Page 12 - Florida Sentinel 10-31-17

HBCU
Named President And
Morgan State Student Develops Black Culture App, ‘4 The Culture’
CEO Of Thurgood
Marshall College Fund
A mobile app that allows the masses to be informed about Black culture is free to download on Apple iOS and Android devices.
Morgan State University student Ahadi Ture has de- veloped app, ‘4 The Culture’ that allows African Ameri- cans to have access to useful information.
When asked about the im- pact of the app, Ture shares, “The first thing that I want people to know is that I cre- ated this platform not just for the now, but for the future. I created this for future gener- ations to have the tools to survive in America and around the world.
I always hear the saying “Black people are like crabs in a barrel” but do you realize the barrel is not the crabs natural habitat? We have been taken away from our na- tive land, forced to work for
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), is the nation’s largest organization exclusively representing the Black College Community, recently awarded Dr. Harry Lee Williams its Educa- tional Leadership Award and announced him as the new TMCF President and Chief Executive Officer at its 30th Anniversary Awards Gala.
Dr. Williams will end his distinguished tenure at Delaware State University (DSU) January 20, 2018.
As President and CEO, Williams will lead TMCF’s 47 member-schools. These schools represent nearly 300,000 students from America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black Institutions, and enroll nearly 80% of all students at- tending HBCUs.
He will be charged with building new strategic part- nerships to secure millions of dollars creating scholarships, enhancing capacity, expand- ing HBCU research initia- tives, and stimulating innovative programming.
Delaware State attracts na-
Ahadi Ture is the creator of ‘4 The Culture’ app.
DR. HARRY LEE WILLIAMS ...President of Delaware State will become the Presi- dent and CEO of the Thurgood
Marshall College Fund.
tional attention for its work in data-driven student retention programs and a bold commit- ment to seventy-five Dream- ers in the student body.
Dr. Williams is widely regarded as one of the “10 most influential HBCU Presi- dents in America,” a formal recognition he received from HBCU Digest earlier this year.
low wages and forced to lose sight on who we really are as people.”
The “4 the Culture” app was developed for every gen- eration.
Becoming a socially con- scious individual is one of the goals of the app.
The “4 The Culture” app
will be available on the Apple store and the Google Play store.
Subscribers will have a host of content available at their finger tips such as: men- tal health tips, knowledge of rights, economic history, his- toric documents/videos, rec- ommended books and black
Talladega College Band Preformed At The New Orleans Saints Game
TALLADEGA BAND
3 HBCUs Part Of $122 Million Research Consortium Fighting Minority Health Disparities
Meharry Medical College, North Carolina Central University and Tuskegee University are the 3 chosen.
Talladega College March- ing Tornado Band per- formed during halftime at New Orleans Saints game on October 15, 2017. The Saints battled the Detroit Lions in the Mercedes-Benz Super- dome in New Orleans, LA.
The band received a re- turn invitation by the Saints organization after perform- ing at a Saints game last year.
Talladega College’s band is one of the leading bands among HBCUs. The college was at the center of contro- versy after the administra- tion accepted the invitation to performed in the inaugu- ration parade for President Trump in January 2017.
The band director, Mr. Bonds says that this was a once in a life time experience for his band students.
Meharry Medical Col- lege, North Carolina Cen- tral University and Tuskegee University were last week announced as members of a consortium of seven colleges and universi- ties awarded a five-year, $122 million grant from the
National Institutes of Health to establish campus- based research centers for minority health issues.
The grants will provide support and training for fu- ture scientists in public health treatment and re- search, while expanding re-
search capacity at the par- ticipating institutions. The three HBCUs will have focus on awareness build- ing and training for HIV/AIDS, forms of cancer and substance abuse in un- derrepresented communi- ties.
PAGE 12 FLORIDA SENTINEL BULLETIN PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2017