Martin University

Last December, Martin University, Indiana’s only predominantly Black college, announced it would close. The school was founded by the late activist and Catholic priest Boniface Hardin, with a mission to serve students historically excluded from higher education.

Three weeks after announcing a “pause in operations,” Martin University’s board of trustees announced in a letter published in the Indianapolis Recorder that the college is closing its doors for good.

The call comes after Martin announced Dec. 9 the university would close.

Martin University will pause operations at the end of the current semester due to ongoing financial and enrollment challenges, the Board of Trustees announced.

The Second Chance Expo helps recently incarcerated people in Indianapolis find community support services.

An Indianapolis Democrat blasted Gov. Mike Braun’s first budget proposal as racist. Braun’s proposed budget would not fund the state’s only predominantly Black university or a state grant program designed to get more first-generation and minority students to college.

A new free preschool program is opening on Indianapolis’s east side. Martin University is launching the program Monday, September 9, for children 3 and 4 years old will be able to participate in the one-year program.

Martin University hosted a job fair Thursday to help formerly incarcerated people find employment. The university partnered with the Indiana Department of Corrections to provide more than 45 resource vendors to people reentering the workforce after incarceration.

The National Center for Racial Equity and Inclusion plans to host a health summit at Martin University on Friday, focusing on the impact of lung, breast and colorectal cancer in the Black community.

Indiana's only predominantly-Black higher education institution announced an effort to make college more accessible. Martin University will reduce tuition by 45 percent for undergraduate students and forgive some debt held by former students.