http://www.AlumniUnit.com News & Happenings for HBCU Alumni & Friends...The Nation's Largest Consortium of HBCU Alumni Social Networks & Blog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:12:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/28/tom-joyner-announces-foundation-funding-for-11-hbcus/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/28/tom-joyner-announces-foundation-funding-for-11-hbcus/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:00:56 +0000 AlumniUnit http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=4098 The Tom Joyner Foundation(r), a major driving force in raising money for historically black colleges since 1998, today announced the 11 h... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/28/tom-joyner-announces-foundation-funding-for-11-hbcus/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/21/after-walkout-black-caucus-gets-what-it-wanted/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/21/after-walkout-black-caucus-gets-what-it-wanted/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:05:31 +0000 Associated Press http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=4069 Call it the $6 billion boycott. By boycotting a key House committee vote last week and threatening to abandon support for banking regulations, members of the Congressional Black Caucus got $4 billion added to a Wall Street regulation bill and $2 billion to a proposed House jobs bill in spending they... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/21/after-walkout-black-caucus-gets-what-it-wanted/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/14/tom-joyner-foundations-%c2%ae-2010-%e2%80%98full-ride%e2%80%99-scholarship-accepting-applications/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/14/tom-joyner-foundations-%c2%ae-2010-%e2%80%98full-ride%e2%80%99-scholarship-accepting-applications/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:33:37 +0000 AlumniUnit http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=4034 Joyner’s Foundation is now accepting applications for the scholarship that will cover all the expenses of one student planning to attend a Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) in the fall of 2010. The first full-ride winner, Br... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/14/tom-joyner-foundations-%c2%ae-2010-%e2%80%98full-ride%e2%80%99-scholarship-accepting-applications/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/30/tyler-perry-gives-1-million-to-naacp/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/30/tyler-perry-gives-1-million-to-naacp/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:00:50 +0000 AlumniUnit http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=3978 Filmmaker Tyler Perry has donated $1 million to the NAACP to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the civil rights organization. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People says the gift announced last Monday is the largest donation from an individua... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/30/tyler-perry-gives-1-million-to-naacp/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/10/26/ford-launches-drive-one-for-your-hbcu-initiative/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/10/26/ford-launches-drive-one-for-your-hbcu-initiative/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:16 +0000 AlumniUnit http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=3820 This fall, Historically Black College & University (HBCU) football fans will have more than on-field rivalry to focus on. Ford, in partnership with the Tom Joyner Foundation, is challenging HBCU students, alumni, faculty and friends to conduct test drives at local Ford dea... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/10/26/ford-launches-drive-one-for-your-hbcu-initiative/feed/ 1 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/10/19/nascar-seeks-recruits-at-hbcus/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/10/19/nascar-seeks-recruits-at-hbcus/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:15:31 +0000 AlumniUnit http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=3759 The NASCAR College Tour visited Johnson C. Smith University last week, and a group of about 50 students gathered at Biddle Hall to hear from African Americans the stock car racing company hopes represent a significant part of its future. There was Marc Davis, a 19-year-old driver... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/10/19/nascar-seeks-recruits-at-hbcus/feed/ 0