Let me start by officially welcoming everyone to Pulse: The official blog of the HBCU Library Alliance. This forum is our way of staying connected, engaged and informed with one another to celebrate milestones, share exciting news, discuss issues, and advertise positions. Let us stay actively engaged in the Alliance through Pulse! My focus, as …
July (2017)—West Virginia State University (WVSU) will receive grant funds totaling more than $894,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) for research projects addressing food security. The grants fund two proposed research projects that use genetic techniques to improve the health benefits of certain fruits and … Continue reading
July (2017)— Southern University Baton Rouge (SUBR) has been awarded a Louisiana Board of Regents (BOR) eLearning Innovation Grant for a project entitled, “Enabling Educational Quality and College Affordability through a System-Wide Implementation of Zero-Textbook-Cost Courses and Degrees.” Moustapha Diack, SU chair of the doctoral program in SMED, College of Science and Engineering (CSE) and … Continue reading
July (2017)— On Tuesday, July 11, 2017, Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) President and Dean Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D., was named to the board of directors for the new Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine. The school is scheduled to open in 2019 in Pasadena, California. Of the 13 newly named board members, Dr. Montgomery Rice is the … Continue reading
July (2017)— Shaping a more diverse technology industry requires rethinking our sources of talent and broadening our recruiting pipeline to access available diverse talent. As part of its commitment to expanding its talent pipeline, Intel has announced that Tuskegee University is to receive a three-year, $450,000 grant as part of the Intel HBCU Grant Program … Continue reading
June (2017)—Morgan State University President David Wilson today announced a partnership with the Abell Foundation to help fund the University’s state-of-the-art greenhouse facility and to enhance the University’s plant science technology training, education and research. The $352,000 grant places the University in a stronger position to form new strategic research alliances like the one recently announced by Governor Hogan … Continue reading
June (2017) The Hampton University Student Success Center, slated to open this fall, is designed to help new students navigate through their first year of college and beyond with an Individual Plan for Academic Success (I-PASS). In addition to academic support, the center will provide counseling, tutoring services and encourage fruitful engagement between students and … Continue reading
June (2017) — When the N.C. General Assembly is in session, university chancellors watch warily: What are state lawmakers going to do to us this year? But N.C. A&T and N.C. Central got a pleasant surprise last year, when the legislature set up a new scholarship program at both universities. This year’s budget proposal contains … Continue reading
