Tag Archive | Education
Bebe Moore: Mental Health means more
As featured in HBCU Lifestyles http://hbculifestyle.com/contributor-hbcus-addressing-anxiety-emotional-stress-among-students/ African American college students should applaud the vocal example of Bebe Moore Campbell. In an age where rap stars and NBA athletes are the most celebrated heroes, it is with good cause that we lift up a woman whose advocacy was intended to help so many. Prior to her […]
African Americans and Cancer: Dispelling Myths
This blog is featured in HBCU Lifestyles and is No. 1 in a series on African Americans and Cancer. http://hbculifestyle.com/african-americans-and-cancer-dispelling-myths/ Cancer is no respecter of persons. Anyone can be diagnosed with the often deadly disease which is commonly misunderstood, misrepresented, and adversely affects the African American population at a rate faster than any other ethnicity. […]
Nurse spots cancer on Facebook picture | News | Nursing Times
Nurse spots cancer on Facebook picture | News | Nursing Times. Nurses can do no wrong. I bow to them and worship their clunky clogs and faddish Kimora Lee “Baby Phat” scrubs. They own an impressive clinical swagger that’s rarely mimicked by their more high-income indulgent, physician colleagues or the low totem pole physical therapists […]
Freelance Journalist
CONTACT: pennydickersonwrites@gmail.com Penny Dickerson formerly served as a senior staff writer and managing editor of The Miami Times and currently works as an independent journalist. She is passionate about cool people, extraordinary places, and good sushi. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) and a Master of Fine Arts […]
Joe Petrock Appointed B-CU Chairman of the Board
Poised to help B-CU go the next level July 9, 2015 Filed under BETHUNE-COOKMAN, DAYTONA BEACH, LEAD STORIES, NEWS Posted by 9admin9 Joe Petrock, new board of trustees chairman, gives an exclusive interview to the Daytona Times on his vision for the university. BY PENNY DICKERSON DAYTONA TIMES Dr. Joe Petrock, a community pillar […]
Murderess Ruby McCollum: “Shut up & Serve Time.”
There are few historical treasures unearthed by mankind that rival the intrigue conjured by the discovery of King Tut’s tomb or pure diamond’s excavated from Africa’s darkest mine. While cultural anthropologists deserve any and all preservation credit due, my life has been perpetually changed by the recent discovery of the historical, dark, and unequivocally riveting […]
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