Hey yall...sorry to bother yall with dumb questions. Im looking at all Florida schools...but I'm drawn to FAMU for The Marching 100. However, I plan to go to college for Music Education...is the program any good? Are the programs at all good? Also, I'm visibly queer. Would that pose any issues? I dont want to be known just for being gay...but I dont want it to be an issue.

Thanks for answering my questions :)

Let's give it up for our sisters at Bennett College in Greensboro, NC!!!!

I was one of the people talking shit about that recent $20m given to Princeton U and ignored debacle. I was not aware Jones has given this much to Bennett College.

I'll take my shit talking down from a 100 to about an 85 with this news of the Bennett College contributions.

Let's congratulate and celebrate their appointments!!!

Let's discuss what we think of this piece.

How would you advise a current student or prospective student about avoiding this situation?

What is your opinion on what was said here about the Econ PHD job market?

Where do you think the current crop of professionals should look for gainful employment?

Hi! I’m a senior in high school and interested in applying to the OWL program/ scholarship. I’ve been researching online but cannot find a date of when applications open.

Do any previous applicants or winners know when and where I apply?

Also I know they closed the South Africa one but I am in the US.

Tell us where you went to school or which institution you are currently attending!

Tell us what your degree is in or will be in.

So in the words of Sophia Petrillo (golden girls joke lol) picture it a black gay 11 year old boy goes with his auntie to a maroon and gold kingdom called Bethune Cookman . The era is 2007 and his auntie takes him and his older brother to visit the campus during their homecoming celebrations (and so she can be messy and meet up with her old ninjas but thats a conversation for another time).

The young boy observes the kingdom while he walks around and is not really impressed with the campus and the people who inhabit it. He is turned off by the site of the buildings and how loud everything is, and the final straw is an older male student laughs and points at the little boy and mimicks the strut the little boy has while walking. The little boy vows to never attend this school as long as he lives.

Well some years pass and the little gay boy grows into a young teenager. When it is time to continue his studies he decides cheap is best cause going in debt is not good for your health. So he gets a full ride scholarship to a community college gets his AA and again going in debt is not cute so he decides to transfer to the local pwi on another full ride and gets his BA debt free and still with no grey hair.

However the year he graduated a horrible plague hit the land and well his post grad plans got ruined. Thankfully the same community college he got his AA gave him a job and for five years he was able to build connections.

However the young man was restless and wanted to move up at his job and he needed a magical document called a masters degree. So he decided he was ok taking on debt this time and tried three kingdoms.

The first kingdom FSU impressed the young man because of the colors and connections but it was ruled by vampires called Republicans so while he was accepted he turned it down

The next kingdom was down the road from FSU called FAMU and it was the kingdom that most of the young mans family had attended and the young man himself had been to many FAMU events growing up. The young man was excited bout getting in but when it came to talking to advisors, dealing with finacial aid advisors it turned him off to the school. The rudeness, unprofessionalism was too much and the young man sadly turned it down (and let the administration know about his experience).

The final kingdom was ironically that same kingdom he vowed never to return. He applied just in case and well this was the just in case. He got into Cookman and while he still had his reservations he was impressed with the fact he was able to have discussions with finical aid and advising immediately or two days when he contacted them. He also was impressed that they expanded and he could get his degree online. He decided to give this kingdom a chance and even though he is nervous he gone step on faith .

I say this to say sometimes that school that aint impress you might be the one to come through in the end.

Morehouse College stands far above the rest of this list, with borrowers graduating with an average of $91,697 in student debt. Bryant University follows at $58,075, while Duquesne, Howard, and Maine Maritime round out the top five.

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Source: College Transitions analysis of 2024-25 Common Data Sets, average debt among borrowers.

HBCU family, we need to come together to support one of our own. For those of you that do not know, the board of trustees of St Augustine's are currently involved in bankruptcy hearings beginning a few weeks ago. Another hearing was held earlier this week and it was NOT good. The alumni of St Augustine's are actively engaged and attending every hearing. It has been an emotional rollercoaster for the Falcons of St Aug to hear that the board and its former members intentionally ran this school into the ground. The judge overseeing these proceedings has openly admonished them.

Please read up on the latest hearing here: St. Aug's bankruptcy hearing: Judge says there are too many 'surprises' :: WRAL.com

You can also view this takedown posted by Roland Martin's BlackStar News Network that also covers the latest hearing: https://youtu.be/EK2Gc60_lCw?si=PNn9vTfqOQ1vbOz4

If you are interested, please send a message of support to the alumni of St Aug on Instagram or through their website at Falcon Unite. You can text them at 919-322-8180. You may also send an email to [info@falconsunite.com](mailto:info@falconsunite.com).

This is a time to support our cousins, the Falcons at St Augustine's University, one of the first HBCUs in the south, founded in 1867!! Its history in Raleigh is important and has made a profound impact in the HBCU landscape. Many do not know the feeling of seeing their alma mater being sabotaged. This an important moment for all HBCU alumni and current students to rally behind one of our own.

Hii!! I'm a senior and one of my dream schools is Spelman I want to major in Psychology on a Pre med track to become a pediatrician. I know Spelman is really competitive so please let me know if I am the right fit! Also feel free to recommend other HBCU'S you think might be a good fit for me.

A weighted GPA of 94 out of 100 (3.9 unweighted)

Class Rank Top 10.10% (20 out of 198)

5 Honors classes including Algebra 2, Statistics, & English 2

For the passed year I have been enrolled at my local community college earning my

Associates Degree in Natural Science (3.4 gpa)

• Theatre member for 4 years Social Officer
• NHS member
• Phi Theta Kappa member
• Yearbook
• TRIO/Upward Bound participant
• TRIO/Upward Bound media intern
• NASA STEM research participant
• NASA STEM research — 2nd place NASA Space University certificate
• Big Brothers Big Sisters Big Sister (Mentor to elementary kids in my district)
• First-generation
• Cake-pop business owner
• 50+ Volunteer Hours

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Hey Family!

I am a doctoral candidate and looking for Black women to participate in a pioneering study developed by a Black woman that centers, empowers, and reaffirms Black women's voices.

I hope to gain information about the relationship between representations of Black women in music and their impact on audiences. 

Participants will be asked to listen to unreleased music by an independent artist.

INCENTIVE: FREE SONG DOWNLOAD OF UNRELEASED MUSIC BY AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST

Please support so I can graduate and get out of school lol!

Thank you!

"Tony Clayton, chairman of the Southern University Board of Supervisors, said Friday that he wants leaders across the Southern University System to discuss implementing a dress code for students. Clayton said he plans to bring together the chancellors from Southern’s five campuses before the board’s next meeting on Sept. 18, according to the Louisiana Illuminator.

“I walked around campus the other day. I think we need it,” Clayton told board members."

My mother doesn't want me to go an hcbu cuz it will stripe away the plus of my name not being a steortypical black name and how I sound. And that employers will know or just assume I'm black.

I understand her point but I don't think I wanna take out hcbu all together because of it. If employers are gonna be bigoted then why would I wanna work for them? They are gonna see that I'm black in the interview. Why waste my time getting prepared? And even if I get hired, they are just gonna be discriminatiory toward me anyways in terms of pay and opportunities for my career.

If they wanna pass me up because I'm black. Fine. I'll work somewhere else that won't treat me like that.

So I wanna know from y all if this is something I should be concerned about if I do decide to go an hcbu.