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HBCUs

NAFEO, UNCF Disagree on Fund-Raising Issues

NAFEO, UNCF Disagree on Fund-Raising IssuesBy Robin V. SmilesFAIRFAX, Va.Two of the nation’s most prominent organizations dedicated to Blacks in higher education are at odds over fund-raising issues.The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) have been long-standing partners in the arena of educational advocacy. The […]

May 9, 2001

Students

UNCF Raises More Than $1 Million at 57th Anniversary Dinner

UNCF Raises More Than $1 Million at 57th Anniversary DinnerNEW YORKThe United Negro College Fund raised more than $1 million at its 57th anniversary dinner held last month in New York. The funds will benefit students who attend the organization’s 39 member colleges and institutions. The dinner also provided the organization a chance to honor […]

April 11, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Gerald Gipp has been named executive director of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC). Prior to joining AIHEC, Gipp was program director for the National Science Foundation’s division of educational system reform. Gipp earned a bachelor’s from Ellendale State Teachers College and both a master’s and doctorate from Penn State. Dr. Keenan […]

March 28, 2001

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Singer Ray Charles Donates $2 Million to Wilberforce University

Singer Ray Charles Donates $2 Million to Wilberforce UniversityWILBERFORCE, OhioSinger Ray Charles has donated $2 million to Wilberforce University — the largest gift ever to the private historically Black school that traces its roots to 1856. The university thanked Charles in a special convocation. Charles and his foundation made the donation last year after the […]

February 28, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Creating a Fitting Tribute Duke University Honors Historian John Hope Franklin

Creating  a Fitting Tribute Duke University Honors Historian John Hope FranklinThe idea of creating a tribute to world-renowned historian Dr. John Hope Franklin at Duke University was easy for administrators and faculty to support. Deciding what the tribute should be and raising the $20 million dollars needed to build it, however, has proven more challenging than […]

January 17, 2001

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Three Clarkson Alumnae Create $30,000 Engineering Endowment

Three Clarkson Alumnae Create $30,000 Engineering Endowment Potsdam, N.Y.Only eight years after their graduation, three members of the Clarkson University Class of 1992 have created a $30,000 endowment for the University’s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).  The Clarkson University NSBE Endowment Fund is the result of a commitment by LaDawn R. […]

January 17, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Hampton University Reaches Goal Of $200 Million Three Years Early

Hampton University Reaches Goal Of $200 Million  Three Years EarlyHampton, Va.Hampton University has met and exceeded its unprecedented $200 million “Dreaming No Small Dreams” capital campaign and has increased its fund-raising goal to $250 million, the university’s Board of Trustees announced last month.The university has raised $216 million over the seven-year fund-raising campaign, which was […]

January 3, 2001

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UNCF Gets $1 Million From Lockheed Martin for Tech Campaign

UNCF Gets $1 Million From Lockheed Martin for Tech Campaign WashingtonThe Lockheed Martin Corporation donated $1 million to the United Negro College Fund/UNCF last month in support of UNCF’s $80 million Technology Enhancement Capital Campaign. Vance D. Coffman, chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin, presented William H. Gray III, UNCF president, with a check for […]

December 6, 2000

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Putting Davis House in Order

Putting Davis House in Order CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The two-story Queen Anne-style dwelling, once the home of the first Black professor at Johnson C. Smith University here, was the most impressive house on the block in its day. But 105 years of wear has stolen the grandeur from the structure known as the Davis House. […]

July 19, 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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The Art of Fund-Raising

The Art of Fund-RaisingANN ARBOR, Mich.  — Tina Daniels gets resumes from people all the time as director of annual giving and reunion programs at the University of Michigan law school.  “Everybody thinks they can be a fund-raiser,” she says. “They think it’s so easy to pick up the phone and ask for money.” But […]

May 24, 2000

African-American

The Changing Face of Philanthropy

The Changing Face of PhilanthropyWhere the color line yields to the bottom lineATLANTA  —  Just before the winter holiday break, a group of 70 Black professionals gathered here at the Georgia Institute of Technology for a reception. They nibbled hors d’oeuvres and traded business cards as a jazz group played in the background. Even after […]

May 24, 2000