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Due to the incoming inclement weather that Pine Bluff, Arkansas has received, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Women's Day program that was schedule for Wednesday, March 4, 2015 featuring Fisk University Poet Nikki Giovanni as keynote speaker has been postponed until further notice.

For information about the rescheduling of this event, please visit www.uapb.edu for updates.

Introducing the D.J's Music Site HBCU Campaign's HBCU Marching Band "Celebration" month.

In promotion of HBCU Marching Bands and our HBCU Featured Calendar each year, in march will be HBCU Campaign HBCU Band "Celebration" month.

During this month, the HBCU Campaign will introduce you to the baddest HBCU marching bands in the nation. They'll be introduced through their history, current and pass band directors and student members, throwback and current pictures,and videos of performances.

The bands will be showcased on our website and through our social media accounts.

You can help contribute to the HBCU Campaign's HBCU Band celebration month by submitting any of the following listed above and any of the following listed below:

- Band's name.
- Current Band Director name.
- A short bio of the band. (if you can tell us a little more about your band)
- Video of the band performing.

Submission will be accepted here throughout the month of march. There is no deadline.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fl. - Bethune-Cookman University President Dr. Edison O. Jackson is expected to speak publicly  this morning after three students suffered non-life threatening injuries on Monday after a shooting on campus.

The person who opened fire on the Daytona Beach campus remains on the run this morning.

Jackson will speaking during a town hall meeting at 10:30 a.m. at the university's Performing Arts Center on campus.

"Our public-safety officers responded swiftly to secure the campus and we are grateful that the injuries sustained by our students were non-life threatening," said Jackson in a statement. "As a community we will gather to remind our student of the importance of upholding the core values on which this university was built."

The students were treated at local hospitals and have recently been released.

The incident happened in a parking lot that separates the music building from the football team's practice field, university spokeswomen Beverly James stated. The shooting happened around 6:40pm Monday night.

It's not clear how and what led the shooting. Anyone with information is asked to please call Crimestoppers of Volusia County at 888-277-8477

The HBCU Campaign team thoughts and prayers are with our Supported school campus. Stay tuned with the HBCU Campaign team as this story continues to develop.

I Am... Mitzi Miller, a New York native. I am a best-selling author and award-winning journalist. After graduating with an Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Florida A&M University in 1997, I began my career at Honey magazine, where I grew from intern to entertainment editor. I later became a associate relationship editor at Jane magazine and the editor-in-chief at SET magazine.

I've co-wrote five popular books over the past decade: The Vow: A Novel; The Angry Black Women's Guide to Life; and the three-title Hotlanta young adult series. I am a frequent public speaker, where I delivered the keynote address at the 2011 FAMU Homecoming Convocation, the 2012 National Black MBA Association's annual conference, the 2013 Sears/Kmart Black History Month Event and most recently at the Clayton State University Annual Student Leadership Conference.

In April 2014, I became editor-in-chief of EBONY magazine, prior to that, I was editor-in-chief of JET magazine since May 2011. These positions named me the only individual other than the company founder John H. Johnson to hold both prestigious editorial positions. In January 2015, came the success of the movie "With This Ring," aired on Lifetime Network, which is based off the 2006 book that I co-wrote, "The Vow."

My recognition includes being Florida A&M University's 125 Outstanding Alumni of the Quasquicentennial, The Root 100 honorees for 2013 and 2014, and Crain's Chicago Business Magazine's 2011 40 under 40 roster. In February 2014, I step down as editor-in-chief of EBONY magazine to start a new chapter of my life to pursue writing for television and film.

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CHESTER COUNTY, Pa.- Lincoln University, a historically black college & university outside Philadelphia is investigating after someone racially spray-painted Lincoln N*gger University" which was discovered on a sign at an entrance on the campus, according to source.

Lincoln University says campus public safety officers discovered the vandalism at 1:50 a.m. Thursday and immediately took steps to correct the damage and it has been removed.

Acting president Valerie Harrison called the graffiti a display of ignorance and hatred and said in a letter to students that it's a sober reminder of hatred and intimidation past generations overcame.

Harrison says the university will put measures in place to minimize opportunities for defacing property on it campus about 45 miles west of Philadelphia.

She told Lincoln's 2,500 students they shouldn't be distracted by "the cowardly acts of others" or act out in a manner inconsistent with the state-related university's values.

