On Personal Excellence
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential…these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. – Eddie G. Robinson, […]
Monthly Archives: April 2012
“A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste” – What It Means To Me
Do the words “A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste” mean anything special to you? They do to me. I was a 16 year-old high school senior in the […]
On Using Your Voice
If you have an opportunity to use your voice, you should use it. – Samuel L. Jackson, Morehouse College ’72, Actor, Producer
Morehouse Has Medical Mystique Too: The HBCUstory of Our Black Health Science Centers
E. Clare Stewart is graduate of Fisk University and Meharry Medical College, School of Graduate Studies and Research. She currently serves as the Community Coordinator for the HBCU Wellness Project at Fisk […]
Godmother of SNCC: Remembering Shaw Alumna Ella Baker
Today marks the closing date of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee‘s (SNCC) founding meeting, held at Shaw University April 15-17, 1960. Students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) gathered under the guidance […]
On Mistakes
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. – Nikki Giovanni, Fisk University ’67, poet, activist, educator
Saluting Spelman: Women Who Serve Since 1881
On April 11, 1881, Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary was founded by Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles in the basement of Friendship Baptist Church. The school grew quickly, moving to […]
Meharry’s Salt Wagon Promise: The HBCUstory of Our Black Health Science Centers
E. Clare Stewart is graduate of Fisk University and Meharry Medical College, School of Graduate Studies and Research. She currently serves as the Community Coordinator for the HBCU Wellness Project at Fisk […]
Art as Activism: The HBCUstory of Howard Alumna Elizabeth Catlett Mora
Victoria L Bryant Hamilton is a fourth generation Fisk graduate, a former Miss Fisk University and a proud member of the class of 2007. Hailing from Louisville, Kentucky, she is […]
Since 1865: Putting the “AU” in Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta University (AU) was founded on this day in 1865 by the American Missionary Association with assistance from the Freedman’s Bureau. Guided by its motto, “I’ll Find a Way or […]
