PVAMU IN THE NEWS 2020 Significant Mentions 2020 HIGHLIGHTS & BIG STORIES
4 2020 Media Statistics
6 January 2020
8 February 2020
10 March 2020
12 April 2020
14 May 2020
18 June 2020
24 July 2020
28 August 2020
32 September 2020
34 October 2020
36 November 2020
40 December 2020
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SIGNIFICANT PLACEMENTS/MENTIONS ALUMNI MENTIONS
100 PVAMU President on the Unique Nurse Puts Career on Hold to Prairie View A&M University 75 Challenges Faced by HBCU Students Pursue Olympic Dream Graduate Holds Virtual Party 50 MSNBC.COM GOODMORNINGAMERICA.COM NBCDFW.COM
25 PHILANTHROPY 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
TOP APPEARANCES TOP MEDIA OUTLETS84
NATIONAL The Chronicle of Higher Education The Washington Post 384 Ways to Help Prairie View A&M University Receives Center for Race and Justice Proposed Diverse: Issues in MACKENZIE-SCOTT.MEDIUM.COM $10M From Anonymous Donor Higher Education BIZJOURNALS.COM CLICK2HOUSTON.COM CNN PARTNERSHIPS The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education NBC/MSNBC
The New York Times
LOCAL
Houston Chronicle Melanye Price 25.8% Jones/Morton (NFL) 5.8% KPRC-TV/Channel 2 Ruth Simmons 24.2% Fred Bonner II 5% Prairie View A&M, Houston Team Up to Texas A&M Expands Footprint at Houston’s Houston Public Media Darius Fulghum 9.2% Tiffany Thomas 3.3% Tackle Health Disparities Texas Medical Center Michael Hurd 8.3% Michael Marshall 3.3% KTRK-TV/ABC 13 HOUSTONCHRONICLE.COM TMC.EDU
Sandra Bland 7.5% 0 10 20 30 PASSION
TOP EXPERT APPEARANCES (BY COLLEGE/SCHOOL)
Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences: 70 Whitlowe R. Green College of Education: 8
DIVISION OF SOCIAL WORK, BEHAVIORAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES Roy G. Perry College of Engineering: 5 Political Science – 46 History – 7 Social Work – 3 Philosophy – 3 Sociology – 2 Biology – 8 College of Justice Studies & Psychology: 5 Prairie View A&M Students TD Ameritrade Names 2020 Green Bay Signs Prairie View Communications – 1 College of Business: 3 Combat Voter Suppression RIA Nextgen Scholarship, Duo to UDFA Deals
School of Architecture: 13 College of Nursing: 2 TPR.ORG Grant Winners HBCUGAMEDAY.COM
Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture – 10 College of Agriculture & Human Sciences: 2 BUSINESSWIRE.COM Community Development – 3 4 PVAMU IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REVIEW 5 6 Significant Mentions January 2020
Darius Fulghum DIGITAL Boxer and nursing graduate Darius Fulghum has dreams of Olympic glory after Olympic trials victory
TEAMUSA.ORG
Michal Hurd DIGITAL The 30 Best Texas Books of The Decade, from Amarillo to Utopia
TEXAS OBSERVER
Melanye Price DIGITAL & PRINT
Elizabeth Warren’s Smart Answer on ‘Electability’
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Debbie Jones DIGITAL Greater Houston Nurses Taking it to the Streets
MINORITY NURSE
The Marching Storm DIGITAL PVAMU’s Marching Storm Headed to 2020 Honda Battle of the Bands
NEWS BREAK
William Guzmán DIGITAL & PRINT NAACP honors Jersey City detective who helped cop to safety during mass shooting
NEWJERSEY.COM
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Aruna Weerasooriya DIGITAL Did You Know That Baby Carrots Are Treated With Chlorine?
BEFOREITSNEWS.COM
Willie Pruitt, Sr. TELEVISION Black History Month spotlight: Willie Pruitt, Sr.
KBTX-TV
College of Nursing DIGITAL & PRINT Culture, acceptance, success found at PVAMU College of Nursing
DEFENDER NETWORK
Capt. Paul Matthews TELEVISION Black History Month: Buffalo Soldier Museum in Houston
KHOU-TV
Denesha Henderson TELEVISION Rodeo celebrates black cowboys and cowgirls in history of the American West
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS
Christopher Jennings DIGITAL USDA Names Participants in 2020 Future Leaders in Agriculture Program
USDA
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Jordan Jones & Jalen Morton DIGITAL 2020 HBCU Combine Invitees
NFL.COM
Troy Hogan DIGITAL Houston actor making Hollywood moves in new movie about black cowboys
AFRAMNEWS.COM
Derreka Shelton & Danielle Simmons DIGITAL Two HBCU Alums Launched The First Ever HBCU Subscription Box, ‘My HBCU Box’
MADEME NOIRE
Reagan Flowers TELEVISION Dr. Reagan Flowers selected as Top Educational Innovator of the Year by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP)
WICV-TELEVISION (NY)
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FOR BLACK MEN, FEARS ARISE THAT MASKS WILL INVITE RACIAL PROFILING PVAMU in The New York Times
DIGITAL Lei Huang PVAMU ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s top DIGITAL HBCU graduate schools Forecast the Number of COVID-19 Cases Using HBCU BUZZ Computational Science “ MEDIUM.COM ” DIGITAL
The 10 Best “Hidden Gem”Universities In Texas Melanye Price DIGITAL & PRINT COLLEGE GAZETTE For black men, fears arise that masks will invite Alicia Pete racial profiling DIGITAL & PRINT THE NEW YORK TIMES FROM RE-INFECTION TO HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, PVAMU interim AD Alicia Pete brings ‘girl power’
DEFENDER NETWORK Dennis Daniels DIGITAL DOCTOR ANSWERS 5 OF YOUR MOST Ruth Simmons PVAMU UMA Director answers KPRC2 texting DIGITAL & PRINT line coronavirus questions PRESSING CORONAVIRUS HEALTH QUESTIONS 4 Colleges, 2 Weeks, One Choice: How Covid-19 KPRC-TV PVAMU on KPRC-TV Scattered U.S. Higher Education
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Dennis Daniels DIGITAL Jalen Morton & Jordan Jones Chimtua Ogbah DIGITAL DIGITAL Pamela Obiomon From re-infection to hydroxychloroquine, doctor DIGITAL answers 5 of your most pressing coronavirus Green Bay Packers sign two PVAMU players to PV Nurse Heroes and COVID-19: ICU NP UDFA deals Perspective Year round, engineering deans work to bring students health questions “ ” HBCU GAME DAY PV NURSES ALUMNI to STEM KPRC-TV
BLACK ENGINEER Jovante Ham DIGITAL Kenzi Turner TELEVISION Melanoid Exchange: The future of black business HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES DeSoto High School seniors produce unique twist on popular social media challenge
WFAA-TV / DFW
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FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IN UNIFORM, IT’S DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY. BUT DON’T EXPECT TO LEAD.
