Benedict College Vice-President of Institutional Advancement Leandra Hayes-Burgess shares details about a unique family endowed scholarship fund and strategies in cultivating supporters within HBCU culture.
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LISTEN: Benedict Advancement VP Talks HBCU Philanthropy, and a Historic Family Gift
Benedict College Vice-President of Institutional Advancement Leandra Hayes-Burgess shares details about a unique family endowed scholarship fund and strategies in cultivating supporters within HBCU culture.
North Carolina A&T Students Should Protest Rape Culture on Campus. And Then They Should Become Experts On It
Students at North Carolina A&T State University are in the throes of a growing campus protest following a rape allegation made by a student who says that administrators did not […]
North Carolina A&T's Terrence J Named National HBCU Ambassador for Thurgood Marshall College Fund
North Carolina A&T State University alumnus, actor and activist Terrance J was today announced as the national ambassador for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the largest advocacy organization representing the […]
Three HBCUs Have Raised More Than $40 Million in the Last Three Months. Black Millionaires Accounted for Five Percent of the Gifts
Simmons College of Kentucky Board of Trustees Chairman Barney Barnett recently announced plans to donate $4 million to the institution in support of capital improvements and building Simmons’ endowment. The […]
Edward Waters Receives $100K Gift to Establish Honors College
Edward Waters College has announced receipt of a $100,000 gift from the Jessie Ball DuPont Fund, which will be used to establish an honors college at the institution next fall. […]
Morgan State Receives $1.6 Million Grant to Launch a Rocketry Lab
Morgan State University announced this a week a new three-year, $1.6 million partnership with nonprofit STEM entrepreneurship organization Base 11 to launch a rocketry lab and student aerospace engineering […]
Southern Adds Five to National Black Male Teaching Pipeline Initiative
Southern University is among five teacher training programs nationwide tapped to help black male high school students forge a career path in primary and secondary education. The state’s […]
GoFundMe Campaign Seeks HBCU Students to Find Blackface Yearbook Photos
A GoFundMe campaign that is raising money to pay students at historically black colleges and universities a $25 hourly wage to find and publish racist blackface photos i college yearbooks […]
Morehouse Honored Its Grammy-Nominated Graduates
Check out Morehouse Colleges’ pre-Grammy celebration of alumni who were nominated for the prestigious music awards.
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