SC State Makes Financial Gains, But Help Still Needed

South Carolina State University Board Chairman Charles Way says the university is making progress in improving its financial situation, but still needs plenty of help.

Norfolk State Accreditation Probation Lifted, Virginia State Remains on Warning

Norfolk State University cleared a significant accreditation hurdle Tuesday when it was removed from probation, but Virginia State University will remain on warning another six months because of new concerns.

Carolina Panthers Owner Jerry Richardson Gives $250K to Johnson C. Smith

Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson has donated $250,000 to the Johnson C. Smith University President’s Gap scholarship fund that helps students with college costs, the school announced Tuesday.

Louisiana Gov. Elect to Keynote Southern Commencement

Only weeks before he officially takes office as the fifty-sixth Governor of the State of Louisiana, Governor-Elect John Bel Edwards will address the Fall 2015 graduating class of Southern University Baton Rouge, Friday, December 11, 2015, in the University’s F.G. Clark Activity Center, at 10:30 a.m. 

Alcorn State Wins Second-Straight SWAC Football Championship

A crowd of 40,352 witnessed a record-setting day by Alcorn State as the Braves prevailed 49-21 over Grambling State to claim the 2015 Southwestern Athletic Conference Football Championship, becoming the first repeat champion since the 2000-2002 Grambling State Tigers.