Tag: Fundraising: Page 26

Students

Grambling President Makes Abrupt Departure

Citing family member’s illness, Dr. Horace Judson leaves top post at cash-strapped historically Black Louisiana university.

November 8, 2009

Home

Spelman College Announces $150 Million Capital Campaign

Spelman College undertakes its most ambitious fundraising campaign in its 128-year history.

October 15, 2009

Students

Howard President Responds to Students’ Demands

In an effort to address the student demands raised during the Sept. 4 protest , President Sidney A. Ribeau and Interim Provost and Chief Academic Officer Alvin Thornton sat down with The Hilltop to go through each presented demand.

September 10, 2009

Students

Penn. State Asking Merit Scholar Parents for Donations

Students who are accepted into Penn State University’s honors college get more than academic feathers in their caps. They get $3,500 annual merit scholarships.

September 7, 2009

Students

LEGAL BATTLES CONTINUE IN FIGHT FOR EQUITY IN MARYLAND HIGHER EDUCATION

In an ongoing struggle to right past wrongs, lawyers, community activists and students are awaiting their chance in court to make all Maryland universities equal and to reverse policies they say serve to weaken HBCUs.

September 2, 2009

Recruitment & Retention

Paul Quinn College’s Accreditation Appeal Denied

Paul Quinn College lost an appeal of a decision that stripped the state’s oldest historically Black college of its accreditation, officials said Monday.

August 25, 2009

Leadership & Policy

ASSIGNMENTS GETTING TOUGHER FOR TRUSTEES

When Miami Attorney Larry R. Handfield joined the board of trustees of Bethune-Cookman University, the oversight drill for the trustees of the small, historically Black liberal arts institution in Florida was routine as it was for most schools around the country: ensure the president was not running amok with the schools money or mission, help put out occasional “fires,” and secure or deliver a favor to and from the school on occasion.

August 19, 2009

Students

THINKING OUTSIDE THE FUNDRAISING BOX

After Dr. Larry Earvin became Huston-Tillotson University president, he crafted an annual black-tie gala to raise scholarship funds.

August 19, 2009

Students

SPECTRUM : GETTING TO KNOW LISA MENZIES

No one has to teach Lisa A. Menzies about the significance of the nation’s 103 historically Black colleges and universities, and there is no need to remind her that these institutions produce some of the brightest students.

August 19, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Getting to Know Lisa Menzies

No one has to teach Lisa A. Menzies about the signifi cance of the nation’s 103 historically Black colleges and universities, and there is no need to remind her that these institutions produce some of the brightest students in the nation. As a former HBCU student, she already knows. That is why six years ago […]

August 19, 2009

Students

Thinking Outside of the Fundraising Box

From black-tie events to direct deposit donations from alumni, private HBCUs are finding success in creative fundraising.

August 19, 2009

Leadership & Policy

ASSIGNMENTS GETTING TOUGHER FOR TRUSTEES

When Miami attorney Larry R. Handfi eld joined the board of trustees of Bethune-Cookman University, the oversight drill for trustees of the small, historically Black liberal arts institution in Florida was routine as it was for most schools around the country: ensure the president was not running amok with the school’s money or mission, help put out occasional “fires,” and secure or deliver a favor to and from the school on occasion.

August 19, 2009