At about 9 a.m. Monday, Fisk University began to evacuate and lock down the campus following a bomb threat. A university spokesperson tells WPLN News that Fisk has never experienced such a threat before, and it has shaken the campus.
Gov. Lee proposes $250 million for infrastructure projects at TSU, following decades of underfunding
Last year, a report from the Tennessee Office of Legislative Budget Analysis showed that Tennessee State University could be owed nearly a half-billion dollars.
‘This band puts the B in HBCU’: TSU’s marching band takes national stage in Rose Parade
Tennessee State University’s marching band is heading to the West Coast. The Aristocrat of Bands will celebrate its 75th anniversary in style — by playing in the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day.
Why Meharry decided to put COVID stimulus money into students’ pockets
Just before students at Meharry Medical College went home for Thanksgiving, Dr. James Hildreth, the school’s president, emailed them a video message that he acknowledged seemed hard to believe. Or, at least, they would have to give it a second listen.
Nashville education advocates want the state to pay its half-billion dollar tab to TSU, with no strings attached
The Education Trust in Tennessee says decisions on how to spend the money should be left up to TSU students, faculty, staff and alumni.
How decades of underfunding harms TSU students and hurts graduation rates
Tennessee State University is the state’s only public historically Black college. The university also has the lowest Black student completion rate of any public four-year university in the state.
Education Officials Propose Plan To Make Up For Years Of Underfunding At TSU
Tennessee lawmakers are now one step closer to making up for past funding issues with the state’s only public historically Black college, Tennessee State University. The state may have shorted the college upwards of $500 million.
TSU Using COVID Relief Funding For $100 Vaccine Incentives
Tennessee Republicans banned public universities from requiring COVID shots. But one is at least offering cash incentives to improve the campus vaccination rate.
Fisk University Prepares For Stronger Academic Class And Another Year Of Growth In Enrollment
Fisk University in North Nashville is showing no signs of slowing its growth. The historically Black college is preparing to enter the fall semester with more students and a stronger academic class than in previous years.
Tennessee State Considers Adding Hockey — A First For An HBCU
Tennessee State University is considering expanding its athletics program for a somewhat unexpected sport — ice hockey.
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