#HowardU16 - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Sat, 20 Aug 2016 21:13:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg #HowardU16 - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 Remarks By President Barack Obama At Howard University’s 148th Commencement Convocation https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2016/05/07/remarks-by-president-barack-obama-at-howard-universitys-148th-commencement-convocation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remarks-by-president-barack-obama-at-howard-universitys-148th-commencement-convocation Sun, 08 May 2016 00:12:57 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=5522 By The Hilltop Staff Posted 8:15 PM EST, Sat. May 7, 2016 Courtesy of The White House Office of the Press Secretary: [EXCLUSIVE: Obama Embodies Blackness, Confidence, Hope at Howard University’s 148th Commencement] THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you!  Hello, Howard!  (Applause.)  H-U! AUDIENCE:  You know! THE PRESIDENT:  H-U! AUDIENCE:  You know! THE PRESIDENT:  (Laughter.)  Thank you so much, everybody.  […]

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]]> 5522 Ambassador, Army Veteran, Alpha Man, Scholar: Dawson Receives Doctor of Laws Honorary Degree https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2016/05/07/ambassador-army-veteran-alpha-man-scholar-dawson-receives-doctor-of-laws-honorary-degree/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ambassador-army-veteran-alpha-man-scholar-dawson-receives-doctor-of-laws-honorary-degree Sat, 07 May 2016 23:25:30 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=5488 By Paul Holston, Editor-in-Chief, “The Hilltop” Newspaper Posted 7:30 PM EST, Sat. May 7, 2016 At the prestige age of 90-years-old, Ambassador Horace G. Dawson, Jr., Ph.D. personifies the symbol of public service. Dawson’s journey began as a college student at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, where during his time there he was unexpectedly drafted into the United States Army at the age of […]

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]]> 5488 Obama Embodies Blackness, Confidence, Hope at Howard University’s 148th Commencement https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2016/05/07/obama-at-howard-universitys-148th-commencement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=obama-at-howard-universitys-148th-commencement https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2016/05/07/obama-at-howard-universitys-148th-commencement/#comments Sat, 07 May 2016 20:53:09 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=5491 Obama urges Howard Class of 2016 graduates to “Be confident in your heritage. Be confident in your Blackness.” By Paul Holston, Editor-in-Chief, “The Hilltop” Newspaper Posted 5:00 PM EST, Sat. May 7, 2016 In what will go down as one of the most significant moments in Howard University’s history, President Barack Obama delivered a strong, eloquent and inspirational […]

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