$300,000 Grant will be Used to Train High School Students to Report on Health-Related Issues in Baltimore and Washington, DC Morgan State University and Howard University are partnering to help high school students bring the power of multimedia journalism to bear on persistent health disparity issues in underserved communities in Baltimore and Washington, DC. The … Continue reading
December (2016)—Tuskegee University was founded on July 4, 1881, as the Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers (later called the Tuskegee Institute). The school first held classes in a one-room building, but later relocated to a 100-acre abandoned plantation, which “became the nucleus of the present 5,000 acre site,” according to Tuskegee University. The Tuskegee … Continue reading
December (2016)–Spelman College, along with Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University, are among 24 colleges and universities to receive grants to implement programs aimed at improving employment rates for graduates. The Lilly Endowment will give Spelman $1.2 million, Morehouse $1.2 million and CAU $1.5 million for programming, according to the United Negro College Fund. The … Continue reading
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