ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) - Claflin University is one of nine historically black colleges and universities nationwide receiving a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help chart a new model for higher education.
The Orangeburg university announced the $75,000 grant will be used to help ...
Posted Friday, January 9th 2015 at 1:51PM
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Bill Gates is turning human waste into drinkable water with the help of a sewage treatment machine developed using funds from the Gates Foundation. The machine, called the Omniprocessor, has been designed to provide clean drinking water to developing ...
Posted Friday, January 9th 2015 at 10:26AM
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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In his talk Amiri describes what it would be like to live on Mars and what we would need it get it done.
Hi my name is Amiri Williams I am currently sixteen years old. I go to NACA II which is a new school t ...
Posted Thursday, January 8th 2015 at 11:53AM
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Have you secured your brick for the Legacy Walkway that is being constructed in front of the Peters Media Center and Ford Hall? The Oakwood University Brick Campaign provides an opportunity to leave a legacy and support campus improvement at the same ...
Posted Wednesday, January 7th 2015 at 2:20PM
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President Obama was not the only member of his household that fought to improve the P-20 education system in 2014. Michelle Obama carried out an impressive education agenda that rivaled her husband's in many respects. It seems that the two are a tag ...
Posted Wednesday, January 7th 2015 at 8:38AM
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by Charlotte Fekete
yield
Makes 4 to 6 servings
active time
20 minutes
total time
20 minutes
Charlotte Fekete of Athens, Georgia writes: "I'm a junior in college, and I'm planning to go to cooking school after graduation. I've al ...
Posted Wednesday, January 7th 2015 at 8:03AM
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By Tom Dillon / Special to the Times-News
BOOK REVIEW
• “Last Stand: Ted Turner’s Quest to Save a Troubled Planet,” by Todd Wilkinson. Copyright 2014, Lyons Press (378 pages, $18.95 paperback)
Authorized biographies aren’t normall ...
Posted Tuesday, January 6th 2015 at 2:48PM
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By Kelci Lynn Lucier
College Life Expert
New Year's Eve in college can be fun, exciting -- and challenging, as many students are away from campus and their usual college friends. There's no need to let your college New Year's Eve go to waste, h ...
Posted Monday, December 29th 2014 at 1:26PM
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This holiday season the HBCUConnect.com Team would like to encourage you to be of good cheer!
You never know what good things are headed your way. The more you give the more you shall receive.
As you head into the New Year find time to enjoy life ...
Posted Tuesday, December 23rd 2014 at 4:34PM
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http://www.JSprinkles.com - Award-winning keynote speaker Jonathan Sprinkles presents a motivational speech to 1,000 educators, parents, principals, Title 9 workers, and community partners. Jonathan's message "Your Attitude Determines Their Altitude" teaches educators and parents to stay motivated, ...
Posted Tuesday, December 23rd 2014 at 12:01PM
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By Kelci Lynn Lucier
College Life Expert
Life in college is supposed to facilitate independence and autonomy. And part of that, of course, often means keeping things secret that you might have shared with friends and family only a short time ago. In some situations, however -- such as these 10 t ...
Posted Monday, December 22nd 2014 at 4:09PM
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Watch as I am easily distracted by the dog and cat while trying to wrap gifts. I make sounds through the wrapping tube to drive the dog crazy, then the dog rips up wrapping paper, the cat runs around like a wild cat, and then the dog chases paper airplanes that I make out of wrapping paper. ...
Posted Monday, December 15th 2014 at 9:25AM
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I know you are warming up to the idea of celebrating worldwide the birth of Christ.
As we focus on honoring the Christ in everyone all of the unease fades away.
We gotta keep our traditions alive. Yea you may have had a few wack Christmas's
in the ...
Posted Saturday, December 13th 2014 at 4:18PM
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This year just keeps getting better...
We have been working on building a better mental and physical person.
It may seem like the path to our goal is unclear but look how far we've come.
Others may not like or understand why you do things your ...
Posted Saturday, December 13th 2014 at 9:42AM
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Author: Demario Irving, student writer
ASU alumnus and Birmingham attorney Eric Welch Guster has become a go-to legal analyst for some of the nation’s top news outlets.
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Eric Guster If you’ve ever tuned in to CNN, MSNBC, Fox News or F ...
Posted Friday, December 12th 2014 at 4:47PM
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The recent Practice of Machine Learning Conference at Microsoft concluded with a lively panel discussion moderated by principal researcher Misha Bilenko on the topic of: "Are We at Peak ML, or at the Start of AI Takeover? Hype vs. Reality of Machine ...
Posted Thursday, December 11th 2014 at 5:08PM
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By Rob Maynard
Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College and A.A.R.P., proud supporters of Jazz 91.9 WCLK, present The Fix The Debt Cocktail Reception, on Saturday, December 13 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Westin Peachtree Plaza. The r ...
Posted Thursday, December 11th 2014 at 3:23PM
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Virginia Union University Student Lecture Series for Leadership and Social & Economic Justice: A Panel Discussion on Social Justice: Ferguson and Race. ...
Posted Thursday, December 11th 2014 at 12:50PM
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Understanding and Managing the Challenges
Don't let anyone tell you the term "working parent" is an oxymoron – a contradiction in terms. You can work while you parent. And you can do both very well. But no one said it was going to be easy!
Co ...
Posted Tuesday, December 9th 2014 at 12:32PM
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HBCU Sports has been among the leaders in providing information and online content about black college athletics for nearly two decades.
Founder and publisher Kenn Rashad recently spoke with HBCU Buzz to discuss how improved media coverage has helped the historically black sports landscape.
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Posted Tuesday, December 9th 2014 at 12:25PM
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Several second-year medical students from Meharry Medical College share their impressions after a nine-day stay at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana. ...
Posted Monday, December 8th 2014 at 3:53PM
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