"Weekly Dozens" Magazine -- Saturday 4/19/14

Last updated: Sunday 4/20/14 @ 5:41 pm

Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite academic news items posted by HBCU and other media on Twitter about HBCUs' teaching, research, and community service for the week ending Saturday 4/19/14 ... in chronological order from latest to earliest ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found here ==> Back issues ... Note that back issues can be searched for old tweets.

A. News & Features ... Dozen

1. Greg Carr ‏@AfricanaCarr Apr 19

   Economist Receives Rock Star Treatment http://nyti.ms/1hUUE4c . Books matter. Ideas matter. Reading matters.
   
   
2. HBCU News ‏@hbcunews Apr 18

   #HBCU #HU Michelle Obama and Bow Wow tour Howard University: On Thursday, first lady Mi... http://binged.it/1jedOgM  http://bit.ly/17nRYEV
   
   
3. HBCU News ‏@hbcunews Apr 17

   RT #hbcu #dsu DSU wins $1 million grant for returning students: A foundation has given... http://binged.it/1eZWQ4D  http://bit.ly/1bgZRk9
   
   
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   HBCU Digest ‏@HBCUDigest Apr 16

   Claflin, Spelman Students Awarded Prestigious Truman Scholarship. http://ow.ly/vSkuF
   
   
   
5. Joint Center ‏@JointCenter Apr 17

   Recommended Reading: ‘Pollution is Segregated, Too’ http://www.rwjf.org/en/blogs/new-public-health/2014/04/recommended_reading1.html?cid=xsh_rwjf_at#.U1BDahXLje0.twitter … #EnvironmentalJustice
   
   
   
6. HBCU News ‏@hbcunews Apr 17

   #dillard #hbcu FLOTUS to Give Dillard University's Commencement Speech: Not long after ... http://binged.it/1j8M8Lo  http://bit.ly/RkcVJx
7. Black Enterprise ‏@blackenterprise Apr 17

   Hip-Hop’s Wealthiest Artists for 2014 http://trib.al/xGsrtcA

   
   
8. Liberator Magazine ‏@liberatormag Apr 17

   Investigating "Teach for America" » onlineJournal | The Liberator Magazine: http://weblog.liberatormagazine.com/2010/05/investigating-teach-for-america.html#.U02pa2kA_Wo.twitter … … … via @liberatormag
   
   
9. HBCU News ‏@hbcunews Apr 17

   #HBCU #HU Diddy to Speak at Howard University’s Commencement Ceremony Despite Protest: ... http://binged.it/1hQtV7V  http://bit.ly/17nRYEV
   
   
10. HBCU News ‏@hbcunews Apr 16

    #hbcu #ssu Savannah State University Science Experiment Rockets into Space: Savannah St... http://binged.it/1j2kO08  http://bit.ly/RkcVJx
    
    
    
11. HBCU Digest ‏@HBCUDigest Apr 14

    FAMU Awarded $14 Million DHHS Grant for Health Science Research http://hbcudigest.com/?p=95351

    
    
    
    
12. HBCU Digest ‏@HBCUDigest Apr 15

    Harvard Admits Record Number of Black Students – What Does it Mean for HBCUs? http://hbcudigest.com/?p=95437
    
    
    

B. Black Hackers & Entrepreneurs ... Quarter Dozen ... Some useful reference links

1. Digital Learning Lab ‏@DLLOnline 16h
   No blacks on TV shows about Silicon Valley ... yet @blackfounders @blackenterprise @APLUOAS @uncf ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2014/04/no-blacks-on-silicon-valley-tv-shows-yet.html …


2. Kristy Tillman ‏@KristyT 14h
   @dllonline @code2040 @techsistas @blackgirlnerds @techsistas Read this http://drgoddess.com/2014/04/siliconvalleyhbo/ …
   
   
3. Retweeted by Digital Learning Lab
   Monica Guzman ‏@moniguzman Apr 11
   "Everyone," huh? Again, TV people, would it be so bad to put just one serious woman in a show about tech startups? :( pic.twitter.com/jMCogg2V7u
   
   

   

   
   
   
   

C. Comments & Opinions ... Half Dozen

1. Prof Spencer Overton ‏@SpencerOverton Apr 18

   How Home Ownership Keeps Blacks Poorer Than Whites http://onforb.es/TR85o3  via @forbes @JointCenter
   
   
2. White House HBCUs ‏@WHI_HBCUs Apr 18

   "Let's focus on 2-3 issues that everyone(HBCUs) can champion for the next 5-10 years...Start with STEM"--Karl Reid,@UNCF #NCEBC

   
   
   
   
3. Calvin B. Lester Jr. ‏@CalvinBenLester Apr 17

   Diddy is a successful businessman. Ambassador for Howard and HBCUs. Get over yourselves. @HBCUstorian @HBCUstory @HBCUDigest

   from Shreveport, LA

   
   
   
   
4. Greg Carr ‏@AfricanaCarr Apr 16

   @DoctorTJay @HowardU @iamdiddy 1 thing is for sure: The world will be watching, and there's nothing wrong with that. Can we make some magic?

