On Saturday 20th April, prospective students and their families will get a taste of the University’s courses, a chance to explore the riverside campus, accommodation as well as hear from the Students’ Union from 9.00am to 2.30pm. Many will also be keen to discover the unique advantages of the universities personalised teaching model with small class sizes as well as finding out about the dedicated student support team. Henry Gyamf, a commuter student said, “Studying at Buckingham has given me...
More Black students stand to gain new scholarships through the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and the Tracking Foundation.
As Duke Ellington wrote in his memoir, published the year before he died: “What is music to you? What would you be without music? Music is everything.” I read his words and wonder: What would music be without Ellington’s gifts to us all? This story wraps up our 2024 Jazz Appreciation Month series, which we kicked off with a tribute to The Duke. We’ll finish the month similarly—April 29 is Ellington’s 125th birthday! Over the years, I’ve written several stories that feature and...
Fairmont Senior High School Lacrosse player Liz Amos has signed to continue her athletic career at Youngstown State University.
The fourth and fifth graders took part in an "MLK Oratory Competition" -- reciting a three to five minute long speech from memory.
Northwestern University officials announced Monday that it had reached an agreement with anti-Israel protesters that included funding for Palestinian scholarships and for Palestinian visiting faculty members. The agreement comes five days after the pro-Palestinian demonstrators began building an encampment in the middle of Deering Meadow on the Evanston Campus. WBBM-TV reported soon after the agreement was announced that tents were already being dismantled. “This agreement was forged by the...
Columbia University is facing a full-blown crisis heading into Passover as a rabbi linked to the Ivy League school urged Jewish students to stay home and tense confrontations on campus sparked condemnation from the White House and New York officials. The atmosphere is so charged that Columbia officials announced students can attend classes and even possibly take exams virtually starting Monday – the first day of Passover, a major Jewish holiday set to begin in the evening. Tensions at Columbia,...
Rachael Blackmore is excited by the start of the Punchestown Festival, and she has five rides on the opening day, including Upping The Anti in the Full Circle Series Final.
Several universities in Israel have called out the increasing antisemitism happening on university and college campuses in the United States, offering "support" to faculty and students.
A first-ever celebration of local Black, and Black-biracial public, private and home-schooled students’ accomplishments will be held at 7 p.m. May 25 at the Columbus Learning Center, 4555 Central Ave. in Columbus. Continue reading at The Republic News.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) said that Jewish students are “going through” the same experience as black students did in Little Rock when they had “to be escorted on campuses because
CC BY:SA 4.0 – Credit Women For Sustainability Africa We were honored to host an exciting workshop in commemoration of the Open Data Day at the University of Environment and Sustainable Devel