Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Full Scholarship Rice University Center for Community Learning and Engagement Spring Courses - thanks Efamily member Janice Weaver for sharing!
3rd Annual Cactus Jack Foundation HBCU Classic is set for Friday, February 14 through Sunday, February 16, 2025, at Daikin Park, home of the 2x World Series Champion Houston Astros.
Good afternoon,
We are excited to host the 3rd Annual Cactus Jack HBCU Classic at Daikin Park in Houston, TX the weekend of February 14th-16th. During the duration of the tournament, we would like to recognize HBCU alumni that are currently giving back to their HBCU(s) and have shown accomplishments in their current careers. This will include on-field recognition prior to the 9 tournament games and each awardee will receive 4 tickets to a suite during the game.
We are asking that you help promote this opportunity to HBCU alumni. Anyone interested will need to fill out the following application by Friday, February 7, 2025: https://forms.office.com/r/AJ3jE6SSsU
The 3rd Annual Cactus Jack Foundation HBCU Classic is set for Friday, February 14 through Sunday, February 16, 2025, at Daikin Park, home of the 2x World Series Champion Houston Astros. The Classic is an annual, round-robin collegiate baseball classic designed by the Astros Youth Academy and Astros Foundation to highlight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their baseball programs. The nine-game tournament will feature Houston-area Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern University, and four schools from neighboring Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama – Southern University, Grambling State, Jackson State, and Alabama A&M University.
Round-robin format with three (3) games each on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
State to State game matchups (JSU vs AAMU.; GSU vs. SUBR; TSU vs. PVAMU)
College fair hosted by the Astros Youth Academy highlighting over 100 colleges and universities.
Total attendance for the 2024 Cactus Jack HBCU Classic tournament was over 20,000.
2025 Cactus Jack HBCU Classic Website Link: www.astros.com/hbcuclassic
2024 Cactus Jack HBCU Classic Video Recap Link:
The Astros Foundation - Cactus Jack HBCU Classic 2024 on Vimeo
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Megan Hays
Manager
Astros Youth Academy|Astros Foundation
Houston Astros
501 Crawford St., Houston, TX 77002
C 832-710-5093
mhays@astros.com
$50,000 Scholarship Masters Students Deadline Jan 17 (thanks efamily member Sam Denard for sharing) https://wadescholarship.org/
WADE SCHOLARS 2024
Hello,
My name is Lorna Jones, and I am sending this email on behalf of the Wade Institute of Technology (WIT) in Palo Alto, CA. I am writing to share a press release with you regarding our $50,000 STEM Master’s Degree scholarship program for African American students to be released on November 13, 2024. Please read the attached release. I have also attached a photo of a celebration of just some of the scholars and a staff member.
This news is important to your audience because we share a strong desire to support African American students especially so during these very challenging times in this country
Would you kindly share this news with your audience so they can review our STEM scholarship program and register for the scholarship?
Please don’t hesitate to contact me directly if you have further questions about this story.
Kindly confirm receipt of this email. Thank you.
Thank you kindly,
Lorna Jones
Academic Director
Wade Institute of Technology
Wade Scholarship Program
(209) 640 0082
ljones@wit.university
Would you:
Like to receive a $50,000 scholarship for your master’s-level coursework expenses?
Are You:
1) A student of African descent globally?*
2) Holding a bachelor's degree in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited college or university?
Have You:
Chosen a master’s program that is one of U.S. News & World Report’s top 30 graduate engineering schools or an HBCU with a graduate engineering program?
Do You:
Know that the deadline to apply is no later than January 17, 2025?
☑ A magnet for incredible talent, working to mitigate the acute underrepresentation in STEM of students of African descent globally.
☑ Helping emerging multi disciplinary leaders collaborate, innovate, and communicate to address the complex
challenges facing society.
