It was a two-fer day of celebration Thursday at Delaware State University, as officials broke ground for a new $10 million agriculture building and unveiled a $1 million grant that will pay full tuition for 21 STEM students. “We want to produce agriculture professionals and agriculture scientists, and we believe the addition of this building will provide a greater environment …
Delaware State University rose one place to No. 2 in the U.S. News & World Report college rankings of the nation’s best public Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The Dover-based school also rose to No. 8 from No. 10 among all HBCUs. The ranking reflects DSU’s journey of progress, said DSU President Tony Allen. “We believe what we’re doing …
Delaware State University will use $1 million in federal funds to build an urban revitalization center. The money will come through a federal grant, announced Tuesday on campus by U.S. Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester. The Center for Urban Revitalization and Entrepreneurship will be located at 225 W. Division Street in downtown Dover, one block from the university’s Dover Campus. DSU …
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, …
DSU was one of more than a dozen HBCUs to receive a bomb threat Monday Delaware State University President Tony Allen called a Monday bomb threat — one of more than a dozen at Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country — “a clear effort to confuse, intimidate and bully our students, staff and faculty.” “We are safe, for …
This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community Tony Allen to honor mother’s life with scholarship for single moms A baker’s dozen of things to look forward to in 2022 Hockessin, Unionville used book sales canceled Delaware Symphony Orchestra’s January concert postponed As ‘Longwood Christmas’ closes, ‘Winter Wonder’ opens Snow makes a quick return, forecast to hit Thursday night 36 arts groups, …
This Year’s Top Headlines Include: COMMUNITY Kids spend afternoon building snowmen for Hockessin nursing home residents Couple ends 50-states-by-age-of-50 quest in Delaware Pike Creek auto center, restaurant exchange punches via funny signs Delaware Museum of Natural History to reopen May 13 with new focus Hagley damage may hit $2 million, and it has no flood insurance Bench of stone books …
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 …
A $10,000 donation from Morris James will enable students to study more rather than working to raise money for the LSAT, tutoring. Delaware law firm Morris James has donated $10,000 to Delaware State University to pay for law school applicants’ law school admission tests and prep courses. The donation may not have a lot of zeros after it, …
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