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New Journal and Guide An increase in student enrollment, a low number of COVID-19 infection cases, and a $40 million donation were under the NSU Family Christmas tree at the end of 2020, according to its President. Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston is closing out her second fall semester as the Norfolk State University leader on a high note, despite the COVID pandemic which caused most colleges to change their campus routines. During a recent phone interview with the GUIDE several days after the historic donation from billionaire MacKenzie Scott, listed among the top four of the world’s richest women. Adams-Gaston said the money will be applied foremost to benefit NSU students and the university’s academic mission to prepare them for the workforce.
“people should be jailed” for what happened to Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (Ret.).
Portnoy came off as befuddled and disturbed by this insinuation that anything untoward happened during the Trump-Russia probe, but McEnany replied that she was
“really glad you asked because there hasn’t been a lot of journalistic curiosity on this front and I’m very glad that you asked this question.”
In the minutes that followed, McEnany ran through the history of Democratic intelligence scandals, starting with James Clapper lying to Congress years earlier about wiretapping and then the saga kickstarted by the Democrat-funded Steele dossier through the Mueller probe and reckless claims by House Democrats on cable news.
President Trump Signs Legislation Dec 28, 2020 at 06:16 am by WGNS
(WASHINGTON DC) A government shut-down has been avoided when on Sunday (12/27/2020) President Donald J. Trump signed into law COVID-19 Relief Funding legislation.
The president was trying to negotiate an increase to $2,000 per American worker making less than $75,000 annually. Instead the amount remained at $600.
It included a bicameral proposal that holds patients harmless from surprise bills and resolves payment disputes between providers and insurers. The legislation signed into law also includes Alexander’s bipartisan higher education proposals, which significantly simplifies the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by reducing its 108 questions to a maximum of 36 questions, restores the ability for incarcerated individuals to get a Pell Grant, reinstates Pell Grant eligibility for students who have been defrauded, forgives outstanding debt of Historically Black Colleges and
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Nicole Tinson is founder of HBCU 20x20, an organization that places Historically Black Colleges and Universities students and graduates into companies like Accenture, SpaceX, and Intel. She was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs list in 2020.
Tinson says she is dropping Google as a HBCU 20x20 partner after a Twitter thread by a former Google recruiter went viral, alleging racism and discrimination at the tech giant.
She asked Google to partner with her company in 2017, but it declined. After the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, Tinson says Google reached out to her to get the partnership started.
Missouri colleges, universities receive 77K+ rapid-result COVID-19 antigen tests Claudette Riley, Springfield News-Leader
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Nearly 30 Missouri colleges and universities including the largest institutions in the Springfield area are using rapid-response COVID-19 tests.
The state shipped more than 77,240 BinaxNOW antigen COVID-19 tests to 28 private and public higher education institutions. The first shipments started in late November.
According to the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development, the goal of the tests is to give students, faculty and staff immediate results so they can make decisions regarding isolation.
The tests, given at no charge, can be self-administered under supervision by a health care professional.