Scholarship applicants will be evaluated on:
• Independence of Thought • Purposeful Leadership • Civic Mindset
• Undergraduate Achievements
Details and Application: www.wadescholarship.org
Apply TODAY!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lorna Jones
November 13, 2024 ljones@wit.university
209-640-0082
WIT Wade Scholarship Program Offers Black Students $50,000
Toward a STEM Master’s Degree
(Palo Alto, CA) – Wade Institute of Technology (WIT), an experiential Silicon Valley-based
college for students of African descent pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics (STEM) fields, announced that it is accepting applications for the 2025 Wade
Scholarship Program (WSP).
To qualify for the scholarship, applicants must be admitted to a master’s degree
program ranked within the U.S. News & World Report Top 30 U.S. graduate schools of
engineering and/or the graduate engineering program of any of the Historically Black Colleges
and Universities (HBCUs).
“There has been an alarming drop in the number of Black STEM professionals, who were
already woefully underrepresented in these fields,” said WIT Executive Director Booker T.
Wade, Jr. “This scholarship helps ease the financial burden that is often a contributing factor to
the drop-off of Black students in the educational pipeline. We are committed to the goal of
promoting increased diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM through expanded educational
opportunities.”
WSP Scholars receive up to $50,000 toward the cost of tuition, on-campus housing, food, and
other expenses or fees. Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline from an
accredited college or university in the U.S. or the equivalent from an international institution.
Minority Television Project Inc. (MTP), which owns and operates San Francisco Bay Area public
television station KMTP-TV 33, provides funding for the scholarship. Through its support of both
WIT and WSP, MTP is working to make transformative changes in the technology ecosystem.
There have been 26 WSP Scholars since the program launched in 2021. Applications for the
2025 scholarships are due no later than January 17, 2025. International students may apply but
must already have U.S. residential or visa status.
Prospective WSP Scholars will be evaluated on independent thought, purposeful leadership,
civic mindset, and undergraduate achievements. Additional information on requirements and a
link to the application portal can be found at wadescholarship.org/
About Wade Scholarship Program
The Wade Scholarship Program (WSP) was established to mitigate the underrepresentation of
people of African descent in STEM. WSP provides scholarships to Black scholars who are
admitted to an engineering master’s degree program ranked within the US News & World
Report Top 30 US graduate schools of engineering and HBCUs with graduate engineering
programs.
About Wade Institute of Technology
Founded in 2020, Wade Institute of Technology (WIT) is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3)
educational institution that provides a STEM course of studies for students of African descent.
Through an innovative mix of traditional instruction and experiential learning from top-tier
faculty and institutions, WIT positions its graduates to be visionary leaders in their disciplines at
a global level.
NASA Jobs Agencywide Open the Week of Jan 27th in USAJOBS all over the country - GET YOUR RESUME IN USAJOBS NOW!!! Don't wait.. It can take days to complete your USAJOBS resume, transcript etc. uploaded!
The Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO) is pleased to announce the following agencywide DHA announcements for permanent non-supervisory positions across the agency:
* Aerospace Engineer, AST Aerospace Flight Systems, GS-0861-14
* Aerospace Engineer, AST Aerospace Flight Systems, GS-0861-15
* General Engineer, AST, Technical Management, GS-0801-14
* General Engineer, AST, Technical Management, GS-0801-15
Current employees should be encouraged to apply if they are interested in these types of positions. We recommend you perform outreach and recruitment activities now with both internal and external applicable applicant pools to ensure they are ready to apply for these opportunities when they open for three days during the week of Jan. 27.
NASA INTERNS Gateway Internships Webinar - High School and College Students
Launch Your Future: NASA Internships Virtual Webinar<https://8nhsi76ab.cc.r
Audience: High school and college students
Event Date:
Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, at 4 p.m. EST
Contact: nasa-internships@mail.nasa.gov
Are you interested in a NASA internship? Join the NASA internship team for an interactive webinar to explore internship opportunities and learn about eligibility and application requirements. Learn firsthand from current interns and get tips on how to make your application stand out. Whether you’re a high school or college student, this session will guide you through what you need to know to kickstart your NASA journey. Click here<https://8nhsi76ab.cc.rs6.
