Tuskegee University

The 2022 education budget is $7.65 billion and the largest in state history.

The university is beginning a national search for a new president.

W.E.B. Du Bois was an author, journalist and early civil rights leader who helped co-found the NAACP.

The virtual town hall will take place Friday from noon until 2 p.m. and is open to the public.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday announced the two developer teams that are to build the state’s three new mega prisons. Ivey said those prisons are to be located in Bibb, Elmore County and Escambia counties. The president of the Alabama Association of Police Chiefs Chief Patrick W. Mardis released a statement in support of … Continued

Tuskegee University will formally inaugurate its first female president, Lily McNair, one week after International Women’s Day. McNair is the historically black university’s eighth president since its founding in 1881. McNair, who has been serving as president since July, draws inspiration from Booker T. Washington, the university’s founder and first president. “I think about Booker … Continued

Tuesday, Tuskegee University announced that Dr. Lily D. McNair will become Tuskegee University’s eighth president after being unanimously selected by its Board of Trustees. “I am honored and humbled to be selected to serve as the eighth president of Tuskegee University,” Dr. McNair said. “The historic contributions of the university’s students, faculty and alumni are … Continued