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Powered by the company’s Black Positively Golden movement, McDonald’s is also furthering its investment in the next generation of women leaders in partnership with ESSENCE Girls
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Creflo Dollar
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Texas Southern University offers online advising in age of coronavirus
In addition to self-directed online enrollment for students, the Student Academic Support Services (SASS) department provides advising resources to incoming and first-time freshman with the help of Enrollment and Completion Advisors (ECAs) who can serve students
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Meet The First Black Woman to Graduate From USF's Doctoral Program
Dr. Shamaria Engram graduated in December 2020 with a doctorate degree from the University of South Florida's Computer Science and Engineering doctoral program.
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Rowan, Carl T. (1925–2000)
Rowan was born August 11, 1925, in the mining town of Ravenscroft, Tennessee.  When he was a baby his family moved to McMinnville, Tennessee, because his parents thought its lumberyards offered more opportunity. His father, Thomas, stacked lumber for construction, and his mother, Johnnie, cleaned
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UWI starts discussions to cut operational budgets
ALL five campuses of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) yesterday began a two-day discussion with their host governments, focused on cutting their overall operational budget.
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UVI to Confer Over 300 Degrees Earned by 2021 Graduates
On Friday, May 14, the University of the Virgin Islands will confer over 300 degrees earned by graduates in the Class of 2021. An online ceremony will be held at 1 p.m.
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UCT students hold mass meetings to discuss issues, including 'financial exclusion' | News24
According to the Student Representative Council, there are around 2 500 students facing financial exclusion with a combined debt of more than R115 million.
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TIMELINE | What we know about the #WitsAsinamali protests and the death of a patient | News24
Those attending the protests and who are affected by the non-registration of students with historical debt - in the midst of a global pandemic which has had a financial impact on many - posted videos of their demonstration using the hashtag #WitsAsinamali.
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Two-thirds of school principals are ready for 2021 academic year - survey | News24
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Why Birmingham City Schools Moved Start Date to Sept. 8 from Aug. 24
By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times  Students in Birmingham City Schools will begin the 2020-21 academic year on Tuesday, September 8, the day after Labor Day, instead of the previously planned August 24, school officials announced this week. The Birmingham Board of Education approved the change
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Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta offers college scholarships | Atlanta Daily World
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McDonald's USA launches $500,000 scholarship fund for HBCU students amidst COVID-19
McDonald’s USA today announced the launch of its $500,000 Black & Positively Golden® Scholarship Fund to help students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) continue their education this fall, despite impacts of
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Miles College to honor Autherine Lucy Foster, alumna and first Black UA student
The Birmingham Times Miles College will honor Autherine Lucy Foster an alumna and the first African American to enroll and attend the University of Alabama this week with an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. The invitation-only ceremony will be held on Wednesday, August 19 at 11 a.m. in
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Zikalala says 6 000 schools in KZN are ready to reopen
South Africa's biggest provincial education machine - the school system in KwaZulu-Natal - has been declared safe and ready for pupils on Monday, Premier Sihle Zikalala has
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Health insurance, tablets among regularisation incentives being offered by JPS
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South Africa: Lockdown Level 3 - Blade Nzimande to Give Update On Plans for Tertiary Institutions
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David Crosthwait Jr.
Born: 5/27/1827 Nashville, TennesseeDied: 2/25/1976 West Lafayette, IndianaDavid Crosthwait Jr. was an African-American mechanical and electrical engineer, inventor, and writer. He was born in the city of Nashville, Tennessee. He grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. Once he completed high school he
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HISD Board to consider $2B budget, pay increases for teachers
The Houston Independent School District will consider passage today of a $2 billion budget for the 2020-2021 academic year which includes a $34.4 million salary and benefits package as well as an increase in employer contribution to health insurance premiums for
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Williams new Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal at UWI Five Islands
The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has announced the appointment of Professor Densil A. Williams as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of its Five Islands Campus, located in Antigua and
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Why schools are central to economic recovery in developing countries like Sierra Leone
Dr. David Moinina Sengeh & Jacob Jusu Saffa: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 April 2021: Just over a year ago, Covid-19 drove the world into lockdown, leaving more than one billion children and students in developing countries shut out of school. Many countries cut short the academic year, hundreds
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Despite shortfall, NSFAS will continue to fund returning students, says Nzimande | News24
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Thomas-Greenfield, Linda (1952- )
Born in Baker, Louisiana circa 1952, Linda Thomas-Greenfield graduated from a segregated high school in 1970. The first in her family to graduate from high school, Thomas-Greenfield saw the local Peace Corps training center, which trained volunteers for work in Somalia and Swaziland, as influencing
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Congo authorities discuss plans to save school year [Morning Call]
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