PVAMU in The New York Times
DIGITAL Karina Cisneros Best historically black colleges & universities NEWSPAPER THE COLLEGE CONSENSUS San Benito’s Cisneros will continue softball career “ with PVAMU ” Jordan Deadwyler VALLEY MORNING STAR TELEVISION Senior Spotlight: Lincoln track stand-out Jordan Jalyn Robinson Deadwyler finds motivation despite shortened season NEWSPAPER WTXL-TV (TALLAHASSEE) Three Solano golfers earn scholarship awards
THE DAILY REPUBLIC (CA) Catrina Hurman DIGITAL & PRINT Nathan Mermond Salute to Nurses: The Houston Chronicle honors DIGITAL & PRINT 2020’s top nurse leaders How to deal with the bugs flying around this spring
HOUSTON CHRONICLE HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Bryanna Barnett Ayngelyn Hobbs TELEVISION & DIGITAL TELEVISION & DIGITAL PVAMU graduate holds virtual party with Family has drive-thru graduation party for 2020 family around the world graduate
KXAS-TV (NBC DFW) KAVU-TV/CROSSROADS TODAY Alaya Riles Jasmine Keeton & Jadean Keeton NEWSPAPER TELEVISION & DIGITAL DIGITAL DIGITAL BRIGHT FUTURES — Memorial senior Alaya ‘Mama we made it’: With 3 graduates this year, Nearly 60 student-athletes leave Prairie View with Texas A&M System Brands Landmark Campus In Riles’ future aspirations center on helping others Pearland family gets a shoutout from the Today show degrees-in-hand Texas Medical Center THE PORT ARTHUR NEWS TODAY SHOW; KPRC-TV/CHANNEL 2; CW39 HBCU GAME DAY TAMU TODAY
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Darius Fulghum Shaetyra Mays, Toronica Duncan, TELEVISION & DIGITAL & Allyson Cotton Houston boxer balanced nursing school & NEWSPAPER Olympic dreams Faith Mission announces summer interns
KTRK-TV/ABC 13 THE BANNER PRESS (BRENHAM)
DIGITAL Terésa Dowell-Vest Mellon Foundation Steps in to Help Students at 16 MAGAZINE HBCUs PVAMU instructor hosting summer web series on the THE JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION book, “The Death of Cliff Huxtable”
HOUSTON STYLE MAGAZINE George C. Wright DIGITAL Rafael Martinez Three African American Scholars Appointed to New DIGITAL Faculty Roles Senior Spotlight: Student overcomes vision loss to THE JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION serve as drum major who thrives in school
DALLAS ISD Lt. Col. Walter J. Smiley DIGITAL & PRINT Jalen Morton DIGITAL For African Americans in Uniform, It’s Duty, Honor, Country. But Don’t Expect to Lead. Green Bay Packers: Scouting Report on UDFA QB
THE NEW YORK TIMES Jalen Morton FANSIDED Chimtua Ogbah DIGITAL Tatianna Johnson PV Nurse Heroes and COVID-19: ICU TELEVISION & DIGITAL NP Perspective Houston ISD seniors surprised with $5,000 PV NURSES ALUMNI scholarships for college
KTRK-TV/ABC13 Precious Oke DIGITAL Alicia Pete PV Nurse Heroes and COVID-19: SLICU RN DIGITAL Perspective PVAMU Interim Athletic Director Alicia Pete PV NURSES ALUMNI interviewed for article “HBCUs work to return to THE NEW YORK TIMES sports amid new coronavirus”
DALLAS WEEKLY
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Melanye Price Ruth Simmons Dominic Daniel Joan Garrett DIGITAL DIGITAL DIGITAL DIGITAL & NEWSPAPER DIGITAL & PRINT DIGITAL Prairie View A&M Women’s Jack and Jill of America These videos show the Prairie View A&M president Graduating seniors are sanguine in Graduation Tid-bits: Salute to Basketball adds quartet of Foundation Partners With Natural police aren’t neutral. They’re named to Dallas Fed’s Houston the face of unique experiences Prairie View University newcomers Grocers to Donate $133K to
counterprotesters. board HOUSTON CHRONICLE OPINION SHELBY COUNTY TODAY BOXCORE.COM (NEW YORK) HBCU Students
VOX NEWS HEARST NEWSPAPERS (HOUSTON CHRONICLE) BLACK NEWS Ruth Simmons Ruth Simmons Kayla Johnson, Sandra Bland Loni Love & Melanye Price DIGITAL Marco Robinson Ebony Peterson DIGITAL & NEWSPAPER DIGITAL & NEWSPAPER DIGITAL & NEWSPAPER DIGITAL & NEWSPAPER Local university president RADIO & DIGITAL Tinsley column: Our moral drift ‘The Real’ host Loni Love to Prairie View A&M to launch a appointed to Dallas Fed’s Houston Calls For Federal Investigations Black Lives Matter B/CS organizers and the way back deliver virtual commencement race and justice center in wake Branch Board After 2 Men Found Hanged In say protest turnout encouraging, GALVA NEWS speech for Detroit’s Cass Tech of George Floyd death HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL Houston hope for more Sunday THE EAGLE DETROIT FREE PRESS HOUSTON CHRONICLE HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA Ruth Simmons Ruth Simmons DIGITAL & NEWSPAPER Ruth Simmons DIGITAL Melanye Price Ruth Simmons DIGITAL DIGITAL Prairie View A&M President Prairie View A&M Plans New DIGITAL Ruth Simmons Appointed to Prairie View A&M Plans New Center For Race And Justice The George Floyd protests are In the Wake of George Floyd’s Dallas Fed’s Houston Branch Center For Race And Justice Following George Floyd’s Death sparking a surprising debate in Death, Prairie View A&M and
Board Following George Floyd’s Death DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND black America Oberlin to Start Racial Justice
HOUSTON STYLE MAGAZINE HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA CNN Initiatives Ruth Simmons DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION Ariel Augustus Ruth Simmons RADIO & DIGITAL Dennis Stephenson DIGITAL DIGITAL DIGITAL & NEWSPAPER Here’s How Prairie View A&M’s MAGAZINE Mesquite ISD alum shares wisdom A Texas university to launch President, Ruth Simmons Plans The Job and Journey of an How ubiquitous camera phones are with college-bound students center for race and justice To Protect And Educate Students Evaluation Team Leader (ETL) helping and hurting US protesters William Hoston UNIVERSITY BUSINESS After The Death Of George Floyd CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTION THE TELGRAPH MESQUITE NEWS DIGITAL & NEWSPAPER THE RICKEY SMILEY MORNING SHOW ‘They are overshadowing the Sandra Bland Ruth Simmons Ruth Simmons death of George Floyd.’ Gov. Ruth Simmons DIGITAL DIGITAL & NEWSPAPER DIGITAL NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Abbott decries looting, violence Melanye Price DIGITAL & NEWSPAPER Opinion: RELIGION: Our Moral Prairie View A&M University to Prairie View A&M president at protests Prairie View A&M Plans New named to Dallas Fed’s Houston Center For Race And Justice Drift and the Way Back launch Center for Race and Justice HOUSTON CHRONICLE Opinion: We Can Fight Injustice in response to death of George board Without Endless Videos of Black Following George Floyd’s Death ATHENS DAILY NEWS
Floyd DEFENDER NETWORK People Being Killed EDUCATION WRITERS ASSOCATION Ruth Simmons KPRC-TV / CLICK2HOUSTON.COM DIGITAL & PRINT THE NEW YORK TIMES Prairie View A&M president named to Dallas Fed’s Houston board
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
