After deciding to shut down at the end of May, the Holy Names University (HNU) Board of Trustees has just sold the 58-acre campus in the...
The community-wide demand to save HNU is growing stronger and more organized. A new coalition, “Reclaim Holy Names,” was scheduled to hold an online town hall...
Leaving many students, faculty and Oakland residents feeling betrayed, Holy Names University’s leadership is aggressively moving ahead with plans to sell the 60-acre campus in the...
In a time when many pre-teen antics are uploaded to TikTok and Instagram, a video out of Vallejo shared on social media last year holds something...
By Katy St. Clair Bay City News In a time when many pre-teen antics are uploaded to TikTok and Instagram, a video out of Vallejo shared...
In the wake of Holy Names University’s sudden announcement that it will close the institution at the end of the semester and sell the 60-acre Oakland...
As Oakland Leaders who hold the well-being and educational needs of Oakland residents to the highest priority, we respectfully request your collaboration with the City of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In part II here, we discuss what happened concerning desegregation at Southern Methodist University (SMU) after the first five Black Perkins School of...
The Huntington News, the Northeastern University independent newspaper, quoted Meena Ramakrishnan, a 2013 Northeastern graduate who obtained a master’s degree from Mills in 2022. “It is...
BST President Dr. James Brenneman stated “This endowed chair in Dr. Smith’s name is part of the establishment of a new Center for Truth, Racial Healing...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — U.S. Army retired Lt. Gen. Darrell K. Williams, a 1983 graduate of Hampton University, currently serves as vice president and managing director of...
Earlier this month, there were bomb threats at approximately eight historically Black colleges across the country: Spelman College in Atlanta; Howard University in Washington, D.C.; the...
We are part of a university that led the Free Speech Movement, a university that didn’t back down from a fight for justice, a university that,...
While it was announced as Item G-1 of the 10/14/2021 Budget and Finance Committee Meeting, no documents were ever posted and, at the meeting, the Committee...
Jerry Wayne Varnado, who passed away on Sept. 8, 2021, was a leader of the most successful and long-lasting student strike in the history of U.S....
Mills College in Oakland is merging with Northeastern University following approval Tuesday by the Mills College board of trustees.
Oakland’s beloved educator and artist Kev Choice will serve as the online keynote speaker for Black Laney Love Day on August 18.
Mills College began formal talks to merge with Northeastern in June. In March, the college had said “mounting financial challenges” meant it would most likely close...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "The Seminary's ties to slavery are a part of our story," Barnes stated. "It is important to acknowledge that our founders were entangled...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There is simply no question that these funds are a good investment. The money provided through the FUTURE Act helps to train the...