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Tag: Donations
News Roundup
Yale University Drama School Goes Tuition-Free Following $150 Million Gift
The Yale University School of Drama is going tuition-free due to a $150 million donation from entertainment executive David Geffen, WTNH reported. This applies to both the school’s current and future students. Tuition costs will be eliminated for students pursuing a degree or certificate enrolled for fall semester and returning students. The drama school will […]
July 1, 2021
News Roundup
Howard University Receives $3 Million for Dr. Abraham Pishevar Endowed Chair in Finance and Entrepreneurship
Howard University has received $3 million to create the Dr. Abraham Pishevar Endowed Chair in Finance and Entrepreneurship, honoring alumnus Dr. Abraham Pishevar. Pishevar’s son, Shervin Pishevar – on behalf of the Pishevar-Haynes Family Foundation – made the donation pledge to endow the chair on Father’s Day. Abraham Pishevar was a television and radio executive […]
June 21, 2021
Students
Baltimore Ravens Owner Donates $4 Million to Create Scholarship Program, Named After Former GM Ozzie Newsome
Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti has donated $4 million to create the Ozzie Newsome Scholars Program, in honor of former Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome. The money will be given to graduates of Baltimore City Public Schools s who choose to attend a Maryland historically Black college and university, The Root reported. The Stephen and […]
June 11, 2021
African-American
Actor Morgan Freeman and University of Mississippi Professor Donate $1 Million to School for Policing Center
Actor Morgan Freeman and University of Mississippi Professor Linda Keena have donated $1 million to the school for a new center on policing, CNN reported. The Center for Evidence-Based Policing and Reform – pending approval by Mississippi’s Institutions of Higher Education – will “build relationships and share data with policing agencies as well as use […]
June 10, 2021
News Roundup
Elizabethtown College Receives Near $3.5 Million in Gifts and Commitments
Elizabethtown College has received almost $3.5 million in gifts and commitments, according to college officials. Joseph A. DePippo and his wife Nancy, have pledged more than $1 million for the establishment of a scholarship for U.S. citizens of color who demonstrate financial need. The Lancaster County Community Foundation’s BB&T Now Trust Economic Growth Fund gave […]
May 5, 2021
Social Justice
Lehigh University Receives $2.5 Million to Create Social Justice Institute
Lehigh University has received $2.5 million to create an institute for social and racial justice, lehighvalleylive.com reported. The donation comes from Bethlehem native and philanthropist Charles Marcon, an executive with Allentown-based Duggan & Marcon. The “Marcon Institute” is to prepare and deploy undergrad students – Marcon Fellows – to work with community partners to enact […]
April 27, 2021
News Roundup
Marquette University Receives $31 Million from Alumni, Money to Go Towards Nursing School
Marquette University has received a $31 million donation from alumni couple Darren and Terry Jackson, Forbes reported. The gift will be used to help the school’s College of Nursing reach its goal of preparing 5,000 nurses over the next decade – the school wants 1,000 of the 5,000 to be ethnically and socially diverse. Beginning […]
February 5, 2021
Women
Judson College Meets Fundraising Goals, Stays Open
Judson College, the sixth oldest U.S. women’s college will stay open, having met its fundraising goals, Alabama Political Reporter reported. In December, the all-women Alabama school had said that it would close by the year’s end without $500,000 in donations and $1 million in long-term contributions by Dec. 31. “The Judson community surpassed the $500,000 […]
January 4, 2021
Students
Winston-Salem State University Raises Almost $3.4 Million for Need-Based Scholarships
Winston-Salem State University has raised nearly $3.4 million for student scholarships, surpassing the $2 million goal of its Million Dollar Match funding campaign, according to university officials. Winston-Salem couple Anna Reilly and Matt Cullinan agreed to match donations for need-based student scholarships between February 2019 and April 2020. They ultimately matched $1.7 million. “We were […]
December 14, 2020
Native Americans
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Donates $14 Million to Claremont Graduate University for Health Studies Center
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has donated $14 million to Claremont Graduate University for a research center focusing on physical and mental-health challenges in underserved and tribal communities, Daily Bulletin reported. The Yuhaaviatam Center for Health Studies will be housed in the Huntley Bookstore on the Claremont Colleges’ campus. The $14 million will […]
December 9, 2020
African-American
NBA Legend Charles Barkley Pledges $1 Million to Tuskegee University
NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley is donating $1 million to Tuskegee University, Advance Local reported. It’s his fifth major donation to a historically Black college (HBCU). In 2016, he donated $1 million each to Alabama A&M University and Clark Atlanta University, with another $1 million to Morehouse College in 2017. Earlier in 2020, he […]
November 3, 2020
African-American
8 HBCUs Receive Millions to Expand COVID-19 Testing Facilities on Campus
Eight historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have received $15 million in funding by the Thermo Fisher Scientific to expand and establish on-campus COVID-19 testing facilities, as reported by The Tennessean. This funding and expansion are part of The Just Project, which seeks to address the COVID-19 pandemic in communities of color — especially since […]
October 8, 2020
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