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‘Battle of the Bands’ caps off first-ever HBCU Week at Walt Disney World Resort !

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Lake Buena Vista, Florida – It was just enough anticipation to make fans dance as they walked into the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex at the Walt Disney World Resort. Ashley Springs, whose son was a member of the North Carolina A& T-band. Anyone who knows the HBCU teams knows it’s the real show on match day. HBCU cheerleader Felicia Smith also described the first half as not the time for fans to leave their seats at an HBCU football match. “They’re in the stands,” Smith said. “They’re watching.…

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On-the-spot scholarships lift spirits at HBCU Week at Walt Disney World Resort!

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Lake Buena Vista, Florida – When Juliana Telles got off the bus with her schoolmates and onto the ESPN World Wide of Sports grounds of Walt Disney World Resorts, she couldn’t help but think about the future. “We have become adults and are beginning the next chapter of our lives,” she said. For Tellez, the next class involves going to college. She and thousands of other students have taken steps toward this goal by attending HBCU Week College Fair, which is being held for the first time at Disney World.…

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Disney taps into the wealth of talent at Historically Black Colleges and Universities with Walt Disney World Resort college fair!

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In an effort to create opportunities for future storytellers and to strengthen relationships with historically Black Colleges and Universities, The Walt Disney Company takes recruitment efforts directly to those campuses. “Disney On The Yard” is a one-of-a-kind program offering students enrolled at HBCUs, the chance to showcase their skills and talent to The Walt Disney Company. “We just want, for these students to have a chance to have a successful career. So whether that’s Disney or another company, for us, the heart of it is, creating opportunities for mentorship, access…

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Epic alliances are revealed at the heart of the tide expansion

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Disney Sorcerer’s Arena: Epic Alliance from Op’s board game is hitting the stores, and the good news is that there’s even more great content coming to the game in the form of a new expansion. The new expansion, titled Turning the Tide, will allow three new Disney characters to join the roster. This includes Moana, Davy Jones, and Stitch, and the set will also include two new mechanics and a condition effect that wasn’t available with the base set. The Turning the Tide expansion retails for $24.99 and arrives this…

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