$2.2 Million Department of Defense funding awarded to Lincoln University researchers
November 7, 2008 · Print This Article
Lincoln University has been awarded approximately $2.2 million in Department of Defense (DoD) research grants/contracts over the past three months. A formal announcement of these awards, along with an overview of the scope of the work involved, will take place during a media briefing on Tuesday, November 11, at 8:30 a.m., in Lincoln University’s Memorial Hall. Lincoln University President Dr. Carolyn R. Mahoney will extend greetings. Dr. James Rooney, DoD Collaborations Coordinator, will briefly discuss the awards made to Lincoln University. The principal investigators receiving the awards will also be available to discuss their work. The briefing is expected to last no longer than 45 minutes. This media briefing will occur immediately following the annual ROTC Veterans Day Breakfast scheduled for 7 a.m. in Scruggs University Center. The Veterans Day Breakfast will feature Congressman Ike Skelton as the guest speaker.
Historic Jackson State/Mississippi State football game set for 2009
November 7, 2008 · Print This Article
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JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi State Director of Athletics Greg Byrne and Jackson State Director of Athletics Robert Braddy announced today that the Bulldogs and the Tigers will meet on the gridiron for the first time ever next season.
The two schools will open their 2009 campaigns with a Saturday, Sept. 5 contest at Davis Wade Stadium on the Mississippi State campus.
“MSU and JSU fans are in for a treat,” said Braddy. “Mississippi State has always reached out to Jackson State going back to 1975 when they were the first school in the SEC to play us in baseball.”
“This is a historic event in the state of Mississippi,” Byrne said. “It a great way to kick off the season.”
Jackson State University president honored with 2008 Thurgood Marshall Education Leadership Award
November 7, 2008 · Print This Article
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(JACKSON, Miss.) - Jackson State University’s President Ronald Mason Jr. was recently honored with a 2008 Education Leadership Award during the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s 21st Anniversary Awards Dinner Oct. 27.
Mason, chief executive officer of the only university located in Mississippi’s capital since 2000, holds a bachelor’s and juris doctorate from Columbia University. He has led JSU through an impressive academic restructuring and campus revitalization that has expanded into the surrounding community of West Jackson. Most recently, Jackson State University announced plans to creating a mixed-use development center adjacent to the campus.
The Educational Leadership Award is the highest individual award presented to a sitting president or educational leader of a public HBCU. It is presented annually to an educational leader who has demonstrated outstanding business, academic and visionary leadership through effective management of his or her institution. Nominees are submitted by philanthropic, board, government, alumni, students and educational leaders nationally.
Dr. Donna Oliver named sixth president of Mississippi Valley State University
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Dr. Donna H. Oliver has been announced as the sixth president to lead Mississippi Valley State University following a day of meetings with faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members. She will begin her presidency in early January 2009.
For more information, see the Mississippi IHL Web site
Alcorn State University to host 2008 Multicultural Festival
November 7, 2008 · Print This Article
In a celebration of institutional as well as regional diversity, Alcorn State University is hosting its fourth Multicultural Festival. The Festival has been expanded to include more days and more activities this year. Festival activities are taking place on Monday, November 17 – Wednesday, November 19.
The major feast and activities will be happening Wednesday, November 19, 2-4 p.m. at the E.E. Simmons Gymnasium and 4-6pm at the Dr. Clinton Bristow Dining Facility on the institution’s main campus in Lorman, Mississippi.
Study to explore Grambling State University’s impact on regional economy, quality of life
November 7, 2008 · Print This Article
GSU is joining seven other campuses in the University of Louisiana System that have commissioned similar studies. Applied Research Technology Corporation of Baton Rouge will conduct the studies to determine each campus’ economic and quality of life contribution regionally and the system’s impact on the state as a whole. Results are expected by late spring.
GSU President Horace A. Judson said the study will not only show the importance of GSU’s economic impact, but also will how the overall value GSU adds to the community.
Fort Valley State University’s Baptist Student Union choir invited to Las Vegas
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Fort Valley State University’s Baptist Student Union Gospel Choir will have a chance to perform on a national television show that draws an international audience. The 70- member choir is invited to sing at the Bobby Jones International Gospel Industry Retreat in Las Vegas Nov. 10. To attend the event, the group must raise $13,000 in a week.
FAMU hosts presidential watch party with national network TV One
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Nearly 3,000 people attended Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Presidential Election Watch Party on Super Tuesday.
As part of the watch party, FAMU partnered with TV One, a national cable network that targets African Americans and reaches more than 45.8 million households, to provide cut-ins between 7 p.m. and midnight from FAMU’s campus. FAMU broadcast journalism students served as reporters for TV One during the cut-ins.
Local residents, FAMU students, faculty, staff and administrators flooded the air with cheers and claps of approval as the numbers for the historic presidential election came in throughout the night.
Rays of red, white and blue lights beamed from TV One’s live broadcast post while individuals waved American flags in the air in a sheer display of patriotism.
FAMU President James H. Ammons told the crowd they were gathered for no ordinary evening.
“This is the first time the United States could have an African American as president,” said Ammons. “Americans have showed up to the polls as early as two weeks ago in records numbers because they understood the importance of this election. Just think, here at FAMU, the Student Vote Coalition registered more than 3,100 FAMU students to vote; many of those students residing here on campus.”
Delaware State awards its 1st Shalita Middleton scholarship recipient
November 7, 2008 · Print This Article
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Delaware State University recently named junior DSU student Jennifer I. Gray as first recipient of the Shalita Middleton Memorial Scholarship.
The scholarship was established in memory of Shalita K. Middleton, a freshman DSU student from Washington D.C. who was slain in September 2007.
Ms. Gray is a 3.7 GPA nursing and forensic biology double major from East Orange, N.J. She has recently been inducted in the National Collegiate Honor Society, and she is also a Thurgood Marshall Scholar, New Jersey Advocates for Education Scholar and a Ronald McNair Scholar.
The daughter of Lillian Gray of Jersey City, N.J., Ms. Gray plans to go to graduate school to work toward becoming a forensic pathologist. In addition to pursuing academic excellence, she is also the President of DSU Chapter of the NAACP Unit 2718. She also serves as a tutor in anatomy, physiology and English.
AAMU professor’s efforts net more than $2 million in funding
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Huntsville, Ala. - An Alabama A&M University agronomist has received more than $2 million in research funding for three major projects from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-National Weather Service (NOAA-NWS).
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