Fraternity brothers honor distinguished members
January 4, 2019Members of the Tau Omega Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated closed out 2018 by honoring two of the fraternity’s long-standing members, Greensboro residents Dr. John Marshall Kilimanjaro and Marvin Graeber. Melvin Mitchell, the 6th District Representative, and Al White, the 6th District Keeper of Finance of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated, joined Tau […]
Tarik Cohen makes NFL Pro Bowl
December 28, 2018CHICAGO – Tarik Cohen, an A&T alumnus and runningback for the Chicago Bears, was voted to participate in the 2019 NFL Pro Bowl as a return specialist. While Cohen is certainly proud of being recognized as one of the best in the game this season, there’s a different bowl game he has his sights set […]
Acts of kindness at Christmas
December 28, 2018For 43 years, members of the Jewish community from Temple Emanuel and Beth David Synagogue in Greensboro have volunteered at Cone Health hospitals so workers and volunteers may spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with their families. The volunteers helped serve meals, wash dishes, staff the Wesley Long Hospital and Moses Cone Hospital information desks, […]
5 Tips for Staying on Track in the New Year
December 28, 2018While many people often wish maintaining good health was as easy as following an equation, health doesn’t have a start or end date. Once the allure of the new year wears off, it can be easy to let those resolutions go by the wayside. When you focus on making small, positive changes, you can move […]
Top 10 Local and State stories of 2018
December 28, 2018Danny Rogers elected as new Guilford County Sheriff Danny Rogers was sworn in as the new Guilford County Sheriff in a ceremony at the High Point Courthouse on December 3. Rogers, a registered Democrat, unseated former Sheriff BJ Barnes, a registered Republican, in the Nov. 6 General Election. He won 53 percent of the vote […]
Aggies win back to back Celebration Bowls
December 21, 2018In its only two losses this season, A&T had a chance to run out the clock at the end of both games but instead surrendered the ball back to their opponents who then drove down the field and kicked game-winning field goals as time expired. Therefore, it could be viewed as “poetic justice” when the […]
Bennett College works to secure funding to save accreditation
December 21, 2018Bennett College leaders announced last week that the school was under probation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and was facing the loss of accreditation. At a news conference on December 14, Bennett leaders say they need to raise $5 million in 45 days to be able to reach […]
Aggies go for back to back national titles
December 14, 2018The journey has been long and often unpredictable, but A&T’s quest to defend its 2017 HBCU national title finally culminates this weekend with a season-ending showdown against a familiar foe. Alcorn State, who the Aggies defeated in the inaugural Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl back in 2015, has again emerged as the king of the […]
Bennett’s Southern Association accreditation threatened
December 14, 2018During the annual meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), it was announced Dec. 11 that Bennett College will be removed from SACSCOC membership. Bennett President Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins and the Board of Trustees, led by alumna Dr. Gladys Ashe Robinson ’71, are continuing the college’s aggressive plans […]
NAACP Pres. Spearman: “Come together and build power”
December 14, 2018The only way to fight harder, and stronger for equal justice, is to “…come together and build power,” Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman, fifth president of the N.C. NAACP said Saturday (Dec. 8), during the State of the State of Civil Rights address at the 75th Annual Convention of the N.C. conference of branches in […]
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