Updated: 7/13/2015 4:05 PM CST By Tom Joyner Foundation FAMU Alumna Cecka Rose Green and Head Womens Track and Field/Cross Country Coach Darlene Moore Also Honored HAMPTON, Va. – Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) President Elmira Mangum, Ph.D., was awarded the prestigious Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) “Female President of the Year” Award presented […]
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Hampton Athletics adding Men’s Lacrosse, Women’s Soccer
Updated: 5/8/2015 1:01 PM CST By Tom Joyner Foundation HAMPTON, Va. – The Hampton University Department of Athletics has announced the addition of two new sports for the coming 2015-16 academic year: men’s lacrosse and women’s soccer, both of which have been intramural programs at the school. Both programs will compete as independents and play […]
International President of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Installed
Updated: 7/18/2014 11:36 AM CST BY TOM JOYNER FOUNDATION CONTACT: Leona Dotson Communications Chairman (559) 670-1592 akapress08@gmail.com CHARLOTTE, N.C. — July 17, 2014 — Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a business executive, was installed as the 2014-2018 International President of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (AKA), an international service organization that was founded on the […]
Bishop T.D. Jakes to Speak at HU 100th Ministers’ Conference
Updated: 6/2/2014 4:39 PM CST BY TOM JOYNER FOUNDATION Hampton, Va.—Hampton University Ministers’ Conference will celebrate its 100th Anniversary and the Choir Directors’ & Organists’ Guild Workshop will celebrate its 80th Anniversary from June 1 through June 6 with presenter Bishop T.D. Jakes—“America’s Best Preacher” by Time Magazine. Also speaking are Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., Dr. […]
Hampton University Alum To Be Inducted Into MEAC Hall Of Fame
Updated: 2/11/2014 4:25 PM CST BY TOM JOYNER FOUNDATION NORFOLK, Va. – Kellie Wells was an All-American at Hampton University, and she became an Olympic medalist in the summer of 2012. Now, she can add a new title to her resume:Hall of Famer. Wells (class of 2006) will be part of the 2014 class of the […]
HU Alumna Donates $1 million to School of Nursing
The Hampton University School of Nursing (HUSON) was recently awarded a $1 million gift, donated by HU Alumna Dr. Lois Price Spratlen’54 who passed away in March. Spratlen earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from HU. The funding is to establish The Lois Price Spratlen Endowed Chair (LPSEC) within the school, and the selected professor […]