Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Updates During TBC Online Redesign

Over the past week, the staff of THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Online has been implementing the first of a series of changes to our site design. Frequent visitors to the site may have noticed that portions of the site have been gradually taking on a new graphical look and a streamlined navigational structure. The planned changes will continue throughout the month, coinciding with the release of the newest issue of THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Magazine.

Meanwhile, we continue to update both the main site with new features and our job bank with opportunities, as well as maintaining ongoing postings by our featured bloggers Kim R Wells and Al The Insipiration Duncan, as well as new film, book and DVD reviews and other entertainment features by columnist Kam Williams in our Extracurricular Department.

While we're changing our navigation structure, we wated to call attention to some other recently added features that may have been temporarily harder to spot this past week:

  • Thousands Demand, "Free the Jena Six"
    Black T-shirts, purple ribbons, the U.S. and black liberation flags swinging high, handmade posters, picket signs and fists clenched while rising to the sky: This was the uniform for many of the thousands who marched two miles to the LaSalle Parish courthouse declaring, "Free the Jena Six."
  • HBCUs Figure in Obama's Campaign Strategy
    Singled out in Vibe magazine, dropped in some of hip-hop's hottest songs of the summer from the likes of Talib Kweli to Common, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination are focusing strongly on the student population, including those at historically black colleges and universities.
  • Shayla Price: The $100,000 Scholarship Queen
    Earning money for college has become an art form for Shayla Price who began her journey at the age of 18 searching for a way to pay for college, and ended up as a college and career prep adviser helping students across the country make their dreams come true
  • INTERNS WANTED! Opportunities in Washington, DC
    If you’ve been wondering how to get your foot in the door of some of the leading government and industry employers in Washington, DC, regardless of where you live, then you’ll want to take notes.
  • Q&A: Post-Maternity Leave Job Re-entry; Financial Aid; more
  • 2007 HBCU Homecoming Dates
During our site changes, and as always, we invite all of our visitors to send us feedback on the site design and features they'd like to see.