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Sandra Bland Melanye Price Joseph Chatman DIGITAL Michael Hurd Michael Hurd DIGITAL RADIO & DIGITAL & Eric Emerson Strong Hill International Supports Texas DIGITAL NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Sandra Bland Supporters Demand Houston Matters Special DIGITAL A&M on New Medical Center Let Freedom Ring: Juneteenth This Is How We Juneteenth Investigation Into Her Death Edition: Reflections On The Local organizations invite public Projects celebrations mark the day THE NEW YORK TIMES Amid George Floyd Protests Funeral Of George Floyd to Juneteenth Tree Planting BUSINESS INSIDER enslaved Texans were finally POP CULTURE HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA honoring important members of notified of their freedom Michael Hurd Hub City history Stephine Mathis TEXAS HIGHWAYS RADIO & DIGITAL RADIO & DIGITAL RADIO & DIGITAL CREDIT KCBD-TV (LUBBOCK) How One Black Man Came to Following Death Of George Floyd, DIGITAL Houston Matters: “And we meet Myrna Cintrón Understand Juneteenth Over Six Prairie View A&M Will Require 5 Steps to Take as an Antiracist Loni Love Stephine Mathis, who overcame RADIO & DIGITAL Decades MAGAZINE Mandatory History Of Race Class Data Scientist a hearing disability to earn an Houston Matters: Special TEXAS STANDARD For Incoming Students TOWARDS DATA SCIENCE The Real’s Loni Love Gets Candid engineering degree from Prairie Edition: Dr. Myrna Cintrón View A&M University.” GET UP! MORNINGS WITH ERICA CAMPBELL About Her Path to Success: ‘This and Dr. Assata Richards Michael Hurd Aerial Mone Cann Is My American Story KUHF-FM Houston Public Media TELEVISION & DIGITAL Lucille B. Smith Nechoal Grant PEOPLE MAGAZINE University Documents 500 Years MAGAZINE TELEVISION & DIGITAL William Guzmán Michael Hurd of Black History in Texas DIGITAL TELEVISION & DIGITAL NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Joe Biden Meets With George Prairie View A&M student KXAS-TV/NBC DFW Floyd’s Family at Lucille’s drowns day before birthday while PVAMU’s Office for Marketing Petition to remove Confederate The 30 most essential books statue from Gregg County HOUSTONIA MAGAZINE tubing on Lake Conroe and Communications wins two about Texas Donald Reed courthouse gaining support KTRK-TV/ABC13 prestigious CASE awards SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL KYTX-TELEVISION/CBS-19 Jasmine Keeton CASE Prairie View hires Donald Reed & Jadean Keeton Michael Hurd to lead athletic program TELEVISION & DIGITAL Sandra Bland Kameron Kindle HOUSTON CHRONICLE SPORTS & Ron Goodwin DIGITAL Localish: Meet the Keeton family, DIGITAL TELEVISION & DIGITAL where mom and her 2 daughters Juneteenth celebrations around Sister of Sandra Bland joins Widespread protests against racism are celebrating huge life moments the country mark the day enslaved PVAMU students to march sharpen focus of FPA’s virtual together Texans were finally told they are against police brutality internship KTRK-TV/ABC13 free 155 years ago KTRK-TV/ABC13 FINANCIAL PLANNING
KPRC-TV / CLICK2HOUSTON.COM Shadana Chaney Asia Miller Clara Belle DIGITAL Melanye Price NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Drisdale Williams PVAMU Small Business RADIO & DIGITAL 20 graduating seniors celebrated NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Development client chosen for George Floyd’s Memorials Friday night in Killeen A woman to remember: first SPECTRUM Virtual Scholarship Prompted Calls For Change. KILLEEN DAILY HERALD African American to graduate Entrepreneurs What’s Next? from New Mexico State
SOCIAL CAPITAL MARKETS HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA University ROSWELL DAILY RECORD
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TELEVISION & DIGITAL KhaDarel Hodge Michael Hurd Melanye Price Sandra Bland NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Black Lives Matter Mural DIGITAL DIGITAL MAGAZINE & DIGITAL DIGITAL Texas HBCUs continue to provide Coming To Sandra Bland How KhaDarel Hodge is using a What is Juneteenth? Tea time: Houston Museum The incomplete stories of haven for black students in times
Parkway In Prairie View tour of Houston restaurants to LIVE SCIENCE of African American Culture #sayhername of unrest
KTVT-TV/CBS DFW inspire change Receives Confederate Monument THE AFRICAN AMERICAN POLICY FORUM HOUSTON CHRONICLE CLEVELAND BROWNS Ruth Simmons from the City of Houston! TELEVISION & DIGITAL & Melanye Price RAYNBOW AFFAIR MAGAZINE Sandra Bland Jalon Morris Prairie View to paint ‘Black Lives NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL TELEVISION & DIGITAL TELEVISION & DIGITAL DIGITAL Matter’ on main thoroughfare ‘Black Towns Matter’: Houston Houston Newsmakers: Seven Melanye Price Illinois Lieutenant Governor PackerCentral: Get to Know RADIO & DIGITAL KPRC-TV / CLICK2HOUSTON.COM celebrates and observes Juneteenth things to know about PVAMU’s calls for justice Rookie QB Who Can Throw Ball HOUSTON CHRONICLE proposed Center for Race & Justice Houston Matters Special Edition: WCIA-TV 100 Yards SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Donald Reed KPRC-TV / CLICK2HOUSTON.COM Power Of Symbols, Statues DIGITAL Ronald Goodwin And History With Dr. Gregory Jordan Jones Maddox And Dr. Melanye Price Donald Reed named new athletic NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Melanye Price & Jalen Morton Jaylen Harris director at Prairie View A&M ‘Sad and Joyful’: N.Y.C. Marks TELEVISION & DIGITAL HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA DIGITAL DIGITAL HBCU SPORTS Juneteenth After a Month of Isiah Factor Uncensored: Two Prairie View A&M rookies 2021 NFL Draft Prospect Protest Understanding the significance of DIGITAL hope to emerge during Packers’ Interview: Jaylen Harris, CB, Karina Cisneros THE NEW YORK TIMES Juneteenth College Campuses: the Decisive training camp Prairie View A&M University NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL DRAFT DIAMONDS KRIV-TV/FOX 26 HOUSTON Election Battlegrounds to Watch ACME PACKING COMPANY San Benito’s Cisneros signs with George McShan in 2020 DIGITAL Prairie View A&M NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Danny Harvey MS. MAGAZINE Sha’Kethia Turner VALLEY MORNING STAR Minority experience in South TELEVISION & DIGITAL NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Nicole Lynn’s Double Shift: DIGITAL Texas comes into focus Isiah Factor Uncensored: How The Woodlands Villager: New Corporate Litigator and NFL Sports Agent Michael Hurd THE MONITOR (RIO GRANDE VALLEY) does Black America heal? Honda and Historically Black Shenandoah police officer NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Colleges and Universities Join THE TEXAS LAWBOOK KRIV-TV/FOX 26 HOUSTON introduced to City Council Together to Combat the Pandemic Villager Q&A: Author Michael Melanye Price THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE HONDA NEWS Hurd discusses his book, race DIGITAL DIGITAL Fred Bonner II issues DIGITAL Racism Doesn’t Blink: The public Vistra commits $10 million to Fred Bonner II HOUSTON CHRONICLE: THE WOODLANDS DIGITAL How and Where We Exit: Seven performance of white supremacy is organizations working for social Carolyn Ewing-Turner VILLAGER DIGITAL Propositions on Black Positionalities key to upholding it. justice and equity What Role Should Higher THE CUT Midlands Technical College in the Pandemics Era VISTRA ENERGY Education Play in Combating Donald Reed Foundation Elects New Board Racism? DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Members Melanye Price Stephanie Tilley DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION PA native Donald Reed on Prairie RADIO & DIGITAL MIDLAND TECHNICAL COLLEGE DIGITAL DIGITAL View AD move: “I wanted to have PVAMU Social Work program Houston Matters Special Edition: Strategies to Encourage HBCU Dennis Daniels a bigger impact” ranked in top 20 of “Best Online Dr. Vivian Ho, Dr. Melanye Price Student Participation in TELEVISION & DIGITAL THE PORT ARTHUR NEWS Bachelor’s in Social Work Degree and Dr. Dietrich von Biedenfeld International Fellowships Getting a better understanding of HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA Programs” DIVERSITY ABROAD current COVID-19 situation EDSMART KTBC-TV/FOX 7 AUSTIN
