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historically Black colleges and universities

Jan 30, 2025

Norfolk State raises profile with STEM investments

At Norfolk State University, President Javaune Adams-Gaston sees the school’s profile rising as surely as the new $118 million science building expected to open in fall 2027. The four-story, 131,000-square-foot facility will replace one of the school’s oldest buildings, and it heralds a big STEM push at the school that includes new master’s degree programs […]

Jan 30, 2024

A fair share

Virginia’s first Black governor says it’s past time for the state’s historically Black colleges and universities to receive their fair share of the pie. Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, a Virginia Union University alumnus, jokes that he has been advocating for increased state funding for Virginia HBCUs “for about a hundred years.” The Biden administration […]

Donald Alexander Jr., a senior at Norfolk State University, says the personal attention and family atmosphere he’s found at the HBCU has helped him to push himself to succeed. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Jan 30, 2023

Head of the class

Donald Alexander Jr. considered multiple schools, as well as the Air Force, before he landed at Norfolk State University in 2019. The Chesapeake native grew up with strong ties to the university, one of Virginia’s two public historically Black colleges and universities. As an elementary schooler, Alexander went to summer camp on Norfolk State’s campus, […]

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