APLU to Host Two-Day HBCU Symposium Oct. 24 & 25

APLU is joining forces with HBCUstory, Inc. to present the 2014 HBCUstory Symposium October 24-25, 2014 in Washington, D.C. The two-day research and cultural symposium takes place at APLU headquarters and is first of its kind for the nation’s 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Segements will be livestreamed on www.APLU.org/HBCUstory.

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APLU is joining forces with HBCUstory, Inc. to present the 2014 HBCUstory Symposium October 24-25, 2014 in Washington, D.C. The two-day research and cultural symposium takes place at APLU headquarters and is first of its kind for the nation’s 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Segements will be livestreamed here on this website (www.APLU.org/HBCUstory) starting on Friday, Oct. 24.

“Where Do HBCUs Go From Here? Strategic Partnerships + Sustainable Futures” is the theme of this year’s symposium highlighting the importance of the nation’s 105 HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions. The event is designed to provide valuable information to develop non-traditional, strategic partnerships and adopt community-serving sustainability programs that assert their role as social change agents and providers of invaluably rich service to young professionals, seasoned alumni and other important stakeholders.

Symposium Agenda

Saturday, October 25, 2014

9:35 am | Session V – Pushing the Boundaries: Black Education, Liberation and Imagination(This session will be livestreamed)

Libraries, Librarianship, and the Julius Rosenwald Fund
Aisha M. Johnson, Doctoral Candidate, Florida State University
Special Collections Librarian, Thomas G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida

Alain Locke and the Role of Philosophy at HBCUs
Darryl Scriven, Ph.D., Florida A&M University ?95
Assistant Professor, Florida A&M University

Forgotten Warrior: Examining Bayard Rustin?s Impact on the Civil Rights Movement
Larry J. Walker, Cheyney University ?96
Doctoral Candidate, Morgan State University

10:45 am | Session VI – Crunching Numbers: HBCU Effectiveness + Evaluation(This session will be livestreamed)

Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of High Selectivity among State HBCUs
Amanda Washington, Master?s Degree Candidate, Columbia University Teachers College
Ivory Toldson, Ph.D., Deputy Director, White House Initiative for HBCUs

Institutional and Organizational Effectiveness of Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Attributes and Challenges
Anelle Shanna Jayd Alfred, MBA, Florida A & M University ?08, Doctoral Candidate, Florida Atlantic University
Dianne Avery Wright, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University

Morehouse Mathematics: Striving for Mathematical Excellence
Christopher C. Jett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of West Georgia
Duane Cooper, Morehouse College ?82, Associate Professor, Morehouse College

12:05 pm | Keynote Address – Where Do HBCUs Go From Here? Strategic Partnerships + Sustainable Futures(This session will be livestreamed)

Ivory A. Toldson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Howard University
Deputy Director, White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Editor-in-chief, Journal of Negro Education

1:30 pm | Session VII – From Gown to Town: HBCU Campuses + Their Communities(This session will be recorded for on-demand viewing later)

The Campus Plus Community (CPC) Initiative
Henry Golatt, Director, Economic Research and Development Center (ERDC) University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Teaching African American Heritage: Implementing a Learning Community Program at an HBCU
Luminita M. Dragulescu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Virginia Union University

Hearing Sound, Speaking Tradition, Locating Community: Using ARLO to Locate Speech Patterns Among HBCU Graduates
Toniesha L. Taylor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Prairie View A&M University

2:40 pm | Session VIII – Making the Connection: HBCU New Medias + The Digital Age(This session will be recorded for on-demand viewing later)

HBCUs and the Digital Age: A Comprehensive View of Jackson State University’s CyberLearning Initiative
Janue Johnson-Seaton, Doctoral Candidate, Jackson State University

The HBCU Advantage in New Media: Critical Demand For Cutting Edge Cinema + Television + Media Arts Programs in the 21st Century
Lori Webster, Filmmaker, University of Southern California – School of Cinematic Arts

3:25 pm | Closing Session – The State of the Story: HBCU Relevance is a Losing Proposition(This session will be recorded for on-demand viewing later)

Crystal A. deGregory, Ph.D., Fisk University ?03
Convenor, Founder + Executive Editor, HBCUstory, Inc.

Friday, October 24, 2014

9:30 am | Welcome(This session will be livestreamed)

Crystal A. deGregory, Ph.D., Fisk University ?03
Convenor, Founder + Executive Editor, HBCUstory, Inc.

John Michael Lee, Jr., Ph.D., Florida A&M University ?03
Host & Vice President, Office of Access and Success
Association of Public Land-grant Universities (APLU)

10:00 am | Keynote Address – A Spelman Story: Taronda Spencer, Spelman College ?80(This session will be livestreamed)

Johnnetta B. Cole, Ph.D., Fisk University
President Emerita, Spelman College
President Emerita, Bennett College for Women
Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (NMAfA

11:20 am | Session I – Do the Right Thing: Alumni Giving + Millennial Philanthropy(This session will be livestreamed)

The Young Black & Giving Back: How to Engage African-American Millennials As HBCU Alumni Donors
Ebonie Johnson Cooper, North Carolina A&T State University ?05
Chief Millennial Officer, Friends of Ebonie, LLC

Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is: Helping to Sustain HBCUs for Future Generations
Michelle Janaye Nealy, Howard University ?07
Co-founder, The HOPE Scholarship, Campaign Chair, I Love Howard Campaign

12:10 pm | Session II – The Mecca: Howard Stories(This session will be livestreamed)

The Africana Diaspora, Representing Soccer, Howard University and Blackness during the Black Power Movement, Pan-Africanism Ideology the Road to Redemption, 40th Anniversary of the 1974 NCAA Championship Season – “Truth, Crushed to Earth, Shall Rise Again”
J. Kenyatta Cavil, Ed.D., M.B.A, Prairie View University ?94
Assistant Professor, Texas Southern University

We’re a Winner and Everybody Knows It Too: Howard University, Black Power, and the Black University
Jocelyn Imani-Cole, Fisk University ?09, Doctoral Candidate, Howard University

1:30 pm | Session III – Bahamas HBCUX Classic: The HBCU Sports Tradition(This session will be recorded for on-demand viewing later)

An Analysis of Pan-Africanism through U.S. HBCUs and the Caribbean Cultural Identities, A Review of the Inaugural Bahamas HBCUX Classic, Central State University and Texas Southern University
J. Kenyatta Cavil, Ed.D., M.B.A, Assistant Professor, Texas Southern University
Joseph N. Cooper, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut
Geremy Cheeks, Ph.D. Candidate, Texas A&M University

2:40 pm | Session IV – Survival, of the Fittest: HBCU Retention, Mergers + Closures(This session will be recorded for on-demand viewing later)

Implications from the Merger of Utica Junior College with the Hinds Community College
Lisa Johnson, Student Development Coordinator/Publicist, Jackson State University

Our Sacred Shrine: Storer College (1868-1954)
Yoruba Mutakabbir, Ph.D., Hampton University ?01
Assistant Professor, Texas Southern University

Crisis Management and Response: Decline of African-American Male Attendance at HBCUs
Michael A. Brown, Ph.D.