Today President Donal Trump announced that he will waive interest on all federal student loans in response to the coronavirus. “I am announcing the following emergency...
Howard University recently announced that due to the growing threat of the coronavirus, it will move all of its classes to online classes effective March 23rd...
Spelman College is one of the many HBCUs to take preventative measures to protect their students, staff and faculty from the spread of the coronavirus. The...
Morehouse College is one of the many HBCUs to take preventative measures to protect their students, staff and faculty from the spread of the coronavirus. On...
In order to protect students, faculty and staff from the coronavirus Lincoln University in Missouri has decided to extend their spring break and extra week. The...
The following press release was sent to Watch The Yard by Jackson State University (JACKSON, Miss.) – Jackson State University joins Mississippi’s other public universities by modifying class...
The following statement was sent to Watch The Yard by Lane College Jackson, Tenn (March 13, 2020) Dear Lane College Community, Your health and safety have been...
It was recently announced that Katherine G. Johnson Celebration of Life Service will be held at Hampton University Convocation Center on Saturday. According to a report...
The following is was sent to Watch The Yard by Tuskegee University. On Friday, Feb. 28, the Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC) will partner with Tuskegee University to present...
The Office of Sorority & Fraternity Life at Northern Kentucky University was just awarded a grant from the NKU Innovation Challenge for their proposal to create National Pan-Hellenic...
The great-great granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott will speak on the Lincoln University of Missouri campus on Tuesday, February 25. Lynne M. Jackson, President and...
Big news from the University of Southern California. This morning the University of Southern California announced that it is phasing in free tuition for students from...
In honor of Black History Month, a group of students at Coppin State University got together to reenact a photo from the 1970s that was shot...
The following is a press release that was sent to Watch The Yard by Jackson State University. About 200 people gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to...
Today it was announced that Jackson State University’s President has resigned after being arrested in Mississippi this weekend. Jackson State’s Student Government Association President, Jordan Jefferson has since issued...
Did you know that Oklahoma’s very own HBCU, Langston University, is developing research using plants that could help astronauts get to Mars? Langston University has partnered...
The National Pan Hellenic Council at Ohio State University released a statement Thursday condemning their school’s undergrad Student Government Association for not acknowledging Black History Month....
Southern University just released a CBD product making it the first HBCU to launch a hemp product line. Along with partner Ilera Holistic Healthcare, Southern University’s...
The following press release was sent to Watch The Yard by Alabama State University and written by Kenneth Mullinax Alabama State University’s Student Affair’s Food Pantry that...
Photos have hit the internet of vandalism of the Black Fraternity and sorority plots at Rust College. On Monday, photos circulated the internet of the Black...