Chicago twins Deprice and Shaprice Hunt have set an extremely high bar for other high school seniors. The twins were recently accepted into a combined 56 colleges and have earned about $1.6 million in scholarships. Kemitashi Austin brought the Hunt siblings’ huge accomplishments to the forefront on Facebook when she shared a screenshot of a […]
Michelle Obama is known to many as the first lady of the United States, but for young students set to attend college, she doubles as someone who succeeded from ignoring her “doubters and “haters.” Featured on the cover of the May 2016 issue of Seventeen magazine with high school students Gemma Busoni and Zaniya Lewis, […]
Picking a college can be a daunting task for anyone, but finding the best fit can be a particularly challenging feat for African American students. Calls to end racism on campus have become more widespread in the last year asstudents across the country spoke out about both everyday and systemic racism at their schools. In addition, minority […]
Lecrae became Dr. Lecrae Moore this week when Canada Christian College awarded him an honorary doctorate of music degree at a stop in Toronto on the Higher Learning Tour. History was made when Canada Christian College gave Lecrea the youngest recipient for an honorary degree from the Christian College. The honors were presented to him […]
First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday told parents anxious about sending their kids off to college that she believes in “letting go.” Obama sat with hosts of TV talk show “The Real” to talk about a public service campaign targeting 14-to 19-year-olds called “Better Make Room,” which aims to celebrate education and guide the college-going process. Someone asked […]
Article By Allison Hydzik Young adults who spend a lot of time on social media during the day or check it frequently throughout the week are more likely to suffer sleep disturbances than their peers who use social media less. This is according to new research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Published […]
‘ A professor at a suburban Chicago Christian college who has been placed on administrative leave after donning a headscarf to demonstrate solidarity with Muslims said Wednesday that her actions are demonstrations of her own faith. Larycia Hawkins, who is a Christian and an associate professor of political science at Wheaton College, a private evangelical […]
Photo Credit: College Humor/YouTube/Screen Capture Prepare to see the first lady as you’ve never seen her before. In an effort to motivate youth to go to college, FLOTUS gets on the microphone and flexes her lyrical skills. Striding out of the White House in slow motion, sporting oversized sunglasses, Michelle Obama lays down a […]
And then there were two. Malia Obama has reportedly narrowed her list of potential college picks to two schools in New York: Barnard College and New York University. There is reportedly other schools in the running, but Barnard and New York University are the clear theleaders in the pack according to NBC New York. The 17-year-old Malia […]
A recent groundswell of protests on college campuses over race, sexual misconduct and other social issues has some civil libertarians worried that the prized principle of free speech could be sacrificed in the rush to address legitimate student grievances. The potential conflict between the protection of civil rights and the constitution’s First Amendment guarantees was […]
Brown University’s campus newspaper has apologized to Malia Obama after students posted on social media that she was partying during a college visit. A photo that circulated online allegedly shows the president’s daughter standing next to a table with cups at an Oct. 10 party. People who say they attended wrote on Twitter that Malia […]
Conservative website DailyCaller.com grabbed a SnapChat screenshot of Malia Obama standing next to someone who may or may have not been playing the popular college game beer pong.
