Grants

• The United Negro College Fund received a $100,000 grant from Erickson Retirement Communities. The grant will fund a scholarship program for students at UNCF member institutions who are interested in working in senior citizen programs. Ten $5,000 scholarships will be awarded in each of the next two years. In addition, scholarship winners will have the opportunity for summer internship positions at Erickson facilities.

• Harris-Stowe State University, the historically black educational institution in St. Louis, received an $88,390 grant from the Lewis & Clark Discovery Initiative. The funds will be used to offset construction costs for the university’s Children and Parent Education Center.

• South Carolina State University, the historically black educational institution in Orangeburg, received a five-year, $350,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The funds will help efforts to establish a master’s degree program in rehabilitation counseling for state employees.

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