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| 1135 | Friday
5/16/2008 | Prairie View A&M University | HEADLINE = Fulbright Scholarship Awarded To PVAMU Faculty Member *** New ***
PVAMU's Safwat Shakir, has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant in Environmental Science at Ain Shams University in Cairo. His award will enable him to provide three comprehensive weeks of instruction in biometrics and computer modeling for ecologists.
KeyWords = Prairie View A&M University Fulbright scholarship Safwat Shakir biometrics computer modeling ecology
URL = http://www.pvamu.edu/pages/122.asp?item=21609
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| 1134 | Friday
5/16/2008 | Prairie View A&M University | HEADLINE = Texas A&M System Honors PVAMU Ag. Research Scientist *** New ***
Dr. Raul Cuero, an agricultural research scientist and professor based in the Prairie View A&M University College of Agriculture and Human Sciences’ Cooperative Agricultural Research Center, was recently honored by the Texas A&M University System as an inventor during the 2008 Patent and Innovation Awards. Cuero was honored for his work that uses Martian simulant soil, like volcanic ash, to remove hazardous waste from soil.
KeyWords = Prairie View A&M University Texas A&M System honor Dr. Raul Cuero inventor patents
URL = http://www.pvamu.edu/pages/122.asp?item=21607
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| 1133 | Wednesday
5/14/2008 | Google | HEADLINE = Google's "Friend Connect" Connects Friends to Any Website *** New ***
This new service, announced as a preview release tonight at Campfire One, lets non-technical site owners sprinkle social features throughout their websites, so visitors will easily be able to join with their AOL, Google, OpenID, and Yahoo! credentials. You'll be able to see, invite, and interact with new friends or, using secure authorization APIs, with existing friends from social sites on the web like Facebook, Google Talk, hi5, LinkedIn, orkut, Plaxo, and others.
KeyWords = Google Friend Connect social networking Web 2.0
URL = http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/friend-connected-web. html
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| 1132 | Wednesday
5/14/2008 | Blackboard | HEADLINE = Blackboard Launches Blackboard Sync(TM) on Facebook(R) Platform *** New ***
Blackboard announced today the launch of Blackboard Sync(TM) a safe and secure application on the Facebook Platform to enable students to be better engaged in their academic lives by delivering course updates and other information through Facebook. Students who elect to use Blackboard Sync can receive information on new assignments, discussion board postings, course materials, and even new grades while logged on to their Facebook accounts.
KeyWords = Blackboard Sync Facebook link social network Web 2.0
URL = http://www.blackboard.com/company/press/release.aspx?id=1145 522
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| 1131 | Wednesday
5/14/2008 | Inside Higher Education | HEADLINE = Facebook, Meet Blackboard *** New ***
Blackboard, the giant course management application, now links to FaceBook, a giant social networking application. This combination may provide services similar to The New York Times Knowledge Network, a course management app that employs social networking software developed by Epsilen and has been deployed by Bowling Green State in an award winning community learning initiative.
KeyWords = Inside Higher Education Facebook Blackboard Sync social networking Web 2.0
URL = http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/05/14/sync
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| 1130 | Tuesday
5/13/2008 | Elizabeth City State University | HEADLINE = ECSU Physician receives UNC Board of Governors’ highest faculty honor *** New ***
Dr. Myron S. Cohen, Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health and Director of the Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, received the O. Max Gardner Award today (Friday, May 9) from the Board of Governors of the multi-campus University of North Carolina. Recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, Cohen was honored for his internationa
KeyWords = Elizabeth City State University physician Dr Myron S. Cohen O. Max Gardner award HIV/AIDs research
URL = http://www.ecsu.edu/headlinetemplate.cfm?ID=6108
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| 1129 | Friday
5/9/2008 | Elizabeth City State University | HEADLINE = Entrepreneurs create new jobs for North Carolina
A new concentration within ECSU’s Walter R. Davis School of Business and Economics is grooming students to become the next generation of business leaders owning their own companies. The goal, too, is to stop the brain drain within ECSU’s 21-county service area of northeastern North Carolina, while creating employment options for ESCU students and building communities.
