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HBCUs are more than an academic experience. They’re a lifestyle, the HBCU Lifestyle! In this podcast we’ll bring you news and interviews from around the HBCU Nation.
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Sunday Jan 31, 2016
Sunday Jan 31, 2016
HBCU Lifestyle has become strong and resource for life at HBCUs so we turned to our fearless leader Garrick Gibson for this podcast. Also, we find out about board games with an urban twist. Finally, the Kresge Foundation pays the HBCU Lifestyle Podcast a visit to talk about their groundbreaking HBCU Initiative.
HBCU LIFESTYLE’S GARRICK GIBSON
What was behind the founding of HBCU Lifestyle? What’s in store for 2016? Garrick Gibson, the co-founder of the site, visits the podcast to talk about the mission of HBCULifestyle.com. He also talks about audience feedback as well as what he has planned for this year.
Garrick is an HBCU legacy. Like his father Richard, who is the site’s co-founder, Garrick graduated from Florida A&M. Garrick’s son is a student at FAMU, and both Garrick’s mother and wife are alumnae of Tuskegee.
About the HBCU Lifestyle family
JUST PLAY ENTERTAINMENT
Leia Avery wants to bring people together with fun. That is why the alumna of Tennessee State created a series of board games with her company Just Play Entertainment. Leia talks about her coming from a tradition of entrepreneurship and even gives a sample of a game.
Find your favorite game from Just Play Entertainment
THE KRESGE FOUNDATION
From 2000 to 2005, the Kresge Foundation embarked on an unprecedented mission to help HBCUs with their advancement operations. The ambitious HBCU Initiative awarded five institutions grants and resources to build their advancement offices. Those institutions were Bethune-Cookman, Dillard, Johnson C. Smith, Meharry, and Xavier. Bill Moses, the managing director of Kresge’s education division joins the HBCU Lifestyle Podcast to talk about how those campuses benefited from the resources and training.
Tuesday Jan 05, 2016
Tuesday Jan 05, 2016
To begin 2016, we brought back an HBCU Lifestyle contributor to talk about a very important issue. Dr. Larry Walker returns to the podcast for a three-part conversation about mental health among HBCU students particularly black males.
Part 1
Dr. Walker begins the podcast by talking about the overall mental health landscape among college students across the country, especially among high-achieving students at highly recognized colleges and universities.
Part 2
We turn our attention to Dr. Walker’s blog “Combating Mental Health Stereotypes Among Black Men”. The podcast conversation even turns to a part of the blog that suggests HBCUs should start including mental health information at homecomings as a way to spread awareness. Finally, we discuss what happens when a black male feels like an outsider at an HBCU.
Part 3
The podcast interview wraps up with suggestions for resources including using campus peer groups as safe havens for students who seek mental health support. Finally, Dr. Walker responds to thoughts that can affect an HBCU student’s mental health.
- Follow Dr. Larry Walker on Twitter
- Dr. Walker’s EBONY op-ed: “Black Men and Mental Illness Can Be a Barbershop Conversation, Too”
- Episode 25 of the HBCU Lifestyle Podcast featuring Dr. Walker on how HBCUs and Hispanic Serving Institutions can aid incarcerated youth
Tuesday Dec 08, 2015
Tuesday Dec 08, 2015
What was behind the Gallup survey that revealed black HBCU alumni’s satisfaction with their alma maters versus black alumni of other institutions? We also get tips and insight about how alumni associations can raise money effectively for their alma maters.
FUNDRAISING TIPS FOR ALUMNI ASSOCATIONS
Many alumni associations want to do right by their alma maters and raise much-needed funds, but many may not know which steps to take for fundraising success. Halima Leak Francis, a charitable giving professional, visits the podcast to provide tips for alumni to get the most out of association members. She also provides insight about how to make fundraising effective.
Halima has done fundraising for close to 15 years in higher education and the non-profit sector. She is also a consultant as well as a Ph.D. candidate whose research focuses on fundraising capacity building at HBCUs. She publishes the blog “Write to Bear Alms” and graduated from Hampton University.
Follow Halima on Twitter @HLeak.
