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Donald V. Watkins
Dec 29, 20243 min read
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.
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Donald V. Watkins
Dec 1, 20244 min read
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.
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Donald V. Watkins
Apr 8, 20242 min read
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,...
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Donald V. Watkins
Mar 6, 20242 min read
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...
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Donald V. Watkins
Nov 26, 20232 min read
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...
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Donald V. Watkins
Jul 7, 20184 min read
Inspiring Educational Excellence
Meet two distinguished Black women who inspire educational excellence all of the time. Their stories are captivating.
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