KeyWords = Elizabeth City State University entrepreneurs jobs North Carolina community service
URL = http://www.ecsu.edu/headlinetemplate.cfm?ID=6103
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| 1128 | Friday
5/9/2008 | Alabama State University | HEADLINE = Faculty Member Receives Educational Grant
Dr. Jeane B. Lee, associate professor of counselor education at ASU, has recently been awarded an educational grant of $5,321 from the Educational Board of Trustees of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. She was awarded the grant for her project, “Technology and Oral Presentation Development for Master’s Level Counselors-in-Training.”
KeyWords = Alabama State University education grant
URL = http://www.alasu.edu/News/default.aspx?id=6&headlineaction=v iew_headline&headlineid=122
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| 1127 | Friday
5/9/2008 | Voorhees College | HEADLINE = U.S. Congressman James “Jim” E. Clyburn will address 2008 graduates
On Nov. 16, 2006, the House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected Congressman Clyburn of South Carolina Majority Whip for the 110th Congress. This was a historic day for House Democrats, having just won back the majority for the first time in twelve years. It was also historic for Jim Clyburn, who became the first South Carolinian and the second African-American to ascend to the third ranking position in the U.S. House of Representatives.
KeyWords = Voorhees College commencement speaker Congressman James E. Clyburn
URL = http://www.voorhees.edu/pressreleases/2008/Clyburn speaks at the 111th Commencemen.pdf
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| 1126 | Friday
5/9/2008 | Fort Valley State University | HEADLINE = FVSU Agricultural Biotechnology Center Planning Committee plans big groundbreaking activity
The Fort Valley State University College of Agriculture, Home Economics and Allied Programs, under the leadership of Interim Dean Mark Latimore Jr., will begin construction of its $3.1 million Biotechnology Center in July.
KeyWords = Fort Valley State University groundbreaking biotechnolgy center
URL = http://www.fvsu.edu/news/fvsu-agricultural-biotechnology-cen ter-planning-committee-plans-big-groundbreaking-activity
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| 1125 | Friday
5/9/2008 | Florida A&M University | HEADLINE = Capital Health Plan Investment in FAMU to alleviate capital region’s nurse shortage
Capital Health Plan (CHP) announced it will invest over the next five years a total of $1.5 million in nursing education programs at Florida A&M University, Florida State University, and Tallahassee Community College. The initiative is aimed at alleviating a growing nursing shortage in this area and throughout Florida. Demand for new nurses in Florida is expected to grow by nearly one quarter or more than 36,000 new jobs by 2014.
KeyWords = Florida A&M University Capital Health Plan CHP grants nursing education programs
URL = http://www.famu.edu/?a=headlines&p=display&news=589
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| 1124 | Wednesday
5/7/2008 | Howard University | HEADLINE = Dr. Sidney A. Ribeau Named 16th President of Howard University
Dr. Ribeau has been President of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, for 13 years. At the University he initiated a number of successful, innovative, values-based initiatives that provide students with an academic environment that develops culturally literate, technologically sophisticated, productive citizens. ... BIO
KeyWords = Howar University new 16th president Dr. Sidney A. Ribeau
URL = http://www.howard.edu/newsroom/releases/2008/080507president .htm
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| 1123 | Tuesday
5/6/2008 | University of the Virgin Islands | HEADLINE = UVI's Eastern Caribbean Center to Conduct 2008 V.I. Community Survey
VICS data for 2008 will be gathered on two topics–population and housing. Population questions cover items such as age, sex, education, ethnic origin, employment, health insurance, veteran status and disability. Housing questions cover items about the housing unit in which respondents live, such as: number of rooms, utilities, ownership and rent.
KeyWords = University of the Virgin Islands community survey community service
URL = http://www.uvi.edu/pub-relations/pressRelease/rel07158.html
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| 1122 | Tuesday
5/6/2008 | Howard University | HEADLINE = Howard University and AAAA Announce Partnership to Increase Inclusion in Advertising
Jannette L. Dates, Ph.D., dean of the John H. Johnson School of Communications joined Nancy Hill, president and CEO, of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, today to announce a new partnership with Howard University’s John H. Johnson School of Communications to establish a comprehensive center to address challenges, eliminate barriers and identify opportunities to achieve a more diverse and inclusive advertising industry workforce at middle to senior management levels.
