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HBCUs SirruxXM Station
SOC’s own Jay Holloway is HBCU Channel director for HBCU SirrusXM Channel 142. The program is housed with the Howard Radio Network, home of WHUR 96.3FM. It is an opportunity  for HBCUs such as Howard, American Baptist College, Hampton University, Jackson State University, Prairie View A&M University, Virginia State University, Tennessee and others to tell their stories.  See the story in Diverse Issues in Higher Education: http://diverseeducation.com/article/60410/


Power Players
Alumna Dackeyia Q. Sterling recently released Entertainment Power Players, 5th edition (2014), Key Quest Publishing. The book is filled with contacts across the fashion, film/TV, music, sport, and video gaming industries. Visit www.entertainmentpower.com for the free Entertainment Power Players: Edition 5 User Guide. Congratulations, Dackeyia.


Brian Branch Price
High Performance
The sports world will see our alumni on point for coverage of NFL Super Bowl XLVIII. Six alum: Barry Carter, The Newark Star-Ledger; Jim Trotter, Sports Illustrated senior writer; Steve Weiss, NFL Network; Lemont Williams, Comcast Sports net; Brian Branch Price, freelance photographer, for MC;  and D. Orlando Ledbetter, Atlanta Journal and Constitution NFL beat writer  are set  to cover the event Feb. 2nd.

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