(AUSTIN, Texas) 5.17.13 — Huston-Tillotson University’s science and mathematics faculty are hosting a week-long robotics summer day camp for high school girls, scheduled July 29-Aug 2, 2013. The Environmental Rescue Robotics Camp is designed to help engage 9th-12th grade girls in science and mathematics applications. Read More »

HT’s Honors Convocation featured top ranking seniors who will have their degrees conferred on Saturday during Commencement Convocation at 8:30 a.m.  Seniors pictured with President Larry L. Earvin are as follows: BiologyDikibujiri I. DiriLisa R. Kelley                Business AdministrationJamenequa W. BenBilly D. Howard Read More »

(AUSTIN, Texas) 5.10.13 — Huston-Tillotson University President Larry L. Earvin, Ph.D., announced today that the Department of Business Administration within the School of Business and Technology (SBT) earned the prestigious “accreditation” title from the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). “This departmental accreditation Read More »

(AUSTIN, Texas) 5.10.13 — Entrepreneur, lawyer, professor, legislator, former New Orleans Mayor, and current National Urban League President Marc H. Morial has one more accolade to add to his list of accomplishments.  He received Huston-Tillotson University’s honorary Doctor of Laws degree during the Commencement Convocation Read More »

Austin Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. members Jacklyn Cooper-Williams (right) and Carolyn Golden presented a financial contribution to Institutional Advancement Vice President Roderick L. Smothers in support of HT. Read More »

(AUSTIN, Texas) — Entrepreneur, lawyer, professor, legislator and former New Orleans Mayor Marc H. Morial will render Huston-Tillotson University’s Commencement address.  Morial, who currently serves as the president of the National Urban League, will speak on Saturday, May 4, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. during the Read More »

Nineteen candidates, Huston-Tillotson University largest Alternative Teacher Certification Program class, completed course requirements to earn their teaching certificate on April 25, 2013.  Candidates pictured with Ruth Kane, Chair, Education Department, are as follows: Michelle Berkering, Generalist EC-6, Special Education and ESL Supplemental, Fifth Grade, ESL, Read More »

  Top row l-r: Dr. Teresa Hairston, Dr. Larry L. Earvin, Mr. John Deushane, Mr. Eddie Meyers, Honorable. Betty Thompson. Bottom row l-r: Mrs. Monica Kaufman Pearson, Dr. Betty Clark, Ms. Lisa Williams, Mr. BeBe Winans, and Mr. Wellington Swindall (posthumously). (Not Pictured – Mrs. Read More »

Sims Elementary student Adrian Maldonado found the prize $500 scholarship egg during HT’s Eighth Annual Easter-Egg Hunt on March 28th.  Maldonado and many of his fellow students enrolled in the Givens Recreation Center after school program visited the campus for the first time. Read More »

By Micah JohnsonInternCommunication Major March 2013 Dr. Alaine HutsonDr. Alaine Hutson, Huston-Tillotson University’s Assistant Professor of English, has been selected to receive a 2013 UNCF/Mellon Programs Faculty Residency Fellowship. The fellowship allows Hudson the opportunity to continue to grow and develop as a scholar while Read More »

2012–13 Division I Men’s Basketball All-American’s Announced March 20, 2013By Chad Waller, NAIA Director of Communications & Sports Information KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (All-Time All-Americans) The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2012 – 13 Division I Men’s Basketball All-Americans. The selections are made Read More »

(AUSTIN, Texas) 3.22.13 — Hundreds gathered for a proud moment in the life of HT’s 138 year history:  The reopening of the Downs-Jones Library and Communication Center held on Friday, March 22, 2013.     Featured in the 16,000 square-foot, split-level $2.3 million library renovation Read More »

By Micah JohnsonCommunication Major (Atlanta, GA) 3.11.13 — Cameron Green, a sophomore communication major at Huston-Tillotson University, was elected vice-president of  the UNCF Pre-Alumni Council National Executive Board during the 67th Annual Leadership Conference held recently in Atlanta, GA.  Green currently serves as HT’s Student Read More »

(AUSTIN, Texas) 3.5.13 — Political leader Ronnie McDonald and The Peierls Foundation, Inc., were named Huston-Tillotson University’s 2013-2014 Tower of Light recipients.  McDonald and Brian Peierls received their custom, glass HT tower replica award during the recent Decennial President’s Mankind Assisting Students Kindle Educational Dreams Read More »

(AUSTIN, Texas) — Rhythm and blues performers After 7 and Grammy-award nominee Miki Howard will headline Huston-Tillotson University’s Decennial President’s Mankind Assisting Students Kindle Educational Dreams (MASKED) Gala. The black-tie affair is scheduled for Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Read More »

(AUSTIN, Texas) 2.25.13 — Political leader Ronnie is a recipient of Huston-Tillotson University’s 2013-2014 Tower of Light Award.  He will be honored at this year’s Decennial President’s Mankind Assisting Students Kindle Educational Dreams (MASKED) Gala. The black-tie affair is scheduled for Saturday, March 2, 2013 Read More »