KeyWords = Howard University AAAA partnership center diversity advertising industry
URL = http://www.howard.edu/newsroom/releases/2008/080430AAAAandHo wardUniversitY.htm
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| 1121 | Tuesday
5/6/2008 | Howard University | HEADLINE = Louisiana Sentator Landrieu Says Thanks to ASB Volunteers
United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.) hosted a reception on Thursday, May 1, at Howard University to honor the nearly 600 students who volunteered in New Orleans during spring recess. This is third consecutive service mission to the region in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
KeyWords = Howard University Katrina student volunteers Senator Landrieu Louisiana thanks community service
URL = http://www.howard.edu/newsroom/releases/2008/080501SenLandri euSaysThanks.htm
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| 1120 | Tuesday
5/6/2008 | North Carolina A&T State University | HEADLINE = A&T JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT RECEIVES $100,000
The Trustees of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation have approved a one-year $100,000 grant to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communication within the College of Arts and Sciences. The award is to be used to help Black College Wire become self-sustaining. The news service is a project of the Black College Communication Association, an organization for faculty members teaching journalism and mass communication at black college
KeyWords = North Carolina A&T State University James L. Knight Foundation grant Black College Wire news service
URL = http://www.ncat.edu/press_releases/disp_release.php?ID=3526
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| 1119 | Tuesday
5/6/2008 | Hampton University | HEADLINE = Hampton University Students Give to Tornado Victims
As they pack their clothes and head home for summer break, some Hampton University students are dropping parts of their wardrobe in bins for "The Hampton Big Give Clothing Drive." The HU Student Government Association (SGA) sponsored a relief drive to help Suffolk, Va. residents impacted by the April 28 tornado.
KeyWords = Hampton University students donations tornado victims community service
URL = http://www.hamptonu.edu/news/050208_75_tornado.htm
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| 1118 | Tuesday
5/6/2008 | Hampton University | HEADLINE = Tony Brown Donates $100,000 to Hampton Scholarship Fund
Tony Brown has donated $100,000 to the Hampton University scholarship fund. Brown, dean of the HU Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications and commentator of the PBS series Tony Brown's Journal, made the donation in the form of an annuity trust.
KeyWords = Hampton University Tony Brown donation scholarship fund
URL = http://www.hamptonu.edu/news/050208_74_tony_brown.htm
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| 1117 | Friday
5/2/2008 | Yahoo! Finance | HEADLINE = NACME Announces Research on Underrepresented Minorities in STEM
The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) today released new research, made possible by Motorola Foundation, that quantifies a growing "opportunity gap" in the number of minority students pursuing degrees and careers in science and technology. In what NACME characterizes as "the 'New' American Dilemma," the report shows that rates of participation by African Americans, American Indians, and Latinos in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields have fl
KeyWords = Yahoo! Finance NACME report underrepresented minorities STEM
URL = http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080501/neth094.html?.v=41
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| 1116 | Tuesday
4/29/2008 | Hampton University | HEADLINE = Hampton University Receives $1.2 Million to Enhance Biology Program
Hampton University was recently awarded a $1.2 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). The grant will be used to enhance the biology program at HU to fit the recommendations made in Bio2010, a set of changes recommended for biology programs as described by the National Research Council
KeyWords = Hampton University grant Howard Hughes Medical Institute HHMI enhance biology program
URL = http://www.hamptonu.edu/news/042408_71_hhmi_grant.htm
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| 1115 | Tuesday
4/29/2008 | Tennessee State University | HEADLINE = FREEDOM RIDERS TO RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREES
The Tennessee Board of Regents has joined the community in support of awarding honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees to 14 students who were expelled from TSU in 1961.
KeyWords = Tennessee State University honorary degrees Freedom Riders 14 community service
URL = http://www.tnstate.edu/interior.asp?mid=5511
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| 1114 | Tuesday
4/29/2008 | Spelman College | HEADLINE = SPELMAN RECEIVES $1.4 MILLION GRANT TO MENTOR AND DEVELOP FEMALE SCIENTISTS
Spelman College has received a $1.4 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to identify creative new ways to engage students in the biological sciences. Spelman will use the grant to help more Black women develop and maintain an interest in science through a documentary film project, a revamped mentoring program and new science classes.
