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SAVE THE DATE! 2017 HBCU Week Conference!

The Annual National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Week Conference is planned under the leadership of the White House Initiative on HBCUs and with input from the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs and its conference sponsors. It provides a forum to exchange information and share innovations among and between institutions.

2017 National HBCU Week Conference
September 17-19, 2017
Crystal Gateway Marriott
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202

Room Rate Code: National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference
FREE ADMISSION │  ONLINE REGISTRATION is REQUIRED
General Registration Opens on or before June 1, 2017
You Do Not Want to Miss This One…Lock in your hotel now!

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EPA Grants Award Process Webinar

EPA’s Office of Grants and Debarment is hosting a webinar for the external EPA grants community. This is a quarterly webinar and the information will largely be the same as the previous one, with minor changes as necessary. The webinar will cover grants topics, including: how to find and apply for grant opportunities; EPA’s Grants.gov requirement; and preparing a proper budget detail. In addition, EPA will be hosting a Q&A session during the second half of the webinar.

EPA Grants Award Process Webinar

EPA’s Office of Grants and Debarment periodically hosts webinars for the EPA grants community. If you are interested in applying for EPA grants or are currently managing an EPA grant, please consider attending the upcoming webinar listed below. Please see https://www.epa.gov/grants/epa-grants-award-process-webinars for current information and materials.

How to Register:

You do not need to register. If you wish to attend, just go to the following link a few minutes before the webinar starts: Grant Award Process Webinar. There is no call in number – audio will be broadcast through your computer speakers or headphones.

Webinar Details:

Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET EPA’s Office of Grants and Debarment is hosting a webinar for the EPA grants community. The webinar will cover grants topics, including: how to find and apply for grant opportunities; EPA’s Grants.gov requirement; and preparing a proper budget detail. In addition, we will be hosting a Q&A session during the second half of the webinar.

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INFORMATIONAL CALL, Thursday March 23 at 3:30PM ET ! HBCU Internship Opportunity: Championing Diversity In Media!!

The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities invites you to a informational call to learn more about and HBCU opportunity with the Bentonville Film Festival (BFF). This opportunity will take place May 1-8 in Bentonville, Arkansas.

This internship is exclusive to HBCU students and will consist of a week-long, immersive experience across all departments introducing interns to innovative methods of championing diversity and inclusion. BFF will provide lodging, airfare and a stipend for students admitted into this internship!

Who they are looking for:

  • Current HBCU students (Must be at least a Spring semester sophomore)
  • HBCU students with a 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher
  • HBCU students interested in Computer Science, Engineering, Film, Television, Digital Media, Finance and Accounting.

Important Call Information

Toll Free Number: 888-769-8755

Participant passcode: 6952977

Feel free to pass this information to interested HBCU students. Participation in this call is strongly encouraged. We hope you will join us.

 

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SBIR Conference: Leading HBCUs to R&D Contract Opportunities!!

The AAMU-RISE Foundation will host  a STTR/SBIR Conference

Small Business Technology Transfer/Small Business Innovation Research 

Is your institution prepared for the paradigm shift? Funding for research and development is moving away from grants. Instead, it is becoming essential for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, as well as all Minority Serving Institutions, to start competing for government and private industry contracts. This conference is also ideal for scientists and small businesses.

The AAMU-RISE Foundation and the AAMU Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, & Economic Development are hosting this conference to bring together experts from government agencies, leading R&D companies, and academic institutions. They will be sharing their expertise, thus enabling HBCUs and MSIs to partner with the government and its contractors as they develop and commercialize innovative technologies.

Please find the conference registration link:

 AAMU-RISE Foundation SBIR/STTR Conference

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Teacher and School Leadership competition!!

HBCUs are encouraged to partner with the LEA for teacher prep, certification, credentialing, professional development. Please visit the OII TSL website (link below) or email TSL@ed.gov for more information. 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/12/20/2016-30643/applications-for-new-awards-teacher-and-school-leader-incentive-program

http://innovation.ed.gov/what-we-do/teacher-quality/teacher-and-school-leader-incentive-program/

 

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Register Now! Federal Efforts to Address Sexual Violence at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Since the charge in 2014 from the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, federal agencies have continued efforts to address this important issue. In December 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new technical assistance document entitled, Sexual Violence on Campus: Strategies for Prevention, and described in a subsequent web conference the key prevention framework components of the document and campus-based implementation and action. In an effort to continue to promote campus-based sexual violence prevention, this web conference will focus on federal-level efforts for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). There is little evidence about the extent of sexual violence on HBCU campuses, making attention to the development and implementation of evidence-based prevention and intervention crucial. Join presenters from CDC, the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (DOJ-OVW), and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) as they provide information relevant to address sexual violence on HBCU campuses. These efforts will have technical assistance implications for campus administrators, prevention practitioners, program evaluators, and researchers engaged in the implementation of sexual violence prevention programs on HBCU campuses.

