Meeting Bill Gates: HBCU Student Has the Mental Discipline to Succeed
Two HBCU presidents and several students visited the Gates Foundation to discuss their challenges and their proven strategies for student success.
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SOUR PATCH KIDS® Drums Up the Future for HBCU Students with Mischief for Change Scholarship Program
SOUR PATCH KIDS is calling current or prospective students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities seeking scholarship funds to participate in the third annual "Mischief for Change" scholarship program.
Advocate Likens K-12 Education to a Broken Chair
Michael Phillips spoke last month at a TEDxWilmingtonED Conference on the topic, "When Kids Learn on Broken Chairs." He begins by talking about a literal broken chair, but later the image evolves into a metaphor for the broken K-12 public education system in the U.S.
Obama Administration’s New War on Drugs
Andre Johnson is founder, President and CEO of the Detroit Recovery Project (DRP), a recovery community organization, providing peer-led, peer-run, and peer-driven services in Detroit. He also is one the White House Champions of Change. Select individuals were chosen from more than 900 nominations for their leadership in preventing prescription drug abuse and heroin use, increasing access to treatment, and supporting the millions of Americans in recovery.
Why Choosing a Career in STEM Is Everything
I’ve written a bit lately about the need for career fluency and how earning a degree isn’t enough to chart one’s course toward professional success. College graduates often don’t know how to transition into the working world or even graduate school.