CLEVELAND — 1956 started off as a pretty good year for then 23-year-old Richard Veres. He was a senior in the Fenn College of Engineering, which is now Cleveland State. He had met a pretty girl named Donna who he would eventually marry. And he was sure he had a job lined up with Reliance […]
KENT, Ohio – Thousands of students will walk across the stage in their caps and gowns this weekend to accept their college diploma, but some are receiving their degrees years earlier than most. Of the 5,400 degrees being handed out at Kent State University this spring, 10 students are 19 years old or younger. Chante’l […]
Daivon Reeder has proven he is able to handle anything that comes his way in life, both good and bad. Sometimes words meant to discourage end up fueling a person’s ride to success. When Daivon Reeder started college four years ago, he said his stepfather was less than optimistic about his chances. “My step […]
The Harlem native overcame a very troubled past. As a teen, he fell into a life of crime, but bounced back to become a graduate of the esteemed New York City college.
Many students are not very familiar with the judicial process in Supreme Court. (CNN) — Nearly 10 percent of college graduates surveyed in a poll believe Judith Sheindlin, aka “Judge Judy,” serves on the Supreme Court. Sheindlin is an American lawyer made popular as the judge on a court show by the name of “Judge […]
This brilliant young woman was offered a spot by 26 colleges (and $3m in scholarships) http://t.co/0EcmyRlIPZ pic.twitter.com/7PPnrWPf4b" — Maham Masood (@1mahammasood) June 15, 2015 Black girls do, indeed, rock. And Chicago high school student Arianna Alexander is no exception. In fact, she’s rocking her $3 million worth of scholarships all the way to college. Arianna, […]
Syleena Johnson has joined the ranks of Graduation Season 2015 by completing her diploma 21 years later. The story goes, she enrolled at Duke University back in 1994, jointed Zeta Phi Beta in 1996, transferred to Illinois State in 1997, but dropped out just before the finish line so that she could focus on her […]
Karlesha Thurman (pictured) had no idea that a simple, yet beautiful photo from her college graduation would turn into a national conversation over breastfeeding and the harsh criticism of those who choose to do it. The 25-year-old mother was at her graduation ceremony at California State University, in Long Beach, May 22 with her then-3-month-old […]
Fred Dukes recently walked the stage to receive his high school diploma from Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta, Georgia. What made this young brotha’s achievement so much sweeter was that he did it while being homeless and without any family support. CBSAtlanta.com reports that Dukes, who scored a 24 on his ACT and […]
A month shy of his 16th birthday, Ty Hobson-Powell made history Sunday when he walked across the stage at The Lyric as the youngest person ever to graduate from the University of Baltimore. Hobson-Powell gave up a fledgling basketball career when he began college three years ago, commuted more than an hour each way from […]
(CBS) President Obama delivered the commencement address today at Virginia’s Hampton University – his first as president to a predominantly African-American school. Fifty-five percent of African-American high school seniors go on to college these days, compared to 45 percent in 1970. But graduation day is another story, as CBS News correspondent Russ Mitchell reports. At Hampton University, […]