The Thurgood Marshal College Fund just announced that they to were among the 116 organizations to receive a portion of the total 1.7 billion dollars that author and...
Morehouse College just announced that they had received an eight-figure gift from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of the world’s richest man and Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos....
Spelman College announced on Tuesday that it had received a “magnanimous” gift from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. The...
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) announced via the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) website today that if international students on F-1 and M-1 visas...
In an effort to highlight the people who are leading graduate universities across the nation, we at Watch The Yard reached out to Alabama A&M University...
Editorial sponsored by Chevrolet Blazer African Americans have been supported throughout the years by amazing community groups that have educated, empowered and emboldened generations. Through engagement...
Bowie State University’s 2019 Commencement was EVERYTHING! The sun was shining, the graduates and faculty were glowing with pride, and Roland Martin gave the commencement speech...
Graduation season is upon us and members of Black students are taking their artistic graduation caps to a whole new level. We at Watch The Yard have...
Want to really make yourself sound like you didn’t really deserve your degree? Use the words Alumnus, Alumna, Alumni or Alumnae wrong in a job interview,...
Valdosta State University is now offering a course about Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ album and we are totally here for it. The course, AFAM 3600 E: Black Women...
Spelman College just announced that it has received a $30 million gift, the largest donation from a living donor in the historically black womens college’s 137...
Bama State student, Chelsea Rock, decided to celebrate graduation by remixing Lil Duval and Snoop Dogg Song ‘Smile’ and it is going viral. Chelsea and her team...
Morgan State University’s Homecoming was AMAZING this year! We loved it so much that we at Watch The Yard created a list of the best photos...
The HBCU vibe is something that you can’t find anywhere else on the planet and nothing compares to the feeling you get when you step onto...
Talladega College just dropped a video that showcases how great their HBCU is and we absolutely love it! The video shows dynamic arial shots of the...
Broke college students are some of the most innovative people on the planet. Don’t believe us? Check out this gallery of 10 pictures proving that they...
[Originally posted on October 24th, 2015] The late ESPN host, Stuart Scott, entered Alpha Phi Alpha in the fall of 1984 at University of North Carolina’s...
Have any of you recent college grads out there ever felt like giving it up and going back to college is the only way to make...
Over the last couple of years, the popularity of standing out from the crowd and personalizing graduation garb has skyrocketed. Students have hit up the local...
It was just announced that starting next semester, Bowie State University, the oldest HBCU in Maryland, will be offering its first minor in hip-hop studies. This...
Howard University has sold it’s Meridian Hill Hall dormitory to Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners on a 99-year ground lease and 22 million dollars upfront. The...
There are always a conversations on college campuses within Black circles about how African and African-Americans relate to each other but did you know that these...
The song “Swag Surfin” was released in 2009 and unlike the other songs with accompanying dances from that era which have drifted into obscurity, this particular...
Fed up Texas Southern University students and alumni have taken their frustration with their university public and now it has gone viral. On Wednesday, thousands of complaints...
We are 100% sure that after watching this video you will want to be a freshman all over again! Move-In Day for the Class of 2019...