HAPPY HBCU ALUMNI
Gallup produced a survey that went viral around the HBCU community in October 2015. The survey suggested that black alumni of HBCUs experienced greater well-being from their college experiences than their black counterparts from other colleges and universities. Brandon Busteed of Gallup visits the podcast to discuss why the survey was conducted and expand on what the results mean for higher education as a whole.
Brandon is Gallup’s executive director for Workforce and Development. To read about more of Gallup’s research about the connection between college graduates’ well-being and their college experiences, visit Gallup’s web site.
Follow Brandon on Twitter @BrandonBusteed.
Monday Nov 02, 2015
Monday Nov 02, 2015
Two HBCU alumni spend time on the podcast helping alumni two social issues that affect African Americans.
UNDERSTANDING FAIR HOUSING
Jeffrey May, a fair housing professional and advocate, pays the HBCU Lifestyle Podcast a visit to give insight about citizens’ rights. The assistant director of National Neighbors gives an understanding of the Fair Housing Act and he also talks about how housing discrimination adversely affects people of color. National Neighbors is a program of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.
A national expert on fair housing planning and affordable housing, May is also the former executive director of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center. He earned his B.A. in Sociology from Southern University at New Orleans.
Contact Jeffrey HERE. and learn more about the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.
THE UNKNOWN WORLD OF SOCIAL WORK
When many of us think about the field of social work, we think of crowded offices of cases workers talking to “hard luck case” citizens. Cassandra Smith, a licensed clinical social worker, blows that stereotype up during her discussion with the HBCU Lifestyle Podcast about the many dimensions of the field. She also gives insight about why the field is so important to African Americans and why it is a successful academic program at many HBCUs.
Smith is the executive director and clinical program director of OPS Family Care. She is also a professor of Social Work at Southern University at New Orleans. She is an alumna of Clark Atlanta.
Tuesday Oct 06, 2015
Tuesday Oct 06, 2015
It's fall and that means HBCU football. Kenn Rashad returns to talk
about teams to look out for on Episode 26. We also take a look at
alternative methods of raising money for It’s fall and that means HBCU football. Kenn Rashad returns to talk
about teams to look out for on Episode 26. We also take a look at
alternative methods of raising money for HBCUs.
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How We Live: Fortifying HBCUs’ Endowments Through Life Insurance
Financial services professional and Philander Smith alumnus Elliot J.
Ricks pays the podcast a visit to explain how college alumni use life
insurance policies to support their alma maters. Elliot also explains
why life insurance has historically been two bad words in Black America,
and why he says, “No more chicken dinners.”
Connect with Elliot here.
Quotes for Education
Allstate has teamed up with the Tom Joyner Foundation to help HBCU students achieve their dreams of earning college degrees. Cheryl Harris, an Allstate spokesperson and a Florida A&M alumna, talks about the Quotes for Education program on the podcast. She also shares why her HBCU experience was so special and helped her achieve success as a business woman and community servant.
HBCU Sports with Kenn Rashad
Which HBCU football program will shine this season? Which small colleges have athletics programs to watch? Which bands are the best in the land on HBCU Sports? Kenn returns to the podcast to give his impressions and he even gives a preview of how the upcoming basketball season may look.
Monday Aug 31, 2015
Monday Aug 31, 2015
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How We Live: Claflinite Dennis Richmond, Jr.
Although he grew up in Yonkers, Dennis Richmond, Jr. knew he wanted to attend an HBCU and his home became Claflin University. Richmond talks about making the transition from New York to South Carolina, his role as a student leader and, most importantly, his passion for promoting HBCU life.
Connect with Dennis on Twitter @NewYorkStakz.
Jarvis Christian’s Criminal Justice Program Best In Texas
The best academic program in Criminal Justice is in Hawkins, Tex. at Jarvis Christian College. The college earned the honor from CorrectionalOfficer.org, a web site that promotes careers in criminal justice. Calvin Lester, Jr., Jarvis’s lead professor of Criminal Justice, talks about the program’s success.
Lester is an alumnus of Southern and the Southern University Law Center. Connect with him on Twitter at @CalvinBenLester.