Lincoln University was founded in 1854 to provide educational opportunities for African-Americans. It was the first degree-granting historically black college and university in the United States.

I Am... Tom Joyner, born on November 23, 1949, in Tuskegee, Alabama, the son of Frances and Hercules L. Joyner. I came from an educated family, my grandfather was one of 3,000 black physicians in the United States, earning a degree in medicine in 1909. Both of my parents were graduates of HBCUs, me and my brother Albert attended Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University).

While at Tuskegee, I joined the fraternity Omega Psi Phi and was involved with the college radio station. I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Sociology in 1978. After graduation, I began my broadcasting career in Montgomery, Alabama, and worked at a number of radio stations in Memphis and St. Louis, before moving to Chicago in 1978. In Chicago, I first worked at WVON, doing the morning show, but left the station after only three months to work at WBMX-FM.

By July 1978, I was hired by Charles Mootry, general manager of station WJPC (AM) (now WNTD). This station, named for "Johnson Publishing Company," was named by John H. Johnson, owner of black magazines, Jet and Ebony. In 1985, I was simultaneously offered two positions: one for a morning show at KKDA-FM (K104) in Dallas and one for an afternoon show at WGCI-FM in Chicago. Instead of choosing one, I end up taking both jobs, and for eight years, I commuted daily by plane between cities, earning the nickname "The Fly Jock". In 1994, I was signed by ABC Radio Networks to host a nationally syndicated program, The Tom Joyner Morning Show.

I also founded The Tom Joyner Foundation, which has provided financial assistance to students at HBCUs. Since 1998, it has raised more than $60 million to help keep students enrolled in HBCUs. In 1998, I was the first African American to be inducted into The National Radio Hall of Fame.

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. - This summer semester of the 2015-2016 academic year, students from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will be able to study abroad in China as part of an agreement between the Chinese government and a list of other Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

As a member of the HBCU-China Scholarship Network, UAPB will provide scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students for enrollment at any one of 25 universities participating in the program. Scholarships will cover periods ranging from four weeks to two years.

"To our knowledge, this is the first time a major foreign government has extended scholarship opportunities to students at HBCU institutions," Dr. Pamela Moore, associate director of the office of International Programs at UAPB, said.

According to UAPB, the full scholarships will include tuition and room and board, while the students are responsible for international airfare, visa fees, travel insurance and spending money while in China.

A pilot group of thirteen UAPB students (pictured above) is tentatively scheduled to study in China for the Summer 2015 semester. To be eligible for the scholarships, students must complete a humanities course entitled "Introduction to Chinese Culture."

A three-week online orientation administered by the HBCU-China Scholarship Network designed to teach students about the basics of living and studying abroad in China will be incorporated into the new course. And the student was recruited by a committee of professors and chair person of different departments.

The Introduction to Chinese Culture course, which is sponsored by the English department and will be offered yearly at UAPB.

"We anticipate developing a foreign language program in Mandarin Chinese so that students can continue to strengthen their language skills after they return from their first experience abroad in China," Dr. Lorenz (Chair of the Department of English, Theatre and Mass Communication) said. "As China is an emerging global economic power, mastering Mandarin Chinese can open doors to global opportunity for our students."

"This is an awesome opportunity for our students," Dr. Laurence B. Alexander (UAPB Chancellor), said. "The scholarship will enable our students to be prepared for a global society."

ORANGEBURG, SC. - According to Legislatures, S.C. State University would not hold classes or athletics events for the next two years under a plan approved by an S.C. House budget panel Tuesday.

The plan is to give the financially troubled school a "clean slate," calls for closing of S.C. State in July and firing its trustees, administrators, faculty and staff.

 The school would reopen under new leadership in Fall of 2017. The 3,000 students at the state's only historically black public college could get state scholarships to attend other S.C. public colleges or any historically black university.

The Orangeburg school has a $10 million deficit owed to food and maintenance vendors. Its enrollment also has dropped by more than a third since 2007 and just 14 percent of its students graduate within four years.

The proposal approved Tuesday is along shot to pass the Legislature.

Suspending operations at S.C. State would require the proposal pass the full House and the state Senate, where the college has powerful advocates, including Senate President Pro Tempore Hugh Leatherman.

