Grants

• The Naval Sea Systems Command has given an $80,000 grant to the Advancing Minorities in Engineering program. The grant money will be used to provide scholarship funds for students at historically black colleges and universities who are studying in the field of engineering.

• Dillard University, the historically black educational institution in New Orleans which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, received a $250,000 grant from the Teagle Foundation for student scholarships and faculty development.

• Spelman College, the historically black college for women in Atlanta, received a $100,000 grant from the Teagle Foundation for the development of its Project Pericles civic engagement course.

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