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HBCU Fair granted


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However, history lessons teach us that there are still many factors and unwritten rules that deny students of color entry to Predominantly White Institutions (PWI). For those yearning students Historically Black Colleges and Universities are still the best opportunity to pursue higher education. On Saturday, September 21, 2019


Sigma Tau Omega (STO), Cary, North Carolina


Chapter Alpha Sorority


of Alpha Kappa Incorporated (AKA)


held its fifth annual college fair on the historical campus of Broughton High School in Raleigh North Carolina. Since its founding in 1908 on the campus of Howard University, AKA remains


committed to supporting


the Nation’s HBCUs. So much so, Glenda Baskin-Glover, President of this illustrious Sorority prioritized under her administration HBCU for Life: A Call to Action, to engage her 1021 chapters and 300,000 members to raise money and implement events to educate and partner with HBCUs. In her first year, she has raised more than a million dollars to support HBCUs around the nation. President Baskin-Glover also


serves


as the President of Tennessee State University, an HBCU in Nashville Tennessee. The College fair kicked off with


a breakfast with greetings form Sigma Tau Omega


President, Stephanie


Davenport and opening remarks from Angela Jones, Publisher of the HBCU Advocate newspaper. The breakfast was designed to bring North Carolina’s middle and high school counselors together to engage in conversation with HBCU recruiters and other administrators


from institutions of


higher education. Among those present was Everett Ward, former President of Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, NC and Chair of Council of


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Presidents of the National Panhellenic Council and Linda Simmons Henry, National Historical HBCU Archivist. The conversation unraveled myths and created a platform to educate students about the opportunities and advantages of attending an HBCU. After stimulating conversations and plans of future collaborations, the counselors and HBCU recruiters from twenty colleges and universities headed into the gymnasium to prepare for the arrival of more than 350 high school students nervous with excitement about this new impending chapter in their


and universities present State


lives. The colleges included:


Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville


University, Fisk


University, Florida A& M University, Hampton University, Howard University, Livingstone


College,


Morehouse College, Norfolk State University, North


Carolina A&T,


North Carolina Central University, Saint Augustine’s University, Shaw University, Spelman College, Tuskegee University, Virginia State University, Virginia Union University, Wilberforce University, Winston Salem State University. The day concluded with workshops about taking


the ACT and SAT,


importance of tutoring, how to pay for the HBCU College experience and the North Carolina Department of Transportation presented about their scholarship and summer internship program


for college students.


Sigma Tau Omega’s CAP (College Admission Program) assisted students with completing college applications. Students and parents departed


the


day with information and resources to prepare for entrance into these illustrious as


there are


institutions. institutions


As long of


higher


education, the Torch will forever remain bright at Historically Black Colleges and Universities around the U.S and their legacy will continue.


Scholarship Watch ACLS Medical School Scholarship


Dr. Viji Sitther, associate professor of biology at Morgan State University and lead on the project.


BY MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY BALTIMORE – Morgan State


University’s School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences (SCMNS) has announced its receipt of a $499,999 grant award from the


National of Science biology, Foundation


(NSF). The Excellence in Research (EiR) grant will be used to advance interdisciplinary interface


cyanobacterium


research at the chemistry


and engineering with a focus on studying the role of nanoparticles in


for enhanced


biofuel production. The project, titled “Excellence in Research: Oxidative Stress Induced Impact of Cell-Pen- etrating Nanoparticles on Cellular Constituents


in a Cyanobacterial


Model,” is being managed under the direction of principal investigator Viji Sitther,


Ph.D., associate professor


of biology at Morgan, and her co-principal investigator, Huan Chen, Ph.D., a research faculty member at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory


(National MagLab), a


user facility funded by the National Science Foundation and the state of Florida. The grant will fund the project until the end of July 2022. Morgan


is one of several Historically Black Colleges or


Universities (HBCUs) to have received an EiR grant. However, Morgan is the first HBCU to study the effect of nanoparticles on the protein and lipid content of a model cyanobacterium. Through this research, Dr. Sitther and her team will gain a comprehensive understanding of nanoparticle-cyano- bacterial interactions that will offer far-reaching benefits for biotech- nological


research in the areas of environmen- tal-safe


applications, remediation,


leveraging biosensing,


and bioenergy. Once concluded, the research might make a huge positive impact on the environment by leading to the creation of an environmen- tally safe alternative energy source to replace fossil fuels.


This latest grant marks a


continuation of funding support that Morgan has received from NSF in recent months, including resources for SCMNS to launch the PERSIST Program as well as a separate one-year pilot program that will help increase students’ proficiency and success in computer programming with the goal of retaining them as computer science majors.


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NSF Continues Support of Morgan State Research With Nearly $500K Grant Award


ACLS Certification Institute is offering


a 2,500


scholarship to a


student enrolled or accepted to medical school, dental school, or nursing school. We want applicants to submit ideas to improve mental health awareness such as a system they would change, or a service/program


that would be helpful. Applicants must submit a 30-45 second video of their idea. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider's website. Contact Scholarship Committee, 1289 Ford- ham Blvd., Suite 221, Chapel Hill, NC 27514


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