Updated: 6/24/2014 2:07 PM CST BY TOM JOYNER FOUNDATION Dallas, TX – June 23, 2014 – Paul Quinn College announced today that it received the largest gift in school history from Dallas philanthropist and Paul Quinn supporter Trammell S. Crow. The majority of the $4.4 million dollar gift will be used to help finance the […]
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North Carolina A&T Nursing School partnered with new Diabetes Education Center
North Carolina A&T State University has partnered for the new Diabetes Education, Prevention, and Management Center. The center is operated with the Greensboro Urban Ministry and the Moses Cone Health Nutrition and Diabetes Management Center. North Carolina A&T students and faculty of the School of Nursing, will serve as counselors at the center. Inez Tuck, […]
A historical performance: Alabama A&M Choir to perform at Lincoln Center
This coming weekend, the Alabama A&M University Choir will perform at Lincoln Center in New York City. The performance will take place at Alice Tully Hall. The choir’s performance will be the first time that a choir from a Historically Black College or University has been invited to participate in the Distinguished Concerts International of New York series. […]
Longtime Claflin University Supporter Dr. Jonas T. Kennedy Dies
Updated: 3/17/2014 10:50 AM CST BY TOM JOYNER FOUNDATION For Immediate Release March 14, 2014 Contact Charlene D. Slaughter ~ 803-535-5077 (office) 803-308-1807 (cell) ~ cslaughter@claflin.edu Wendy Jeffcoat Crider ~ 803-535-5751 (office) wjeffcoatcrider@claflin.edu Orangeburg, S.C. –Dr. Jonas T. Kennedy, the namesake of Claflin University’s health and physical education center whose philanthropy extended to his community […]
Wiley announces new Center for Excellence in Distance Learning
Updated: 3/12/2014 2:20 PM CST BY TOM JOYNER FOUNDATION Wiley College, Oakwood University, Florida Memorial University and Lumen Learning Collaborate to Help Online Education Thrive at HBCUs New Center for Excellence in Distance Learning at Wiley College Uses Open Educational Resources to Support Faculty and Student Success MARSHALL, Texas (March 11, 2014) – At a […]
JCSU and Messer Construction Raise Final Beam on New Science Center
Updated: 3/4/2014 12:32 PM CST BY TOM JOYNER FOUNDATION Contact: Jennifer Gaskins Assistant Director of Communications and Marketing 704-330-1338 jgaskins@jcsu.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Duke Energy Invests in STEM Education CHARLOTTE, N.C. – March 3, 2014 –Johnson C. Smith University celebrated the building of its new Science Center today as the final steel beam was hoisted by a […]