Spreading the HBCU Message in A Digital World

Andres Martin remembers the moment he stepped foot on the Grambling State University campus as a new student. Grambling, one of the nation’s 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), “was always poppin” according to Martin, and gave him the “most amazing undergraduate memories, from Homecoming to campus life to professors.” After attending the Louisiana-based Grambling, Martin attended Howard University, an HBCU located in Washington D.C., for graduate school in business. He describes both institutions as “family-oriented,” filled with “tough love,” and “life changing.” In 2019, as a way of giving back to HBCUs and to help sustain HBCU enrollment, he created HBCU Night, a non-profit organization focused on helping prospective students in the U.S. and across the globe matriculate at HBCUs through large-scale, in-person events dedicated to learning more about these historic and important institutions.

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