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Unsinkable: HBCUs Must Turn the Titanic
While attending a NASA Mega Principal Investigator conference in Cleveland, Ohio, I had a brief conversation with a key person in...
Latonia Jones
Aug 26, 20192 min read
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NASA Needs To Step Up Its Game
In last month’s blog we discussed how universities need to “put their money where their mouth is.” However, this statement also applies...
Latonia Jones
Jul 9, 20193 min read
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The Price of Greatness is Responsibility
After ongoing NASA road tours, numerous workshops, webinars and the mandated NASA goal of 1 percent to increase awareness and awards in...
Latonia Jones
Jun 12, 20192 min read
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What's Going On?
Last year, we started this blog for Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) particularly for Historically Black Colleges and Universities to...
Latonia Jones
Apr 10, 20192 min read
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Prepare For The Next Shut Down
It’s 2019, and we started the year with a “government shut down.” As a small to medium size business doing business with the Department...
Dannie E. James, Sr.
Feb 12, 20192 min read
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It Is Time For a New Year Resolution
As we enter into a new year, a New Year’s resolution is the most common tradition Americans practice. Almost every person resolves to...
Latonia Jones
Jan 9, 20192 min read
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It Is Time For A Change
As we approach the end of this year and begin to embark upon the next, I would like to dedicate this blog to the change agents of the...
Latonia Jones
Dec 12, 20182 min read
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Communication That Leads To Community
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. As I stated in my last blog, on multiple occasions...
Latonia Jones
Nov 13, 20183 min read
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Education is Key
In September’s blog, “Are we there yet?” I ended with this statement: I believe in order to get the government contracting community...
Latonia Jones
Oct 9, 20183 min read
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Are We There Yet?
Our organization attended the NASA Road Tour in Hawaii last month. We were asked to brief our client’s capabilities within their...
Latonia Jones
Sep 11, 20183 min read
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Trust, But Verify
On February 21, 2017, the President signed an executive order announcing the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs. In the executive...
Latonia Jones
Aug 13, 20182 min read
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What the Heck is an HBCU?
May’s blog “A Seat at the Table” incited a comment that at first shocked me, but thinking about the society we live in, I thought I would...
Latonia Jones
Jul 12, 20183 min read
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A Seat At The Table
Last month I asked the questions, “What’s next?” and “Now what?” This is probably a question many of you ask after you get a lot of...
Latonia Jones
May 14, 20183 min read
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Now What?
In February’s blog, I mentioned that I would be following the 2018 NASA HBCU Technology Infusion Road Tour. The tour was designed to...
Latonia Jones
Apr 17, 20182 min read
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HBCUs FOREVER!
"I believe that it is time for HBCUs to become more aggressive in going after contract opportunities. We need a battle cry." Considering...
Latonia Jones
Mar 9, 20182 min read
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To Team or Not to Team (Is that even a question?)
In last month’s blog, I tried to lay some ground work on the possibilities for HBCUs to increase their footprint in government contracts....
Latonia Jones
Feb 8, 20183 min read
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Whatever It Takes
If you knew that you, your brothers and sisters had access to $190 million would you do whatever it takes to get it? What if I said I...
Latonia Jones
Jan 4, 20183 min read
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