Tag: education

The Birmingham Times Red Mountain Theatre Company (RMTC) will begin work on a $25 million arts campus in Parkside district of downtown Birmingham this summer. “It has...

Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, received an honorary doctorate degree last...

Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times When she earned more than $2 million in college scholarships and a full-ride to Yale University, Jillian Jolly, a Ramsay High...

Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Sameria Harris, a John Carroll Catholic High School senior, felt like she was with family on Saturday at the Delta Life...

By Jamal Watson Diverse Education ATLANTA— The leadership of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity — also known as the Boulé — has made good on its promise to...

By Casey Parks Diverse Education BATON ROUGE, La. — A few weeks after Stewart Lockett made local headlines for becoming the first black student body president at Louisiana...

By Sammy G. Allen Diverse Education Two organizations working to serve underrepresented students have merged as of April 1. Gateway College National Network is now an initiative...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times On a beautiful, cool day earlier this month, the wind blew, birds sang, and the laughter of children could be...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times uiote Donna Dukes admits she may have been a bit “idealistic” when she came up with an idea to help students...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Some had been bullied. Some have had discipline issues. Some were expelled from other schools. Some just needed a better...