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Start Your Career at VA. Health Care and Non-Health Care Opportunities Available Nationwide.
As a Veterans Affairs Employee, I am part of a diverse team serving America's heroes. At the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), employees and interns from all nationalities and backgrounds work t
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II meets Chinese premier
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE | June 17, 2014 LONDON, June 17- Queen Elizabeth II welcomed Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to Windsor Castle on Tuesday on a visit to Britain which aims to repair strained rel
Angelina Jolie given title of honorary Dame by Queen Elizabeth II
Angelina Jolie can add royal recognition to Hollywood stardom. The Oscar-winning actress has been named an honorary dame — the female version of a knight — by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. Jolie, a United Nations special envoy, received the honor on Friday for her work combating sexual violence i
Why Laverne Cox on the cover of Time magazine is important
by Alex Isaacs Los Angeles - ICYMI: The June cover of Time magazine has set social media on fire because it features actress Laverne Cox, who is transgendered. The raven-locked beauty from Amer
Still Time to be Part of the "Blue & Gold Challenge"
Join us in the Blue and Gold End-of-the-Year Challenge by making a gift to the Oakwood Annual Fund by midnight, June 30, 2014. Our goal is to increase the annual giving participation rate of our alumn
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Howard University Awarding School Record 105 Doctoral Degrees
by Jamal Watson Howard currently offers 28 Ph.D. degree programs and awarded its first doctoral degree to two chemistry students in 1958. Howard University has maintained it lead as the top pr
HBCUConnect.com joins Central State University for Graduation Weekend!
The HBCUConnect staff headed to Central State University Friday to reconnect with Alumni, College Faculty, and the class of 2014! Ruth Moss had a special mission to accomplish of serving as her Class
HBCU Connect & Atlanta Greek Picnic Partner to Produce Diversity Career Expo as a Part of Atlanta Greek Picnic
HBCU Connect, in partnership with TiwaWorks, producers of Atlanta Greek Picnic Weekend (AGP), is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual HBCU & Black Greek Diversity Career Expo and Speaker Series, Thursda
EBONY Magazine Names FAMU Alumna Mitzi Miller Editor-in-Chief
On April 22, 2014 Desiree Rogers, CEO of Johnson Publishing Company (JPC), named Mitzi Miller as the new editor-in-chief of EBONY magazine, effective immediately. Miller, most recently served as ed
JCSU first HBCU to form Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc.
The National Executive Board of Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. recently welcomed Johnson C. Smith University as the newest institution to offer membership to its brotherhood. It is the first
Washington Becomes First State To Return To No Child Left Behind
Joy Resmovits Two years after Washington state largely ditched the No Child Left Behind Act, the much-maligned federal education law will be in full effect there yet again for the coming school ye
Jay Z & Wife Beyoncé Preparing For Joint Summer Tour- “The Mr. & Mrs. Carter Tour” Is Coming to 20 U.S. Cities
According to both the New York Post and the Los Angeles Times, rapper Jay-Z and his wife singer Beyoncé will be launching a joint tour this summer called “The Mr. and Mrs. Carter Tour”. Reportedly, th
Actress Taraji P. Henson Talks About Her Latest Movie “From The Rough” - In Theatres Friday!
By Kam Williams Taraji P. Henson earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress opposite Brad Pitt in David Fincher’s THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. She is a 2011 Emmy-nominee
Take the Microsoft Technical Challenge and win a trip to Washington, D.C.!
HBCU CONNECT has teamed up with Microsoft to provide excellent opportunities for experienced minority professionals to work with the Extraordinary talent in the Cloud & Enterprise, Microsoft IT busine