Daily News on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Alabama State University today announced that former Hornet linebacker Nigel Carr has signed a free agent deal with the Baltimore Ravens. Carr, a transfer from Florida State, played two years for the Hornets.
Carr played in 16 games for ASU and had 73 tackles, (43 solo) with 9.5 tackles for loss, three sacks, an interception, four quarterback hurries and a forced fumble.
North Carolina Central University head football coach Henry Frazier III was arrested on Monday and charged with assault on a female.
Officers responded to a call about a domestic disturbance at a home on Bending Branch Court just after midnight. Frazier, 44, was arrested a short time later after officers stopped his car a short distance from the residence.He was charged with assault on a female and taken to the Wake County jail. Frazier was rleeased under a $1,500 secured bond and will go before a judge June 22. (WRAL)
In a statement, North Carolina Central expressed awareness of the incident and deferred to the normal course of judicial review.
“NCCU does not condone any action or activities of students, faculty and staff that violate city, county, state or federal laws. The university’s expectation of high ethical standards applies to our entire campus community. As this is a legal matter, the jurisdictions involved will conduct a thorough investigation into the incident.”
Historically black colleges and universities hold a distinguished place in the history of American track and field, and one of the culture’s most accomplished ambassadors is being inducted in the nation’s Olympic Hall of Fame. Tennessee State University track and field coaching legend Ed Temple was among the inductees recently announced by the HOF committee, and will be enshrined on July 12 in Chicago.
A 1950 graduate of Tennessee State University, Coach Edward Stanley Temple served as head women’s track coach at Tennessee State University from 1953 to 1994 and became one of the greatest coaches in Olympic history. He helped establish the U.S. as a women’s sprinting powerhouse and served as head coach of two U.S. Olympic teams (1960 and 1964), during which time his athletes brought home 23 Olympic medals (13 gold, six silver and four bronze).
Temple’s 44-year coaching tenure at Tennessee State University saw him coach and mentor some of the greatest athletes in Olympic history, including Wyomia Tyus, Wilma Rudolph and Willie White. Rudolph was the first American woman of any race to win three track & field gold medals at a single Olympic Games, while Tyus was the first woman to successfully defend an Olympic 100-meter gold medal.
For Temple’s athletes, a gold medal was only the start. The impact Temple had on his young female athletes stretched far beyond the track. Among the 40 Olympians he coached (35 of whom represented the U.S.), 28 of them have master’s degrees and 14 of them have either an M.D. or Ph.D.
Read the full story at:
TSU Coaching Legend Selected for Olympic Hall of Fame | Tennessee State University Newsroom
Grambling State University men’s basketball will lose practice time, scholarships and two games off of its 2012-13 schedule as a penalty for shortcomings in established NCAA’s academic progress rate benchmarks, the school announced today.
“The university is committed to enhancing academic excellence and ensuring that all of our students, including athletes, are successful,” states Grambling president, Dr. Frank Pogue. “The recent appointment of a new Athletic Director, Men’s Head Basketball Coach and a renewed commitment to academic performance is evidence that the APR problem in men’s basketball is temporary. These appointments add significant strength to our overall highly competent coaching and athletic staff, all of whom understand the importance of student success.”
The sanctions, in detail:
Grambling last week announced Joseph Price as the new head men’s basketball coach.
The Washington Times today reports that a Howard University Hospital employee has been charged with selling the personal information of hospital patients for more than a year.
Alabama State University today announced that former Hornet linebacker Nigel Carr has signed a free agent deal with the Baltimore Ravens.
The Tallahassee Democrat today reports that Florida A&M University will continue to offer degree programs in music despite the uncertain status of the Marching 100.
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents last week announced Dr. Cheryl Davenport Dozier as the permanent president of Savannah State University. Dr. Dozier, a Masters of Social Work alumna of Atlanta University, had held the position on an interim basis since April of 2011, and in that time, has created successful initiatives to improve customer service, alumni giving and retention.
