Alumni by university or college

The blacker the college, sweeter the knowledge. As kids, we see shows and movies such as A Different World and School Daze then imagine attending an HBCU being fun and adventurous. Not realizing and understanding the essence of having a place in the world where you can relate with people of different shades of melanin and personalities. The mission of an Historically Black College or University is to give blacks the opportunity of higher learning and allow them to graduate with multiple job…

situations as well. They endorse professional athletes in numerous different sports in order to express their variety of clothing and accessories. Under Armour has also been known for sponsor reality television shows, movies, the Olympics, and universities around the country. Without a doubt, Under Armour is one of the most successful sports wear companies in the country, and some of the credit comes from the way it makes itself known through advertisements. Lately, Under Armour has been…

Distribution of gender at the respective universities, along with the reasoning of use and nonuse of social networking were collected through surveying and observations. This piece of literature contributes to the subject matter of social networking affecting students at universities because it directly provides results of surveys asking students why they use or why they don’t use social networks during their college experience. This information is relevant because it is a direct source…

Quantitative Article 1 Racial and Ethnic-Related Stressors as Predictors of Perceived Stress and Academic Performance for African American at a Historically Black College and University study? • What methods done in this study make this an overall quantitative study? • The Perceived Stress Scale was used to measure participant subjective appraisal of experiences of stress. • The Minority Student Stress Scale was used to assess racial and ethnical related stressors experienced in the campus…

that Ta-nehisi Coates has he brings up a few points that were every meaningful in the case of police brutality. Coates was first really aware of police brutality when a friend of his, Prince Jones, was killed. Jones was a fellow student at Howard University where Coates attended. Jones was driving one day through Maryland where he had just dropped of his daughter and was on his way to see his fiancée. While driving Jones was being followed by an undercover police officer dressed as a drug…

Oftentimes, I wonder if I have missed out not attending a Historically Black College (HBCU). Most of my friends attend a HBCU and they scold me for not joining them. Am I being deprived of getting in touch with my culture? I do not want to remain confined. I want the opportunity to dig further into my roots. I want the power to be…

After the first season of A Different World, the spin-off series from The Cosby Show, writers and produces made much needed changes to the sitcom in order to accurately represent black college life. It was after those changes in the characters and actual dialogue of the show that made the series the first of its kind and largely successful. Herman Gray poses these two questions, “why the show should be characterized as exemplary, even distinctive, for its representation of diversity and…

Historically Black College or University, that was founded by our ancestors to educate us on our history as African-American descents.” Before HBCUs were a thing, African Americans were free slaves that were not allowed to get an education. This did not stop them from learning a way to read, write, and calculate math. The Philadelphia Quakers founded the Institute of Colored Youth, so the children will have the opportunity to get an education. Soon after, many colleges and universities were…

models, by obtaining exclusive professional athletes to wear their brand. By obtaining exclusive rights from professional athletes wearing the brand, in addition to social media campaigns such as Twitter and being the sole provider of clothing for university sports teams, this increases and reinforces exposure of the brand. Under Armour has established and maintained the popular ‘it’ factor with consumers. Going forward, this should allow the company to further broaden its product portfolio…

the African American culture as well. This is right. Step dance is very significant within the African American community as a whole. Of course, it happens to be more concentrated amongst fraternities and sororities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Since its…