KeyWords = Spelman College grant mentor develop Black female scientists
URL = http://www.spelman.edu/_ezpost/data/22726.shtml
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| 1113 | Tuesday
4/29/2008 | North Carolina A&T State University | HEADLINE = A&T JOURNALISM STUDENT WINS FIRST ROUND OF CNN REPORTING COMPETITION
Judges representing the National Association of Black Journalists and CNN have selected North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University student Latoya Hopkins as a winner in a competition among students at HBCUs. It's part of a CNN documentary to be aired in July about being black in America.
KeyWords = North Carolina A&T State University competition journalism CNN Naional Assocition Black Journalists
URL = http://www.ncat.edu/press_releases/disp_release.php?ID=3515
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| 1112 | Tuesday
4/29/2008 | Delaware State University | HEADLINE = Delaware State University Places 2nd IN HBCU Business Plan Competition
A team of students from Delaware State University’s College of Business recently placed 2nd in the eighth annual OFC Venture Challenge Business Plan Competition held on April 17-20 in Atlanta, Ga.
KeyWords = Delaware State University business plan competition OFC HBCUs
URL = http://www.desu.edu/advancement/pr/press_release.php?article _id=384
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| 1111 | Thursday
4/24/2008 | The White House | HEADLINE = 2008 National HBCU Week Conference
The conference will provide an opportunity to discuss issues of particular importance to the HBCU community within the context of Presidential Executive Order 13256. President Bush is scheduled to issue a proclamation honoring America's HBCUs designating September 7-13, 2008 as National HBCU Week and Congress will pass a resolution honoring the significant contributions which HBCUs have made to the nation.
KeyWords = White House 2008 National HBCU week conference
URL = http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/whhbcu/edlite-markcalenda r.html
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| 1110 | Thursday
4/24/2008 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | HEADLINE = Henson Foundation Presents Challenge Gift to UMES Foundation
The Richard A. Henson Foundation has made a $1.5 million challenge gift to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Foundation to establish the Henson Entrepreneurs and Scholars Endowment Program.
KeyWords = University of Maryland Eastern Shore challenge gift entrepreneurs STEM
URL = http://www.umes.edu/IA/PR/News/NewsBoard/article.aspx?id=148 76
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| 1109 | Thursday
4/24/2008 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | HEADLINE = Links Chapter Presents Check to UMES
Members of the Princess Anne Chapter of the Links Inc., recently presented a check for $6,700 to the UMES Foundation in support of an endowed fund established by the organization to reward and assist students in financial need who have demonstrated academic success as undergraduates and who have engaged in university and community service and leadership.
KeyWords = University of Maryland Eastern Shore Links donation scholarship community service
URL = http://www.umes.edu/IA/PR/News/NewsBoard/article.aspx?id=148 80
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| 1108 | Thursday
4/24/2008 | Coahoma Community College | HEADLINE = Obesity attacked at CCC Health Conference
Obesity morphed into an evil Darth Vader at Coahoma Community College’s prestigious Health Conference under attack by eminent cardiologists with threats of heart attacks, hypertension, and diabetes. More than 300 educators, health care professionals, and students took advantage of the free two-day event sponsored by the Mississippi Delta Rural Health Care Training Partnership.
KeyWords = Coahoma Community College obesity conference community service
URL = http://www.coahomacc.edu/cccnews.asp?NewsEventID=144
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| 1107 | Thursday
4/24/2008 | Fayetteville State University | HEADLINE = FSU Associate Professor to Receive UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence
The University of North Carolina (UNC) Board of Governors of has selected 17 of its most outstanding faculty to receive the 14th Annual Awards for Excellence in Teaching. Among those selected is Dr. Constance Lightner, Fayetteville State University (FSU) associate professor and interim chair of the Department of Management.
KeyWords = Fayetteville State University UNC Goard of Govenors award excellence teaching
URL = http://forms.uncfsu.edu/administration/PublicRelations/viewD ata.cfm?id=526
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| 1106 | Thursday
4/24/2008 | Tennessee State University | HEADLINE = Tennessee State Among Five Universities Recognized for Outreach Initiatives
Established in 2006, the Outreach Scholarship and Magrath University Community Engagement Awards recognize four-year public universities that have redesigned their learning, discovery and engagement functions to become sympathetically and productively involved with their communities. Winners of the Outreach Scholarship Awards receive a prize of $6,000 and move on to compete for the C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement Award.
KeyWords = Tennessee State University award Outreach Scholarship award community service
URL = http://www.tnstate.edu/interior.asp?mid=5500
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