HBCU Week in Wilmington starts Sunday, Sept. 22. (Photo from City of Wilmington)

8th annual HBCU Week starts in Wilmington Sunday

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Culture

The eighth annual HBCU Week in Wilmington kicks off Sunday with a jammed pack schedule and plenty of scholarship money to dish out.  The week honors and celebrates Historically Black Colleges and Universities, encourages high-school aged youth to enroll into HBCUs, provides scholarship dollars and sustains a pipeline for employment from undergraduate school to corporate America.   There’s several HBCU Weeks …

The HBCU Gala raised $343,000.

Awards Gala raises $343,000 for Wilmington HBCU week

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Culture

An event this month raised  $343,000 for Wilmington’s 2023 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Week. The 4th Annual HBCU Week Awards Gala, held June 9 at the Hotel Dupont in downtown Wilmington, raised money to support the city’s annual HBCU Week initiative.  The dates for this year’s HBCU week have not been announced, but more info is expected to …