/tags/hbcu HBCU en-US Copyright Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:28:00 GMT /2024-09-24/wilberforce-starts-3rd-hbcu-gymnastics-team-in-u-s Wilberforce University new gymnastics team has begun their fall semester, preparing to compete in January. Nonprofit Brown Girls Do Gymnastics is the force behind the move. Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:28:00 GMT /2024-09-24/wilberforce-starts-3rd-hbcu-gymnastics-team-in-u-s Ryann Beaschler /news/2023-06-02/us-companies-nudged-by-black-employees-have-stepped-up-donations-to-hbcus Historically Black colleges and universities, which had seen giving from foundations decline in recent decades, lately are benefiting from an increase in gifts, particularly from corporations and corporate foundations. Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:44:57 GMT /news/2023-06-02/us-companies-nudged-by-black-employees-have-stepped-up-donations-to-hbcus The Associated Press /2022-06-02/first-black-ohio-state-graduate-dedicated-his-life-to-education This year marks the 130th anniversary of the first Black student to graduate from Ohio State University. His name was Sherman Hamlin Guss and he graduated in 1892. Thu, 02 Jun 2022 09:00:00 GMT /2022-06-02/first-black-ohio-state-graduate-dedicated-his-life-to-education Michael De Bonis /news/2022-05-16/chicago-teen-lands-in-greene-county-during-tour-to-recognize-hbcus-role-in-the-history-of-aviation A teenager from Chicago flew solo into Greene County. He visited Wilberforce University. It is a historically Black university he said played a significant role in the history of Black aviation. Mon, 16 May 2022 20:01:25 GMT /news/2022-05-16/chicago-teen-lands-in-greene-county-during-tour-to-recognize-hbcus-role-in-the-history-of-aviation Alejandro Figueroa /2022-01-31/new-bomb-threats-disrupt-campus-activities-at-several-hbcus Howard University received a second bomb threat on Tuesday — part of a recent pattern of violent threats against historically Black colleges and universities. Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:55:11 GMT /2022-01-31/new-bomb-threats-disrupt-campus-activities-at-several-hbcus Joe Hernandez, Bill Chappell /sports/2021-12-23/baseball-is-returning-to-wilberforce The Wilberforce University Bulldogs haven't had a baseball team since before World War II, but a partnership with the Cincinnati Reds is changing that. Thu, 23 Dec 2021 16:29:25 GMT /sports/2021-12-23/baseball-is-returning-to-wilberforce Chris Welter /wvxu-stories/2021-10-08/central-state-lands-10m-grant-to-study-sustainable-agriculture-systems Central State is the only university in Ohio and the only HBCU in the nation to receive such funding under the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) Sustainable Agricultural Systems program. Fri, 08 Oct 2021 15:58:41 GMT /wvxu-stories/2021-10-08/central-state-lands-10m-grant-to-study-sustainable-agriculture-systems Tana Weingartner /news/2021-09-10/central-state-selected-for-beyonce-jay-zs-tiffany-hbcu-scholarship-program Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, is one of five historically Black colleges and universities selected for the Tiffany & Co. scholarship program, which has $2 million to distribute. Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:42:16 GMT /news/2021-09-10/central-state-selected-for-beyonce-jay-zs-tiffany-hbcu-scholarship-program Tana Weingartner /wvxu-stories/2020-08-19/what-kamala-harris-nomination-means-to-ohios-historically-black-universities-0 When Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) accepts the Democratic vice presidential nomination Wednesday night, she becomes the first graduate of a historically... Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:12:12 GMT /wvxu-stories/2020-08-19/what-kamala-harris-nomination-means-to-ohios-historically-black-universities-0 Tana Weingartner /2020-07-20/central-state-named-hbcu-technology-hub Central State University is launching a technology education program and will serve as a regional hub for historically Black colleges and universities ... Mon, 20 Jul 2020 09:51:00 GMT /2020-07-20/central-state-named-hbcu-technology-hub Tana Weingartner