The U.S. Department of State has named 19 Historically Black Colleges and Universities as Fulbright HBCU Institutional Leaders for their significant involvement with the Fulbright Program during the 2023-24 academic year.
This recognition highlights efforts by these institutions to engage faculty, students and administrators in the prestigious international exchange program, while promoting HBCUs as destinations for international students and scholars, the department said in a Tuesday statement.
The 19 HBCUs honored include:
- Alcorn State University in Mississippi
- Bennett College in North Carolina
- Fayetteville State University in North Carolina
- Florida A&M University
- Howard University in Washington, D.C.
- Huston-Tillotson University in Texas
- Jackson State University in Mississippi
- Jarvis Christian University in Texas
- LeMoyne-Owen College in Tennessee
- Lincoln University in Pennsylvania
- Mississippi Valley State University
- Morgan State University in Maryland
- North Carolina A&T State University
- North Carolina Central University
- Prairie View A&M University in Texas
- Spelman College in Georgia
- Tennessee State University
- Virginia State University
- Xavier University of Louisiana
