Contact: Anyika McMillan-Herod St. Philip’s School and Community Center 214.421.5221 ext. 238/aherod@stphilips.com CITI & ST. PHILIP’S SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CENTER ANNOUNCE THE 2009 DESTINY AWARDS, FEATURING DR. MAE C. JEMISON Citi & St. Philip’s School and Community Center are proud to present the Ninth Annual Destiny Awards Luncheon to be...
1,032 FTE: UNT Dallas Campus reaches enrollment milestone; Will begin process of establishing independent university DALLAS – The University of North Texas Dallas Campus has achieved a critical enrollment goal in its quest to become the first public university in the City of Dallas. Administrators at the campus have announced...
Did the Jonesboro, Georgia drill team deserve to be suspended and disbanded for this performance? Due to performing the following routine at a January 13th basketball game, the team is no longer allowed to practice or perform together. Why did this make me think about Little Miss Sunshine?
BY JAMES “BIRD” GUESS While Southern Dallas continues to receive the majority of attention from real- estate developers and city officials, West Dallas, an area of 23,000 residents waits anxiously in the economic background for change. There is hope for this area of Dallas, although poor performing schools and an...
In Friday’s Dallas Morning News, Sports Columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor suggests that Class of 2009 football recruits boycott Auburn University for their decision to hire Gene Chizik over Buffalo Head Coach Turner Gill. I agree with Taylor, and I believe that his suggestion is doable. Read the write up on Turner...
DALLAS – Historically underutilized businesses – those owned by women and minorities – will have the opportunity to register with the State of Texas at a free HUB vendor procurement seminar and expo at the University of North Texas Dallas Campus from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Nov. 14. The...
For a decade beginning in 1992, the Bishop Five Plus One’s yearly revival drew spirited choirs and what radio host Willis Johnson called “soul-saving” sermons to Dallas. The idea was to bring together six excellent ministers, five of whom graduated from historically black Bishop College, for a spiritual fundraiser. The...
What if all after school sports were banned until the 4th grade? What would our boys do? When my son was four years old, I decided I would let him join a basketball team. He had already played a year of soccer, also known as “kids in pack follow ball,”...
The undefeated Priarie View Panthers head West this weekend to take on The Morehouse Tigers at the L.A. Coliseum in the Angel City Classic. On Saturday, Prairie View (3-0) defeated Mississippi Valley State 49-15. The Panthers have outscored their opponents this year 136-29. The Angel City Classic is owned and...
DALLAS – The Meadows Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to the University of North Texas Dallas Campus to assist the university in its efforts to develop further its leadership program in educational administration. The grant provides scholarships for an additional 75 teachers seeking certification as school principals in public...
