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For professionals, a consistent morning routine can be an asset in beginning your day on the right track. With an established morning routine, whether waking up at 5 AM or 9 AM, you will have a stronger foundation to set the tone for an effective workday . If you find it hard to fall asleep before midnight, trying to force yourself into the early-rising club may lead to exhaustion. It’s essential to listen to your body’s natural rhythms. Even if mornings aren’t your strong suit, you can still establish a routine that aligns with your body’s preferences. By prioritizing consistency and finding a schedule that works for you, you can create a morning routine that sets you up for success without sacrificing sleep or well-being. Popular Steps To Include In Your Morning Routine A well-crafted morning routine can lay the foundation for a successful day ahead by setting a positive tone for your daily activities. Adding intentional habits into your morning can help you feel more focused and...
Target is putting its money where its mouth is. In 2021, the retail giant announced a commitment to advance racial equity, including increased investments with Black-owned businesses by more than 50 percent. In addition to this commitment, the popular Minnesota-based retailer is enhancing its Target Scholars Program with updated extensions and additional resources.
Lowe’s is seeking to remain a trailblazer in employee retention. Imagine a world where employers equipped their teams with the resources needed to eliminate debt! Lowe’s just might have laid the foundation for a model that others may want to adapt when it comes to keeping the people that keep the ship running happy! According to PR Newswire the retailer has announced a new education program that allows its associates to grow and develop in their careers. Not only will employees gain access to 100 percent debt-free programs, but they will also have the chance to unveil new opportunities to pursue not only their career aspirations, but educational dreams too. “At Lowe’s, we believe greater access to education leads to more opportunities, and our success is intertwined with our associates’ success and their ability to continuously learn,” said Janice Dupré, Lowe’s executive vice president of human resources. “We actively listen to our associates to identify how we can help them in the...
Joe wants folks to know that he’s out here doing it! According to Complex, the Joe Biden administration has managed to cancel a total of $15 billion in student loan debt since taking office in 2021. A press release from the Department of Education also confirmed that more than 675,000 borrowers have come out on the winning end of his student loan forgiveness program. The news comes on the heels of President Biden’s move to extend the pause on student loan debt payments until May of this year. “Given these considerations, today my Administration is extending the pause on federal student loan repayments for an additional 90 days – through May 1. 2022 – as we manage the ongoing pandemic and further strengthen our economic recovery, ” he wrote. “Meanwhile, the Department of Education will continue working with borrowers to ensure they have the support they need to transition smoothly back into repayment and advance economic stability for their own households and for our nation.”
Nick Cannon surprised seven college students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by agreeing to wipe out their student debt on “The Nick Cannon Show.” The television personality — who recently graduated from Howard University in 2020 — shared the brightest minds attend HBCUs, but crippling student debt can be a jarring obstacle students face upon their graduation. “I am so proud to be a part of an incredible legacy of HBCU graduates. Historically Black Colleges and Universities have played a pivotal role in developing some of the brightest minds and influencers of our time but the next generation of college students are concerned that the price of their education may be a little too high,” Cannon revealed in the opening segment. Seven HBCU students had the opportunity to share their testimonials which compelled them to attend an HBCU. Homelessness, toxic home environments and more were cited as personal struggles serving as the stepping stone for their...
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the country are taking this debt-free trend and running with it all the way to the bank. NBC News reports that small historically Black Clinton College is offering all of its qualifying full-time students free tuition for the upcoming 2021-2022 academic year as well as free Microsoft Surface laptops. This comes after the school announced a commitment to slash tuition fees by 50 percent and also offer every student a new tablet to complete their assignments on. “It has been taxing for each and everyone of us. At Clinton College, we have done our best to keep the school moving forward and providing a quality education, even in a virtual environment,” Clinton College President Lester McCorn declared in his video announcement. “We want to make sure you can perform with excellence without excuse.” This news follows after a tumultuous year for college students around the world who were forced into remote learning at the beginning...
Target is the latest major retail corporation to extend an olive branch for free education to its employees. As previously reported by AfroTech, last month Walmart announced an education initiative in which the retailer would cover full tuition and book fees for their workers to go to college. Now, big-box retailer Target is joining in with its own debt-free education program that’s pledging roughly $200 million to fund the educational pursuits of its employees for the next four years. According to an announcement from the corporation, all Target workers will be eligible for its free education program that will cover fees for select undergraduate programs, certificates, certifications, free textbooks and more with zero out-of-pocket costs starting on their first day of work. The ambitious initiative is said to apply to all 340,000 plus Target employees for what the retailer describes as “the most comprehensive debt-free education assistance program available in the retail industry.”...
The former provost of George Washington University has made history by becoming the first Black president of Georgia State University. According to The Savannah Morning News, Dr. M. Brian Blake came to Georgia State University as the former provost and the executive vice president of academic affairs — roles he’s held since 2019. Prior to his work with GSU, Dr. Blake worked at Drexel University as an administrator, a role he also held at the University of Miami and Notre Dame. He began his academic career as a computer science professor at Georgetown after working as a software developer. Dr. Blake is the first Black president of Georgia State University in the school’s more than 110-year history, and he is taking over the role from outgoing president Mark Becker. “I’m deeply honored to have been selected as Georgia State president,” Blake said to the Savannah Morning News. “I’m keenly aware of what President (Mark) Becker and the faculty, staff, and students have accomplished, and...