For more information: CLICK HERE

OBJECTIVES:

  1. Present the state of evidence including what was learned from the NIJ-funded study on sexual violence and HBCUs
  2. Describe the federal-level partnership between CDC, DOJ-OVW, and NIJ to conduct an HBCU sexual violence climate survey
  3. Outline other existing sexual violence prevention and service efforts by CDC and DOJ-OVW

GUESTS:

 

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DOJ/OVW’s Campus Program Solicitation has been released!

Grant to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and

Stalking on Campus program (Campus Program)

About the Program:

This program is authorized by 42 U.S.C. §14045b. Congress created the Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking on Campus Program (hereinafter referred to as the Campus Program) in recognition of the unique issues and challenges that colleges and universities face in preventing and responding to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking.

The Campus Program encourages a comprehensive coordinated community approach that enhances victim safety, provides services for victims and supports efforts to hold offenders accountable. The funding supports activities that develop and strengthen trauma informed victim services and strategies to prevent, investigate, respond to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking. Developing campus-wide coordinated responses involving campus victim service providers, law enforcement/campus safety officers, health providers, housing officials, administrators, student leaders, faith-based leaders, representatives from student organizations, and disciplinary board members is critical. To be effective, campus responses must also link to local off-campus criminal justice agencies and service providers, including local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors’ offices, courts, and nonprofit, nongovernmental victim advocacy and victim services organizations. Campuses are encouraged to create or revitalize large-scale efforts that treat sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking as serious offenses by adopting effective, culturally relevant policies and protocols, developing victim services and advocacy programs, and implementing effective prevention approaches. Colleges and universities should demonstrate to every student that these crimes will not be tolerated, that perpetrators will face serious consequences, and that holistic services are available for victims.

For the full solicitation:  https://www.justice.gov/ovw/page/file/923431/download –

Important things to Know:

  • Eligible applicants are limited to institutions of higher education as defined under the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 Institutions of Higher Education
  • Applications are due on February 23, 2017
  • Notification: OVW anticipates notifying all applicants of funding decisions by October 1, 2017.
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UNCF Announces Inaugural Achievement Capstone Program Awardees; HBCU and PBI Graduates Awarded $2,500

UNCF Announces Inaugural Achievement Capstone Program Awardees

New scholarship for HBCU and PBI college graduates sponsored by the National Achievement® Scholarship Program

(WASHINGTON) Dec. 20, 2016—Thirty-seven recent college graduates were announced today as inaugural recipients of the UNCF Achievement Capstone Program, each receiving a $2,500 award to pay an unmet undergraduate balance or finance an advanced degree. The new program, administered by UNCF and underwritten by the National Achievement® Scholarship Program, conducted by National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), honors and grants financial assistance to high-achieving, underrepresented college graduates at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) in the United States. 

“The award money that I’m receiving from UNCF is an investment in my future, and those who donate to support African American students can see a return on that investment in me,” said Shaw University graduate Jordan Galloway, who is pursuing his Ph.D. in chemistry and chemical biology at the University of California, Merced.

The National Achievement® Scholarship Program has recognized and honored academically talented Black American high school students through NMSC for 51 years. The final group of high school students recognized in the program entered college in 2015. UNCF now carries on the National Achievement® Scholarship Program’s name and legacy through the newly-designed UNCF Achievement Capstone Program, which launched last spring.

UNCF Achievement Capstone Scholars were nominated by their college or university presidents, chancellors and deans based on outstanding academic performance, character and demonstrated leadership honoring the legacy of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Candidates must be African American, must attend an accredited four-year, degree-granting HBCU or PBI and must have high academic performance leading to their campus’ eligibility for earning the designation of cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude upon undergraduate graduation. Awardees may use the scholarship to pay off outstanding undergraduate educational costs at their current institutions or to finance additional degrees, professional certifications and continuing education programs.

Nominations for the 2017 awards will open in January for 87 eligible HBCUs and PBIs. The award amounts for selected scholars will be between $2,000 and $5,000.

Jasmine Bogan is a 2016 graduate of Fayetteville State University with a degree in biology. She is currently pursuing her masters in animal science at Fort Valley State University and will use the Achievement Capstone award to attend her dream school–UNCF-member institution Tuskegee University–to become a veterinarian.

“A lot of people aren’t able to receive financial assistance to make it through college, especially for graduate studies,” said Bogan. “Grad students are still students and we still need help. This award will truly help me out a lot.”

“For more than 72 years, UNCF has worked to get students to and through college, and awards more than $100 million in scholarships annually,” said Larry Griffith, UNCF senior vice president of scholarships and programs. “This program further expands UNCF’s reach to African American students across the country who will benefit from the honor, recognition and financial assistance accompanying these prestigious awards upon earning their bachelor’s degree.”

“NMSC is proud to partner with UNCF to carry on the name and legacy of the National Achievement Scholarship Program through the newly established UNCF Achievement Capstone Program,” said Timothy McGuire, President and CEO of NMSC. “We are thrilled to join with UNCF in honoring the inaugural class of UNCF Achievement Capstone Scholars, and we look forward to witnessing their continued successes and ongoing accomplishments well into the future.”

Click here to view the 2016 UNCF Achievement Capstone Scholars by last name

Click here to view the 2016 UNCF Achievement Capstone Scholars by institution name

View the UNCF Achievement Capstone fact sheet

 

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