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Melanye Price Devyn Allen NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Darius Fulghum NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL DIGITAL Prairie View A&M, Apple team up to bring DIGITAL ‘Let’s go.’ Runoff between MJ Hegar and Royce West Meet Devyn Allen coding to Houston, Waller County Olympic Heavyweight Boxer Darius Fulghum’s
gets heated in final stretch HOUSTON VOYAGE MAGAZINE HOUSTON CHRONICLE Dreams are Still Alive Without the Games
HOUSTON CHRONICLE COMPLEX SPORTS DIGITAL Corbi Milligan Ruth Simmons DIGITAL Apple teams up with HBCUs to create Viola Hebert CABLE & DIGITAL Coliseum Health System Names New Chief Medical opportunities for coding DIGITAL Opinion: Princeton, Woodrow Wilson and my father Officer HOUSTON CHRONICLE Alumni of Houston nursing schools unite for
CNN COLISEUM HEALTH SYSTEM #HoustonNursesTogether initiative NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL TEXAS MEDCIAL CENTER NEWS Ruth Simmons Kenny Lopez Prairie View A&M, Apple team up to bring coding, DIGITAL TELEVISION & DIGITAL creativity Brandon Johnson DEFENDER NETWORK Publisher Attaches $500 Sweepstakes to Walter E. Prairie View adopts police reform policies following DIGITAL Massey’s Memoir Release George Floyd’s death “There is some really nice simulation software that DIGITAL allows me to watch a student take care of a virtual PR NEWSWIRE KTRK-TV/ABC 13 Apple teams up with HBCUs to bring coding and patient.”
creativity opportunities to communities across the US TEXAS MEDCIAL CENTER NEWS Billy Monroe Ian Cavenall WEBWIRE RADIO & DIGITAL NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Nelson Robinson Politics: Amid COVID-19, Health Care Is A Key Two Lufkin natives send care packages to U.S. sailors DIGITAL Issue In Texas’ 10th Congressional District affected by COVID-19 in Guam Darius Fulghum DIGITAL TD Ameritrade Institutional Names 2020 RIA HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA LUKFIN DAILY NEWS Road to Tokyo: Darius Fulghum NextGen Scholarship & Grant Winners
THE RING BUSINESS WIRE Jacob H. Boyd Yolanda Bevill DIGITAL DIGITAL Congratulations to Thomas H. Routt scholarship Yolanda Bevill, chief public-affairs officer at Prairie Darius Fulghum Dorie Gilbert DIGITAL DIGITAL recipients View A&M University, has been named vice USA Boxing confirms involvement in ‘Giving Four African American Women Appointed to Dean AMFRAM NEWS president for university communications Games’ from July 24 Positions in Higher Education THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION WORLDBOXING NEWS THE JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Kayla Johnson DIGITAL Yolanda Bevill & Priscilla Arungwa INSTITUTE INDEX: Strange fruit hanging still? DIGITAL Darius Fulghum Will Guzmán TELEVISION & DIGITAL DIGITAL FACING SOUTH Eight African Americans Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Academia Nurse puts career on hold to pursue Olympic dream Oh Boya: If it’s Goya, it has to be no good GOOD MORNING AMERICA - 3RD HOUR ARK REPUBLIC THE JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
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DIGITAL Ali Fares How the Greensboro Four Sit-In Sparked a DIGITAL Movement Water expert receives highest honor in agronomy
HISTORY TEXAS WATER SOURCE INSTITUTE
Loni Love E. Walter Miles PRINT & DIGITAL NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL The Real’s Loni Love on Her Path to Success, Black E. Walter Miles, retired political science professor, Lives Matter and Finding Hope Now: ‘There’s dies at 86 Another Day’ THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE PARADE MAGAZINE E. Walter Miles Billy Monroe DIGITAL DIGITAL Noted Political Scientist and Activist E. Walter Miles Texas Congresswoman’s Credentials Rival Those Passes Away Speculatively Shortlisted as Vice Presidential DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION Prospects HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES E. Walter Miles SANDRA BLAND DIGITAL DIGITAL In Memoriam: Elijah Walter Miles, 1934-2020 PVAMU to host summit on improving education THE JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION outcomes for Black, Latinx boys Sandra Bland DIGITAL DEFENDER NETWORK DIGITAL Stella Smith Nas Pays Respect + Remembers The Life Of Sandra DIGITAL Texas A&M System to analyze racial profiling data Bland On Five-Year Anniversary Of Her Death DIGITAL from police stops Three Tips for First-Generation Graduate Students SOHH.COM (SUPPORT ONLINE HIP HOP) Stedman Graham to Serve As Keynote Speaker at DEFENDER NETWORK Summit On Educating African American and Navigating Education During the Pandemic Latinx Boys DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION Melanye Price RADIO & DIGITAL RADIO & DIGITAL HOUSTON STYLE MAGAZINE Melanye Price Lawmakers Push For More Police Reforms on Five- How Sandra Bland’s Life And Death Will Forever Year Anniversary of Sandra Bland’s Death Be Intertwined With PVAMU Ali Fares NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL TEXAS STANDARD DIGITAL How Voting Power Really Works In the U.S. (Video) KERA-FM Co-PI Ali Fares Selected as American Society of THE NEW YORK TIMES DIGITAL Michael Hurd Agronomy Fellow Remembering Sandra Bland and Breonna Taylor— DIGITAL & PRINT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN NEWS Brianna Booker and Demanding Justice TELEVISION & DIGITAL As a statue falls, Texas Rangers are cast as heroes MS. MAGAZINE and villains United Negro College Fund participating in Day of Giving CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
WSYX/WTTE-TELEVISION / ABC6 COLUMBUS, OH
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Ruth Simmons DIGITAL Glenn Smith Melanye Price DIGITAL Women take the stage coast-to-coast in free concert DIGITAL DIGITAL How Racist Are Universities Really? on centennial of the 19th Amendment Glenn Smith, longtime Waller County sheriff, dies Highs and Lows of the Democratic Convention
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION FINGER LAKES 1 HOUSTON CHRONICLE (Night 3)
