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A biography of Jedidah Isler, an American astrophysicist, and educator. Her written work on blazars and the jet streams emanating from them are noted. Isler was raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia and enrolled at the Norfolk State University and became one of the student members of the Fisk-Vanderbilt Master's-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program, a program designed to increase the number of women and under-represented minorities with advanced STEM degrees.

Focuses on the programs by several state universities in partnership with community colleges in the U.S. in an aim to recruit students of color. Details of the PASSport program of Tidewater Community College and Norfolk State University; Factors that forced minority-serving institutions to eliminate the practice of open admissions; Action taken by Jackson State University and Southern State University to improve their recruitment at community colleges.

Presents an interview with Marie Valentine McDemmond, president of Norfolk State University (NSU) in Norfolk, Virginia, on NSU's deficit and house controversy. Ignorance of NSU's financial statements at the time of appointment as president; Internal reaction to the financial problems of the institution; Criticism of predecessor, Harrison B. Wilson; Action on the improvements on the house.

Highlights the Urban Diversity Initiatives Commission Symposium on October 20, 2000 at Norfolk State University (NSU), Virginia. Keynote speakers; Theme of the symposium; How Sarah D. Lang, chair of the special education department of NSU, opened the general session; List of the commission's goals; Overview of the speech by Yvonne S. Thornton, an obstetrician and the author of `The Ditchdigger's Daughters: A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story.'

Features Dr. Harrison Wilson, retiring president of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. Performance as university president; Changes in the university during Wilson's tenure; Personal background; Comments and opinions on Wilson.

The article reports that college and university trustees and their hired headhunters are deciding to trade a thorough and open presidential search process . Topics discussed include university's finances in disarray and its accreditation in peril; fired the institution's president, Tony Atwater, just two years into his presidency by Norfolk State University trustees; and attribution of short-lived presidencies to inadequate searches.

Interviews are presented with "The Run II" tour dancers Quinetta Shaw, and Britton Shaw. It mentions that they first met when Quinetta was getting her nursing degree at Norfolk State University in Virginia, and was also in a dance group; information on their engagement; and they got married at their international tour.

The article offers news briefs in the U.S. in 2015. Female students from KIPP Delta Collegiate High School joined in the No Ceilings town hall discussion of the Clinton Foundation. A Pew Research Center study shows that 49% of Americans believe that to address race relations needs to be a top priority for the Congress and President Barack Obama for 2015. The African American Breastfeeding Network hosts meet-ups where expectant and new mothers can learn the best practices for children nursing.

The author reflects on winning the International Literacy Association (ILA) Manning Special Service Award at the ILA 2017 Conference & Exhibits. She describes her tenure as a professor at the Norfolk State University (NSU). She mentions the role of the ILA in her career, particularly in her work at Tidewater Community College (TCC) in Virginia. She also recounts attending International Reading Association (IRA)/ILA conferences since 1968.

A caption is presented to a photograph of players of the Norfolk State College basketball team taken during a game in the 2012 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament.

A review is offered for the Nursing Laboratory and General Education Building located in Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia.

Focuses on automated telephone answering systems in colleges and universities in the United States. Complaints on the automated answering system of Bishop State Community College in Alabama; Benefits of the system according to officials at Norfolk State University in Virginia; Reasons some colleges still prefer live telephone operators.

Reports on the entry of Norfolk State University (NSU) in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition in the summer of 1997. Advantage of being included in the Division I; Possibility that the NSU may join the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

The article discusses the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUX) Network, a new social media venture that aims to enhance public access to supporters of HCBUs, launched from Norfolk State University campus in Virginia on April 7, 2014. It plans to be accessible through online social networking service Facebook, online photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service Instagram, and online social networking and microblogging service Twitter.

The article profiles Norfolk State University (NSU) associate professor of engineering Frances Williams. It examines her interest in mathematics and science during her childhood. It also discusses her mentoring of students at the Ingleside Elementary School in Norfolk, Virginia. The article states that Williams is very popular with her college students and her 2006 award as Educator of the Year by the NSU student chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

The article presents announcements about grants and gifts that have been given to universities and colleges in the U.S., including a gift from alumnus Bennett S. LeBow to Drexel University, a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to the New York City College of Technology, and the National Science Foundation has made a gift to Norfolk State University.

The article reports on the announcement on the development of Cornell dot laser from the researchers at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia, and the Berkeley laser from the researchers at the University of California at Berkeley, California. It has been cited that the Cornell dot laser works with the use of a pump laser which intends to excite dry molecules. On the other hand, the functioning of the Berkeley laser will depend on surface plasmons.

The article reports that researchers at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia and Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana have been working on a project that allows them to create an optical metamaterial with 51 μm thick hyperbolic dispersion. The metamaterial is cited to be the base material with full of 35 nm holes and an irregular array of parallel nanowires. It states that the metamaterial has hyperbolic dispersion for wavelengths greater than 0.84 μm.