   
   
   
   
5. Greg Carr ‏@AfricanaCarr Apr 15

   Every generation celebrates its iconic figures. I'm grateful I got to hear August Wilson and Harry Belafonte at Howard commencements.

   
   
   
   
6. Ronald Roach ‏@RonaldRoach Apr 14
   Southern University President Aims for Higher Standards - Higher Education http://diverseeducation.com/article/62743/

D. Some Important Upcoming Events ... Half Dozen 

1. EDUCAUSE ‏@educause Apr 17

   Tackle top IT issues in Baltimore, April 30-May 2. Will we see you there? http://bit.ly/1jGmHTS  #EConnect14 #highered #edtech #profdev

   
   
   
   
   
   
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   White House Af-Am Ed ‏@AfAmEducation Apr 16

   Register for the 2nd #AfAmEdSummit on 4/25 & 26 at @JacksonStateU here!-- http://www.ed.gov/edblogs/whieeaa/ … pic.twitter.com/fQf5kH3BnC

   
   

   

   
   

   
   
   
   
3. Walter M. Kimbrough ‏@HipHopPrez Apr 17

   @FLOTUS is coming to @du1869 as the 2014 Commencement speaker! #mydu! @DUAlumni @HBCUDigest @HBCUNewsNetwork @insidehighered @chronicle

   
   
   
   
4. Diddy ‏@iamdiddy Apr 16

   No words can describe the feeling I had when I heard that @HowardU was presenting me w/ an Honorary Doctorate degree! pic.twitter.com/h9GTuwLv8I

   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   
   
   
5. HBCU Lifestyle ‏@HBCU_Lifestyle Apr 14

   Spelman Hosts 10th Anniversary Women of Color Conference in May http://owl.li/vGjYx
   
   
6. APLU OAS ‏@APLUOAS Apr 14

   REMINDER: 2014 National Acccess, Diversity and Excellence Summit #constantcontact http://conta.cc/1pYbz6P

E. HBCU History -- Black History ... Half Dozen

1. HBCUstory, INC. ‏@HBCUstory Apr 17

   LEST WE FORGET | Civil Rights Leader, Alabama State + Clark universities alumnus Rev. Ralph Abernathy |... http://fb.me/1eXy6NZbH

   
   
   
   
2. LT Wynn ‏@Pubhistorian Apr 17

   LEST WE FORGET: @Morehouse alumnus Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote "The Letter from Birmingham Jail" #onthisday... http://fb.me/30dKUlfwe

   
   
   
   
3. HBCU News ‏@hbcunews 22h

   #HBCU #TC A rabbi, the "Bloody Sunday" march and liberation: In the chapel at Tougaloo College, I chanted the ... http://binged.it/1jic0n0

   
   
   
   
4. HBCUstory, INC. ‏@HBCUstory Apr 15

   LEST WE FORGET | Labor + Civil Rights Leader, Cookman Institute alumnus A. Philip Randolph | #HBCUstory | Born on... http://fb.me/6GvepxNGY

   
   
   
   
5. LT Wynn ‏@Pubhistorian Apr 14

   Civil rights divide is deep, 50 years later http://tnne.ws/1koJKmK

   
   
   
   
6. Jermane Bond ‏@JermaneBond Apr 14

   “@washingtonpost: What Frederick Douglass said about immigration http://wapo.st/1qUt3j6  pic.twitter.com/zYtxmgrSJD”
   
   

F. Opportunities for Jobs, Internships, Scholarships, Fellowships, & Research ... Half Dozen  

1. CODE2040 ‏@CODE2040 Apr 18

   Wanted: Social Entrepreneurs Apply by 4/30- 6 wk @KickIncubator by @WillHauser @2DegreesFood @ @ImpactHub_SFBay http://bit.ly/1ghH9Fj 
   
   
2. HBCUCONNECT.COM ‏@hbcu Apr 16

   Looking for a new job? Walgreens is hiring executive, technical, and pharmaceutical positions – as well as health... http://fb.me/14dfyOHGJ
   
   
3. Marcia Robinson SPHR ‏@HBCUCareerCntr Apr 16

   RT @under30careers: Getting Hired With Social Media: 5 Sites To Be On Now http://ow.ly/2y0VfR  #HBCU #classof2014
   
   
4. HBCU Lifestyle ‏@HBCU_Lifestyle Apr 16

   NASA Internship: Paid Hands-on Experience for STEM Students http://dlvr.it/5Q2XKv 
   
   
5. HBCU Buzz, Inc. ‏@HBCUBuzz Apr 15

   Search through 200 HBCU Scholarship! RE-TWEET and Tell a friend http://hbcubuzz.com/scholarship/
   
   
6. Marcia Robinson SPHR ‏@HBCUCareerCntr Apr 14

   #HBCU alumni UPLOAD your resume on our job board to meet employers looking for diverse talent. http://ow.ly/vJSAZ