It’s weird to have places in downtown Raleigh where people are shunned because of their race. Are Chinese students welcomed at Shaw? How’s it going to be for a Hispanic person there. Whites? And so on. But everyone’s welcomed at the non HBCU schools. Diversity for everyone else, but not for the HBCUs?
It would be great to see a campus like Shaw leverage its location better. If they could do a Centennial Campus style setup to collaborate with the nearby downtown operations… like Redhat, just a stones throw away. Or Pendo. Now tech is not Shaw’s strength, but they do have a strong Law program. If they could work a ‘Center of Excellence’ with the numerous law firms downtown somehow.
Shaw’s music program is notable, and could anchor some festivals perhaps? My wife and I did a volunteer stint (phone duty) at 88.9 for one of their Jazz shows. Fun! I think they could get some traction as being a organizing a music festival in downtown…