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DSU’s Allen to Georgia law enforcement: ‘We will never be bullied’

Charlie MegginsonEducation, Headlines

Delaware State University president Tony Allen has promised an investigation into an April 20 incident during which a bus carrying the school’s women’s lacrosse team was pulled over and searched while returning from a tournament in Florida.  DSU is a historically Black university in Dover. Approximately 70% of the student population is Black. According to The Hornet, DSU’s student newspaper, …

Allen says DSU “shall not be moved” from keeping its doors open

Betsy PriceEducation, Headlines

DSU was one of more than a dozen HBCUs to receive a bomb threat Monday Delaware State University President Tony Allen called a Monday bomb threat — one of more than a dozen at Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country — “a clear effort to confuse, intimidate and bully our students, staff and faculty.” “We are safe, for …

Delaware LIVE Weekly Review – Jan. 9, 2022

Sonja FreyDelaware Live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines Pre-filed bills offer glimpse into legislature’s plans Despite acquittal, Brown will still face Senate ethics inquiry Tony Allen to honor mother’s life with scholarship for single moms Some patients being transferred to nursing homes will be COVID-positive Wilmington Councilwoman Rysheema Dixon resigns during meeting Culture 36 arts groups, 13 artists get chunk of Rescue …

Child care providers, DSU to receive millions in COVID-19 relief funds

Charlie MegginsonEducation, Government, Headlines

Flanked by Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, Gov. John Carney and Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long, DSU President Tony Allen holds two beneficiaries of the governor’s initiative to strengthen early childhood education in Delaware – the 2021-22 Little Mr. and Miss DSU, Corey Bazemore and Alessandra Spence. Photo courtesy of Delaware State University.  With Delaware’s unemployment rate hovering around 5 percent, state …

Delaware law firm will pay for LSAT tests, tutoring for DSU students

Charlie MegginsonEducation, Headlines

  A $10,000 donation from Morris James will enable students to study more rather than working to raise money for the LSAT, tutoring.   Delaware law firm Morris James has donated $10,000 to Delaware State University to pay for law school applicants’ law school admission tests and prep courses.  The donation may not have a lot of zeros after it, …

Delaware LIVE Weekly Review – September 12, 2021

Sonja FreyDelaware Live, Weekly Review

Hover over the image below and a gray bar pops up at the bottom—scroll through the pdf, use direction arrows, zoom in or out, download the PDF, or view in full-screen mode. [pdf-embedder url=”/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DelawareLive-Sept-12-1.pdf” title=”DelawareLive-Sept 12″] This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines For 1st time, Milford woman describes escaping twin towers 20 years ago Proposed U.S. rule would force reporting …