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H-U, You Know! A Gallery Of Mecca Mesmerizers Who Ate The Girls Up At Howard’s Homecoming
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H-U, you know!
Thee Mecca Howard University shut down Washington D.C. wth another star-studded Homecoming weekend bustling with Black excellence, accomplished alumni flexing on the yard, and some of the flyest baddies you’ll ever see on an HBCU campus.
Widely regarded as the definitive Homecoming destination, HU attracted a massive crowd to its annual Yardfest featuring performances by Offset, Victoria Monét, emerging star Jozzy, and a surprise appearance from Diddy who fulfilled his pledge to donate $1M to the university.
“As someone who attended Howard University and values the transformative experience of historically Black colleges, it remains crucial that we strive to protect and uphold their legacy,” said the billionaire mogul.
“This donation to Howard is not just a financial contribution; it’s also a reaffirmation of our commitment to a cultural institution that has touched countless lives. It’s about ensuring that HBCUs continue to receive the support they rightfully deserve.”
Founded in 1867, the private research university is comprised of 14 schools and colleges that operate with a commitment to Excellence in Truth and Service while producing more on-campus African American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the U.S.
For 150 years, the Howard University School of Law (ranked as the No. 1 law school for Black students by preLaw magazine) has served as an advocate for social justice and produced more than 4,000 social engineers, including the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, noted legislators, civil rights attorneys, mayors, and public officials across the U.S.
Notable HU alumni include Chadwick Boseman, Thurgood Marshall, Phylicia Rashad, Taraji P. Henson, Debbie Allen, Kamala Harris, Lance Gross, actress Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins, and more.
Have you ever experienced Howard’s Homecoming? If so, how was it? If not, what are you waiting on?? Tell us down below and enjoy our gallery of Howard hotties heating up Homecoming on the flip.
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White Supremacy Is The ‘Most Dangerous Terrorist Threat,’ Biden Tells Howard Grads
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In a commencement address to graduates of Howard University, President Joe Biden warned: “The most dangerous threat to our homeland is white supremacy.”
“And I’m not saying this because I’m at a Black HBCU,” he said from Washington, D.C.’s Capitol One Arena, adding, “I say it wherever I go.”
Biden drew a sobering picture of the national political landscape with his address, touching on the threats to American democracy, threats to suppress Black history, and threats of violence — including the recent bomb scares made to HBCUs, or historically Black colleges and universities.
“I thought, when I graduated, we could defeat hate,” Biden said. (He earned a law degree from Syracuse in 1968.) “But it never goes away. It only hides under the rocks.”
He added: “And when it’s given oxygen, it comes out from under that rock. That’s why we know this truth as well: Silence is complicity.”
Biden then reiterated a line he’s spoken often in past speeches, that America is “the only country founded on an idea,” although one that “we’ve never fully lived up to.”
He urged the graduates to “fight for the soul of our nation” — a major theme of his last presidential campaign and his current one.
“We know that American history has not always been a fairytale. From the start, it’s been a constant push and pull, for more than 240 years, between the best of us, the American idea that we’re all created equal, and the worst of us, the harsh reality that racism has long torn us apart,” Biden said.
“It’s a battle that’s never really over, but on the best days, enough of us have the guts and the heart to stand up for best in us, to choose love over hate, unity over disunity, progress over retreat, to stand up against the poison of white supremacy.”
It’s not the first time Biden has called out white supremacy by name; he has done so on several other occasions, including the racist mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket nearly one year to the day. The man who gunned down 10 people at the store received a life sentence back in February.
In recent years, the FBI and other federal officials have repeatedly warned against the threat posed by racist far-right extremists in the United States.
Biden is the seventh sitting president to deliver the keynote address at Howard’s commencement ceremony, according to the school.
Vice President Kamala Harris is an alum of the university; Biden received an honorary Howard Doctor of Letters.
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David P. Bennett Named Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations
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updated: Jul 27, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 27, 2017 (Newswire.com)
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Howard University President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick announced the appointment of David P. Bennett as Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations (DAR). In this Cabinet position, Bennett will collaborate with stakeholders across the University to build a best-in-class development program, strengthen charitable giving, increase revenue generation, and enhance alumni engagement. Bennett will assume the position on Aug. 7 and report directly to the president.“David Bennett is a proven leader with a wealth of experience in fundraising, donor outreach, advancement and philanthropic partnerships,” said President Frederick. “We are excited to welcome him and look forward to working with him on the University’s fundraising goals. His efforts will be key to advancing the transformative vision we are driving toward, which includes providing a world class education for students who wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity, enhancing the faculty experience and growing our research footprint while modernizing campus buildings.”
David Bennett is a proven leader with a wealth of experience in fundraising, donor outreach, advancement and philanthropic partnerships.
Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, President, Howard University
Bennett most recently led all philanthropic programs globally for one of the world’s largest nonprofit organizations, the National Geographic Society. Serving as Chief Development Officer, his responsibilities included managing a portfolio of trustees and high net-worth donors and prospects, overseeing all international fundraising efforts and providing direction for several key areas including principal and major gifts, planned giving, annual giving, and stewardship. Prior to joining National Geographic, Bennett was chief advancement officer of Safe Kids Worldwide, an international injury prevention organization. In this role, he was responsible for the fundraising, communications and public policy functions of an organization with over 350 affiliates in the United States and operations in 17 other countries.
As Vice President of DAR, Bennett’s key responsibilities will involve leading all aspects of the University’s fund development efforts, including budget and program administration, board recruitment and strategic philanthropic initiatives.
“Philanthropy is key to continuing to grow the University’s ability to meet its mission. Financial aid, faculty support, and modern facilities are all critical to making Howard’s world-class education available to all, and its impact broadly felt,” says Bennett. “All of us working together can propel Howard University to even greater heights.”
A Washington, D.C. resident, Bennett is actively involved in community service. He is Vice Chairman and a member of the board of St. John’s Community Services, a nonprofit that serves children and adults with developmental disabilities in six states, and he is a past Chairman of the board of Capital City Public Charter School, an award-winning institution in the District of Columbia that serves children from kindergarten through 12th grade. Bennett is a graduate of the University of Virginia. For media inquiries email Brittany Bell Surratt at brittany.bell@howard.edu.
ABOUT HOWARD
Founded in 1867, Howard University is a private, research university that is comprised of 13 schools and colleges. Students pursue studies in more than 120 areas leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University has produced four Rhodes Scholars, 10 Truman Scholars, two Marshall Scholars, over 80 Fulbright recipients, 22 Pickering Fellows and one Schwarzman Scholar. Howard also produces more on-campus African-American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the United States. For more information on Howard University, call 202-238-2330, or visit the University’s website at www.howard.edu.
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Howard University Announces 2017 Honorary Degree Recipients
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The distinguished roster, comprised of all women, will be honored during May’s commencement ceremony
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updated: Apr 26, 2017
Washington, DC, April 26, 2017 (Newswire.com)
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Howard University Board of Trustees today announced the 2017 list of recipients who will receive honorary doctorate degrees from the University. The roster, comprised of all women, will receive degrees in the diverse fields of communications, literature, civil rights, and government. The degrees will be granted during the 149th Commencement Convocation on the main campus of Howard University’s Upper Quadrangle at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 13, 2017.Honorary recipients include anchorwoman Maureen Bunyan; Howard University graduate professor of English Eleanor W. Traylor; co-founder of the National Organization for Women and the first African-American woman ordained an Episcopal priest Anna Pauline Murray; and Howard University alumna and U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris.
“These remarkable honorees embody the spirit and aspiration that guides Howard’s mission of excellence in truth and service.”
Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, Howard University President
“These remarkable honorees embody the spirit and aspiration that guides Howard’s mission of excellence in truth and service,” said Howard University President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick. “We are pleased to honor for the first time a distinguished panel comprised of all women. As we celebrate our Sesquicentennial, we also embrace and recognize the sterling contributions of women all over the world and certainly here at Howard University. These women dedicated their talents and lives to improving the world and all lives.”
This year’s honorees include:
Senator Kamala D. Harris who will receive the President’s Medal of Achievement, having received the honorary Doctor of Laws in 2012. A lifelong public servant and civil rights leader, U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris was the first African-American and first woman to serve as Attorney General of California and the second African-American woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate in history. Harris served two terms as district attorney of San Francisco. Defeating a two-term incumbent, she was first elected DA in 2003 and was overwhelmingly re-elected to a second term in November 2007.
Maureen Bunyan will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. Bunyan is an award-winning journalist and news anchor who is a founder and board member of the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF), and a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). Bunyan has been inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Washington Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Silver Circle of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and the Broadcast Pioneers Club of Washington.
Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray will be posthumously recognized with an honorary Doctor of Laws. Murray, a 1944 Howard University School of Law graduate, was a quiet force behind some of the most iconic civil rights and social justice events of the 20th century. Thurgood Marshall regarded her book, States’ Laws on Race and Color, as the “bible” in crafting his arguments for Brown vs. Board of Education. Along with Betty Friedan and 30 others, Dr. Murray was a founding member of the National Organization for Women. One of the last achievements of her remarkable life was to be the first African-American woman ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1977.
Eleanor W. Traylor will receive an honorary Doctor of Letters. Traylor is a graduate professor of English and acclaimed scholar and critic in African-American literature and criticism. Dr. Traylor obtained a B.A. from Spelman College; an M.A. from Atlanta University; and a Ph.D. from Catholic University, where she pursued her interests in African-American literature and mythology concentrating this focus in a dissertation on Richard Wright. She later received a Merrill Scholarship to the Stuttgarter Hochschule in West Germany and a research fellowship to study at the Institute of African Studies in Ghana and Nigeria.
Anthony D. Owens
Assistant Director, Media Relations
Howard University
anthony.owens@howard.edu
202-870-9208Source: Howard University
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