NYT OPINION MAGAZINE & DIGITAL Ruth Simmons TELEVISION & DIGITAL DIGITAL Vivian Stephens Helped Turn Romance Writing Into Waller County Sheriff, R Glenn Smith, passes away Melanye Price a Billion-Dollar Industry. Then She Got Pushed Out. DIGITAL Educating During COVID: Superintendents and KAGS-TV College Leaders Scramble to Fill Students’ TEXAS MONTHLY Democratic Convention: Best and Worst Moments New Needs Melanye Price From Joe Biden’s Big Night. Our columnists and EDUCATION WRITERS ASSOCIATION Magesh Rajan RADIO & DIGITAL contributors give their rankings. DIGITAL Americans Ponder Racial Inequities on Women’s NYT OPINION Ruth Simmons Race, inequality, and social justice in spotlight as Equality Day DIGITAL DIGITAL HBCUs celebrate anniversary of Morrill Act VOICE OF AMERICA Schools Experiment to Allay the Inequitable Impact BLACK ENGINEER Video: College Town Economies Brace for Covid of COVID-19: Pandemic sparks calls for changes to Melanye Price Blow technology, curriculum and funding DIGITAL NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EDUCATION WRITERS ASSOCIATION Texas A&M breaks ground on Innovation Plaza in Kamala Harris and the Growing Political Power of DIGITAL Texas Medical Center Black Women American Forest Foundation awards grant to Prairie Ruth Simmons TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER NEWS View A&M CABLE Melanye Price PVAMU President Ruth J. Simmons discusses fall DIGITAL DIGITAL MORNING AG CLIPS return for HBCUs Texas A&M University breaks ground on $546m Making Sense of Kamala Harris DIGITAL MSNBC Innovation Plaza project NYT OPINION WORLD CONSTRUCTION NETWORK College Magazine’s 10 HBCUs Changing the World
DIGITAL in 2020 Melanye Price COLLEGE MAGAZINE Prairie A&M View Uni. Pres. says HBCU students Tiffany Thomas DIGITAL are facing economic, health, and police issues ahead NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Highs and Lows of the Democratic Convention of school year Houston adds $20 million to its rent relief program DIGITAL (Night 1) MSNBC HOUSTON CHRONICLE Students and alum at this Texas HBCU are protesting NYT OPINION for Black Lives Matter and equal voting rights
DIGITAL RADIO & DIGITAL NOW THIS Texas A&M diversity commission holds first meeting Melanye Price Houston Matters: A Teacher’s Concerns…And City DIGITAL virtually Council Member Tiffany Thomas DIGITAL Highs and Lows of the Democratic Convention THE EAGLE HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA (Night 2) Higher Education Grants or Gifts of Interest to African Americans NYT OPINION THE JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
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Michara DeLaney-Fields TELEVISION & DIGITAL LaDarius Valentine DIGITAL PVAMU students embrace learning and living TELEVISION & DIGITAL Six African American Women Who Have Been changes during pandemic Mother seeks justice for son LaDarius Valentine who Hired to Diversity Posts KPRC-TV was shot and killed near Prairie View A&M campus
THE JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION in 2015 Ivy Walls DATELINE NBC Michara DeLaney-Fields TELEVISION & DIGITAL DIGITAL Former Miss PVAMU among first winners of $10,000 Nancy Guerrero SFA names Dr. Michara DeLaney-Fields as its first grant from Beyoncé, NAACP DIGITAL chief diversity officer DEFENDER NETWORK New National Organization of Minority Architects
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION fellowship supports BIPOC architecture students Farrah Gafford Cambrice ARCHITECTURE PAPER Melanye Price NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL DIGITAL The Shift: Black businesses are responding to the De’Marcus Robinson DIGITAL Biden Picks Harris as Running Mate pandemic
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION HOUSTON CHRONICLE 2021 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: De’Marcus Robinson, CB, Prairie View A&M University DIGITAL Fred Bonner II DRAFT DIAMONDS DIGITAL Q&A: Houston Choral Society’s Kevin Klotz describes preparing for virtual fall season Virtual Panel Discusses the Role and Needs of HBCUs Jayla Jones HOUSTON CHRONICLE DIGITAL KPRC-TV/CHANNEL 2 Learning on one of the biggest platforms in sports: NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Introducing the 2020-21 Rhoden Fellows TJCPC TELEVISION & DIGITAL At Houston-area colleges, students and families face ESPN FRONT ROW pared-down move-in experience Bridging DIGITAL divide imperative to help at- HOUSTON CHRONICLE TELEVISION & DIGITAL risk Black and Latino teens as COVID-19 widens inequities, experts say State Fair Classic Between Prairie View A&M, NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Grambling To Be Played in February FACULTY & STUDENTS Darius Fulghum Summer enrollment increases at Houston colleges KXAS-TV/NBC DFW DIGITAL ahead of an unpredictable fall Darius Fulghum Trades In The Stethoscope For Jayla Jones HOUSTON CHRONICLE DIGITAL DIGITAL Boxing Gloves To TKO His Dreams Prairie View A&M football schedule: Spring 2021 The Undefeated Rhoden Fellows Class of 2020-2021 ONE37PM Trai Byers HBCU GAME DAY ESPN PRESS ROOM DIGITAL New Movie “The 24th” mirrors today’s Black Lives Darius Fulghum struggles DIGITAL AFRICA NEWS Giving Games Supports Olympians Affected By Pandemic & Postponement of Tokyo Games
THE SHADOW LEAGUE
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Ruth Simmons DIGITAL Denee Davis Clem Daniels DIGITAL Texas A&M University breaks DIGITAL & PRINT DIGITAL Why is interest growing in ground on US $546m Innovation Rapper Duche$$ Is Trying to Stay State Your Case: Clem Daniels, America’s black colleges and Plaza project Sane “the best back in the AFL during
universities? CONSTRUCTION REVIEW DALLAS OBSERVER his time” THE ECONOMIST SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Pamela Obiomon Timothy Sams Ruth Simmons DIGITAL TELEVISION & DIGITAL Quinton Bell DIGITAL Hampton University Takes Part These Texas universities have DIGITAL Leading in the B-Suite: Some in the 2020 Virtual Advancing set up dashboards to track daily Bucs Defensive Depth Chart: Of The Best Learning Moments Minorities’ Interest in Engineering coronavirus cases on campus Antoine Winfield Joins Returning
Come From Discomfort. Conference KPRC-TV/CHANNEL 2 Starters
LINKEDIN HAMPTON UNIVERSITY NEWS TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Jayla Allen Ruth Simmons Tony Moore MAGAZINE Fred Newhouse DIGITAL & PRINT DIGITAL Oak Cliff activist featured in Stacey DIGITAL Debates over race, history and EDUCAUSE Welcomes New Abrams voting documentary Nelson Robinson Nazhir Carter PVAMU great Fred Newhouse DIGITAL DIGITAL values roil Texas A&M as Board Members OAKCLIFF ADVOCATE named to USATF Officials Hall of campus diversifies EDUCAUSE.EDU TD Ameritrade scholarship Nazhir Carter Named The 2020 Fame WASHINGTON POST Donnie Moreland Jr. fuels PVAMU student’s passion Avonte Oquendo Memorial PVPANTHERS.COM Dennis Daniels DIGITAL for career in finance, financial Scholarship Winner DIGITAL DIGITAL & PRINT planning Guns too often become tools of PERCEMAN FIRM Khadarel Hodge Prairie View A&M University Blacks Urged To Participate In intra-communal violence at the TD AMERITRADE DIGITAL president gifts Fifth Ward non- COVID-19 Clinical Trial hands of cis het Black men Otis Taylor Dawg Pound Report: Defense Gets profit with $100,000 donation DIGITAL & PRINT TEXAS METRO NEWS BLACK YOUTH PROJECT Celeste Collins Playmakers Back KPRC-TV/CHANNEL 2 TELEVISION & DIGITAL TexansWire: Homegrown Legends: BACK SPORTS PAGE DIGITAL Ashley Tolliver Walk, run, cycle or dance to help Houston’s greatest products come Melanye Price Texas is a ‘voter suppression’ state students of color in Houston with home as virtual Texans NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL DIGITAL & Morgan Green and one of the hardest places to DIGITAL United Negro College Fund USA TODAY Baker Mayfield gives Browns Breonna Taylor Deserved Justice vote. Will it help Trump win? KTRK-TV/ABC 13 Gilman Scholars marching orders: ‘Come out NEW YORK TIMES OPINION THE GUARDIAN firing!’ LOOP ABROAD Jalen Morton DIGITAL Adaeze Eze THE CANTON REPOSITORY (OH) Stella Smith NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL DIGITAL Cowboys Wire: Cowboys bring in DIGITAL Texas colleges see surge in COVID PVAMU biology major one two tight ends, tackle, and QB for Tempered Radical Leadership cases as students return to campus of eight students nationwide tryouts within the Academy in the Age of HOUSTON CHRONICLE to receive ETS Presidential USA TODAY COVID-19 Scholarship