"We are looking at a bankrupt institution," said state Rep. Jim Merrill, the Berkeley Republican who heads the panel that recommended suspending operations at S.C. State. "No one takes any pleasure in recommending this."

The Florence Republican is the architect of an ongoing recovery plan for financially troubled S.C. State. The plan included forming a panel of current and former S.C. College presidents to advise the school. That panel recommended a $12 million bailout of the school, approved late last year. S.C. State also received a $6 million loan from state budget leaders last year.

The House panel's proposal does not address how the state would cover the costs of closing S.C. State temporarily, including paying off an estimated $100 million in bonded debt that the school owes.

There is a question about if some S.C. State students might be left without a new school if the Orangeburg school suspended its operations. Even with state scholarships, some students might not qualify academically for admission to other schools.

Even if the proposal to suspend operations fails in the Legislature, S.C. State is being damaged by it, school president Thomas Elzey said Tuesday.

"It's damaging our ability to attract students and damaging our ability to raise money," Elzey said according to 'The State' news. "It's creating a problem for the university in the message that it sends."

S.C. State's accreditation is on probation because of its financial, accounting and governance issues. If the operations were to be suspended, S.C. State would lose its accreditation by SACS. It would also take two years for S.C. State to restore accreditation after its reopening. It would leave students hard to receive financial aid, due to students cannot receive it at unaccredited schools.

Also if the school is focus to close, it would close for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years. Students would be only be able to scholarships to attend other state public colleges or other historically black schools if they keep a 2.5 gpa.

The state would also fire school administrators, trustees, faculty and state under the proposal. Some employees at the Orangburg school could reapply for their jobs when the school reopened, said state Rep. Phillip Lowe. The school employs about 1,000.

The panel of current and former state college presidents currently advising that S.C. State would develop a plan to reopen the school by Jan. 1, 2017, and state the process of hiring new leadership and faculty.

Budget panel member states S.C. State president Elzey has not done enough to turn around the school's financial fortunes since arriving in mid-2013 from The Citadel. He arrived in Orangeburg as lawmakers were replacing almost the entire S.C. State Board of Trustees

The school tweeted from its official Twitter account the phone numbers of the S.C. House and governor's office, asking supporters to help fight the budget proposal.

"The university is encouraging all students, alumni, supports and parents to remain calm," the school tweeted. "The proviso is simply a recommendation."

The D.J's Music Site HBCU Campaign mission is to campaign to 'Keep HBCUs Alive.' We would love to help in any way we can to save S.C. State. Make sure you help support to #KeepSCStateAlive and save it Historically. If you know any ways we can save S.C. State to avoid operations from getting suspended, please don't hesitate to e-mail us at support@hbcucampaign.org.

S.C. State students and supporters tweets '#KillTheBillSCSTATE' in support of an social media protest in saving S.C. State.

I Am... Isaac Fisher, who was an African-American educator. Born on November 2, 1877, in East Carroll Parish, LA, I graduated from Tuskegee Institute. I succeeded Joseph Carter Corbin as principal of Branch Normal College (now University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff), from 1902 to 1911 at the age of 25. I was selected by the schools trustees on the recommendation of my friend and mentor Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee Institute. During my tenure, the school concentrated on elementary and secondary education of students. I also taught at Fisk University and Hampton Institute.

I believed, as my mentor Booker T. Washington, in industrial education for African Americans. I am honored by the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, with an hall at the Harrold Complex Dormitory named after me name Fisher Hall, whose currently house female students.

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I Am... Keshia Knight Pulliam, who is an American actress. I am best known for my childhood role as Rudy Huxtable, the youngest child of Cliff and Clair Huxtable on the NBC sitcom, The Cosby Show. In 1986, I became the youngest actress to be nominated for an Emmy Award, receiving a nomination at the age of six for supporting actress.

I made my professional debut in at nine months old, when I was in a national print advertisement for Johnson & Johnson baby products. I continued working, appearing in television commercials and TV shows, and making my feature-film debut in "The Last Dragon" (1985), all before turning five years-old. At the age of three, I played "Keshia" on Sesame Street. I rank # 19 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars".

I attended Spelman College, where I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology in 2001. While at Spelman, I became a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. In 2002, I won the celebrity version of Fear Factor, as well as The Weakest Link, and participated in Celebrity Mole 2: Yucatan. In 2005, I played Darnelle in Beauty Shop with Queen Latifah.

