Delaware State University president Tony Allen has promised an investigation into an April 20 incident during which a bus carrying the school’s women’s lacrosse team was pulled over and searched while returning from a tournament in Florida. DSU is a historically Black university in Dover. Approximately 70% of the student population is Black. According to The Hornet, DSU’s student newspaper, …
Tony Allen to honor mother’s life with scholarship for single moms
Dr. Tony Allen with his mother, R. Leatha Allen. Photo courtesy of Dr. Allen R. Leatha Allen, mother of Dr. Tony Allen, president of Delaware State University, died early Tuesday morning from non-COVID pneumonia. Dr. Allen wrote this appreciation of his mother’s life. If you ever reached my mother’s old-school voice message, you would hear R. Leatha Allen say, …
Child care providers, DSU to receive millions in COVID-19 relief funds
Flanked by Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, Gov. John Carney and Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long, DSU President Tony Allen holds two beneficiaries of the governor’s initiative to strengthen early childhood education in Delaware – the 2021-22 Little Mr. and Miss DSU, Corey Bazemore and Alessandra Spence. Photo courtesy of Delaware State University. With Delaware’s unemployment rate hovering around 5 percent, state …
DSU, DNREC to work together on community outreach
Delaware State University will help the state’s environmental agency improve public outreach and community engagement with a two-year research project set to begin next month. The university will hold town hall meetings on Nov. 17 and Dec. 1 to solicit input from community members on how DNREC can conduct effective outreach regarding regulatory actions and policies. The research project is …
UD requires student vaccinations; DSU requires them for all
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DSU explains decision on Wesley athletics
‘The programmatic, regulatory and financial hurdles to operating two athletic programs were either too high and/or uncertain,’ DSU President Tony Allen said.