Grants

• The Smithfield-Luter Foundation is establishing a scholarship fund for the children or grandchildren of employees of Smithfield Foods who want to attend any of three historically black universities. The scholarships will be made available for students who have been accepted at Virginia Union University, Norfolk State University, or Fayetteville State University.

• Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, received a three-year, $60,000 grant from the Merck Institute for Science Education. The grant will be used to bring three students from historically black colleges and universities to the Rhodes College campus for an internship program in cancer research.

• Clark Atlanta University, the historically black educational institution in Atlanta, received a $1 million grant from the AT&T Foundation. The grant money will be used to fund a scholarship program for graduate students at the university’s School of Business.

• Arkansas Baptist College, the historically black educational institution in Little Rock, received a $1,493,934 grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant will be used for improvements to the college’s infrastructure and for academic programs.

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