Wilberforce News

Academics and politicians have been saying it for decades now - that the GI Bill of Rights, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt 65 years ago this month, is perhaps the most important, the most far-reaching piece of legislation the U.S. Congress ever approved.

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College will partner with Central State University to transfer students in certain majors seamlessly from the two-year to the four-year school.

Willis "Bing" Davis, "Ghetto Voice" "Soul!" When: Through Feb. 28 Web: ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/soul There can be a positive side effect to economic hard times for some cultural institutions.

The African American experience is explored through art during Soul! Art from the National Afro-American Museum now on view at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus, Ohio.

IF YOUR view of young adult African-Americans is limited to what much of the media present, you probably wag your head.

Artist James Allen was serving a life sentence in an Indiana state prison when he discovered his artistic talent.

Segregation laws prevented a young Richmond Barthe from attending art school in the South.

Wilberforce University gave out three honorary degrees this weekend at its commencement ceremony, including one to Ohio's Treasurer Kevin Boyce.

The University of Dayton will graduate a record 1,770 undergraduate and graduate students this weekend, making separate commencement ceremonies today, May 2, and Sunday the largest in UD history.

A former Ross County resident who has spent much of his life researching his family's Native American roots is working with the Ohio Historical Society and National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center to conduct an intertribal pow wow May 2 and 3 in nearby Wilberforce.

Central State University considers Bill Cosby a longtime partner in its commitment to education.

Name a local music venue - past or present - and chances are, 90-year-old Jimmy Thompson's played it.

The Ohio Historical Society is becoming a shell of itself because of state budget cuts.

WILBERFORCE, Ohio - Central State University has hired Southwest Baptist defensive coordinator E.J. Junior as its new head football coach.

Rose Rock, the mother of comedian Chris Rock, will speak on Tuesday, March 17, at Central State University.

Greene County Parks is offering a Volunteer Naturalist Workshop scheduled for Mondays, March 23 through May 4. The workshop is designed for ages 16 and older who are interested in volunteering as a naturalist.

Thomas Kelley is the grandson of former slave Peter Bruner, who made a life for himself in Oxford after escaping to Ohio and fighting in the Civil War.

Karla Garrett Harshaw, vice president of community development for Cox Ohio Publishing, will spend the rest of 2009 helping to raise awareness and funds for Wilberforce University.

10, 1927, Laurel, Miss., U.S. Main American lyric soprano, the first African American singer to achieve an international reputation in opera.

Wilberforce University withheld paychecks for about 100 work-study students on Friday, Jan.