New online store launched through partnership between HBCU Sports and Amazon
By Sheyla Fairley
Through its partnership with Amazon, HBCU Sports will launch a new online store where it will showcase merchandise representing various HBCUs and be able to earn commissions from purchases made on Amazon.
As stated in a release, the storefront represents “a significant step for HBCU Sports in expanding its brand beyond content creation and into the e-commerce space” as it provides “a platform for HBCU supporters to show their pride through merchandise purchases while creating a new revenue stream for the brand through its affiliate partnership with Amazon.”
“This is just the beginning phase of this project,” said HBCU Sports Founding Editor & Publisher Kenn Rashad. “Our store will not just be limited to curating Amazon products. The process of adding more partners is already underway.”
North Carolina A&T to host jazz event featuring Dianne Reeves
By Sheyla Fairley
According to an article, North Carolina A&T State University’s, Greensboro, NC, Office of the Provost and the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences will co-host the jazz extravaganza, “An Evening with Dianne Reeves,” on “Thursday, Feb. 8, at 6 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium, 1009 Bluford St,” with tickets available to purchase “starting Tuesday, Jan. 23, at the University Ticket Office in Brown Hall.”
The event will also feature the “five-time Grammy winner and pre-eminent jazz vocalist[‘s] tuneful performances with the N.C. A&T Jazz Ensemble” where attendees will have the opportunity to “gain insight into her jazz process and hear her advice to aspiring music students.”
For more details, read the full article here.
Morgan State University has acquired the personal papers and other belongings of the late U.S. Rep. and civil rights advocate Elijah Cummings
By Sheyla Fairley
Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, has acquired part of the estate of the late Congressman Elijah E. Cummings after spending over a year working with the attorney for Cummings’ estate to transfer the items to the university .
According to an article, the “200 linear-foot personal collection of papers, framed artwork, photographs, numbered pieces, and a small cache of curated Maryland belongings from the Cummings estate” will be housed in the “Earl R. Richardson Library’s Beulah M. Davis Research Room, where the University maintains its archives, manuscripts, and rare books.”
“The papers of the late Congressman Elijah E. Cummings allow the Morgan State University community an opportunity to prepare, curate, and implement a correct narrative of a native Baltimorean, lawyer, legislator, and compassionate politician who balanced his responsibility with clarity,” said Ida E. Jones, Ph.D., associate director of Special Collections and University Archivist. “Using his booming voice and skillful diplomacy while remaining accessible to the everyday person kept him grounded in working to provide equitable access for all Baltimoreans, Marylanders, and American citizens.”
Read the full article, here.
NPR host Ayesha Rascoe to release collection of stories about HBCUs this month
By Sheyla Fairley
National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition Sunday host Ayesha Rascoe, Howard University, Washington, DC, alumna, has compiled and edited a collection of essays about Historically Black Colleges and Universities entitled HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience, which will be released on January 30, 2024.
As stated in a release, the anthology includes “features from Oprah Winfrey, Stacey Abrams, Honorée F. Jeffers, and Branford Marsalis” where they discuss how “they chose their HBCU, their first days on campus, the dynamic atmosphere of classes where students were constantly challenged to do their best, the professors who devoted themselves to the students, the marching bands and majorettes and their rigorous training.”
Saint Louis University and Lincoln University partner to launch grad program that will benefit students in STEM
By Sheyla Fairley
Saint Louis University (SLU), St. Louis, MO, and Lincoln University of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO, have formed a partnership that will allow students in STEM fields an early transition to graduate school.
According to an article, the agreement will help “Lincoln University students in STEM fields pursue a master’s degree in Strategic Intelligence or Cybersecurity at SLU by facilitating a 4+1 undergraduate and graduate model that accelerates the education timeline from two years to just one.”
“Most students in this program will complete their master’s degree in under one year after completing their baccalaureate degree,” said Joe Lyons, director of the Midwest Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence at SLU. “This enables students to enter the STEM workforce much more quickly with the advanced skills employers are seeking. Master’s degrees are associated with many benefits for our students, including higher salaries after graduation and more advancement opportunities within their careers.”
For more information, read the full article here.
