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Tennessee State University Accelerates the Pathway for Becoming a Doctor and Dentist with an Innovative Academic Program
Tennessee State offers college-bound students an innovative program to go from high school graduate to doctor or dentist in seven years.
Donald V. Watkins
Dec 29, 20243 min read
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The Future of State-Supported HBCUs is Bleak
State-supported, four-year degree-granting HBCUs are at-risk of being dismantled in the new political and higher education paradigm.
Donald V. Watkins
Dec 1, 20244 min read
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60 Years Ago, This Tennessee State University Student Demanded Academic Excellence at His College and Got It
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on April 8, 2024 In Memoriam to Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr., MD -- June 13, 1944 to April 11,...
Donald V. Watkins
Apr 8, 20242 min read
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Denied Admission to UA Medical School, an Undeterred Levi Watkins, Jr., Soldiered On to Co-Develop the Cardioverter Defibrillator and Implant the First One in a Human Patient
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on March 6, 2024 If you are one of the 200,000 heart patients each year who received an...
Donald V. Watkins
Mar 6, 20242 min read
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Adam Watkins: One of My Earliest Mentors in Life, Business, and Politics
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on November 26, 2023 Fifthy-five years ago, the Sunday, September 8, 1968, edition of the...
Donald V. Watkins
Nov 26, 20232 min read
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Inspiring Educational Excellence
Meet two distinguished Black women who inspire educational excellence all of the time. Their stories are captivating.
Donald V. Watkins
Jul 7, 20184 min read
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