High Point University Security Guard Shares Loving Moment With Graduating Students
63-year-old Valerie Baxter, better known on campus as Ms. Val, is a college security guard at High Point University who shared emotional goodbyes with the Class of 2023 graduates. Ms. Val, who has been working at the school for twelve years, refers to these students as her “babies.” and was there to witness their collegiate […]
Group Of Teen Moms Beat The Odds To Graduate From High School
And we are so proud of them! The Georgia Chaffee TAPP School in Louisville, Kentucky runs a teenage parent program specifically designed to reduce school dropouts as a result of teen pregnancy and parenting, WLKY news reports. The school caters to young parents, offering them an educational opportunity to excel while offering wrap-around services like […]
HBCU Athleisure Brand Lands $300K Investment Deal On ‘Shark Tank’
She’s putting on for HBCUs! Ashley Jones is the founder of Tones of Melanin, an athleisure brand aimed at shining a light on historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Black Enterprise reports. They offer apparel, accessories, Divine 9 paraphernalia and an empowerment line, Jones holding more than 40 HBCU licenses and getting her apparel in […]
Arkansas Teacher Celebrates Retirement After 61 Years Of Service
She’s educated generations of students! Thelma Thomason is a veteran teacher in Fayetteville, Arkansas, 5 News Online reports. She first began her career in Fayetteville Public Schools as a counselor in 1961, just 7 years after the district integrated schools. Since then, Ms. Thomason has remained in the classroom, teaching through world changes, social uprisings, […]
Grandmother And Grandson Win Big On ‘Wheel Of Fortune’ After Solving Challenging Puzzle
They took home more than $50,000! We know we weren’t the only ones who sat with our grandparents in the evenings watching Price Is Right, Wheel of Fortune, and other game shows hoping that one day it would be us! Well this Mississippi grandmother-grandson duo just made all of our childhood dreams come true. Earlier […]
Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown Set To Be First Black Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Of Staff Since Colin Powell
If confirmed, he’ll be the highest-ranking military officer in the nation! President Joe Biden has nominated Air Force General Charles “CQ” Brown to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, USA Today reports. No stranger to high profile appointments, Brown made history in 2020 as the first Black Chief of Staff of […]
Detroit Teen Earns More Than $1.7 Million In Scholarship Offers
She was also voted “Most Positive” by her classmates! Tatyana Alves took a risk in 2019, deciding then to sign up for a new Detroit school that required an entrance examination, USA Today reports. Its mission was apparently focused on nurturing “critical thinkers and community-minded citizens who have the skills and knowledge to be makers […]
Watch This Multigenerational Showcase of Academic Achievements
This is a family full of motivation and dedication! In a remarkable display of intellectual prowess and dedication to education, a video has emerged featuring six exceptional women from the same family proudly revealing the number of degrees they have earned. Erica Chiles shared how accomplished the women in her family were by asking her […]
45-Year-Old Georgia Custodian Returns To School To Earn High School Diploma And Promotion
He’s living proof that it’s never too late! Elmo Desilva is a custodian at Indian Creek Elementary School in Clarkston, Georgia, NBC 12 news reports. Growing up, Desilva said he had to fend for himself, finding ways to care for him and his siblings since his parents weren’t around. As a result, he put his […]
Musical Icon Tina Tuner Has Joined The Ancestors At 83
She changed music forever! Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939 near Nutbush Tennessee, CNN reports. Growing up in humble beginnings, she eventually found her passion in music. By the age of 17, she was living in St. Louis when musician Ike Turner asked her to join his band. “Ike had […]