Historically Black college has a new twist on admissions: You can bring your family, too. | via TexasTribune
Paul Quinn College President Michael Sorrell on campus. The school is reimagining its admissions policy to allow qualifying accepted students to choose two family members or friends to enroll with them.Instead, in a ceremony held between the women’s and men’s basketball games, Rubell and more than 400 students from five Fort Worth high schools were surprised with acceptance letters to the historically Black college.
“Your teammates matter,” Michael Sorrell, president of Paul Quinn College, told The Texas Tribune. “If you can invest in your teammates, if you can invest in your village, that makes the village stronger and that improves the odds and opportunities for your village to thrive.” A multisport student-athlete, Rubell said his favorite subject is English and that he would like to study communications if he doesn't become an athlete.
“He's recognizing that you can take a student and get them more education,” she said of Sorrell. “But if the family doesn't have resources, there is a pull towards home that can bring them down.”
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Bomb Threats Menace Historically Black Colleges During Black History MonthAt least a dozen bomb threats have menaced historically Black colleges and universities during Black History Month alone.
Read more »
Historically Black college has a new twist on admissions: You can bring your family, too.Paul Quinn College hopes the new practice will better combat intergenerational poverty and remove the pressure on first-generation college students to financially lift up their entire families.
Read more »
Prominent Black Architect Paul Revere Williams' Craftsman Home Is Now A Historical MonumentWilliams was one of L.A.'s most influential architects and a Black pioneer in the world of design and architecture. Now, the City Council has designated his no-frills craftsman home as a historic-cultural monument.
Read more »
What Fashion Can Learn From Black History in Getting Black Futures RightIn a talk Tuesday at Harlem’s Fashion Row’s summit, creator Theaster Gates outlined fashion’s need for a change in thinking.
Read more »
Ridwan Ibrahim Is the Black Hijabi Model Making Waves in South KoreaAs a Black hijabi model in South Korea, Ridwan Ibrahim is setting a path forward that she once thought was near impossible.
Read more »