With the start of the 2016-2017 academic year, Alcorn is reducing the credit hour requirement for baccalaureate level degrees from 124 to 120.
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New Initiative Guarantees Admission to WSSU Masters, Doctoral Therapy Programs
A new “assurance agreement” – the first of its kind offered at a historically black university – guarantees admission into the university’s DPT program for WSSU exercise physiology students who maintain at least a 3.4 GPA and meet the other normal admissions requirements.
Mississippi Valley State Launches Joint Robotics Competition with Virginia Tech
Mississippi Valley State University’s Department of Engineering Technology has entered into collaboration with Virginia Tech and the Sunflower County Consolidated School District (SCCSD) in a partially funded National Science Foundation (1511792) robotics collaborative titled “Actualizing STEM Potential in the Mississippi Delta.”
MEAC Releases 2016 Basketball Broadcast Schedule
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced the 2015-16 basketball television schedule today with an exciting selection of men’s and women’s competitive matchups on multiple ESPN platforms.
Barber Scotia to Close For Spring Semester
The college’s Board of Trustees sent a letter out to parents and students Friday, Jan. 1, explaining that a lack of funds had led to the decision to halt classes until fall 2016.
Alabama A&M Alumna, Tuskegee Professor Hadiyah-Nicole Green: The Million-Dollar Physicist
By many measures, Green has been extremely busy. One of fewer than 100 black female physicists in the country, she recently won a $1.1 million grant to further develop her patent-pending technology for using laser-activated nanoparticles to treat cancer.
Clark Atlanta Receives $494,000 Curriculum Reform, Research Grant
Clark Atlanta University (CAU) President Ronald A. Johnson today announced the receipt of $494,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund strategic activities in support of the University’s new focus on undergraduate research
Texas Southern Faculty, Alumni Take Top Honors at National Black Educators Conference
A professor and a doctoral graduate from the TSU College of Education received awards from the 2015 National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) in Washington, D.C.
Tuskegee Alumni Family Donates $600,000 to University
An alumni family has gifted $600,000 to Tuskegee University, primarily to bring two historic buildings back online as living-learning facilities for Tuskegee students.
Jackson State Students Develop Technology to Reduce Diabetes-Related Amputations
Engineering students at Jackson State University have designed a “smart mat” that gauges foot temperature of diabetics to help thwart the danger of lower extremity amputations – particularly in Mississippi, where the risk is greater, according to the CDC.
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