Grants and Gifts

• Augusta State University in Georgia received a $20,000 grant from the Lumina Foundation to support a program to increase the college graduation rate for black males. Blacks make up 27 percent of the student body at the university.

• The Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta received a $500,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente of Georgia to support a workforce leadership program that is aimed at reducing racial health disparities.

• Historically black University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff received a $115,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to implement a rural entrepreneurial program between agricultural cooperatives and businesses in the delta region.

• Jackson State University in Mississippi received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide education and training services for the Mississippi Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) African-American Outreach Project.

• Morris College, the historically black educational institution in Sumter, South Carolina, received a $1.5 million federal grant to fund the construction of new classrooms and laboratory space for science departments at the college.

• Virginia State University, the historically black educational institution in Petersburg, received a six-year, $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The funds will support the university’s master’s degree programs in engineering, biology, computer science, and mathematics.

• Historically black Fort Valley State University in Georgia received a $125,000 grant from the Shell Oil Company to support programs and to provide scholarships for students in degree programs related to the energy industry.

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