The article reports that Y.T. Shah has been appointed as provost of Norfolk State University, Carlos R. Morales has been appointed as executive director of learning technologies at Lock Haven University and Kimberly Reese has been appointed as director of alumni relations at the Institutional Advancement Division of Xavier University of Louisiana.

The article presents a profile of Dr. Rasha Morsi of Norfolk State University (NSU). Morsi has earned nearly $1 million in research grants for Norfolk and has won acclaim for her work developing educational games. It is noted that the retention rate of college engineering students is low and Morsi believes that innovating teaching methods are needed to effect change. NSU has given Morsi various awards for her accomplishments, one of which is the Girls in Science, Engineering and Technology Club.

The article presents information on donations given to universities and colleges in the U.S. Norfolk State University in Virginia received a $1 million gift from Ernest M. Hodge, founder and co-CEO of March/Hedge Automotive Group and a 1975 alumnus of the university, to establish the Ernest M. Hodge Center for Entrepreneurship in the School of Business. National Football League star Donovan McNabb donated $50,000 each to Dillard University and Xavier University of Louisiana.

Reports on the reason behind the decision of Doctor Marie V. McDemmond to resign as president of the Norfolk State University in Virginia. Accomplishments of McDemmond during her administration of the African American university; Personal plans of the school president in relation to her decision.

Focuses on the use of wireless technology in Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the U.S. Advantages of the use of wireless technology to the colleges; Source of the financing of the wireless infrastructure at Norfolk State University in Virginia; Significance of the wireless technology to students according to James P. Hobbs III, chief information officer at Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University in Texas.

Presents information on the Presidential Institute for Administrative Leadership Development program created by Doctor Marie McDemmond, president of Norfolk State University in Virginia. Qualifications for the program; Aim of the leadership program.

Advises an African American college graduate of Norfolk State University in Virginia about interacting with white professionals. Benefit of mastering the language and culture of white people to a graduate; Ways to socialize with white professionals; Experience in being the lone minority in a primarily white environment.

Looks at how selected U.S. colleges and universities celebrate Black History Month. Arizona State University in Tempe; Bluffton College in Ohio; Bowling Green State University in Ohio; Indiana University in Bloomington; Norfolk State University in Virginia.

Reports on the academic plagiarism case involving Norfolk State University in Virginia assistant professor, Christopher Ngassam, concerning a research paper on the South African stock market with the data copied from a 1995 article about the Korean stock market. Periodical where the article, from which Ngassam copied the report, was published; Possible consequences of Ngassam's actions.

Cranking up the incline on a treadmill will firm up a person's muscles and also rev up the calorie bum by up to 60 percent. To safely take walks to the next level Kara Witzke, associate professor of exercise science at the Norfolk State University in Virginia, offers some guidelines. Alternate five minute hills with five minutes of level walking. The key is to maintain the same speed during the hills as with no incline. Stretch longer. Start easy.

Discusses the efforts of historically Afro-American universities to compete for running the planned National Institute of Aerospace of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Hampton, Virginia. List of other competing universities; Background on the search by NASA for universities and nonprofit partners to run the venture; Possible benefits of managing NIA to the lead institution; Competitive advantages of Hampton, Norfolk State, and Old Dominion Universities.

Reports on a lawsuit filed by former Norfolk State University student Michlen Robinson against the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity group in Virginia. Complaints of hazing against the group; Criminal charges imposed by hazing victims; Reason for the delay of disciplinary action against fraternity members.

Announces that Cisco Systems Inc. has established a Cisco Networking Academy at Norfolk State University in Virginia. Description of the curriculum offered at the academy; Review of the firm's involvement with networking academies.

Reports that Norfolk State University in Virginia, has issued an apology to actor Tim Reid, for a fund-raising letter from the school which allegedly smeared Reid's name. Reid's moves in reaction to the letter; Reid's previous involvement with the school.

Reveals that the Norfolk State University spent $204,000 to renovate the home of its Marie V. McDemmond despite facing a multi-million dollar deficit.

Reports on the number of employees that will be laid off in Norfolk State University.

Reports in March 1998 that State Police in Norfolk, Virginia are probing the finances of Norfolk State University which is seeking a state bailout of a deficit. Size of the deficit; Source of the schools fiscal problems.

States that the US Department of Energy recently awarded a $10 million grant to Norfolk State University (NSU) in Virginia. What the grant will be used for; How it will help increase the number of minority students enrolled in graduate science programs.

Briefly notes that Virginia's Norfolk State University has been granted accreditation for its undergraduate business program by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Also notes that Mayor Unita Blackwell of Mayersville,Miss., was elected to serve as president of the National Conference of Black Mayors Inc. Barbados has received the highest credit rating of any Caribbean country in a recent ranking. NCM Capital Management, fund manager for Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Reports on Norfolk State University's multi-pronged effort for the redevelopment of the Central Brambleton community in Virginia. Grant from the US Department of Housing and Urban development for the project; University's renovation of eight houses in the community; Provision of job training skills, employment and services to residents in the community.