HBCU Sports Blog (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Grambling State University made Donnita Drain, a record-setting coach at Langston University and nationally-renowned basketball mind, its new women's basketball head coach yesterday, instantly bringing credibility to a team that finished among the worst in NCAA Division I last season....
SI.com (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008
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PageantCast News Desk (Free subscription) | 04/13/2008
For years, Langston University has held a tradition of placing competent women in important positions. And with the recent inauguration of its first female president, JoAnn Haysbert, a greater incentive came for LU to build upon that strong heritage through the Women In Leadership Symposium. Now an annual event and in its second year, the symposium is focusing on the empowerment of women in the workplace...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
• Thousands of kids signed national letters of intent Wednesday to play college football. Few, if any, of their stories matter to me. I find myself much more interested in a kid like Pinkston High School's Christopher Henry, a 6-2, 285-pound offensive lineman, who's determined to use his scholarship to Langston University as a steppingstone to life, not the NFL. For him, football is the way out of...
Oklahoma Women's Network Blog (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
If you are in Stillwater today, go by Oklahoma State University's Student Union Atrium and take in "Celebrating the Arts" - one of OSU's Black History Month programs. This program is hosted by OSU Women's Programs (coordinated by Gloria Birdine), the OSU Center for African Studies and the OSU Black Faculty and Staff Associations. It features work by OSU students plus Edward Grady, faculty member and...
HoustonChronicle.com -- Houston & Texas News (Free subscription) | 12/23/2007
Jurnee Smollett, a 21-year-old actress with Louisiana roots, had never heard of Wiley College when she got the script last year for the movie that just might change her life.
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 11/25/2007
The inaugural Fresh Coast Classic was less than 2 minutes away from being a success.
Department of Agriculture (Free subscription) | 10/12/2007
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2007 -- Acting Secretary Chuck Conner today announced the selection of 15 historically African-American land grant institutions in 14 states to receive $1.5 million in job creation and business promotion grants. "These funds are part of USDA Rural Development's ongoing efforts to ensure that all rural Americans are able to share in the nation's economic growth," Conner said. "USDA...
Oklahoma Women's Network Blog (Free subscription) | 10/03/2007
Last night the Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society held their 14th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner at the Oklahoma History Center. As usual, it was a wonderful evening. Highlights for me included getting acquainted with Dr. Sara M. Freedman , OSU Dean of the William S. Spears School of Business (left), induction into the Hall of Fame of Langston University's Jean Bell Manning,...
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 09/27/2007
st. louis — Disappointed by stagnant ticket sales, the founder of the annual Gateway Classic college football game says he is looking for new ways to boost the amount of college scholarship money his organization gives to local black high school graduates.Earl Wilson Jr., who has headed the St. Louis Gateway Classic Sports Foundation since 1994, said scholarship payments have slipped in recent years,...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 09/12/2007
Organizers of the Fresh Coast Basketball Classic hope to expose local children to competitive games and the educational opportunities afforded by the four historically black colleges that will play in the inaugural tournament over the Thanksgiv...
anonymous (Free subscription) | 07/06/2007
What About Out Daughters has an excellent roundup of black opinion around Independence Day from a number of solid bloggers. African-Americans are among the most patriotic of Americans there are and if July 4th is well, bittersweet to some, it's only because our dedicated, proven love of country has not always been exactly, uh (how shall I put this delicately') fully reciprocated in the past . Let me...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/28/2007
Bartle Hall and the surrounding downtown streets were bustling Wednesday as thousands of people descended on the national SkillsUSA annual championships, which kicked off their contests.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/13/2007
Ms Dwan Brunfield and Mr Chris Montgomery, both students from the Langston University in Oklahoma in the US, recently paid a visit to the Daily Observer as part of their holiday tour.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/03/2007
An American Institutution, Langston University, has announced the establishment of a five year partnership to support President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's education initiatives in Liberia. Under the plan, the University is making available thirty-five thousand ($35,000) United States dollars to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to support her education initiatives. The President, according to an Executive...