Dr. Larry J. Walker
In his op-ed for Diverse Issues in Education, Dr. Larry J. Walker makes a case for HBCUs and Hispanic Serving Institutions to be the places to help incarcerated youth put their lives back together. He discusses his piece “HBCUs, HSIs Equipped to Aid Incarcerated Youth” and the shifting political landscape that inspired it.
Dr. Walker is an educational consultant whose research examines the impact environmental factors have on the academic performance and social emotional functioning of students from HBCUs. His work has also been published in the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Minority Serving Institutions. He is the co-editor of a book on graduate education at HBCUs, a former Congressional Fellow with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and Legislative Director for former Congressman Major R. Owens. During Dr. Walker’s tenure on Capitol Hill he worked on the No Child Left Behind Act, amendments to the Higher Education Act, he fought for increased funding for HBCUs, and worked closely with stakeholders. Dr. Walker earned his bachelor’s from Cheney, his M.Ed. from Howard, and his Ed.D. from Morgan State. Follow him on Twitter @LarryJWalker2.
Friday Jul 31, 2015
Friday Jul 31, 2015
Episode 24 is full of youth and pure energy. The 2015 HBCU Symposium will be October 9th and 10th in Nashville, so Dr. Crystal deGregory returns to tell us about it in the feature interview on Episode 24. Recent graduate Michael DeVore tells us about an innovative app that can be used when it’s time to get that hair cut. The show starts with a rising star in academia and a three time HBCU graduate, Dr. TaKeia Anthony.
DR. TAKEIA ANTHONY
She is the first African American woman from Bowling Green to earn her Ph.D. in History. Dr. TaKeia Anthony stops by the podcast to talk about her passion for history and how it has been fueled by the legacy of HBCUs in her family.
Dr. Anthony, a fourth generation HBCU alum, earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from North Carolina Central and she went on to earn her Ph.D. from Howard. She is also an assistant professor of History at Edward Waters College.
Learn more about her at TaKeiaAnthony.com.
THE LIVE CHAIR BARBERSHOP APP
With so many barber shops around HBCUs, the Live Chair barbershop app could be useful to many a customer. Through market research, Michael DeVore also realized the app could be very useful to barbers. The May 2015 graduate of Claflin visited the show to talk about the award-winning app.
Learn more about Live Chair.
2015 HBCU SYMPOSIUM
Dr. Crystal deGregory’s HBCU Symposium will be at her alma mater Fisk in October. As she goes through possible papers to be presented, Dr. deGregory visits the podcast to talk about this year’s symposium and how it could serve as a center of intellect in Black America.
Learn more about the 2015 HBCU Symposium.
Wednesday Jul 01, 2015
Wednesday Jul 01, 2015
Episode 23 continues the conversations about money and HBCU media. This edition also features HBCU alumni wisdom from someone who is a volunteer and mentor.
HOW WE LIVE
The good doctor pays us a visit to talk money. Mildred "The Money Doctor" Dillon provides helpful tips for alumni to manage debt by looking at money they already have. She draws tips from her book Take This Job and Love It. The CPA, author, and speaker is one the of Xavier University of Louisiana nation of alumni.
Find out more about her at YourMoneyDr.com.
HBCU PRIDE NATION
The HBCU media series continues with Travis Jackson the founder and CEO of HBCU Pride Nation. The organization boasts a youth outreach initiative to promote HBCUs through its foundation. Travis, an alumnus of North Carolina A&T, tells us about HBCU Pride Nation's public relations and social media efforts.
Visit HBCU Pride Nation to find out more.
OLD SCHOOL WISDOM
There's nothing like hanging on the words of old school HBCU alumni. That is why we are pleased to have Jasper C. Brown, Jr., a retired labor attorney and a proud member of the Hampton alumni community. On the podcast, we talk to Mr. Brown about how his alma mater helped him understand the value of volunteering. Most importantly, the mentor has advice for HBCU students to manage encounters with law enforcement in their communities and around the campuses.
Saturday May 30, 2015
Saturday May 30, 2015
Episode 22 starts off with great money advice for recent graduates. The HBCU Lifestyle Podcast's HBCU media series continues with information about HBCU Digest and their annual national media week. The feature interview is about the nation’s newest HBCU, Simmons College of Kentucky.
