University of the Virgin Islands St.Thomas Campus 53rd Commencement Ceremony- Keynote Address - Iyanla Vanzant ...
Posted Wednesday, May 17th 2017 at 8:39AM
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Undefeated boxing champion, daughter of the legendary Muhammad Ali, author and TV host Laila Ali will be the keynote speaker at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s May 13 main commencement ceremony, school officials announced today.
The ceremony begins at 8:30 a.m. at the ...
Posted Tuesday, May 9th 2017 at 11:01AM
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June Jordan, a major writer shaped by the black arts and the feminist movements of the ‘60’s and ‘70’s, refused to let her art, her sexuality, or her politics be put in a box. At a recent MEC forum on Jordan held at the Brooklyn Library, schola ...
Posted Tuesday, May 2nd 2017 at 12:25PM
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Match for Africa, a charity event where tennis professionals team with celebrities to raise money for the Roger Federer Foundation, had its fourth tennis match yesterday in Seattle, Washington. Saturday’s competition featured tennis star Roger Federer and Microsoft’s billionaire founder Bill Gates p ...
Posted Monday, May 1st 2017 at 12:02AM
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To be acknowledged is a gift.
I look down in humility.
I shed tears out of desire to
feel loved by thee.
A chat is a gift. To learn about life through your eyes
I will absorb you.
How joyful it feels when my Elder gives me gifts 🎁 .
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Posted Sunday, April 30th 2017 at 9:03AM
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We made it!
We woke up this beautiful
Saturday morning!
Adventure is out there.....
May we seek our pearl out
of this Oyster of a 🌎 world.
May you fill worthy of greatness.
Take time to Pamper and Purr,
that's what the weekends f ...
Posted Saturday, April 29th 2017 at 11:36AM
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A Yearly Love Calendar
If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a mile-long to-do list and half of it never gets done. I’ve found that the best way for me to make sure the most important things don’t get lost in the shuffle is to have a visual reminder. If I actually see what needs to be done, it ...
Posted Thursday, April 27th 2017 at 5:17PM
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Free event!
We know we can’t trust everything we read online, but how can we determine what to believe?
Join NPR's Joshua Johnson along with a panel of experts to discuss how we can all be more critical news consumers.
DATE
Tuesday, May 9
6 p.m.
LOCATION
WHYY, Inc
150 6th Stre ...
Posted Thursday, April 27th 2017 at 12:22PM
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Hollywood comes home to Fort Valley as actress Karan Kendrick is featured as the Fort Valley State University Commencement speaker. Kendrick has starred in movies and television shows that top the box office and Nielsen rankings, from the blockbusters like The Hunger Games and iconic films like Tyle ...
Posted Thursday, April 27th 2017 at 11:17AM
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Today, we’re talking about challenging ourselves… growing through artistic expression as well as education endveavors.
An accomplished student from Paine College, Sheila Paige, is not your typical college student. Hear her impressive story as a working mom juggling those responsibilities with h ...
Posted Thursday, April 27th 2017 at 10:57AM
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JTCC to hold 49th annual commencement ceremony on May 12
By Contributed Report
CHESTERFIELD — John Tyler Community College will hold its 49th annual commencement ceremony on Friday, May 12, at 6:30 p.m. The ceremony will take place in the Multipurpose building at Virginia State University, lo ...
Posted Thursday, April 27th 2017 at 10:40AM
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We are marching to the beat of life's drum.
Wednesday always seems to be the longest
day of the week.
Love is here to pull you along.
Love will help create a clear path
for you to follow.
Love is Mother Earth. Let her infiltrate into
your ...
Posted Wednesday, April 26th 2017 at 10:06AM
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Yes. Sade' is the artist I most want to duplicate.
I am peaceful and loving by DNA and nature.
Yes it it is my goal to honor the love in people.
No I am not a product of discension.
Yes positivity excites me.
Bullying I've experienced since ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2017 at 11:39PM
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by University of the District of Columbia - College of Arts and Sciences
Date and Time
Fri, April 28, 2017
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT
Location
University of the District of Columbia
4200 Connecticut Avenue Northwest
Theater of ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2017 at 11:00AM
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Could this be a cure for cancer?
by Robin White Goode
(Image: iStock/Cecilie_Arcurs)
Last month, Xavier University of Louisiana, a historically black college that sends more black students to medical school than any other college, announced exciting news: A study conducted in Xavier’s Ire ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 11:24AM
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Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, an Obama administration holdover, was asked to resign by the Trump administration on Friday. He was replaced by his deputy, Rear Adm. Sylvia Trent-Adams, one of the first nurses to serve as surgeon general.
Admiral Trent-Adams will for now be in an acting role. As ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 10:40AM
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By Katherine Skiba•Contact Reporter
Chicago Tribune
Former President Barack Obama returns to the public stage Monday morning in a homecoming to the University of Chicago, an event that stands to serve as a warmup for a higher profile in ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 10:06AM
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Oh my gosh...exhale.
Treat the love of your life to a pamper party!
Detox the stress life throws our way and get
in shape to sway!
From your toes to your fros...
Relax, relate, release-let it go!
Fancy is as fancy does! ...
Posted Saturday, April 22nd 2017 at 11:07AM
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Can you see us now?
Dancing down a brick
paved street....
Spinning from pole to
pole. Twirling all around.
Run away with me!
Jump into love with me!
Bailar conmigo! ...
Posted Friday, April 21st 2017 at 8:30AM
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Katie Reilly
Apr 19, 2017
Bill Gates said he hopes President Donald Trump will be "pragmatic" and will rethink his proposed cuts to health spending and foreign aid.
"I’ve talked to him about HIV and how the U.S. shou ...
Posted Thursday, April 20th 2017 at 2:47PM
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Rachel Watkins
Men and women have different preferences as far as makeup goes.
Girls, we spend countless hours in front of the mirror - with so much makeup spread across the vanity counter tops it could be a Sephora store - all in pursuit ...
Posted Tuesday, April 18th 2017 at 4:39PM
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Lee Daniels, the “Empire” co-creator and director of such films as “Precious” and “The Butler,” plans to remake the classic tearjerker “Terms of Endearment” starring Oprah Winfrey in the scenery-schewing Shirley Maclaine role.
The uber talk show h ...
Posted Friday, March 31st 2017 at 1:45PM
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Inside all of us is a Love Bank with accounts in the names of everyone we know. When these people are associated with our good feelings, "love units" are deposited into their accounts, and when they are associated with our bad feelings, love units ...
Posted Saturday, March 25th 2017 at 8:58AM
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