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HBCUs Join Forces For $1M Black Male Teacher Training Initiative
Sen. Bill Nelson Visits FAMU To Discuss STEM
Senator Bill Nelson visiting FAMU.
Five public and private his- torically black colleges and universities will work to recruit and train black males to serve as secondary teachers in un- derserved cities and towns, thanks in part to a three-year, $1.5 million grant awarded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, which helped to organize the training consortium.
Southern University, Tuskegee University, the Uni- versity of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Alcorn State University and Claflin University are the lead institutions in Project Pipeline Repair: Restoring Mi- nority Male Participation and Persistence in Educator Prepa- ration Programs (Project PR).
The program will support academic development, men- toring, and skill training for black males beginning in their junior year of high school, to foster interest and talent in secondary teaching career paths.
Officials say the program will work to eliminate social and economic barriers which limit college entry and comple- tion and contribute to dismal
Interim President Larry Robinson, Ph.D. and the Florida Agricultural and Me- chanical University (FAMU) Board of Trustees hosted United States Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) at the FAMU School of the Environment.
“That’s what we are gathered to celebrate” said Nelson. “With your STEM education and the grants you’ve been re- ceiving, not only is the sky the limit, but we’re going to punch through to the universe.”
Nelson stated that he was inspired to visit the campus to observe the advances in STEM
education here at FAMU in his address to a group of around 100 students, faculty and ad- ministration.
The primary focus of his ad- dress to the audience were the stories of Katherine John- son, who’s life was recently portrayed in the Hollywood production of Hidden Figures, and Charles Bolden, US As- tronaut and former Adminis- trator of the National Aeronautics and Space Admin- istration (NASA), with whom Nelson flew a NASA mission to orbit the Earth in January of 1986.
statistics of underrepresenta- tion of black men in teaching. According to SHEEO press re- lease, only two percent of all secondary teachers in public school systems are black men.
The partnership is the sec- ond major secondary educa- tion initiative involving
historically black colleges and universities in the last six months. In October, Virginia State University and Albany State University were an- nounced as part of a $47 mil- lion national initiative to help in training principals in under- resourced areas.
Clark-Atlanta Grads Star In TLC’s ‘Ghost Brothers’
Fulbright Students: Spelman Among The Top Producers In The Nation
TLC is ready to be scared silly, announcing a new season of Ghost Brothers that pre- miered Fri., March 10 at 9/8c during its Friday night super- natural strand.
It features TV’s first African- American ghost hunters, Dalen Spratt (CAU ’07, ’08), Juwan Mass (CAU ’08) and Marcus Harvey as budding paranormal enthusiasts on a mission to find out if legendary haunted locations are the real deal. These charismatic char- acters blend natural curiosity with comedic flair, bringing humor and good manners to the spirit world.
Ghost Brothers take a pas- sionate hobby to the next level investigating historically haunted and often abandoned locations, testing their own spirit along the way.
Dalen, Juwan, and Mar- cus enlist local historians and caretakers to provide the his-
tory of the property to better understand what they are fac- ing.
In the premiere episode, the Ghost Brothers travel to New Castle, Indiana to investigate paranormal claims at the his- toric Thornhaven Manor. Re- ported to house negative energy that targets men – al- legedly caused by a murder victim, his family members and the murderer, himself – the guys set out to discover what the phenomena actually is.
Other haunted hot spots ex- plored in the second season of Ghost Brothers include: a des- olate sawmill nicknamed the “Mill of Death” in the bayou of Louisiana; the maze-like home of the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose; a haunted elementary school in Middle- town, Ohio; the “White Witch” of Rose Hall in Montego Bay, Jamaica; and more.
Spelman College was named among the nation’s colleges and universities that produced the most 2016-2017 Fulbright U. S. students.
The Fulbright Program is the U. S. government’s flagship in- ternational educational ex- change program. Top-producing institutions are highlighted annually in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
The College prepares its stu- dents to be global leaders by making available opportunities for them to conduct research and engage in study abroad ex- periences. Fulbright is one of numerous notable programs to recognize Spelman students for their academic achieve- ments and potential in the global arena. From 1999 to 2017, 48 Spelman students have been awarded Fulbright fellowships.
Four graduates won Ful- bright awards for 2016-2017, placing the College among the top 35 bachelor’s degree insti- tutions to produce Fulbright
students. Spelman’s awardees, who will participate in the Ful- bright English Teaching Assis- tant Program, are: Lindsey Burgess, C’2016, history major, (Morocco); Ju- maanah Harris, C’2016,
English major (Malaysia); Sarah Brokenborough, C’2016, comparative women’s studies major (Laos); and Tyra Beaman, C’2016, inter- national studies major, (Do- minican Republic).
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