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Howard University alumnus and award-winning actor Chadwick Boseman spoke to graduates about the significance of making it to the top of the Hilltop during the Howard University 2018 Commencement Convocation. In front of an audiences of more than 8,000 family and friends, Boseman encouraged the graduates to not only exceed in their next steps, but…

Actor Chadwick Boseman (The Black Panther) returned to his alma mater Howard University on Saturday, May 12, 2018, to give the 2018 Commencement address. Boseman who graduated from the Mecca 18 years ago has starred in several movies portraying notable Black figures: Jackie Robinson, James Brown and Thurgood Marshall, and Marvel superhero, T’Challa. He walks to the podium…

Victoria Starks exemplifies Black excellence. Now at the pinnacle of her education, she obtained her law degree after finishing her high school career with a GED. As she moves on to her next chapter in her life, rolling out got a chance to speak with Starks about her journey to becoming a lawyer. You recently…

Arguably the biggest actor of 2018, the Black Panther himself, Chadwick Boseman, has accepted the honor of delivering Howard University’s 2018 commencement speech in May. Chadwick, who also knocked it out of the park in his award-caliber performances portraying Jackie Robinson in 42 and singer James Brown in Get On Up, is a Howard University alum, exponentially…

We are unstoppable, another world is possible ✊🏾 #StudentPowerHU pic.twitter.com/V1tT7qsMtm — #StudentPowerHU (@HUResist) April 7, 2018 It’s been a long nine days, but it’s well worth the time for student activists who led a demonstration at Howard University. Lead organizer of HU Resist, Alexis McKenney, tells CNN, who broke the story, “This is a long…

Howard University, one of the most prestigious and well-known of the institutions among historically black colleges and universities, has been rocked by a financial aid scandal involving the theft of over a million dollars from students. An anonymous author wrote in an online blog Medium claiming to have receipts that employees at the iconic school stole…

“This Is Us” star Susan Kelechi Watson told a fascinating story while appearing on “Live! With Kelly and Ryan.” She and a few of her Howard University classmates had the opportunity to study at Oxford for a summer — but it was paid for by alumna Phylicia Rashad and Denzel Washington. She said, “I remember…

Happy Founders Day from the members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. on the National Headquarters staff!#DST105 #JoyInOurSisterhood #22Founders pic.twitter.com/YbELKOFSxe — Delta Sigma Theta (@dstinc1913) January 13, 2018 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. is celebrating 105 years of sisterhood, scholarship and service. The second oldest sorority in the Divine i n the National Pan-Hellenic Council…

Founded 150 years ago, Howard University educated some of the most notable cultural figures today. Here are 10 celebrities who are also proud Howard Bisons. Taraji P. Henson Before she was a Bison, Taraji P. Henson attended North Carolina A&T. Within a year, the actress transferred to HU after realizing electrical engineering wasn’t her calling.…

Trey Carswell III is a two-time Howard University graduate who earned his bachelor’s in political science and economics (2011) and master’s in international relations and public administration and policy (2013). “While my academic career took the political route, it was my love for acting and filmmaking that brought me directly to the production industry,” he says.…

Another White male reportedly made a terrorist threat. This time, the people at Howard University were his targets. According to the Washington Post, John Edgar Rust, 26, was arrested for the threats. In 2015, Rust made the threat while using his computer at a restaurant in Northern Virginia. He posted, “Any n—s left at Howard…

The first full official weekend for college football did not disappoint. Week one had upsets, comebacks, thrillers and heartbreaking injuries. These are the top five stories that you might have missed from this past weekend. Tennessee outlasts Georgia Tech in double overtime Georgia Tech appeared to be about to upset the SEC school in the third…

“I am inspired to live my best life. I want to live a life that I create, value and enjoy. If that falls under the category of an entrepreneur, then there it is,” says Lisa Comfort who runs the blog GoNAKid.com and Howard University grad. Here, she details how you can join her community. What…

Actor and New York Times best-selling author Hill Harper has been a tremendous advocate for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. His latest endeavor has been lending his voice to The Home Depot’s Retool Your School program, which provides these institutions of higher learning with the opportunity to renovate the physical infrastructure of their campuses. On March 10, Harper served as the…

Hip-hop and journalism have a similar goal when it comes to the art of storytelling and unveiling the truth. So, it’s appropriate for hip-hop legend MC Lyte to continue playing a pivotal role in Chevrolet’s second annual Discover the Unexpected fellowship. The program, in conjunction with the National Newspaper Publishers Association, launched in 2016 at…

Being the president of an HBCU can be a hard job with little room for mistakes and at Howard University Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick is facing such a challenge. President Frederick has been at the helm of Howard University since he was appointed the interim president of Howard in October 2013 and then appointed the…

Teaching the brutal history of slavery and the dehumanization of Blacks can be difficult for some educators. There are many stories of teachers in middle and high school using inappropriate methods to teach this history. Assignments such as telling students to “write a happy slave song” or making White students masters and Blacks slaves to make…

“Ain’t no telling where I may be/ May see me in D.C.” – Notorious B.I.G This weekend I’ll make the pilgrimage to Howard University’s homecoming. Located in Washington, D.C., “The Mecca,” which National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote of in Between the World and Me, is holy to its graduates and also Black…

Shani Hilton Head of U.S. News BuzzFeed News Howard University, B.A. Shani Hilton graduated from Howard University a decade ago. That is all the time she needed to become the head of BuzzFeed News, managing a newsroom of more than 150 reporters and editors based in the U.S. Hilton’s employees reportedly refer to her as “queen.”…

America’s Got Talent host and Wild’n Out producer/host Nick Cannon is starting his freshman year of college at 35. “I am using these airplanes like school buses,” he joked in an interview with ET. “I get Tuesday and Wednesday off ‘til AGT is over and then my full credits kick in.” Cannon has become an…