Grants
• Prairie View A&M University, the historically black educational institution in Texas, received a $32,000 grant from the Shell Oil Company. The grant will be used to fund programs at the College of Engineering.
• Johnson C. Smith University, the historically black educational institution in Charlotte, North Carolina, received two grants to fund Saturday Academy for at-risk elementary school students. The university received a two-year, $50,000 grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation and a three-year, $145,000 grant from the Merancas Foundation of Huntersville, North Carolina.
The Saturday Academy enrolls 50 students from grades 3 to 5 from a local predominantly black elementary school who are performing below grade level.
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