HOW WE LIVE
What
should a recent college graduate do with his or her first paycheck from
that big job? Kem Washington is a CPA and business professor who visits
the HBCU Lifestyle Podcast to offer money advice that will take the
newest HBCU alumni a long way, financially. Her tips are based on her
blog “College grads: What is the first thing you should do with your paycheck?”
Professor Washington teaches Business at Dillard University and she is the co-founder of B.A.D.G.E. An alumna of Southern University, Professor Washington has contributed to FoxBusiness.com, Bankrate.com, Yahoo! Finance, Jet Magazine, Smart Asset, TheStreet.com; and she is a contributor to WVUE-TV, WDSU-TV, and WWL-TV.
Connect with her at Kemberley.com
HBCU DIGEST
Who will be the 2016 HBCU of the Year? Will Paul Quinn, the inaugural winner, collect again? Will it be Howard’s year? Will Edward Waters represent Florida? How about Johnson C. Smith or North Carolina Central? These are burning questions that will be answered at the AARP HBCU Media Week July 9-11 at Hampton University. Jarrett Carter, founding editor of HBCU Digest, talks about the annual week as well as insight he has gained from being a member of the HBCU media community. Carter is an alumnus of Morgan State University.
SIMMONS COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY
Simmons College of Kentucky became the nation’s newest HBCU early in 2015 under the U.S. Department of Education guidelines. Dr. Kevin Cosby, president of the nation's 107th HBCU, visited the podcast to talk about how the college earned the designation, its community and higher education partnerships as well as Simmons’ future.
Simmons was founded in 1879 as the Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute. The college is accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education and is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
Visit Simmons at SimmonsCollegeKy.edu.
Friday May 01, 2015
Friday May 01, 2015
Episode 21 features T’Edra Jackson of Paul Quinn College (top right), Dr. Jeff Wilson of Huston Tillotson University (middle right) and Kimberly Dumpson of University of Maryland Eastern Shore (bottom right).
The April 2015 edition takes a look at maximizing internship opportunities, HBCUs and sustainability, and grabbing big dollars from the biggest name in professional golf.
HOW WE LIVE
T’Edra Jackson is a graduating senior at Paul Quinn College and she has a great job waiting for her at J.C. Penney. Her great fortune started with her excellent internship performance. The student leader visits the HBCU Lifestyle Podcast to talk about how being persistent led to her becoming a part of the prestigious INROADS program and how she took full advantage of the opportunity. She also talks about balancing academics, demanding internship hours, and student leadership.
Aside from being a graduating senior, Jackson is a former Miss Paul Quinn College, a former resident assistant, one of Dallas Weekly’s “25 People to Watch” for 2013, and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She is a native of Baton Rouge, La.
Connect with T’Edra Jackson on Twitter and LinkedIn
‘PROFESSOR DUMPSTER’
He lived in a dumpster for a year but that is far from the real story. Dr. Jeff Wilson visits the podcast to talk about his dumpster experiment has led to students at Huston-Tillotson University becoming leaders in the Green movement by forming the student organization Green Is the New Black. Dr. Wilson explains why he chose to live in a dumpster and how HBCUs are unsung heroes in the higher education sustainability movement.
Dr. Wilson is the dean of Huston-Tillotson’s University College, interim dean of Enrollment Management, and associate professor of Biological Sciences.
About Dr. Jeff Wilson
The Dumpster Project
A GIFT FROM TIGER
It started when the University of Maryland Eastern Shore decided to honor late professional golf legend, Charlie Sifford, with a reception when he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Eventually, the university received a nice surprise when Tiger Woods’ (yes that Tiger Woods) foundation made a $10,000 gift to UMES. The PGA Tour later matched the gift, giving the university’s PGA Golf Management program a $20,000 donation.Kimberly Dumpson, Esq., UMES’s executive vice president, visits spends time with the HBCU Lifestyle Podcast to talk about how the university landed the milestone gifts.
About the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s PGA Golf Management Program