In 2008, I joined the cast of Tyler Perry's House of Payne as Miranda, the role earned me a 2009 & 2010 NCAAP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. In 2013, I was a contestant on the ABC celebrity diving show Splash.

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I Am...Terrance Jenkins, better known as Terrance J. I am an American actor and television personality from Queens, New York. I am best known as one of the hosts of BET's show 106 & Park from 2006 until 2012.

I attended North Carolina A&T State University. While at NCAT, I served as SGA President and was a DJ for North Carolina A&T's radio Station WNAA. I was initiated into the Mu Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi in Spring 2004. After graduating from NCAT in 2004 with a degree in Mass Communication. I worked in the diversity office of a sports company in Daytona Beach, Florida until I audition for BET's 106 & Park in 2005.

Since then, I have started my acting career and appeared in several movies. I am a co-anchor for E! News.

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I Am... Ronald McNair, who was a physicist and NASA astronaut. In 1971, I received a bachelor's degree in engineering physics with magna cum laude from North Carolina A&T State University. And in 1976, I received a Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I've received three honorary doctorates. I died during a lunch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STL-51-L. I was 35-years-old.

Ronald McNair remains honored in HBCUs with the McNair Scholars Program, which is a federal TRIO program funded at 200 institutions across the United States and Puerto Rico by the U.S. Department of Education. It is design to prepare undergraduate students for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities. McNair participant are either first-generation college student with financial need, or members of a group that it traditionally underrepresented in graduate education and have demonstrated strong academic potential.

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Every week, the D.J's Music Site HBCU Campaign will work to recognize Historically Black Campus Royalty of our fellow men who are representing as campus kings on their campus. Each week, we will introduce you to an campus king which either the main king or a class king.

Lately, this has been going on our Instagram BUT now we has decided to bring it to our forum every week for press release to be read.

Interested kings can e-mail us their bio and a picture to support@hbcucampaign.org or DM to us on Instagram. You can go onto our Instagram account (@HBCUCampaign) and nominate your campus king by tagging them in our post about #HBCUKings.

This week king that we are recognizing, is Mr. Dillard University - Lyndon Catalon, Jr. (@lyndonbjohnson).

Mr. Catalan is an 21-year-old from Hayward, California (Bay Area) representing the prestigious institution of Dillard University as Mister Dillard University. Mr. Catalan is studying Mechanical Engineering and Physics and is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. through the Beta Phi Chapter. After graduation, he plans on attending either Columbia University in New York or Stanford University to obtain a masters degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Mr. Catalan lives by the bible scripture, "I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me."

Thank you Mr. Catalan for letting us recognize and share your excellence as Mr. Dillard University.

Student Profile:

D'Andrael Ware - Junior - Biology Education major, Sociology minor

I am D'Andrael Ware, a Junior Biology Education major with a minor in Sociology from Tulsa, OK. Since Ms. Ware enter college at Langston University "ready" to be an student leader. She has been A STEM Summerbridge Participant, a 2012 CRAB in the Langston University Marching Band, a member of Pre-Alumni Council, a member of Distinguished Black Women, A Langston University Ambassador, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Beta Epsilon Chapter Miss Blue and White 2013-2014, SGA Public Relations 2014-2015, and now a 2015 Brad Henry Scholar. With this HBCU being close to home and another pro was also that I received the McCabe Scholarship (full ride academic scholarship).

Since Ware has been attending Langston, shes come to like the community and history. Langston is located in a small Historical black town and "we" all we got. Ware loves the country feeling.

Ware loves her HBCU, It's her passport to the word! After college, Ware plans to go into the Peace Corps teaching.

We wish Ms. Ware the best of luck in her future endeavors!

Continue to celebrate Langston University as our January 2015 HBCU of the Month school all #JanuaryLU long!

Visit Langston's HBCU of the Month school honoree page - www.hbcucampaign.org/langstonu

If you are an current Langston University student and would like to be showcased in our Student Profile section during the month of January. Send us your name, major, a short bio of you, your experience(s) at the institution, why you decided to attend the institution, what you like about attending it, your future plans after graduation and a picture to use to support@hbcucampaign.org.