Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 6, 2024

Shortly after Florida A&M University — a historically Black university — announced last weekend that entrepreneur Gregory Gerami donated $237.75 million to the university to support student success initiatives and athletics, many who were suspicious took to social media to express their skepticism.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2024

The Bruins quarterback donates part of his NIL earnings to such causes. School: University of California Major: Legal Studies Year: Senior Chase Griffin , a legal studies major at the University of California, Los Angeles, sets the example as an active supporter of programs to combat food insecurity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2024

a nonprofit organization created by a $5 million donation from Ann and Mark Baiada, who is the founder and Chairman of BAYADA Home Health Care. The partnership — aimed at attracting new nurses to the nursing profession and reducing the nursing shortage in New Jersey — was organized by BAYADA Education Inc.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

Howard Hewitt, Evelyn “Champagne” King, Ronald Isley, and others planned to call into the station’s broadcast to encourage donations to UNCF, the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships and financial assistance for African American and other underrepresented students to achieve access to higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2023

Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has donated $1 million to Jackson State University’s (JSU) football team, continuing his pattern of support for HBCUs. He had previously given $1 million to Howard in 2016 to establish a scholarship fund and had said that he would donate a further $1 million to the school in the same acceptance speech.

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Close the Gap Foundation

MARCH 15, 2022

Sunnyvale, CALIFORNIA — Today, Close the Gap Foundation announces its first donation from Airbnb, adding to the foundation's family of corporate sponsors committed to help close the digital divide for first-generation, low-income ( FGLI ) students in the United States. I was seven years old, and it was my first computer.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 9, 2024

25, 1956 — have donated their personal archives (professional documents and artifacts) to the F.D. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University The Fryes are well-known throughout North Carolina for their contributions to the civil rights movement, public life, higher education, and the legal profession. The Justice Henry E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 1, 2023

Additionally, the donation will also result in a $200 million in public funds, due to a recent endowment donation matching program. They went off to lay brick and I went to my calculus class.” The $500 million will be distributed over seven years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

With this new funding, combined with private donations, we hope to expand this effort, drawing even more world-class faculty to UofL and to Kentucky.” In the 2021 fiscal year, UofL’s Bucks-for-Brains endowed researchers’ work created 946 jobs and contributed $169 million to the Kentucky economy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The donation funds will go towards the creation of a program through Flagstaff High School that will let students concurrently enroll at CCC and work with a success coach. Coconino Community College (CCC) has received $4 million to bolster male student enrollment efforts, Knau reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2024

The fields, donated to Walsh University by the Hoover Company in 2004, will provide space for the teams to practice and compete. Walsh, which lacked a Rugby team, worked with Fox to assess the feasibility. As such, Walsh designated the grass fields on the north side of the Klekotka Tennis Complex as the “pitch” for the new Rugby teams.

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Steve Keating

MAY 12, 2024

Make a one-time donation Your contribution is appreciated. Donate Make a monthly donation Your contribution is appreciated. Donate monthly Make a yearly donation Your contribution is appreciated. Donate yearly Once you have that difference firmly in mind your leadership potential is greatly enhanced.

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MAY 2, 2024

Make a one-time donation Your contribution is appreciated. Donate Make a monthly donation Your contribution is appreciated. Donate monthly Make a yearly donation Your contribution is appreciated. Donate yearly

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MAY 5, 2024

Make a one-time donation Your contribution is appreciated. Donate Make a monthly donation Your contribution is appreciated. Donate monthly Make a yearly donation Your contribution is appreciated. Donate yearly

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We are incredibly grateful for Barclays' generous donation and continued support," said Ashley Christopher, founder and CEO of the HBCU Week Foundation. "As Fifth Media The five schools are Delaware State University, Hampton University, Spelman College, Morehouse College, and Howard University. "We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The house owner donated the property to the university in 2023. The rental house stood near the University of Idaho campus in Moscow, Idaho, a rural farming community and college town of about 26,000 nestled in the rolling hills of north-central Idaho southeast of Spokane, Washington.

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Steve Keating

MARCH 24, 2024

If you enjoy my posts and have benefited from them you can support me with a small donation. Donate Make a monthly donation Your contribution is appreciated. Donate monthly Make a yearly donation Your contribution is appreciated. Donate yearly Buy my next Diet Coke! Your contribution is appreciated.

