http://www.AlumniUnit.com News & Happenings for HBCU Alumni & Friends...The Nation's Largest Consortium of HBCU Alumni Social Networks & Blog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:14:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2010/07/26/2010-ciaa-football-preseason-picks-and-predictions/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2010/07/26/2010-ciaa-football-preseason-picks-and-predictions/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:28:22 +0000 AlumniUnit http://www.AlumniUnit.com/?p=5837 The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association announced its Pre-season All-CIAA Football Team and Predicted Order of Finish at the Football Press Conference and Luncheon on last Thursday. This year's press conference featured the 2010 season theme, “Fear the Thirteen-... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2010/07/26/2010-ciaa-football-preseason-picks-and-predictions/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2010/06/20/ten-hbcu-football-coaches-tapped-for-ncaa-academy/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2010/06/20/ten-hbcu-football-coaches-tapped-for-ncaa-academy/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:15:43 +0000 AU http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=5399 The NCAA has invited 20 coaches to its 2010 Expert Coaches Football Academy, in an effort to assist the coaches with career advancement, networking and exposure opportunities at NCAA colleges and universities. Ten of the invitees are from HBCUs. The Academy is June 22-24 in Anaheim, California, in conjunction with the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics convention. The coaches invited to the 2010 Expert Academy program are: * · Joel Beard, interim head... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2010/06/20/ten-hbcu-football-coaches-tapped-for-ncaa-academy/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/30/hbcu-forces-overweight-students-to-lose-weight-to-graduate/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/30/hbcu-forces-overweight-students-to-lose-weight-to-graduate/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:30:02 +0000 Associated Press http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=3972 A Pennsylvania university’s requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. Officials at historically black Lincoln University said Friday that the school is simply concerned about high rates of obesity and diabetes, especially in the African-American community. “We know we’re in the midst of an obesity epidemic,” said James L. DeBoy, chairman of Li... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/30/hbcu-forces-overweight-students-to-lose-weight-to-graduate/feed/ 2 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/07/20/tom-joyner-foundation-to-share-proceeds-of-book-with-hbcus/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/07/20/tom-joyner-foundation-to-share-proceeds-of-book-with-hbcus/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:00:49 +0000 AlumniUnit http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=3035 A portion of the book sales of “Tom Joyner Presents How to Prepare for College” will benefit two black colleges: Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), Princess Anne, Md. The book, written by Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD, a graduate of UMES and Wil LaVeist, a... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/07/20/tom-joyner-foundation-to-share-proceeds-of-book-with-hbcus/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2008/11/12/lincoln-university%e2%80%99s-research-infrastructure-grant-award/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2008/11/12/lincoln-university%e2%80%99s-research-infrastructure-grant-award/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:00:04 +0000 AlumniUnit http://alumniunit.com/?p=1305 Lincoln University has received an award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aimed at improving its research infrastructure. The award starts from the 30th of September 2008 and ends on the 30th of June 2013. During the five years of the grant, a total of $4,009,132 will be made available to Lincoln University to meet the objectives of the grant.    Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2008/11/12/lincoln-university%e2%80%99s-research-infrastructure-grant-award/feed/ 1 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2008/07/18/roarunitcom-has-arrived-welcome-lincoln-university-to-the-unit-family/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2008/07/18/roarunitcom-has-arrived-welcome-lincoln-university-to-the-unit-family/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:21:09 +0000 EJ http://alumniunit.com/?p=105 As Horace Mann Bond noted in his book Education for Freedom: A History of Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, with the college's founding in 1854, "This was the first institution founded anywhere in the world to provide a higher education in the arts and sciences for youth of African descent." Lincoln University was founded as Ashmun Institute in 1854 by the Rev. John Miller Dickey, it was named after Jehudi Ashmun, a religious leader and social reformer. Lincoln University's (Ashmu... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2008/07/18/roarunitcom-has-arrived-welcome-lincoln-university-to-the-unit-family/feed/ 1