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BET
GIVES NEW MEANING TO "HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL" WITH ITS POPULAR
2008 BET BLACK COLLEGE TOUR
BET Kicks Off the Highly-Anticipated Community Event Efforts from New
Orleans' Xavier University on Friday, September 5
Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) - The BET Black College Tour
returns for a 7th consecutive year of bringing non-stop excitement,
social activities and raising community awareness at various
historically black colleges and universities across the country during
this fall 2008 school season. New Orleans' Xavier University kicks off
the Black College Tour on Friday, September 5, the first stop
of 16 events, all exclusively catering to college students.
BET offers a full day of entertainment, contests, games, activities
and health information for event attendees; and will have its Emmy®
Award winning Rap-It-Up Campaign conducting free onsite HIV testing
and BET's Be Heard initiative offering onsite voter registration.
BET's popular roster of on-air personalities, including Terrence,
Rocsi, Tigger, Alesha Renee, Q45 and Danella will also be on hand to
host some of the college events, featuring special appearances and
music performances from today's hottest up and coming Universal
Motown and Interscope Records artists.
BET News' THE TRUTH WITH JEFF JOHNSON host Jeff Johnson
will also join this year's BET Black College Tour on
several tour stops to bring thought-provoking roundtable campus
discussions to college students that examine issues impacting
African Americans, and also their outlook on the historic 2008
presidential election.
"BET is proud to partner with our esteemed group of
marketing partners in bringing back our popular BET Black
College Tour for a seventh year in support of HBCUs,"
said Michelle Garner, vice president of BET Consumer Engagement.
"This highly successful community-driven effort effectively
reaches young adults, providing them with not only positive
activities, but vital health and public information."
Event sponsors Foot Locker, McDonald's, Pepsi, Universal
Motown and Verizon Wireless partner with BET in bringing
fun-filled sponsor related activities, including the
McDonald's spoken word contest; the Pepsi Freestyle Rap
Contest; the Verizon Wireless 3-point shoot out; and a Foot
Locker 2-on-2 basketball competition. Other Black College
Tour contests and activities offering exciting prizes and
premiums will be a video skillz challenge, a photo booth tent,
a bungee run, basketball and career tents with internship
opportunities and information. One lucky student will even be
offered a paid internship opportunity.
The following list highlights this year's 2008 BET Black
College Tour schedule. For tour updates and exclusive
behind the scenes footage of what went down on each campus,
visit our website, www.bet.com/blackcollegetour
2008 BET Black College Tour Schedule:
September
5
September 12
September 17
September 19
September 24
September 26
October 3
October 8
October 10
October 15
October 22
October 24
October 29
November 12
November 14 |
Xavier
University
Lincoln University of Missouri
Central State University
Kentucky State University
Delaware State University
Bowie State University
Fayetteville State University
Alabama A&M University
Bethune-Cookman University
Grambling State University
Alabama State University
Morehouse College
Florida A&M University
Prairie View A&M University
Texas Southern University |
New
Orleans, LA
Jefferson City, MO
Wilberforce, OH
Frankfort, KY
Dover, DE
Bowie, MD
Fayetteville, NC
Normal, AL
Daytona Beach, FL
Grambling, LA
Montgomery, AL
Atlanta, GA
Tallahassee, FL
Prairie View, TX
Houston, TX |
About BET Networks
BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA,
VIA.B), is the nation's leading provider of quality
entertainment, music, news and public affairs television
programming for the African-American audience. The
primary BET channel reaches more than 87 million
households according to Nielsen Media Research, and can
be seen in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. BET is
the dominant African-American consumer brand with a
diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading
internet destination for Black entertainment, music,
culture, and news; BET Digital Networks - BET J, BET
Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for
cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Event
Productions, a full-scale event management and
production company; BET Home Entertainment, a collection
of BET-branded offerings for the home environment
including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, a
service venture into the lucrative world of ringtones,
games and video content for wireless devices; and BET
International, an extension of BET network programming
for global distribution.
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