Spotlights
South Carolina’s 2018 Sales Tax Holiday kicks off on Friday, August 3
Get ready for South Carolina’s annual Sales Tax Holiday weekend with a list of items that will be tax free from Friday, August 3, through Sunday, August 5, 2018. During tax free weekend, a variety of back-to-school essentials are exempt from the state’s 6% Sales Tax and any applicable local taxes. Tax free items range…
Read MoreBlack Press, HBCUs Key to Energy Industry’s Outreach in the Black Community
By Freddie Allen, Editor-in-Chief, NNPA Newswire and BlackPressUSA.com As workers in the energy sector reach retirement age, the need to recruit, train and hire younger, more diverse talent will increase, dramatically. That’s why the American Petroleum Institute (API), “the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America’s oil and natural gas industry,” according…
Read MoreUtah State and Fort Hare University Conservationist Tapped for U.N. Expert Panel on Biodiversity
U.N. activities for World Environment Day on June 6 were focused this year on plastic pollution. Marked every year since 1974, the day is celebrated in over 100 countries. Dr. Luthando Dziba, managing executive for conservation services at South African National Parks (SANParks) has been appointed to the UN body on biodiversity and ecosystems. Dziba,…
Read MoreBurke Scholar Wins Statewide Logo Contest for Shred360
Micah Brown helped start the Digital Arts program at Burke High School (BHS) in the 2016-2017 school year. If his students continue to win contests, the Digital Arts program is going to become a popular option for scholars there. Earlier this month, Shred360, a paper shredding company based in Columbia, announced Burke senior Hesham Hikal…
Read MoreOutstanding Students Honored at Trident Technical College’s Awards Day
Trident Technical College students and faculty members were recognized for their outstanding achievement and involvement in student organizations at TTC’s Awards Day ceremony held at the college’s Main Campus on May 3. The President’s Award/Kurtzman Prize, the highest honor which includes a monetary gift given to a graduating student on the basis of academic achievement,…
Read More“Better Than That”: A teen stage play production by Stephanie McKenny
“Better Than That” is a play based on the lives of four teen girls who are dealing with today’s issues. Being slapped and practically punched by your boyfriend in the middle of the hallway and having a mother who thinks you want to come between her and her live-in boyfriend are difficult issues and bit…
Read MoreBlack Panther Star Chadwick Boseman Encourage Howard Graduates: Achieve Your Purpose
Special from Howard University (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Howard University alumnus and award-winning actor Chadwick Boseman spoke to graduates about the significance of making it to the top of the Hilltop during the Howard University 2018 Commencement Convocation May 12. In front of an audience of more than 8,000 family and friends, Boseman encouraged the graduates to…
Read MoreCollege of Charleston Graduate Finds a New Path at School of Professional Studies
Shanard Deas isn’t your typical college student. Not even close. To call his path through higher education circuitous wouldn’t begin to describe the winding journey he’s had. Yet when he crosses the Cistern this week and receives his diploma as a graduate of the Bachelor’s of Professional Studies Program, it will definitely mark a momentous…
Read MoreHoward University Graduate Chadwick Boseman to Speak at the School’s 150th Commencement Ceremony on May 12
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor Howard alumni Chadwick Boseman, 40, will give the keynote address at Howard University’s 150th commencement ceremony on May 12. The star of the movie “Black Panther” will also be presented with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. “I’m excited to return to the Mecca in celebration of the…
Read MoreBree Newsome is keynote speaker at CCU’s Ella Baker Day Celebration
Bree Newsome is the keynote speaker for the fifth annual Ella Baker Day Celebration at Coastal Carolina University, which will be held on April 19 at 6 p.m. in the James J. Johnson Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Newsome drew national attention in 2015 when she climbed the flagpole in…
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