Dr. Alicia Golston has been promoted to dean of students at Rhodes College, effective July 1, 2019. She served as associate dean of students in 2017 and became associate dean for student experience in 2018.
Prior to joining Rhodes, Golston...
“In a society where innovation and change are becoming increasingly important, we hope to show young girls the potential STEM has to change the world.”
Those words are displayed on the website of STEM4fem, a Memphis-based nonprofit that is working...
A charter school in Orange Mound has received a $5,000 grant towards the innovation of its parent resource center on Friday, November 17.
Arrow Academy of Excellence was awarded the grant last Friday (November 17) from First Tennessee’s Community Development...
A fourth case of the coronavirus has been confirmed in Shelby County, but the case is unconnected to the previous three, officials said.
“Yesterday (Tuesday), we announced three. We now have four, and the fourth case is not connected to...
CodeCrew and Southwest Workforce & Community Solutions have partnered to offer a six-month, 40-hour per week software developer bootcamp beginning Feb. 3 at Southwest Tennessee Community College’s downtown campus at 737 Union Ave.
Code School is designed to empower adults...
NASHVILLE (TSU News Service) – Tennessee State University is launching a national initiative that seeks to bring coding experiences to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and underserved communities.
TSU hosted the inaugural “HBCU C2 Presidential Academy” this week through its newly established National Center for...
Randall Phillips can’t contain his excitement about Amazon’s plans for a Memphis distribution facility, albeit for different reasons than most Bluff City residents.
“Amazon has confirmed they are bringing a $72 million plant to Memphis. Inside the plant are little...
by Najee El-Amin --
CodeCrew-Memphis, a nonprofit technology mentorship organization, is making waves within the youth tech world.
Three of the organization’s brightest students are being recognized on a nationwide level.
Johnathan Sherrill and Jayda Murray have been accepted into the TED-ED...
The 100 Black Men of Memphis chapter this week got a $20,000 boost from the Shelby County Board of Commissioners in the group’s effort to raise funds for the scholarship named in honor of Bernal E. Smith II, the...
Once a suburb thriving with amenities, Whitehaven is saddled with outside perceptions that the neighborhood is poor because its demographics flipped from white to black. Its native retailers, like Southland Mall (the oldest operating mall in Memphis), know the...