HBCUs to Welcome More Than 150 Brazilian Students in Exchange Program This Fall
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A partnership between the United States and Brazil will bring more than 150 Brazilian college students to the United States this fall to study at historically black colleges and universities.
The partnership is a part of the HBCU-Brazil Alliance, a program created to increase the number of minority graduates and professionals in the industries of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, while exposing Afro-Brazilian students and faculty to successful research, economic development and social advancement within a context of historical and systemic racism and discrimination.
The Alliance is an arm of the US-Brazil Joint Action Plan on Racial Equality, developed by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and managed in partnership with the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES’).
‘This partnership is just one example of the Alliance’s commitment to diversity, cultural sensitivity and to providing a world-class education to an eager pool of student talent from throughout Brazil,” said Dr. T. Joan Robinson, Chair of the HBCU-Brazil Alliance and Provost and Vice-President of Academic Affairs at Morgan State University. “We are honored to represent and build upon the collaborative interests of the United States through international engagement and academic support.”
More than 20 HBCUs will welcome Brazilian exchange students for a one-year exchange program. Students will live on campus and study in a variety of undergraduate degree programs with a S.T.E.M. focus, with all tuition, fees and room and board covered by the Brazilian government. The program’s goal is to eventually welcome 1,000 Brazilian students to HBCU campuses. Participating HBCUs include:
- Alcorn State University
- Delaware State University
- Dillard University
- Fisk University
- Florida A&M University
- Hampton University
- Howard University
- Jackson State University
- Johnson C. Smith University
- Lincoln University
- Morehouse College
- Morgan State University
- North Carolina A&T State University
- Savannah State University
- South Carolina State University
- Southern University
- Spelman College
- Tennessee State University
- University of the District of Columbia
- Virginia State University
- Xavier University of Louisiana
The Johnson C. Smith University football team defeated Virginia Union University 26-19 on Saturday afternoon inside the Irwin Belk Complex during their homecoming contest. JCSU improves to 4-3 overall and 3-1 in the CIAA; while the Panthers drop to 4-4 overall and 2-3 in the conference.
Former Carolina Panther safety Mike Minter has accepted a position on the Johnson C. Smith University football coaching staff as the assistant head coach and defensive passing game coordinator. Minter was a 10 year NFL veteran, all with the Carolina Panthers before deciding to retire in 2007.
