Education

Livingstone College gets biggest donation in its history

SALISBURY, N.C. — A local HBCU is getting the largest donation in its history. Livingstone College in Salisbury has accepted a $7 million donation. Over the last seven months, it has also accepted seven separate $1 million donations. The most recent donation is the single largest in Livingstone’s history, but also one of the largest gifts to a private HBCU.…
Education

UNC Charlotte tests for cancer-causing chemicals in buildings

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — UNC Charlotte confirms they’ve done testing to buildings on campus for PCBs following NC State’s results confirming PCBs inside Poe Hall.  As a precautionary measure, the university conducted testing on campus and is awaiting the results.  Ishaan Koradia is a senior at UNC-Charlotte studying pre-med and was aware of the testing at N.C.…
Education

Pride Goes to…EARN YOUR MASTERS – CHARLOTTE!

By Kurtavia Burton Content provided courtesy of StarvingArts.org Earn Your Masters is a collaboration among three companies: UnitedMasters — a digital music distribution company; Earn Your Leisure — a media outlet for business, entrepreneurship and investing; and Ally Financial, recently named Best Online Bank of 2024.…
black-history

Leaving Racism and Confederate History Behind

New Charlotte street names honor African American history. By Anders J. Hare A blanketing of social and political unrest happened in 2020, as Americans reckoned with how to move forward following the murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, as well as the killing of Breonna Taylor.…
Education

Are You Leaving Money on the Table?

By Eltra Butler Strategic Partnerships Manager Western Governors University The pandemic has caused a shift in all areas of business, and the field of education is no exception. Many colleges and universities had to shift their methods of instruction delivery due to the pandemic, and many of these changes have become permanent.…
Education

Johnson C. Smith University
Gets New Cycling Program

The first women’s cycling programs at a historically Black college, Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU), and at tribal colleges and universities will launch with funding from a three-year grant from Cannondale, EF Pro Cycling, and USA Cycling (USAC). Two tribal schools, the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Navajo Technical University in Crown Point, New Mexico, are the other grant recipients.…
community

Book Review – Books By and About Black Women Leaders

By Angela Haigler

“Black Roses: Odes Celebrating Powerful Black Women”by Harold Green III, Illustrated by Melissa Koby Black women are making history every day. Harold Green, III believes the time for celebrating them is now. Green gained fame by writing love letters in verse for the visionary women who are making a difference in this age.…
Education

LEARN ABOUT ONE OF THE OLDEST CULTURAL TRADITIONS IN CHARLOTTE

Free museum admission, guided tours of Catawba pottery exhibit and a special live-streamed event with the Catawba Nation  CHARLOTTE, N.C., Mar. 8, 2022 – Take a guided exhibit tour with The Charlotte Museum of History on Saturday, March 26, and learn about one of the oldest cultural traditions in the Carolinas, Catawba pottery. …