The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) launched their month-long initiative titled “HBCU Bound,” in celebration of high school graduates heading to HBCUs in conjunction with former First Lady Michelle Obama’s ongoing “College Signing Day” campaign. Read more details about the celebrities supporting this cause inside.

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Like at other colleges, Howard University students returned from remote learning to in-person classes during a pandemic. However, unlike most other schools, part of that "new normal" included a major protest against "inhumane" living conditions.

100 students are walking across the stage debt-free from Wiley College after an anonymous donor pays paid their balances. 

After being 30 years in the making, Black-ish actor Anthony Anderson celebrates graduating from Howard University. 

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Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at her first HBCU commencement since becoming VP of the United States.

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Mother-daughter duo Suzzon Jiles and Trinity Humphrey will graduate from Grambling State University together.

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Fayetteville State University was awarded a $2.3 million grant to advance its STEM education initiatives.

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Jackson State University received a $50,000 donation from one of its alumni.

Vice President Kamala Harris will soon be sharing her knowledge on politics, policy and personal endeavors as a woman of color when she takes the stage at Tennessee State University on May 7 to deliver the commencement speech for roughly 900 graduates. 

The Nurses Association says the strike will last 24 hours.

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Raleigh-based Saint Augustine’s University is the first HBCU to launch a women’s rowing team.

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Clark Atlanta University alumna Danielle Mitchell is on a mission to increase the representation of Black women in the clinical research industry.