of her appointment in a letter from Secretary Duncan dated March 17. Under the auspices of the ... http://www.blackcollegevoice.com/?p=476 (Bowie, Maryland) - Radio One's Cathy Huges will address more than 600 graduates during Bowie State University's spring commencement on May 21 at 10 a.m. at the Bulldog stadium. This year Bowie State will commemorate its 145th anniversary as Maryland's oldest HBCU and one of the oldest in the nation. The ... http://www.blackcollegevoice.com/?p=475 (Bowie, MD) - Bowie State University will host the Women’s Healthy Living Mini-Conference on Saturday, March 27, to discuss women’s health issues including breast cancer, obesity and the heart, cervical cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV), and sexually transmitted diseases (STD). The event will be held from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Center for ... http://www.blackcollegevoice.com/?p=472 (JACKSON, Miss.) – President Barack Obama announced his intent on February 26 to appoint Jackson State University President Ronald Mason Jr. to the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Mason will be one of 11 members to serve on the board. The Board of Advisors, created ... http://www.blackcollegevoice.com/?p=470   (Jefferson City, MO) -  Campus kings from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) from around the country will gather at Lincoln University this week for the 6th Annual Mr. HBCU Kings’ Leadership Conference and Competition.  Young men from ten schools will compete for the title of Mr. HBCU on Saturday, February ... http://www.blackcollegevoice.com/?p=469 (St. Louis, MO) – After the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti last month, Harris-Stowe State University, almost immediately, collected donations from its faculty and staff, raising $6,200 for the American Red Cross’ Haitian relief efforts. Haiti, a country that is especially close to Harris-Stowe’s heart, was adopted by the University last ... http://www.blackcollegevoice.com/?p=468    (Bowie, MD) - The Bowie State University Theater Department will present Anansi the Spider is Lost, a mischievous African tale told through music and dance on March 5-6. The presentation is a collection of fun-filled dance stories for the whole family, “loosely goosely” based on popular nursery rhymes. The general public is invited ... http://www.blackcollegevoice.com/?p=466 (Jackson, Miss.) – Jackson State University’s Dining Services will kick off a free musical lunchtime concert series at noon today in the Legacy dining at the new Student Center on campus. The performances will take place on selected Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon-2 p.m. this spring 2010 semester. Featured performers will ... http://www.blackcollegevoice.com/?p=465