HIGHERED JOBS HOUSTON STYLE MAGAZINE
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Ruth Simmons DIGITAL TELEVISION & DIGITAL RADIO & DIGITAL Michael Marshall Cadet Iris Jenkins & NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Texas A&M, Medistar break Prairie View A&M is giving back Prairie View A&M Students TELEVISION & DIGITAL Cadet Brendon Edwards Rep. Watson Coleman, 90 college ground on $500M Texas Medical to the communities in Houston Combat Voter Suppression By Good Day Austin: How did DIGITAL presidents condemn DOE Center campus by launching its new “Healthy Marching To Early Voting Site the candidates do in the final College ROTC programs train investigation, as community HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL Houston Initiative.” TEXAS STANDARD presidential debate? future officers KHOU-TV weighs in KTBC-TELEVISION/FOX 7 AUSTIN FORT HOOD SENTINEL DIGITAL THE DAILY PRINCETONIAN DIGITAL TELEVISION & DIGITAL Some HBCUs See COVID-19 Students at Historically Black Alex Legall Melanye Price Infection Increases For 1 day, these Harris Co. College Keep Up Push for Voting DIGITAL TELEVISION & DIGITAL Rights HBCU DIGEST polling places will open to offer Masonite names new leader for ‘Something wrong was done’: 24-hour early vote COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE architectural segment KTRK-TV/ABC13 Civil rights experts, lawyer DIGITAL LUMBER/BUILDING MATERIAL (LBM JOURNAL) DIGITAL explain racial implications of Turner to launch partnership with NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL SFA incident Prairie View A&M to address PVAMU signs MOU with Sandia Caleb Villareal KPRC-TV/CHANNEL 2 health disparities in Houston Harris County is offering National Laboratories DIGITAL 24-hour voting today at KPRC-TV/CHANNEL 2 SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES Villarreal Added to PVAMU 8 polling locations Melanye Price Men’s Basketball Staff DIGITAL DIGITAL HOUSTON CHRONICLE DIGITAL HOOP DIRT Welcome to Homecoming! Houston, Prairie View A&M PVAMU receives grant to help Jayla Allen, Where Past and Future Collide Launch Program To Close Health protect African American Clem Daniels, THE NEW YORK TIMES Damon Johnson forestland Disparities William “Billy” Nicks HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA & Treasure Smith DEFENDER NETWORK DIGITAL DIGITAL Robbie Tolan Black college football hall of fame DIGITAL & PODCAST DIGITAL & PRINT NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Prairie View A&M at the announces finalists for class of Say Their Name podcast features New PVAMU initiative to forefront fighting against voter Cooperative Extension program 2021 suppression thriving amid pandemic PVAMU alum Robbie Tolan in a improve health of underserved PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME two-part episode communities THE UNDEFEATED AMARILLO GLOBE-NEWS
SAY THEIR NAME DEFENDER NETWORK RADIO & DIGITAL TELEVISION & DIGITAL Kamal Windom, Allun Ward, NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Prairie View A&M Students Pride Houston announces new Combat Voter Suppression By president, executive director & Austin Dikas Prairie View A&M students’ Prairie View A&M, Houston DIGITAL trial against Waller County team up to tackle health disparities Marching To Early Voting Site KTRK-TV/ABC 13 TRB Announces 25 Minority over voting rights begins in 10 underserved communities TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO Student Fellows for 2021 HOUSTON CHRONICLE HOUSTON CHRONICLE THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE
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Ruth Simmons DIGITAL DIGITAL Timothy Sams DIGITAL Eric Fagan NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Anonymous donor gives $10 Bank Of America Gives $1 RADIO & DIGITAL Bringing His Own Legacy To The NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Perspective: I learned early how to million to Prairie View students Million To 21 Different Colleges SUNY Old Westbury Names New Masters Fort Bend, Brazoria, survive racism. Now we all need to impacted by pandemic For Racial Equity President BLEACHER REPORT Montgomery and Galveston
learn how to fight it. THE GRIO BLACK ENTERPRISE WSHU RADIO counties pick leaders DIGITAL THE WASHINGTON POST HOUSTON CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL DIGITAL DIGITAL Cameron Champ leads efforts NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL to establish golf scholarships at Prairie View A&M gets approval Student Freedom Initiative Texas A&M System regents Eric Fagan Prairie View A&M TELEVISION & DIGITAL President Ambar Talks for Ruth J. Simmons Center for Announces Participating HBCUs approve 22 regents professors and COVID-19, Equity in Higher Ed, Race and Justice For Fall 2021 Academic Year regents fellows USA TODAY: GOLF WEEK Fort Bend County elects first Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies, and HOUSTON CHRONICLE BUSINESS WIRE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM African American sheriff since Waking Up at 3:45 a.m. DIGITAL reconstruction era
THE OBERLIN REVIEW NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL DIGITAL DIGITAL New Mack Champ Golf KPRC-TV/CHANNEL 2 Scholarships Established at Prairie View A&M’s new center New Initiative Looks to Reduce Panel Explores Accreditation DIGITAL PVAMU for race and justice aims to Student Debt at Select HBCUs and Role of HBCUs During Eric Fagan How American Campus HBCU BUZZ empower and prepare students to DIVERSE: ISSUES IN HIGHER EDCUATION COVID-19 Crisis TELEVISION & DIGITAL Communities Helped make a difference DIVERSE: ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION Fort Bend County elected first Revolutionize Student Housing DALLAS MORNING NEWS DIGITAL DIGITAL Black sheriff since NAREIT® Student Freedom Initiative TELEVISION & DIGITAL Cameron Champ honors his Reconstruction era DIGITAL Announces Participating HBCUs “Are You Being Tracked Right grandpa in a very personal way KRIV-TV/FOX 26 HOUSTON DIGITAL Bank of America Gives 21 For Fall 2021 Academic Year Now? Probably.” GOLF Prairie View A&M University Higher Education Institutions $1 ASSOCIATED PRESS KPRC-TV/CHANNEL 2 Osie V. Combs Jr. receives $10M from anonymous Million Each as Part of Recently DIGITAL DIGITAL donor Announced $25 Million Jobs Timothy Sams DIGITAL Golfer Cameron Champ donating PVAMU alumnus, retired rear HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL Initiative DIGITAL Champ, Chevron establish to PVAMU golf programs admiral equips pandemic’s BANK OF AMERICA HBCU GAMEDAY frontline fighters TELEVISION & DIGITAL Dr. Timothy E. Sams Appointed scholarships at Prairie View President of SUNY Old Westbury A&M MIT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Anonymous donor gifts $10 DIGITAL DIGITAL SUNY OLD WESTBURY PGA TOUR million to help students at Prairie PVAMU receives $1 million from When Augusta National decides Tyrone Porter View Bank of America for new jobs Timothy Sams Mack Cameron to fund your golf team, possibilities DIGITAL & AUDIO KPRC-TV/CHANNEL 2 initiative abound NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL DIGITAL African American universities BUSINESS WIRE GOLF NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL SUNY Old Westbury picks new Cameron Champ helps fund golf and colleges Black Lives Matter president from Prairie View A&M scholarships at PVAMU while movement. Prairie View A&M gets $10 NEWSDAY honoring his grandfather Eric Fagan AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS million from anonymous donor to NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL aid students during COVID GOLF DIGEST Fagan defeats Nehls in Fort Bend HOUSTON CHRONICLE County sheriff’s race FT. BEND HERALD
