“First, I cried,” said LeMoyne-Owen College Interim President Dr. Carol Johnson-Dean. “I was overjoyed, in tears. This $40 million gift is nothing short of transformative for the college.”
Johnson-Dean received a call on Tuesday of this week from the Community...
Two steps inside of Fred Jones Jr.’s home in French Fort just off of Downtown and any visitor would pick up on his affinity for the Southern Heritage Classic. And with it about to turn 30, the founder and...
Students, faculty, local alumni, and community supporters convened on the grounds of LeMoyne-Owen College to launch “The 2020 Inaugural National Annual Fund Campaign” last Friday, to raise an unprecedented $1.2 million.
The rally-styled event featured rousing numbers from the school’s...
(Lane College President Logan Hampton detailed the State of the College while addressing the Lane College National Alumni Association Annual Meeting in Memphis on July 19. Here are excerpts from his talk.)
…Today, I am delighted to update you on the...
Lemoyne- Owen College gave Xavier University of Louisianna a heartbreaking homecoming defeat this past Saturday, 85-84.
The loss was handed to Xavier University in front of a season-high crowd of 2,264 at the Convocation Center in New Orleans. LOC men's...
Kickoff for the 29th Annual Southern Heritage Classic was still several days away when Tennessee State University President Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover rolled into her hometown Wednesday evening.
Don’t get it twisted. Glover is up for a good time. And...
The 2018 Southern Heritage Classic will go down as one of the most memorable ever. There were no winners. No losers. Just rain. LOTS of rain. Thunder and lightning too. So much so that SHC officials finally decided the...
For the second time in two years, the Faculty Senate at LeMoyne-Owen College has issued a vote of no confidence for LOC President Andrea Miller – this time on allegations that she presented the words of televangelist Joel Osteen...
by Shambreon Richardson, Special to The New Tri-State Defender
Gérard Kobéané is a sprinter from Burkina Faso, Africa who ran the 100 to 200 meter in the 2012 Olympics in London. And he hopes to compete in Toyko in 2020.
He...
Lemoyne-Owen Women's basketball team carried their winning spirit all the way to Dillard University in Louisianna to defeat the Lady Bleu Devils, 54-49.
"It was our first road test, we came out the gates kind of sluggish just because it...