Cheyney University of Pennsylvania has been awarded a $250,000 gift from alumni Samuel and Deidre Patterson to support Cheyney's capital campaign and scholarship endowment funds. The gift is believed to be the largest single contribution ever given to the university by an alumnus or alumni family.  Mr. Patterson is president and CEO of Shepard / Patterson Inc., an information
technology consulting firm.

Florida Memorial College has been awarded a $240,000, three-year grant from 100 Black Men of South Florida Inc. and Americorps. The scholarship award is designed, in part, to encourage and facilitate increased volunteerism in America.

Jackson State University has received a $2 million gift from alumnus and attorney, Frederick B. Clark, and Mrs. Margaret Clark.  Their gift represents the largest single monetary donation in the university's history, and will be used to support scholarship opportunities.
 
New School University's Nonprofit Management
program, in the Milano Graduate School, has received a grant of $70,000 from Fleet Bank to assess the needs of nonprofit organizations in New York City.

Saint Augustine's College has been awarded a renewable $250,000 grant to participate in a consortium of five historically Black colleges and universities that will focus on understanding those factors which lead to high risk credit behavior among minorities.
The grant was received from Freddie Mac, one of the biggest buyers
of home mortgages in the country.

Tuskegee University has been awarded $450,000 from the GE Fund as part of its "Learning Excellence" program.  The grant will be
used to update its curriculum, encourage faculty development, and
provide students at Tuskegee with the tools necessary to succeed in today's global marketplace.

The University of  Missouri-Columbia is one of eight universities in the nation to receive a $2.4 million award from the National Science Foundation for a Minority Graduate Education Project. The grant, paired with an additional $3 million of cost-sharing from
the university, will fund a nine-year project designed to recruit and train 32 minority students to become future faculty members at higher education institutions in the fields of science, engineering, and mathematics.

— Compiled by Maya Matthews