{"id":172921,"date":"2026-02-11T03:56:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T03:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172921\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T03:56:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T03:56:29","slug":"the-hbcu-caravan-returns-to-bakersfield-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172921\/","title":{"rendered":"The HBCU Caravan Returns to Bakersfield College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, February 10, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The Bakersfield College community was excited to welcome back the Historically Black<br \/>\n                        Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Caravan. The unique event connects students with<br \/>\n                        representatives from universities from across the country where they can get valuable<br \/>\n                        information about campus life, academic programs, athletic programs, and much more.<br \/>\n                        Many students received on-site letters of acceptance, and some even received scholarship<br \/>\n                        offers.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s caravan took place in the Renegade Event Center last week, and more than<br \/>\n                        20 colleges and universities participated. The room was full of information booths<br \/>\n                        from the various institutions, which included Coppin State University, Fisk University,<br \/>\n                        Huston Tillotson University, Tuskegee University, and more. Attendees were able to<br \/>\n                        get promotional materials, ask questions, get valuable information, apply, and more.<br \/>\n                        The atmosphere in the room was electric as students got to explore academic opportunities<br \/>\n                        and receive on-site acceptance and scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>The HBCU Caravan\u2019s return to Bakersfield College was a massive success. More than<br \/>\n                        128 BC and local high school students attended, with more than 39 student acceptance<br \/>\n                        confirmations, and more than $629,000 in scholarship granted! Congratulations to all<br \/>\n                        the students who received acceptance letters and scholarships &#8211; we look forward to<br \/>\n                        hearing incredible stories of success as you pursue your academic dreams!<\/p>\n<p>                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HBCU-Caravan-FEB2026-news-SQ1.jpg\" alt=\"student talking to a college representative\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HBCU-Caravan-FEB2026-news-SQ2.jpg\" alt=\"event attendee holding acceptance letter\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HBCU-Caravan-FEB2026-news-SQ3.jpg\" alt=\"event attendee filling out papers at university booth\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HBCU-Caravan-FEB2026-news-SQ4.jpg\" alt=\"two event attendees standing together smiling\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, February 10, 2026 The Bakersfield College community was excited to welcome back the Historically Black Colleges and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-172921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}