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HBCU Alumni Make List Of Fulltime NFL Referees
North Carolina A&T Has Largest Enrollment In School History
Morehouse College’s Jerome Boger, Grambling State Univer- sity’s Julian Mapp, Morgan State University’s Boris Cheek and Howard’s Greg Steed are all full-time NFL officials.
North Carolina A&T State University announced a fall enrollment total of 11,877, expanding the student body to its largest size ever and adding significantly to a growth trend that began in 2013.
The growth rate this fall of 6.3 percent means that over the past five years, N.C. A&T has added more than 1,300 students in direct response to A&T Preeminence 2020, the institution’s strategic plan, which A&T began implementing in 2011. That document calls for the Land Grant university to expand to an overall enrollment of 13,500 over the next three years.
This fall alone adds 700 students to A&T’s overall headcount – one of the single biggest increases in A&T history – and almost certainly cements the university’s status as America’s largest historically black college or university, a status it has held since 2014.
The university’s growth was driven in large part by 2,309 new freshmen, the largest first-year class in N.C. A&T history, as well as its most academically accomplished, with an average GPA of 3.51, average SAT score of 1,023 and average ACT of 20.
Howard Upsets UNLV; Led By Cam Newton’s Younger Brother
A month after announc- ing its plans to hire full-time referees for the first time, the National Football League has released the names of 21 professional game officials, several of whom are alumni of histori- cally black colleges and uni- versities.
Four HBCU alumni – Morehouse College’s Jerome Boger, Grambling
State University’s Julian Mapp, Morgan State Uni- versity’s Boris Cheek and Howard’s Greg Steed, will serve as permanent referees, line, side and back judges for the 2017-18 season.
According to NFL offi- cials, the move for perma- nent officiating in the league is a step towards a stronger gameday product for Amer- ica’s most popular sport.
point underdogs, Howard stunned its FBS opponents defeated the Rebels 43–40 in their own stadium.
Caylin Newton, the younger brother of Cam Newton, threw for 140 yards and a touchdown while under center for Howard. He really shined with room to
run, totaling two rushing touchdowns and 190 yards on the ground. Newton led the Bison to the game-win- ning score with 7:34 still to go in the game, following a 42-yard pass to Anthony Philyaw with a four-yard dash into the end zone to put Howard up 43–40.
Cam Newton’s
brother, Caylin, is the starting qb for Howard. He led the team to victory.
The end of a busy college football Saturday provided a historic result. Entering its game against UNLV as 45-
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More Promises Broken As Trump Downsizes Annual HBCU Conference; Cuts Reserve Funding
The White House an- nounced Friday it’s switching up the format of an upcoming meeting between President Donald Trump and repre- sentatives of HBCUs. The move comes as his adminis- tration continues to face deep criticism over its polarizing views on race relations in the U.S.
While the White House statement did not detail what modifications were being made, it did hint that the ad- ministration was looking to downsize Trump’s meeting with the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HCBUs).
“Responding to sugges- tions and feedback from many key stakeholders, the
White House initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will modify its planned con- ference to best meet the cur- rent needs of HBCUs, their students and the broader HBCU community, ” the ad- ministration said.
The administration did not increase funds and actu- ally cut Pel grant reserves and other crucial investment HBCUs had asked for during its meeting earlier this year, according to The Washington Post. In May, Trump signed a federal budget that contro- versially included language at the end suggesting he ques- tioned the constitutionality of funding Black colleges in the first place.
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