Grants

• Fisk University, the historically black educational institution in Nashville, Tennessee, received a $480,000 grant from the Volkswagen Group of America to create a fellowship program for high-achieving students who are engaged in community-service projects.

• North Carolina A&T State University, the historically black educational institution in Greensboro, received a $50,000 grant from Siemens Building Technologies. The money will be used for scholarships and to improve academic offerings in architectural engineering and building energy management.

• Norfolk State University, the historically black educational institution in Virginia, received an anonymous $3.5 million gift, the largest donation in the university’s history. Most of the money will be used to bolster the university’s financial aid programs. About $500,000 will be used to support faculty research.

• Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis received a $650,000 grant from the Lumina Foundation for Education for a research study on improving the success of black male students in high schools and colleges in Indiana.

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