MACOMB, Ill., April 2 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: Step Afrika, the first professional company worldwide dedicated to stepping, marches into Western Illinois University for a 7 p.m. Monday, April 5 performance in the University Union Heritage Room. Stepping is a unique dance tradition created by African American college students. The body is used as an instrument to create intricate rhythms and sounds through a combination of footsteps, claps and spoken  more

ROCK HILL, S.C., April 2 -- Winthrop University issued the following news release: "The Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson," a newly published coloring and activity book written by a Winthrop University education professor and two graduate students, is an engaging way for elementary children to learn about the nation's third president. This is the second activity book by Professor Mark Dewalt, who came up with a similar book for Abraham Lincoln on the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birthda  more

GENEVA, N.Y., April 2 -- Hobart and William Smith Colleges issued the following news release: As the culmination of a year-long conversation around the topic of global citizenship at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, it was recently announced that Daniel Glickman, President of Refugees International, will deliver the Commencement Address on Sunday, May 16. Refugees International is the leading advocacy organization on refugee crises worldwide. In addition to addressing the graduates, Glic  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 2 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release: An update on Haiti since the January earthquake will be presented in a conference at the University of Virginia. "The Search for Solid Ground: Re-imagining Haiti," will take place on April 9. Most of the conference will be held in Brooks Hall Commons, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., before shifting to Monroe Hall room 130 for a multimedia presentation and reception with Haitian artist Edouard Duval Car  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development issued the following news release: A Massachusetts family is billed by the landlord when children play in an outdoor common area and are fined when they file a fair housing complaint. An Alabama landlord is charged with turning off the water and evicting a white family because one tenant has an African-American boyfriend. An Illinois university student who is vision impaired and epileptic is refused dormitory housing be  more

LANSING, Mich., April 2 -- The Michigan Department of Community Health issued the following news release: The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH), Division of Health, Wellness and Disease Control, Health Disparities Reduction and Minority Health Section (HDRMH) in coordination with the African American Male Health Initiative, Check Up! Or Check Out!, is recognizing April 2010 as Minority Health Month. The theme for this year's month of events adopted by the U.S. Department of He  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., March 31 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release: Through the end of the fall 2009 semester, Penn State conferred a total of 648,338 degrees. As of March 28, through the spring 2010 semester the University's total number of graduates should be approximately 661,211. This spring Penn State expects to award an estimated 12,873 diplomas to students University-wide who are scheduled to complete 587 associate, 10,366 baccalaureate, 1,322 master's  more

RALEIGH, N.C., April 1 -- The city of Raleigh issued the following news release: The 2010 U.S. Census is being conducted. The 10-question Census forms were mailed to American residents March 15. Reminder postcards have been sent to every American household. April 1 was National Census Day, when everyone who had yet to do so was asked to answer the 10 questions and mail the form in the postage-paid envelop provided. Those who have yet to return the Census form are asked to do so immediately. A  more