Tag: HBCU
Doug Jones hosts HBCU event: NFL great John Stallworth says attendance...
At the inaugural Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Summit in Birmingham, students and leaders from these schools gathered and discussed ways to meet...
Doug Jones: Our HBCUs are at risk – we need to...
Since 1867, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or “HBCUs,” have played a vital role in Alabama’s higher education system. With 14 today, Alabama is...
Alabama Power Foundation awards $150,000 grant to HudsonAlpha
The Alabama Power Foundation has awarded a $150,000 grant to the HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology to help expand gene research education to students across Alabama.
HundsonAlpha plans to grow...
HBCUs question administration understanding of their purpose
A White House statement suggesting that construction funding for historically black colleges and universities might be unconstitutional reveals a fundamental misunderstanding that the schools...
Historically black colleges push for financial support
Presidents from a majority of the country's historically black colleges and universities are in Washington this week, calling for $25 billion in the upcoming...
Women of Influence: Catrena Norris Carter
Before she even entered college, Catrena Norris Carter was already surrounded by some of the biggest names in the civil rights movement — Rosa Parks, Jesse Jackson, Coretta Scott...
House unanimously approves Bradley Byrne bill supporting HCBU’s
Alabama's 1st District U.S. Congressman Bradley Byrne reached across the aisle to North Carolina's 12th District Congressman Alma Adams and introduced the bipartisan H.R.5530: HBCU Capital Financing Improvement Act...