HBCU News, Commentary and Information
Monday
May 2013
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Academics, Georgia, Savannah State University
Savannah State University today announced a fall launch for a new undergraduate business degree program in global logistics and international business. The program, approved this month by the Georgia Board of Regents, will focus students in areas of supply chain, entrepreneurship, logistics, marketing and more.
Tuesday
May 2013
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Academics, Georgia, Savannah State University
Savannah State University today announced the reaffirmation of accreditation for its mass communications program by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.
It is the first reaffirmation for the program, which was first accredited in 2007. SSU was informed of the unanimous decision to reaffirm on May 3, and officials say the decision is a testament to the program’s faculty members and their collective vision for student success.
“The ACEJMC reviewers recognized that our faculty have succeeded in integrating several approaches of mass communication into a coherent curriculum that educates students for practice in the evolving new media,” said Reynold Verret, Ph.D., provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at SSU.
Savannah State is home to one of only two mass communications programs in the state of Georgia to earn ACEJMC accreditation.
Monday
May 2013
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Academics, Huston-Tillotson University, Texas
Huston-Tillotson University last week announced the accreditation of its School of Business and Technology by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). The accreditation certifies HT as a program of excellence for business education and teacher training.
“This confirms that the HT SBT has reached its goal of providing its students with an education of excellence and is preparing them to succeed in the corporate world,” said Steven Edmond, D.B.A., Dean of the School of Business and Technology.
Thursday
May 2013
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Academics, Louisiana, Southern University at New Orleans
Two years ago, Southern University at New Orléans and the University of New Orléans were at the center of an intense effort from Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal to merge the historically black SUNO with its neighboring predominantly white counterpart. Yesterday, leaders from the two schools signed an agreement that would allow SUNO students to earn credits towards admission into UNO’s engineering program. From the Capitol News Bureau:
“Under the plan, students who don’t initially meet the requirements to be admitted into UNO’s engineering program will be able to attend SUNO, where they can take the courses needed to transfer to UNO to complete their degrees.”
No official word has been given from either school on how the transfer agreement may impact SUNO retention or graduation rates, or if similar MOU’s sending UNO students to SUNO will soon be developed.
Thursday
April 2013
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Academics, Florida, Florida A&M University
Florida A&M University yesterday announced the granting of full accreditation for its School of Business and Industry by the Accreditation Council of Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). They join more than 20 two-year and four-year historically black colleges nationwide to be accredited by the organization, which measures and grants accreditation to business schools and programs with high competency in business education.
“This is great news for the School of Business which has always been one of our signature programs,” said Interim President Larry Robinson. “We are really excited about this opportunity to be associated with the Accreditation Council of Business Schools and Programs. This clearly shows that we have programs that meet specialized academic standards, which embrace the virtues of teaching excellence and ensure our students have the essentials to excel. FAMU has always had an outstanding business school, this accreditation adds another layer of validation.”
Wednesday
April 2013
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Academics, Features, Georgia, Spelman College, Sports
SBNation this week published a strong piece on the movement of many small college to abandon intercollegiate sports. Its prime example of how to make it work – Spelman College.
Tuesday
April 2013
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Academics, Breaking News, Florida, Florida A&M University
Courtesy of Digest Columnist Imani J. Jackson, a letter detailing Florida A&M University’s College of Law’s 80 percent passage rate on the state’s bar examination for 2013. Among the tallied institutions, FAMU-COL is ranked sixth among law students who sat for the February examination.
Monday
March 2013
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Academics, Alcorn State University, Alumni, Mississippi
Alcorn State University student and Nissan employee Jason Derryberry recently brokered a partnership between the automotive giant and the Lorman, MS HBCU in benefit to the university’s automation technology program. The maintenance supervisor spurred the idea of donating machinery to the university, resulting in the recent gift of two robots to the ASU robotics lab.
The robots will be used in programming training and development scenarios for undergraduate students.
“These two robots will give our students firsthand experience with the kind of technology used in Canton and other modern manufacturing facilities,” says Dr. Kwabena Agyepong, chair of the Department of Advanced Technologies. “With this gift, Nissan is strengthening its partnership with Alcorn. The Department of Advanced Technologies thanks Nissan for supporting Alcorn’s mission of providing world-class curricula and training designed to prepare superior practitioners, managers and leaders in the field of Robotics and Automation Technology.”
Monday
March 2013
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Academics, Alabama, Alabama State University, Breaking News
Pending final approval by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, Alabama State University will offer a PhD in educational leadership, policy and law, the school today announced. If approved, the doctoral program will be the fourth at the university, and will lift Alabama State to Level VI in SACS’ hierarchy of member institutions. From AL.com
Charlie Gibbons, interim dean of ASU’s College of Education, said offering the Ph.D. let’s students, and the world, know that ASU has one of the most exceptional programs in education.
“Offering the Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, Policy and Law will make us one of the leaders in the state in having terminal degree programs. The Ph.D. requires a higher level of research, and it lets students know that they are part of a university where the environment is very rigorous,” Gibbons said.
