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Tag: Donation
News Roundup
U of Richmond Donates Quarantine Housing to Homeless, Assault Victims
With vaccination rates rising and new COVID cases falling, the University of Richmond is donating the modular homes it had purchased for quarantine to now benefit the homeless as well as survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault, reports NBC12. The university’s five doublewide modular homes will go to Virginia’s Family Crisis Support Services (FCSS), […]
July 29, 2021
News Roundup
$15M Grant Will Help U of California Recruit and Mentor Diverse Faculty
The University of California (UC) has received a $15 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP), which “encourages outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers” at the university. The most-recent funding will go toward expanding the number of PPFP fellowships and establishing a hiring […]
July 19, 2021
News Roundup
Penn State’s College of Nursing Receives Historic $27M Gift
Penn State’s College of Nursing has received a pledged gift of $27.125 million from Ross and Carol Nese, longtime supporters of the college. It is the largest gift ever given to the College of Nursing and the second-largest single commitment to an academic unit in Penn State’s history. In honor of the Neses’ “landmark commitment,” […]
July 16, 2021
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University of Kentucky College of Medicine Receives $22M From Alumnus
The University of Kentucky’s College of Medicine received $22 million — its second largest donation ever — from Kentucky native and UK alumnus Dr. Michael D. Rankin. In donating the gift, Rankin described his own challenges of struggling to pay for a degree as a rural student who dreamed of becoming a doctor. “UK was […]
July 14, 2021
News Roundup
15 New Racial Healing Centers To Come to Campuses, Following Gifts to AAC&U
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) will establish fifteen new Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers across the country after receiving a total of $777,339 in funding from various foundations in support of the centers. Twenty-nine colleges and universities currently host TRHT centers which, according to the AAC&U, are “community-integrated, campus-based […]
May 4, 2021
News Roundup
Cranbrook Academy of Art Receives $30 Million for Diversity and Inclusion Efforts
Cranbrook Academy of Art has received $30 million towards diversity and inclusion at the school, Detroit Free Press reported. The donation is the largest single gift in the school’s history. The money will be used to create 20 full-tuition fellowships for students from underrepresented groups and an endowment for future fellowships, and provide expanded financial aid […]
April 8, 2021
Students
Mount Holyoke College Receives $10M Donation to Support Scholarships
Mount Holyoke College recently received a $10 million donation to support scholarships and other financial aid opportunities for students, according to MassLive. The donation, made by alumna Liz Cochary Gross and her husband, Philip Gross, was given as part of the college’s “Meet the Moment Scholarship Challenge.” In response to their contribution, the largest in […]
January 15, 2021
News Roundup
Rutgers University–Camden Receives $3.5 Million for Law School Scholars Program
Rutgers University–Camden has received a $3.5 million gift – the largest for the school – to create a new program for high-achieving students to come to Rutgers Law School in Camden, according to university officials. The program is meant to draw in students “who have distinguished themselves academically and demonstrated a commitment to public service.” […]
January 11, 2021
Community Colleges
Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Carbon Community College Receives $1M From Late Professor Emeritus
A beloved Lehigh Carbon Community College (LCCC) professor who died this year has left nearly $1 million for the college to use as scholarships for students in technology. Clifford F. Miller, who joined LCCC to teach mechanical technology in 1968, was among the first professors at the Pennsylvania college founded just two years prior. Miller […]
December 21, 2020
Students
TMCF Receives $5 Million to Fund Need-Based HBCU Scholarship Program
Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has received $5 million from philanthropist Stephen Feinberg’s charitable foundation to fund a scholarship program for students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black institutions (PBIs). The Stephen Feinberg Scholarship Program will give need-based scholarships to students at these institutions who are facing financial hardships. Feinberg is […]
December 17, 2020
News Roundup
Tuskegee University Receives $5 Million for Need-Based Scholarships
Tuskegee University has received $5 million from the charity established by philanthropist Stephen Feinberg, co‐founder and co‐chief executive officer of global private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, according to a Tuskegee press release. The gift – one of the largest single gifts from one person in the school’s history – will fund the creation of […]
December 15, 2020
Community Colleges
South Puget Sound Community College Receives Historic Gift of $2.5M
South Puget Sound Community College has received $2.5 million — the largest gift in its history — from the Bruno and Evelyne Betti Foundation. The donation will benefit the college’s professional technical degree programs, which include automotive and welding trades, as well as health care programs in the college’s Dr. Angela Bowen Center for Health […]
December 11, 2020
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