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Maryland Launches $1M Grant Initiative to Transform Displaced Federal Workers into Teachers

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Maryland Governor Wes Moore Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced a $1 million grant program designed to help displaced federal workers transition into teaching careers while simultaneously addressing the state's critical educator shortage.

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UNCF's Career Pathways Initiative and HBCUv Platform are Driving Transformational Change Through Innovation and Alliances

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In 2015, UNCF received a $50 million grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. During her tenure at Wilberforce University, a CPI partner, the school received a $1 million CPI grant to support student career programming. The success was due in part to the interinstitutional collaboration fostered by CPI.

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Number of HBCU Registered Apprenticeships Surging

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Denmark Technical College in South Carolina serves as a model, offering multiple programs including electrician apprenticeships, cybersecurity training through partnerships with Cisco, and nuclear facility operations through collaboration with Savannah River Nuclear Solutions.

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Paul Quinn College to Create an Innovative Housing Model and a Mixed-Use Community

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million grant from T.D. million grant will lay the groundwork for an innovative mixed-use development that not only provides essential services and resources but also strengthens the college’s long-term vision for community impact. Through a collaboration between Wells Fargo and T.D. Thanks to a $1.5 Dr. Michael J.

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From Crisis to Solutions: Global Conference Charts New Course for Urban Education

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Lewis The International Conference on Urban Education (ICUE) has become the sought-after space where ideas are shared, and collaborations are formed. Lewis, the director of the Urban Education Collaborative and the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor in Urban Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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Dr. Lester McCorn Selected to Lead Paine College

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While at the helm of Clinton College, he has helped the institution secure millions of dollars in grants for new programming and presided over the transition of the school from a a two-year school to a four- year college. “Dr. Both institutions are historically Black colleges and universities.

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Taking Physics to the People - Dr. Christina Love

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Notably, as an astroparticle physicist, Love has joined the IceCube collaboration, giving her access to data from the worlds largest neutrino observatory. focused on the direct detection of dark matter with the DarkSide Collaboration, a group of scientists working on the dark matter experiment. Love also collaborated as co-P.I.