Leon Moody stood outside Norton Student Union Building on the Miles College campus Wednesday as a room inside the building was being renamed. But Moody would learn that he was not just there as director of student activities. He was there, and surprised, as the student center inside Norton hall was being renamed in his […]
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FAIRFIELD, ALABAMA – Miles College experienced a significant increase in new student enrollment for the 2020-2021 academic school year, the largest in 5 years. Enrollment numbers show an increase of 40 percent in the number of Miles College students attending college for the first time. As a result of the college welcoming its largest freshman class in the […]
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By Hazel Scott/ASU Following more than six decades of service, Teaneck, New Jersey, has named a school after civil rights activist, educator and former Miss Alabama State University, Theodora Smiley Lacey. The Theodora Smiley Lacey School, which has about 180 kindergartners enrolled, is the first school building in Teaneck to be named after an African […]
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Alabama State University faculty member Dr. Qiana L. Matthews, an associate professor of microbiology for the Ph.D. program in Microbiology, will join other Alabama and global researchers and scientists, as well as business leaders for the Bio Alabama Virtual Annual Conference on Oct. 5-9. Connectivity and collaboration, as well as bringing the bioscience community together […]
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Actor Chadwick Boseman, who brought the movie ” Black Panther” to life with his charismatic intensity and regal performance has died.Boseman has battled colon cancer since 2016 and died at home with his family and wife by his side, according to a statement posted on his Twitter account. He was 43. “A true fighter, Chadwick […]
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Schuyler Carter, a native of both Summit and Muskogee, Oklahoma, is a 2nd year PhD student in Urban and Regional Science at Texas A&M University, College Station. She is a proud of alumnus of Alabama A&M University, where she received her Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning. Carter also has a Bachelor of Arts in […]
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U.S. Forest Service Features AAMU Alum and Research Forester Dr. Iris Baker Montague is the featured research scientist in the U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station’s October newsletter. The veteran research forester earned her bachelor’s degree and an MBA at AAMU, before getting her doctorate at the University of Georgia. Montague is from Huntsville, Ala., […]
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“We are thrilled that Kamilah Long, who we worked with during our OSF days and is a longtime supporter of Play On, has agreed to join us as managing director,” said Douthit in a statement. “She sees the world through an expansive creative lens, and has a depth of experience as a producer on the artistic side and senior […]
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Tuscaloosa, AL,06-30-Stillman College will reopen the campus to students, faculty, and staff in August, with several differences to be noted. While the return to work date is August 1, some may continue teleworking from home in order to maintain social distance guidelines and to keep the campus as safe as possible. Those who do return […]
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Expanding Business Opportunities While work opportunities may be harder to come by these days for many local small and disadvantaged businesses, officials at Alabama A&M University are determined to make sure those same entities have a chance at conducting business with the 145-year-old institution. In an effort to expand opportunities for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) […]
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