By Tawana Thomas – Florida A&M has been selected for the second year in a row by The Princeton Review for its list of 322 top green campuses in the United States and Canada. Florida State also made the list, but FAMU is the only historically black college and university to be selected. Kishia Martin, [...]
The Laura Spelman portion of Dr Tatum’s “Going for the Gold” Speech is below followed by a link to the entire speech: When Professor Angela Davis comes to visit, we will use that occasion to hold an open house in our newly renovated Laura Spelman Hall – the new home of our Social Justice Fellows [...]
Wells Fargo Environmental Forum readers, we’re proud to report that we’ve teamed up with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) to help colleges and universities operate in a more sustainable and energy-efficient way—and realize the benefits associated with doing so! Specifically, we underwrote the cost of four specially trained fellows [...]
by Jamaal Abdul-Alim – As Congress works to trim $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit over the next decade, HBCUs must step up efforts to share their stories of success, compete with other universities, and be prepared to present hardcore data on their progress. Those were just a few of the suggestions made during an [...]
The Earth Charter International (ECI) is conducting its first-ever International Video Contest, in collaboration with Odyssey 2050 movie project and the British Embassy in Costa Rica. We are inviting schools from all over the world to be part of this contest, and we would love for your school to participate. We are asking for students [...]
Students, Educators, NHEC members, and Community Leaders: For those who have not seen our previous emails, the National Hispanic Environmental Council (NHEC) is still accepting applications from students to participate in our upcoming 10th annual “Minority Youth Environmental Training Institute”, to be held August 12–21, 2011 in beautiful Glorieta, New Mexico. (www.nheec.org) Like our NYC [...]
