Daily News on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Florida A&M University yesterday evening confirmed the hiring of Derek Horne as its new director of athletics. Horne, a former college basketball player and senior associate athletic director at Ole Miss, will be recommended to the FAMU Board of Trustees for hiring, and will likely begin his tenure at the university prior to the Rattlers [...]
South Carolina State University was picked to win the MEAC conference football championship for the third straight year, as the conference announced its 2010 all-conference teams and predicted order of finish earlier today. SC State quarterback Malcolm Long and Hampton linebacker Julio Sanchez were selected as the conference Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, [...]
One of Virginia Union University’s youngest graduates recently celebrated 75 years of membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated. Sophia Esther Johnson Foster, a Martinsville, Va native and founding member of area’s Kappa Delta Omega chapter, joined the organization in 1936, and the retired schoolteacher has inspired generations of members along the way. From the [...]
Langston University finished as the top HBCU in the NAIA’s Learfield Sports Director’s Cup competition. The Lions, who captured conference titles in football and men’s and women’s track and field, outpaced Xavier University of Louisiana for the top HBCU program in the nation, and 52nd overall in the Cup standings. From the release: Athletic Director [...]
Former Virginia Union University and all-CIAA men’s basketball standout Darius Hargrove has been named the Romanian Import Player of the Year in EuroLeague competition. Hargrove led the CSU Asesoft Ploiesti club to the 2009-10 league title averaging 17.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.3 assists in the regular season. Hargrove led the Panthers to the 2005 [...]
Retiring Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irving is ending 42 years of service with a special donation to Fort Valley State University. Upon his retirement in January 2011, the longest-tenured commissioner in the state and in the country will donate $50,000 from unused campaign funds to FVSU’s scholarship fund. From the release: “I could not list [...]
A South Carolina State University student is likely to receive up to $300,000 after a jury in Orangeburg County on Wednesday awarded him nearly $500,000 in a lawsuit against the school. Gerald Wayne Brooks sued the university after falling and cutting his hand against a broken window which, he says in court documents, the university [...]
The Richland County Council rejected a proposal from Benedict College to renovate an unused hotel facility into a campus dorm earlier this week, bringing relief to community members and alumni who say the university never invited them into the planning process for the building. From WSPA.com: Council member Gwendolyn Davis Kennedy, who represents the area, [...]
Alabama State University junior soccer player Jasmine Wilson was among a group of student athletes from colleges and universities throughout the nation to participate in the U.S. Olympic Committee’s (USOC) Finding Leaders Among Minorities Everywhere (F.L.A.M.E.) training program. The mentoring program introduced participants to life skills training, and professional development opportunities in sports administration. From [...]
South Carolina State University is facing increasing pressure from state lawmakers to provide documentation on how more than $20 million in funding was spent over 12 years for a now-defunct transportation center. From the Post and Courier: State Sen. Robert Ford, R-Charleston, who initially called for the audit council investigation, and Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg, [...]
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