She’s come a long way from the girl ridiculed by people throughout social media and who was even asked by defense attorney Don West if she…
“NewsOne Now” host Roland Martin loves to offer his words of wisdom every week on the radio and TV One. Well, last week, he gave…
North Carolina Central University Saturday, May 11 at 8 a.m.O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium, Durham Commencement speaker: Fredricka Whitfield, news anchor and correspondent for CNN North Carolina State University Saturday, May 11 at 9 a.m. PNC Arena, Raleigh Commencement speaker: Phil Freelon, founder and president of The Freelon Group, Inc. William Peace University Saturday, May 11 at 10 […]
You may remember on Aug. 1of last year, St. Augustine transitioned from being named a College to being classified as a University. This weekend 228 seniors marched and received their bachelor’s degrees as the first graduates of St. Augustine’s University. Congratulations! ALSO SEE: The Light Presents Chief Apostle Marilyn Winslow With Her Pastor Of The […]
Wake County students at every grade level made steady academic gains in 2011-12, the state Department of Public Instruction said Thursday. Wake County’s graduation rate in 2012 checked in at 80.8 percent. Graduation rates in North Carolina cracked the 80 percent mark in 2012, compared with 77.7 percent in 2011, the […]
A woman in Florence, S.C. said she was arrested during a high school commencement ceremony after cheering for her daughter as she received her diploma. Shannon Cooper said Florence police officers placed her in handcuffs and walked her through the middle of the ceremony in full view of her daughter, Iesha Cooper, and […]
As thousands of teens graduate across our nation, here is snapshot of their reality! Happy Graduation! Courtesy of: CreditDonkey Make sure to share this on…
Congressman Barney Frank told a black degree recipient at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth graduation, that his graduation gown finally gave him a hoodie that he could wear ‘and no one will shoot at you’. His comments were directed at Hubie Jones, a black recipient of an honorary doctorate, who he said had ‘played a […]
SATURDAY GRADUATIONS: North Carolina Central University: Date and time: Saturday at 8 a.m. Location: O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium Speaker: Rev. Dr. William Barber II, president of theNorth Carolina chapter of the NAACP North Carolina State University: Date and time: Saturday at 9 a.m. Location: PNC Arena Speaker: Philip Rivers, quarterback for the San Diego Chargers […]
It’s graduation time for many area colleges and on Saturday, first Lady Michelle Obama will deliver the commencement address at North Carolina A&T in Greensboro. On Friday she will speak to the graduates at Virginia Tech. Michelle Obama is a graduate of Pinceton University and Harvard Law school. source: the N&O
