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HBCU GO and UNCF Announce Groundbreaking Strategic Partnership with Launch of Video Content Series “HBCUVoices: Executive Leaders Unfiltered”

March 12, 2026

In a powerful alignment of media, mission and movement, the Allen Media Group free-streaming digital platform and premier destination for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) sports…

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UNCF Expands Strategic Partnerships to Strengthen HBCU Leadership Stability and Executive Preparedness

March 11, 2026

ATLANTA, GA (March 11, 2026) — Today UNCF’s Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) announced a new partnership with the Higher Education Leadership Foundation (HELF) at Wiley University in Marshall, TX, and the HBCU Executive Leadership…

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Stable Leadership: The Foundation of HBCU Success

January 15, 2026

Stable Leadership: The Foundation of HBCU Success explores one of the most urgent and underexamined challenges facing Historically Black Colleges and Universities today: presidential turnover.…

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UNITE 2026 Registration Now Open: Dr. Harold L. Martin Sr. Announced as Commencement Speaker, Complimentary Tickets for Every HBCU 

January 13, 2026

ATLANTA, GA (Jan. 12, 2026)—Today, UNCF announced the official launch of registration for UNITE 2026, its flagship national convening focused on advancing leadership, innovation and long-term capacity across historically…

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UNITE 2025 Summit Spotlights HBCU Leaders and Institutions Advancing Educational Excellence 

July 30, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC (July 30th, 2025) — During the UNITE 2025 Summit, UNCF recognized HBCU leaders and institutions driving excellence on the campuses of Historically Black…

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Together We Lead: A New Era of HBCU Transformation

May 27, 2025

By Michael L. Lomax, Harry L. Williams and Jim Runcie From 2020 to 2024, while college enrollment declined nationwide, HBCUs in the Transformation Project grew…

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All HBCUs and PBIs Invited to Participate in Unprecedented Summit on Future of Black Education

January 15, 2025

For the first time in the event’s history, the UNITE team has extended five complimentary invitations to every historically Black college and university (HBCU) and Predominantly Black Institution (PBI) in the nation.

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UNCF and Founding HBCUs Sign Historic Agreement to Launch HBCUv, a Digital Learning and Community Engagement Platform “By HBCUs, for HBCUs”

August 8, 2024

A transformative moment for champions of Black higher education. ATLANTA, GA (Aug. 8, 2024)—In a landmark event that promises to redefine the future of higher…

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In Pivotal Moment for the Nation, Top Government, Industry and Philanthropic Leaders Convene to Discuss Future of HBCUs

July 25, 2024

Speeches on Black education to be delivered by US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S.Regan, Pulitzer Prize Winner Nikole Hannah Jones, Xerox CEO Steven Bandrowczak…

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UNCF Names Legendary Educator Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole as President-In-Residence and Co-Chairperson of its $1 Billion Capital Campaign

February 13, 2024

UNCF (United Negro College Fund) is honored today to announce that distinguished scholar, anthropologist and academic pacesetter Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Ph.D., has accepted a president-in-residence…

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