Monday, December 16, 2024
HPD - Civilian Positions Open
The Houston Police Department is seeking qualified civilian candidates for these positions that will open on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. Click https://www.
to search for the job titles listed below that may interest you.
Senior Criminal Intelligence Analyst – PN# 35678 – Planning and Data Governance – All Persons Interested
Senior Police Telecommunicator – PN# 25407 – Emergency Communications – All Persons Interested
Please remember, that to be considered for any position the minimum qualifications on the job posting must be met.
Thursday, December 12, 2024
National Science Foundation Student Competition
See the National Science Foundation the video game design competition for K-12 students with the theme ‘Life in 2100’ at the link below.
Sam Denard
Saturday, December 7, 2024
FastWeb Internships at various companies - sign up to get your personalized internships
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Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Monday, November 25, 2024
Vanessa Gilmore's son Sean has a new business! Please share with Seniors and Assisted Living Facilities! Support our Efamily Youth!
To the efamily from Vanessa
My son, Sean, has launched a unique business called Memory Lane Virtual Reality Tours. These immersive experiences offer seniors an engaging activity to bring joy, spark memories, and create meaningful moments. Many of us have parents and loved ones who would benefit from Memory Lane Virtual Reality. If you know anyone who works with seniors or is associated with or manages a retirement home or assisted living facility, Sean would appreciate the opportunity to introduce them to this incredible experience. If you have any contacts for him, reach out to Sean directly through his website below. Thanks for your support. Please share!
https://memorylanevirtualreali
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
ImPrint Ta-Nehisi Coats Rebroadcast Tickets Nov. 21st
2024/2025 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series
Inprint Ta-Nehisi Coates Online Rebroadcast
DETAILS AND HOW TO WATCH: This is an online rebroadcast of the Inprint Ta-Nehisi Coates live event. This online event will be accessible from the Inprint website. Details on how to access the reading will be provied to season subscribers. Those who purchase general admission tickets for this rebroadcast event will be provided the viewing link on their Eventbrite email receipt in the “Additional Information” section. Each ticket includes a copy of Coates’s new book The Message.
During the program, Ta-Nehisi Coates will read from his new book The Message, followed by an on-stage conversation with celebrated author and Rice University faculty member Kiese Laymon. The event is presented as part of the 2024/2025 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series and in partnership with Kindred Stories.
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “visceral, eloquent, and beautifully redemptive” language has been hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” and The New York Observer calls him “the single best writer on the subject of race in the United States.” A MacArthur Fellow, he is author of the bestselling books The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, and Between the World and Me – an essay in the form of a letter to his son – a #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the National Book Award and an NAACP Image Award. Publishers Weekly called his debut novel, The Water Dancer, “bold [and] dazzling,” and Esi Edugyan wrote, “Coates balances the horrors of slavery against the fantastical…. But in the end, [this is] a novel interested in the psychological effects of slavery, a grief Coates is especially adept at parsing.” He is also the writer of numerous award-winning issues of Marvel’s Black Panther (2016-2021) and Captain America (2018-2021) comics series.
Coates returns to Houston to share his new book of intertwining essays, The Message, a text he originally intended to be about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s classic Politics and the English Language, but Coates found himself grappling with deeper questions about how our stories expose and distort our realities. According to APNews.com, “The Message is set everywhere from the American South to the Middle East and Palestine and focuses on a single question: In a time of growing strife and injustice, why do stories matter?”
Kiese Laymon is a writer from Jackson, Mississippi and the author of the genre-bending novel Long Division and the essay collection How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America. Laymon’s bestselling Heavy: An American Memoir won the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, the Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, and was named one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years by The New York Times. He is the Libby Shearn Moody Professor of Creative Writing and English at Rice University.
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