05/20/2026
Athletic Director of the Year has a nice ring to it. 🏆
Congratulations to our very own Valencia Jordan on this well-deserved honor from the HBCU Athletic Conference.
"I am humbled to be honored by my peers to be voted the HBCU Athletic Conference AD of the Year. We have some outstanding leaders in the conference so I will cherish this. This is a shared award with our staff, coaches, student-athletes and the support of President Clark and her staff,” says AD Jordan.
Fisk Athletics continues to rise, and strong leadership is a big part of the story.
05/20/2026
160 years of pioneering what’s possible doesn’t stop now.
The questions being raised about data centers and AI infrastructure are fair ones. We’ve been asking them too — for years, long before this announcement. This plan is our answer.
The Quantum Leap Innovation Center sits on land Fisk has owned for over 160 years, governed by an institution whose mission has always been education and community — not shareholder returns. It’s LEED certified, designed to not burden the neighborhood’s grid, its water, or its peace, and sized for academic purpose rather than industrial scale.
The alternative to Fisk building this isn’t no data center in North Nashville. It’s someone else’s — without the mission, without the accountability, and without this community at the center of the decision.
This is who we are. This is how we do it. And we’re just getting started.
🔗 www.fisk.edu/quantumleap
05/19/2026
Yesterday, Fisk welcomed acclaimed author Jesmyn Ward to campus for a powerful conversation kicking off our Summer Reading Program, in an event presented in partnership with Parnassus Books.
Centered on her latest essay collection, On Witness and Respair — a reflection on grief, survival, race, and the transformative power of storytelling — the evening felt deeply at home here.
Joined by author ZZ Packer, Ward reminded us that bearing witness and finding our way back to hope aren’t just literary themes. They’re a practice. And Fisk has always known that.
05/14/2026
A $1 billion transformation. The most ambitious campus master plan in Fisk’s 160-year history.
More information at Fisk.edu/quantumleap
05/10/2026
To the mothers of scholars, dreamers, and world-changers — thank you. This legacy lives because of you.
from Fisk University. 💛💞💐
05/04/2026
Legacy in every note.
At Fisk Jubilee Singers Annual Commencement Concert, the music isn’t just heard—it’s felt. Rooted in history, carried with purpose, and still moving us forward.
Honoring the past. Stepping boldly into what’s next.
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