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Ken Holley NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Hasem Shahrairi Eddy Carder DIGITAL Gerald D’Souza & DIGITAL Prairie View A&M voter & Danny Harvey TELEVISION & DIGITAL Goldman Sachs HBCU Carolyn Williams Sandia National Laboratories suppression case moves to TELEVISION & DIGITAL News at 5 PM: Legal challenges Possibilities Program Is For TELEVISION & DIGITAL continues to make great strides settlement Election’s impact on your won’t change the outcome of First And Second Year Houston Newsmakers: in diversity of the engineering HOUSTON CHRONICLE family’s finances election HBCU Students Religion, Spirituality and HBCU BUZZ workforce KPRC-TV/CHANNEL 2 KPRC-TV/CHANNEL 2 feeding the hungry
BLACK ENGINEER Ocie Miles KPRC-TV/ CHANNEL 2 TELEVISION & DIGITAL NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL William Hoston Gerald May Lloyd Turner As election stress mounts, classes TELEVISION & DIGITAL News at 10: Local law expert says TELEVISION & DIGITAL DIGITAL take a backseat for Texas college Patience is the key to any President Trump legal challenges English major represents PVAMU Cy-Fair school notebook: New students election, professor says won’t change the outcome of on “Black College Quiz Show” HOUSTON CHRONICLE election HBCU QUIZ BOWL principal chosen for Aragon KPRC-TV/CHANNEL 2 Middle School KPRC-TV/CHANNEL 2 HOUSTON CHRONICLE Melanye Price Future Brown Alexandra Moffett DIGITAL RADIO & DIGITAL NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL TELEVISION & DIGITAL RADIO & DIGITAL Election Day 2020: Cornyn, Opinion: My first time Market Madness: HBCU T.W.E.F. hands out scholarships Possibilities Program How American Campus Crenshaw Fend Off Challenges; HERALD DEMOCRAT to high school graduates and first Communities Helped Houston-Area Incumbents Keep GOLDMAN SACHS year college students virtually!
Revolutionize Student Housing Their Seats KTHX-TV/MY 20 HOUSTON William Hoston HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA: HOUSTON MATTERS & Michael Marshall DIGITAL NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL RADIO & DIGITAL The Isiah Factor Uncensored: Prairie View A&M produces Houston Public Media’s Town Presidential election wrap-up young politicians Square: Election Results – KRIV-TV/FOX 26 HOUSTON HOUSTON CHRONICLE Reactions, Implications and Predictions Michael Marshall RADIO & DIGITAL HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA: TOWN SQUARE TELEVISION & DIGITAL ‘The Meanest, Dirtiest, Low-down KTBC – Fox 7 Austin: Prairie Stuff’; Texas, The State Of Voter Tabitha Morton View A&M professor talks NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Suppression about Election Day TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO: TEXAS MATTERS Opinion: Joy Sewing: Kamala KTBC-TV/FOX 7 AUSTIN Harris makes history as first TELEVISION & DIGITAL Black woman, South Asian elected VP Prairie View City Council candidates address voter access for HOUSTON CHRONICLE Prairie View A&M students
KAGS-TV
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Ruth Simmons DIGITAL DIGITAL TELEVISION & DIGITAL DIGITAL DIGITAL DIGITAL College giving enriches next Philanthropist MacKenzie Prairie View A&M gets $50 Microsoft: The acceleration of 3 Austin-area charities part of The History of Blacks in generation: Editorial Scott Single-Handedly Shatters million donation, largest in hybrid learning for higher-ed famed philanthropist’s $4 billion Education: HBCUs and PWIs MASSLIVE.COM All-Time HBCU Philanthropy the university’s history, from students and faculty endowment
THE HISTORYMAKERS Support Record With More Than philanthropist MacKenzie Scott MARKETSCREENER CULTURE MAP - AUSTIN DIGITAL $500 Million in Donations KTRK-TV DIGITAL DIGITAL What HBCUs with ABET- HBCU DIGEST Ruth Simmons DIGITAL NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL accredited programs plan to do MacKenzie Scott, Ex-Wife of Jeff Philanthropist Mackenzie Scott DIGITAL ‘I Was Stunned’; Big Gifts to with their record-breaking gifts Two Texas universities that serve Bezos, Pledges Millions to HBCUs gifts historic $50 million to Donor Announces Landmark students of color receive multi- in Latest Round of Philanthropy Houston-area university Small Colleges From an US BLACK ENGINEER Unexpected Source $50 Million Gift To Prairie View million-dollar donations from NEWSONE CULTURE MAP - HOUSTON A&M University philanthropist MacKenzie Scott THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL DIGITAL DIGITAL Public access to Legislature up in YAHOO! FINANCE TEXAS TRIBUNE RADIO & DIGITAL the air Prairie View A&M University Donor Announces Landmark DIGITAL RADIO & DIGITAL Receives $50 Million Gift, Largest $50 Million Gift To Prairie View What The Biden Administration BROWNWOOD BULLETIN Might Mean For The Houston Amazon Billionaire MacKenzie 2 Texas Universities That Serve in School History A&M University Students of Color Receive Economy Dennis Daniels, Scott Donated $4 Billion to BLACK ENTERPRISE.COM THE BANNER PRESS Charities and Schools Since Multimillion-Dollar Donations HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA Harriet Block, Pandemic Began From Philanthropist MacKenzie TELEVISION & DIGITAL TELEVISION & DIGITAL & Cynthia Horn Scott MAGAZINE & DIGITAL RADIO & DIGITAL COMPLEX $50M gift to Prairie View A&M MacKenzie Scott gives $4.1 billion HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA Prairie View A&M University considered game-changer for to charities including Dallas In the Middle with Ashley Moss DIGITAL Receives the Largest Donation in HBCU YMCA, Prairie View A&M TEXAS METRO NEWS DIGITAL Its 144-Year History Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott KHOU-TV KDFW-TV/FOX4NEWS.COM gives $50M to Prairie View A&M MacKenzie Scott Gives Away $4.2 HOUSTON STYLE MAGAZINE DIGITAL University, among other local gifts Billion, and Colleges Rejoice DIGITAL DIGITAL Houston’s business leaders DIGITAL HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL INSIDE HIGHER ED PENTA: MacKenzie Scott Sets MacKenzie Scott Donates $4.2 embrace The Great Pivot Should Ivy League Schools New Standard of Philanthropy Billion to 384 Organizations, HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL DIGITAL DIGITAL With Additional $4.2 Billion Gifts Moves MORE Millions to Randomly Select Students (At MacKenzie Scott, the Amazon ‘I was stunned’ | Prairie View BARRON HBCUs Least for a Little While)? DIGITAL billionaire, is giving away $1 A&M University receives $50 BOSSIP THE NEW YORK TIMES 384 Ways to Help billion a month to charity million gift from MacKenzie Scott DIGITAL MAGAZINE & DIGITAL NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL MEDIUM VOX KHOU.COM MacKenzie Scott Donates Texas universities, nonprofits MILLIONS to HBCUs! The $60 Billion Dollar Woman NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL surprised by more than $100 THE REAL Gives $50 Million to Prairie View, million in gifts Prairie View A&M University Another Huge Gift to Houston gets $50M from MacKenzie Scott, YMCA DALLAS MORNING NEWS largest in its history PAPER CITY MAGAZINE
