Tuscaloosanews.com (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
BIRMINGHAM | The Stillman College Tigers finished play in the SIAC Western Division Volleyball Cluster late Friday night with a victory over LeMoyne Owen College. Stillman dropped the first set 21-25 but bounced back with three straight set victories of 25-9, 25-15 and 25-25.
The Memphis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
Crichton College and LeMoyne-Owen College are among the bottom 10 in graduation rates in the country for “competitive” schools of higher education, according to a study by the American Enterprise Institute.
MARRIAGEDEBATE.COM--MAIN BLOG (Free subscription) | 04/24/2009
reports: ...Glancing around her classes at LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis and in the stands at basketball games, sophomore Velma Maclin has noticed something odd. Most of the so-called "Big Men on Campus" are women. "The ladies pretty much run the yard," said Maclin. Several male friends recently got discouraged and dropped out. She has little sympathy. She works the overnight...
US News (Free subscription) | 01/17/2009
LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis briefly goes into lockdown on Thursday.
Sharp as a Marble (Free subscription) | 01/16/2009
Yet another gun in a gun free zone (Memphis, TN 1/15/2009) LeMoyne-Owen College is on lockdown after a robbery during class. A student tells us a man with a wig walked into a class on campus with a gun and demanded purses and wallets. 18 students were in class at the time. I'm at a loss. Being a school, I'm sure the threat of increased punishment and the force-field should keep guns out. Maybe criminals...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 01/15/2009
Police searched the campus and the surrounding, inner-city neighborhood but made no immediate arrests. The campus was temporarily locked down and classes were canceled for the rest of the day. The school has about 800 students.
The Memphis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
The LeMoyne-Owen board of trustees has announced that Johnnie Watson, who has served as interim president of LeMoyne-Owen College for the last two years, will become the college’s president effective immediately. (CMCSA)
Dispatches from the Culture Wars (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Memphis City Schools is apparently standing by the school principal who outed a gay couple. And boy is their argument ridiculous. They released a public statement that gives this background for what happened: Unfortunately, in fall 2007, we received numerous complaints from LeMoyne-Owen College faculty and staff that some of our student couples were involved in explicit sexual behavior in public view...
Box Turtle Bulletin (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
The Hollis F. Price Middle College High School is undoubtedly a successful school. As a collaboration between the Memphis school district and LeMoyne-Owen College, it provides an opportunity for gifted African-American students to earn credits towards their college degrees while still in high school. And by selecting only 150 of the district's best [...]
HBCU Sports Blog (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Courtesy: TheSIAC.com In a rematch of last year’s Softball Championship game, Albany State University took care of business and brought home yet another SIAC Softball Title defeating the Golden Bears of Miles College 4-1. Head Coach Robert Skinner (Albany State)...
The Memphis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 01/18/2008
The Southern Heritage Foundation has donated $200,000 to LeMoyne-Owen College to fund educational activities and expenses.
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 10/14/2007
After having a show at Dorsey's Picture Frame and Art Gallery in Brooklyn, artists knew they had made it.
The HBCU Blog (Free subscription) | 08/10/2007
For LeMoyne-Owen College officials, the future is a little less bleak today. Interim president Johnnie Watson said Thursday that the financially beleaguered school has received more than $4 million in pledges and contributions. College officials also hope for another $3 million combined from Shelby County and the state, pending legislative approval. This means that, despite dire predictions over the...
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