Finally – “cool” allergy awareness accessories! The AllerMates® crew was created by a family of young children with multiple food allergies who discovered that there was a lack of kid-friendly, allergy awareness products available. Out of necessity AllerMates® was born!

To help safeguard children with severe allergies, Awearables LLC has created AllerMates®, kid-friendly allergy awareness accessories – from brightly colored wrist bands to cool dog tag necklaces – to make identifying a child with an allergy simple for both children and adults!

It will be my privilege, as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Houston Community College to offer some insights into higher education and the role community colleges are playing in changing the landscape of our American society. I want to thank Houston Style magazine for allowing me this forum.

In an effort to improve SAT/ACT test scores and prepare students for one of the most important exams of their life, Alpha Kappa Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.’s High School Leadership Development Committee (HSLD) has partnered with The Education and Charities Foundation of Houston to Host an All-Male and Parent SAT/ACT Preparation Workshop. The event is Saturday, May 8, 2010, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Phillis Wheatley High School, 4900 Market Street, and is free and open to all male Houston-area high school students and their parents.

Hampton University is pleased to announce that President Barack Obama will serve as the University’s 140th Commencement speaker on May 9, 2010. We are honored that President Obama has accepted Hampton’s invitation to speak to our 2010 graduates during our commencement exercises.

There has never been a more important time for community colleges in our nation’s history than now. Community colleges have jumped to the forefront of what is working and what needs to evolve in higher education. And yet the recruitment, retention and graduation rate of African American and Hispanic males in higher education is one of the major issues confronting colleges and universities across the United States.

For some people, financial fitness can be as simple as having a positive checkbook balance after the bills are paid each month. For others, the goals are more ambitious – comfortable retirement at an early age, new cars, luxury vacations – the financial fitness equivalent of six-pack abs.

ExxonMobil Foundation announced today a $1 million grant to Spelman College to provide scholarships to black women pursuing technology-related degrees. The Women in Science and Engineering Scholars program is the second contribution from the company to help facilitate the recruitment, retention and graduation of black females pursuing degrees in chemistry, physics, mathematics and computer science.

Even if you do not have a college-aged child at home, please share this with someone who does, pass this scholarship information on to anyone and everyone that comes to mind. Though there are a number of companies and organizations that have donated moneys for scholarship use to African Americans, a great deal of the money is being returned because of a lack of interest.

Educational and Charitable Foundation of Houston, Inc. (IEACF) celebrates “Remembering Our Past and Styling Our Future” at its 29th Annual Scholarship Luncheon and Fashion Show. The highly anticipated event will take place Sunday, April 25, 2010, at 2 p.m.

BILL WHITE, former Houston Mayor and Gubernatorial Candidate, visited Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School of Houston and participated in a student round table discussion with Reverend TJ Martinez, SJ, President of Cristo Rey Jesuit on the school’s innovative educational model which includes a mandatory work-study program.

TSU and HISD, with funding from Chevron, are collaborating to create the TSU Back to Basics Summer Institute. This initiative is a pilot program to provide teacher training and direct student support to increase college readiness for gifted HISD high school students and to equip them with those skills necessary to lead productive lives.

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs reiterated her long-time commitment to Texas children and nutrition by praising Texas PTA for teaching children healthy habits and making continued efforts to educate parents about health problems posed by the childhood obesity epidemic.

DNC Chairman Tim Kaine visited Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School of Houston and participated in a student round table discussion with Reverend TJ Martinez, SJ, President of Cristo Rey Jesuit on the school’s innovative educational model which includes a mandatory work-study program.

Discovery Communications announced today the DVD release of the fourth season of the hit television series Man vs. Wild from Discovery Channel. The title will be available on March 30, 2010 exclusively at DiscoveryStore.com.

The Houston Public Library invites teens to join celebrating Teen Tech Month with plenty of free, creative and entertaining programs and events for the beginner to the advanced. If teens are not able to make it to one of the many programs scheduled, that’s OK because they can use the library’s technology resources.

Since at least the 19th century, the race of Jesus has been a subject of great debate. Many societies have chosen to depict Jesus as well as most other biblical figures as their own ethnicity in their paintings and renderings; for example, He is primarily portrayed as Caucasian in the West, while in the homes of many African Americans you’ll find portraits of Black Jesus.

High school teachers gain useful insight from college professors on how to better prepare students who are transitioning from high school to college.

In celebration of Black History Month, Continental Airlines will honor Captain Marlon D. Green by dedicating a new Boeing 737-800 airplane to his name and legacy. Marlon Green was our nation’s first African-American passenger airline pilot, and was hired by Continental Airlines in 1963.

The mid-term elections of 2006 was a major turning point in the American political landscape as the democrats reclaimed the reins of being the majority party in Congress for the first time in over a decade.

Donald A. Coleman, Chairman of GlobalHue, the nation’s largest minority-owned, full-service marketing communications agency, has announced the Coleman Entrepreneurial Scholarship (CES) program is expanding its scope for its second year.