Four times the talent! A set of Ohio-based quadruplets are celebrating after graduating from Yale University. The Daily Mail is reporting the story of Aaron, Nick, Zach, and Nigel Wade, who all went to the storied Ivy League university and graduated not that long ago. While growing up, the Wades were known as “The Quads,” and it wasn’t until they got to Yale that they were finally able to “branch out” and strike on their own. “In high school, we all knew the same people. So in a sense, that didn’t allow us to divert as much as we might’ve wanted to,” said Nick. “But in college, because there are so many different types of people, and we had so many different diverse interests, I think we were able to carve our paths in our own way.” In fact, the quadruplets were so set on forging different paths that they didn’t even have any introductory classes together. One set of brothers had one class together throughout the four years of their matriculation. It wasn’t guaranteed that they’d be...
Dominique Kemp is yet another inspirational story and Black history in the making. The recent graduate of Indiana University is the first Black man in the university’s history to graduate with a Ph.D. in mathematics, Indiana Daily Student (IDS) reports. “I’m interested in problems that connect harmonic analysis with geometry. In particular, decoupling, restriction and Kakeya theory, and Böchner-Riesz are my current focus. I also enjoy exploring applications of decoupling inequalities to problems in number theory and geometry,” he said on his personal statement page. Kemp has co-written three academic papers, all in the field of discrete mathematics. He also got his undergraduate degree in mathematics from Stanford University in California, where he double-majored in physics and mathematics before fully concentrating on the latter from his junior year forward. The Lansing, MI native also tutored math students and played the piano while attending IU. And while his experiences have...
While most two-year-olds are playing with Barbie dolls and having tea parties, two-year-old Kashe Quest of Los Angeles, CA, is making history by becoming the youngest American Mensa member. Our sister site, Blavity, reports that it was the little girl’s mother, Sukhjit Athwal, who first noticed that her daughter was something special. “We started to notice her memory was really great. She just picked up things really fast and she was really interested in learning. At about 17, 18 months, she had recognized all the alphabet, numbers, colors, and shapes,” she said. And that’s not all. Kashe Quest can also identify all 50 states by shape and position on a map. She is learning to read, can sign over 50 signs in ASL, and can identify elements on the periodic table by their symbols. She is even learning Spanish, as a second language. After an IQ test, it was determined that the precocious two-year-old has an IQ of 146, well above the genius level, and well making her qualified to become a...
Two Buffalo State College graduates are proving that their story is nothing if not inspiring. The SUNY college — a state college in the New York public university system — put out the official announcement about Cesar Galarza and his daughter, Clarimar, who are part of this year’s graduating class. The elder Galarza worked as a welder and a pastor to put himself through school and graduated Buffalo State College with a degree in social work. “It was fantastic to go to school with my daughter,” said Cesar Galarza, to the college. He said he was inspired by his daughter, Clarimar, who encouraged him to get his degree alongside her. And even though he faced a language barrier — as a native of Puerto Rico, English was his second language — he said it was important to him to persevere. “I had to learn to write in English,” he said. “But I also questioned if I was too old to go to college. Did I wonder: Have I lost my chance? [But] once I got to college, I took it seriously.” Clarimar,...
A Tennessee first-grader proved that anyone can make a difference and inspire change, no matter how old they are. Earlier last month, seven-year-old Morgan Bugg of Brentwood, TN was using educational app Freckle, a gaming platform that allows students a chance to win coins while completing reading and math enrichment activities. During virtual class, she noticed its online store didn’t have any hairstyle options for Black girls like her to style her avatar. According to Bugg, she told the Tennessean that “I felt kind of sad and jealous that there wasn’t any girl hair for me.” Kelley Anne Joyner — Bugg’s teacher at Edmondson Elementary School — then noticed how visibly frustrated Bugg was and pulled her into a virtual breakout room to chat one-on-one. “She had some heartfelt tears,” Joyner said to the Tennessean. “She then said that it’s not fair that they have one Black boy hair, but they don’t have any Black girl hair.” In an effort to find a solution to her problem, Bugg suggested...
Jay-Anne Johnson is making history. According to WHSV-TV, Johnson will soon graduate from James Madison University (JMU) with a degree in biophysical chemistry. She will be the first Black woman in Virginia history to achieve such an accomplishment. While Johnson said that she was pleased she was able to achieve such a feat, the accomplishment didn’t come easy. She told WHSV-TV that, oftentimes, she would be the only Black student in her classes. “It wasn’t until really like the first couple of weeks of class. You’re looking around and you kind of notice you’re the only student in the class that looks like you,” she told the outlet. While Jay-Anne Johnson is the first Black woman to get a biophysical chemistry degree from the university, Ben Ashamole was the first Black person, ever, to get a biophysical chemistry degree from the university. These accomplishments, while great on their own, also highlight the lack of diversity in STEM courses — not just at JMU, but in universities...
School closures have negatively impacted students’ literacy globally. However, for young Black men and boys, in particular, a Denver-based organization is determined to reverse the effects. According to Black Enterprise , The Sims-Fayola Foundation is partnering with FYR is LIT (Fueling Youth Reading is Leaders in Training) — a literacy empowerment and leadership development program — to provide online tutoring for male students of color who are struggling with e-learning. Upon signing up for the program, students will be assessed for their educational needs, then tutored based on a tailored curriculum led by a LIT tutor. Each session is 40 minutes, during which the tutee will learn letter annunciation and phoneme awareness, spelling rules, writing practice, and read aloud. Individuals will be connected to one another via Zoom. Several other non-profit organizations and foundations also target youth literacy, including the Carr Cares Foundation . Carr Cares, founded by NFL player...