Grants and Gifts

• Winston-Salem State University, the historically black educational institution in North Carolina, received a $952,680 grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration to develop curriculum to prepare students to work with underrepresented groups who need vocational rehabilitation.

The grant program is under the direction of Yolanda Edwards, associate professor of rehabilitation counseling at the university. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from South Carolina State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa.

• Historically black Hampton University in Virginia received a $1,250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to establish a family support center for low-income and minority families with developmentally disabled pre-school children.

The grant program will be under the direction of Bernadette R. Williams, associate professor and chair of the department of physical therapy at Hampton University. A graduate of Tulane University, Dr. Williams holds a master’s degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a doctorate from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions.

• The University of Virginia received a $1,275,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health for research to determine the low representation of blacks and other minorities in biomedical research.

Heather Wathington, an assistant professor at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, is co-principal investigator of the project. Dr. Wathington is a 1992 graduate of Wellesley College and holds a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.

• Historically black Alabama A&M University received a $620,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to improve bus shelters and to build a bus facility on campus.

• Grambling State University, the historically black educational institution in Louisiana, received a $792,502 grant from the National Institutes of Health for a program to prepare university students for doctoral programs in the biomedical sciences.

• Historically black Florida A&M University received an $80,000 grant from the Blue CrossBlue Shield of Florida Foundation for a program to fight childhood obesity in Tallahassee.

• Bowie State University, the historically black educational institution in Maryland, received a $267,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to obtain equipment for the university’s department of natural sciences and to enhance the curriculum in biochemistry.

The grant will be under the direction of Alan J. Anderson, an assistant professor of chemistry at Bowie State. Dr. Anderson is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University and holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Howard University.

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