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Tag: Dr. Michael Lomax
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UNCF Partners With Strategic Education to Offer Remote Learning Training Sessions to HBCU and PBI Faculty
In collaboration with Strategic Education, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) plans to offer professional development opportunities for faculty members at predominantly Black institutions (PBIs) and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU). Last year, under the partnership, 400 faculty members at 14 HBCUs engaged in training sessions to adjust to remote learning. Afterwards, participantsâ confidence [âŠ]
April 28, 2021
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UNCF: $1 Billion for HBCUs, TCUs, MSIs in Federal Coronavirus Stimulus Package
Congress and the White House have agreed to provide $1 billion in emergency funds to historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and other minority serving institutions to help them cope with the coronavirus pandemic, said the United Negro College Fund in a statement on Wednesday.
March 25, 2020
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Despite Passage of FUTURE Act, HBCUs Still âWoefully Underfunded,â Says UNCF President
One could argue itâs been a victorious year for historically Black colleges and universities. The FUTURE Act â legislation sustaining federal funding for minority serving institutions â made a fraught, winding journey to President Donald J. Trumpâs desk, where it was signed into law in December. But on Tuesday, Dr. Michael Lomax, president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund, discouraged unbridled optimism at the organizationâs second annual âState of the HBCU Addressâ where HBCU leaders and allies gathered in Washington D.C.
March 3, 2020
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UNCF Celebrates as FUTURE Act Awaits Trumpâs Signature
The latest version of the FUTURE Act, a bipartisan compromise on funding for minority serving institutions, now awaits the signature of President Trump, having been passed by the House and Senate yesterday, hours after a United Negro College Fund press conference touted the billâs merits.
December 10, 2019
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Billionaire Makes Good on Promise to Settle Debt for Morehouse Graduates
Billionaire Robert F. Smith has made good on his promise. On Friday, Morehouse College officials noted that Smith has paid off the loans that the graduating Class of 2019 accumulated at the tune of $34 million. He made the pledge during his commencement address back in May.
September 22, 2019
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House of Representatives to Vote on FUTURE Act
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act, which would renew $255 million in annual federal funding for minority serving institutions, including historically black colleges and universities. The legislation â sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams and Rep. Mark Walker â would reauthorize [âŠ]
September 16, 2019
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UNCF Study: HBCUs âPunch Above Their Weightâ
A steady increase since 2017 in federal funding for historically Black colleges and universities and their students is a sign that lawmakers are becoming more informed about how HBCUs disproportionately graduate African-Americans and impact economies, according to participants in a media briefing Tuesday about a new study by the United Negro College Fund.
June 25, 2019
HBCUs
Harris-Stoweâs Warmack Named New President of Claflin
As Dr. Henry N. Tisdale prepares to retire June 30 after 25 years as president of a transformed Claflin University, the historically Black institution announced Monday that he will be succeeded by another HBCU president.
June 10, 2019
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Activist Bryan Stevenson to Deliver UNCF Career Pathways Initiative Keynote
Lawyer and social justice activist Bryan Stevenson will deliver the keynote address at this yearâs United Negro College Fund Career Pathways Initiative (CPI) Convening in July. Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, will join leaders and administrators from more than 40 historically Black colleges and universities at the [âŠ]
May 22, 2019
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Columbia HBCU Fellowship Empowers Students to Thrive
The Columbia HBCU Fellowship program allows young people to take classes on the Ivy League campus, work with organizations in New York, where Columbia is located, and receive industry mentoring.
May 20, 2019
HBCUs
The Boulé Focuses its Attention on HBCUs
The leadership of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity â also known as the BoulĂ© â has made good on its promise to focus its attention on the current state of the nationâs historically Black colleges and universities.
April 28, 2019
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UNCF Celebrates 75 Years, Launches Inaugural Day of Giving
Invest in, give to and support historically Black colleges and universities and their students was the charge United Negro College Fund president and CEO Dr. Michael Lomax gave Thursday morning in remarks commemorating the advocacy organizationâs 75th birthday and anniversary in D.C.
April 25, 2019
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