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
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DIGITAL MAGAZINE & DIGITAL DIGITAL $50 Million Gift Awarded to 7 Things to Know About Limited fans, limited views to start Prairie View A&M University MacKenzie Scott, the Woman new year on PGA Tour
I MESSENGER Who Has Donated 6 Billion ASSOCIATED PRESS Dollars in 2020
NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL VOGUE MAGAZINE & DIGITAL $50 Million Gift Awarded to Cameron Champ knows he has Prairie View A&M University NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL power — and he’s starting to use it
TEXAS METRO NEWS Opinion: MacKenzie Scott’s GOLF MAGAZINE $6 Billion gifts aren’t handouts. DIGITAL They’re investments in people and NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL The Least for These Who Want It opportunities. Diversity in Golf: Gen Z Sees Most DALLAS MORNING NEWS Changes Ahead for the Future of
HOSPITALITY CAREER NETWORK Golf DIGITAL JACKSONVILLE FREE PRESS NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Christmas Comes Early for a Large Groups of HBCUs MacKenzie Scott’s billionaire Student Freedom Initiative THE WASHINGTON POST philanthropy proves we need a THE JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER DIGITAL EDUCATION proper taxation system Billionaire Robert F. Smith Aims THE INDEPENDENT (UK) NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL to Ease HBCU Student Loan Debt TEXAS METRO NEWS NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL HOUSTON DEFENDER 2020 Robbie Tolan Nabil Ouassini Melanye Price Year in Review: Top Local and NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL DIGITAL RADIO & DIGITAL Opinion: MacKenzie Scott’s $5.8 State stories billion commitment to justice is a Sports: The Black baseball AIIS Announces its 2021-22 The Year in Race and Social model for other donors THE DEFENDER NETWORK prospect, the police shooting and Fellowship Recipients Justice the club he never wanted to join AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INDIAN STUDIES HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA HOUSTON CHRONCILE Cameron Champ THE WASHINGTON POST NEWSPAPER/DIGITAL DIGITAL RADIO & DIGITAL Eddy Carder Champ Launches HBCU Golf Travis Scott TELEVISION 1,000 inspiring Black scientists in MacKenzie Scott (Bezos) Donates Scholarship DIGITAL President Donald Trump considers America $5 Million to The Heart of Texas THE SACAMENTO OBSERVER Travis Scott Launches His Own pardoning 3 of his children, THE CELL’S CROSSTALK Goodwill Cactus Jack Foundation possibly himself KLTD-FM/K-ROCK 101.7 (KILLEEN) CABLE CELEBRITY NET WORTH KRIV-TV/FOX 26 DIGITAL The 21 Historically Black NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Professional Golfers’ Association Tour pledges $500,000 donation to Patricia Hoffman-Miller Universities That Awarded Opinion: Hensley: The Melanye Price Doctoral Degrees in 2019 HBCUs & Tyrone Tanner DIGITAL extravagant generosity of THE JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER GOLF CHANNEL TELEVISION & DIGITAL MacKenzie Scott Commentary: It’s time for EDUCATION Houston-area school districts see progressive white women to do AMARILLO GLOBE-NEWS troubling failure rates for first more for racial equality
grading period FORTUNE MAGAZINE
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Ivy Walls DIGITAL Lawrence Johnson Jada Johnson Brian Rowland, Brian Rowland NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Prairie View teams keep playing TELEVISION & DIGITAL DIGITAL Kendric D. Jones, TELEVISION & DIGITAL Meet the young farmer fighting despite uncertain budget during Long-serving local attorney Miss PVAMU shares her Nathan G. Alexander Election 2020 Finals: How counties south Houston’s food desert pandemic succumbs to COVID-19 Friday experience as a Black woman in TELEVISION & DIGITAL in the Brazos Valley voted CHRON.COM THE UNDEFEATED KWTX-TV leadership Prairie View elects youngest city KAGS-TV MY BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL council in Texas, Waller Co. elects NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Quinton Bell Angela youngest county commissioner DIGITAL Signing Day: Pair of Lamar Richardson-Woods Langston Ellis KAGS-TV football standouts sign with Prairie HBCU alumni, Bucs players give NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL RADIO & DIGITAL View A&M University back with My Cause, My Cleats Angela Richardson-Woods is the Brothers In Arms to host HOUSTON CHRONICLE HBCU GAMEDAY first Black woman to serve on Inaugural Celebrity Golf McKinney City Council Tournament in partnership with DIGITAL Vernita B. Harris DALLAS MORNING NEWS the Insperity Invitational & Beatrice Moore US Black Engineer: Dow invests SPORTS RADIO 610 NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL more than $5M to enhance the Jerome Tinker Our 10 favorite cookbooks STEM talent pipeline at ABET- NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Ceion Scott & in 2020 accredited HBCUs Jerome Tinker, PVAMU Master Yasmine Duhe US BLACK ENGINEER TELEVISION & DIGITAL HOUSTON CHRONICLE: FOOD & CULTURE of Community Development grad, named Executive Director First-time voters discuss what Melanye Price, Sandra Bland of The Jackson State University voting in the 2020 election means Ruth Simmons, Nathan DIGITAL Development Foundation to them Alexander III, Senfronia ‘My Baby Did Not Take Herself JACKSON FREE PRESS KAGS-TV Thompson, James White Out’: Friends, Family Share Stories NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL PEOPLE MAGAZINE Alise Maxie Austin Dikas, Allun Ward, DIGITAL HBCUs produced Kamala Harris & Kamal Windom DIGITAL — and most of Houston’s Black Eric Fagan HRC Foundation Announces elected officials NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL Class of 2021 Youth Ambassadors 2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Many
HOUSTON CHRONICLE County to have ‘virtual’ swearing- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN Opportunities to Hear from in ceremony Minority Student Fellows
DIGITAL FORT BEND HERALD TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD Jackson State’s Ashley Robinson is on a mission to return Tigers to Tony Russell Frederick their glory days “Charles” Brown DIGITAL & AUDIO NEWSPAPER & DIGITAL THE UNDEFEATED Life After High School: The Pine Bluff a stop on singer’s way to College Intern fame GARY VAYNERCHUCK
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT GAZETTE
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