Greetings HBCU Library Alliance Membership! It is an honor to serve as Board Chair. I am excited about this opportunity to give back to an organization that assisted me in my leadership role as the Director of the James B. Duke Memorial Library at Johnson C. Smith University (NC). The Board Members, Executive Director Sandra …
January (2019)– Delaware State University joined Gov. John Carney and other state institutions of higher education on Jan. 11 on campus to celebrate the infusion of $19.3 million in research funding for the First State. The event – held on campus in the MLK Jr. Student Center – was also attended by University President Wilma … Continue reading
January (2019)— Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) was recently given a $600,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support its humanities programs. The university is one of only five University of North Carolina System schools, and one of the few public historically Black colleges and universities in the country to receive a grant during … Continue reading
December (2018)– Spelman College has received the largest gift from living donors in its 137-year history from long-standing Spelman trustee Ronda Stryker and spouse William Johnston. The transformative $30 million gift will help build the Center for Innovation & the Arts, the College’s first new academic facility since 1996. Chicago architect, Jeanne Gang, founding principal … Continue reading
October (2018) — Clark Atlanta University is pleased to announce that it has received two monetary donations from local chapters of National Pan Hellenic Council organizations, Omega Psi Phi, Inc. and Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. The Beta Psi chapter of Omega Psi Phi, Inc. and the Sigma chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. each presented a … Continue reading
October (2018)— Hampton University has received a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Pastoral Renewal Initiative for Ministerial Excellence (PRIME) program. This grant is part of Lilly Endowment’s Thriving in Ministry, an initiative that supports a variety of religious organizations across the nation as they create or strengthen programs that … Continue reading
October (2018)— The Department of Defense through the U.S. Army recently awarded Delaware State University optics researcher a three-year/$600,000 grant for the study of an alloy that could improve the performance of night vision systems and other scientific instruments. According to Dr. Mukti Rana, the principal investigator of the grant project, the research will focus on … Continue reading
October (2018)– Three-Year, NSF-funded Effort Involves 15 Historically Black or Hispanic-Serving Institutions The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded the initial phase of a three-year, $2.3-million project led by Morgan State University (MSU), in which undergraduates and teachers will be trained in technologies to revolutionize U.S. cities. The project, titled “REU-RET Mega-Site: Research Experiences for … Continue reading
