Tag: Fellowships & Grants: Page 105

HBCUs

Washington Briefs

Pell Grants May Increase Next YearWASHINGTON — Education lobbyists are a step closer to their goal of a large increase in the maximum Pell grant — particularly if an aid-friendly Senate proposal takes effect.The Senate in mid-May proposed a $350 increase in the top Pell grant for the neediest students, which would push the maximum […]

June 7, 2000

Latinx

New Legislation Could Bring Major Money to Minority Schools

New Legislation Could Bring Major Money to Minority SchoolsWASHINGTON — In their rush to wrap up action in an election year, congressional leaders are proposing major funding increases for minority-serving colleges and universities next year.Historically Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges all are due for major increases under new legislation being developed in the […]

June 7, 2000

Health

Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsJackson State University has received a $9 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control to research and develop intervention programs for Blacks infected with HIV. The programs will help community-based organizations to use the most recent, scientific research and cultural data to tailor HIV interventions to specific populations at risk.The president of […]

June 7, 2000

Students

Washington Briefs

Clinton Initiative Would Improve Access to ServicesWASHINGTON — A new initiative from the Clinton administration and several members of Congress may benefit Black colleges, two-year institutions and students of color in high-poverty areas of the South.The president’s New Markets initiative seeks to promote economic development and community improvements in several high-poverty areas nationwide. Following the […]

May 24, 2000

African-American

UVA Gets Grant to Revamp Black Studies

UVA Gets Grant to Revamp Black StudiesThe Ford Foundation just gave the University of Virginia’s Carter G. Woodson Institute for African and African American Studies a $250,000 grant to revamp its program. With help from Ford, five outside consultants and more than 30 university faculty from 12 departments are participating in the redesign of the […]

May 24, 2000

HBCUs

Jump-Startin Black College Fund-Raising

Jump-Startin Black College Fund-Raising‘It takes money to raise money’ATLANTA — Earlier this year, the Kresge Foundation announced the recipients of $18 million in grants to help historically Black colleges and universities improve their advancement offices. The universities can use the money to hire more staff, prepare for capital campaigns or update their records.Bethune-Cookman College, Dillard […]

May 24, 2000

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Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsHampton University has received a $4.1 million contribution from the Pepsi Bottling Group and the PepsiCo Foundation that will be used for the university’s $200 million Capital Campaign and Leadership Institute.Tuskegee University has been awarded $3.5 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to establish a Center for Minority Land and Community Security. […]

May 24, 2000

African-American

Washington Briefs

Congress Hears Support For Completion GrantsWASHINGTON — Leaders of the TRIO community made their case for new college completion grants before a congressional committee late last month.The plan, part of President Clinton’s budget, would provide $35 million for such completion grants, which would help students enter and stay in college. Colleges that participate in the […]

April 26, 2000

Students

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Awards

Special Report Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Awards uring basketball season here at Northeastern University’s Matthews Arena, a group of youngsters ages 8 through 13 can be found watching the action from a section of floor seats known as Reggie’s Corner.The corner is named for former Huskies team captain Reggie Lewis, who passed away suddenly in 1993 […]

April 26, 2000

Students

Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsCentral State University, in partnership with the Battelle Memorial Institute, has received a $50,000 grant from the Ohio Technology Action Fund to establish an Environmental Technology Incubator for the historically Black institution. The purpose of the incubator is to enhance the university’s role in the regions’ economic development by creating new jobs, products […]

April 26, 2000

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Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsDuke University’s new Institute on Care at the End of Life has received two gifts totaling $650,000. The institute, founded earlier this year and based at Duke Divinity School in North Carolina, examines issues surrounding death and dying from standpoints ranging from the medical to the spiritual. A $550,000 gift came from the […]

April 12, 2000

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Washington Briefs

Washington BriefsGOP Leaders Irate Over Faulty Aid FormsWASHINGTON — Students who depend on financial aid to attend college are receiving poor service from the U.S. Department of Education, angry congressional Republicans charged earlier this month.At issue is a series of recent problems affecting application forms that students must fill out to qualify for aid. Last […]

March 29, 2000