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Steve Keating

MARCH 28, 2024

If you enjoy my posts and have benefited from them you can support me by making a one-time donation. Donate Make a monthly donation Your contribution is appreciated. Donate monthly Make a yearly donation Your contribution is appreciated. Donate yearly Your contribution is appreciated.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Evidence of enthusiasm and continued support for SAU can be found in its alumni donations. On Giving Tuesday 2022, the National Alumni Association of SAU donated $10,000. The event’s donations totaled $217,000, which broke the record SAU had set just the previous year. So, when the [probation] report was posted, it was old news.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

The New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson announced a donation to fund the Lt. In 2010, the Newark native became the first African American woman to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and only the second in our nation's history to lead a state legislative house.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

We’re grateful for the resources that Kevin Durant and his family foundation have generously donated to Bowie State University to advance student success in achieving their academic goals,” said BSU President Dr. Aminta Breaux.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Harris-Teeter, which pledged $50,000 to the university to support food access , donates over $3,000 in gift cards annually to NourishHU to support graduate and professional students with families.

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Active Minds

JUNE 1, 2023

Volunteer or Donate: Many organizations, such as the Trevor Project and GLSEN, work tirelessly to support LGBTQ+ youth. Consider volunteering your time or making a donation. Contact your local representatives to express your views and urge them to take action.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2023

Williams, interim chair of the Whittier Board of Trustees, credited Oubré with attracting the largest gift in college history: MacKenzie Scott’s $12 million unrestricted donation; leading the school through a pandemic and a reaccreditation process; and expanding DEI efforts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

Most African Americans don’t give a second thought to making these regular donations to our selected religious institution because we’ve been doing it all our lives, starting when we were children and continuing into adulthood. Priding a contribution of $25 monthly will amount to $300 a year in new revenue that your alma mater will receive.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

Collectives, as described by an Associated Press article “seek donations from boosters, alumni, and fans and then arrange opportunities for athletes to be paid for endorsements, public appearances, autograph-signing and posting branded content to their personal social media channels.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

The two’s lawyers argued that their clients believed they were making gifts – claiming they were no different than donations made to get a boost in admissions – and that the admissions consultant in charge of the scandal, William “Rick” Singer, had pitched his scheme as legal.

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Active Minds

APRIL 16, 2024

Many honor the day through participation in outdoor clean-ups, donating to environment-focused organizations, and resharing educational content on social media. But what happens when mental and physical commitment to a cause becomes too much? This is called advocacy burnout.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Now to her alma mater, Evers-Williams – she is nearing age 90 – has donated her collection, which contains items that offer insight into the Civil Rights Era, such as photos with U.S. presidents, campaign materials, and congressional transcripts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Morehouse School of Medicine President and CEO Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice and other experts are excited about the $2 million donation from the Croel Family Foundation for the development of the David Satcher Global Health Equity Institute at the school. “As

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The foundation is accepting donations. This is being done on the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. TIN members are partnering with the FSW Foundation to assist student hurricane victims. Living through Sandy 10 years ago opened my eyes to how devastating these storms can be.

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Active Minds

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Checking in with a recently quiet friend can be a form of self-care, as can donating your time by volunteering with a cause you care deeply about. However, as much as we may love and feel recharged by giving back to our friends and family, it’s important to remember that you cannot pour from an empty cup.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The couple's substantial donation represents increased stability and predictability for the Institute, its centers, and its ongoing work, Yoo said. Endowments become critical to the futurity of our work and our centers.” There will also be a fund to support research, Yoo said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2023

On top of that, TCUs are grappling with notoriously small operating budgets, relying almost entirely on federal funds or donations. The majority of TCUs receive no state funding, despite some 20% of TCUs students not belonging to any tribal nation. Marcella Bombardieri, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

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Scholarship America

MARCH 31, 2023

Will you ask for donations or memorial gifts? If you are accepting monetary donations, will you set up a memorial fund at a bank or work with a nonprofit organization where people can send donations? First, you’ll want to determine how to fund the scholarship program. Will you, your family or an organization fund the program?

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

adult citizens say they donate money to charitable causes or organizations. When individuals donate before the year ends, their contribution becomes tax-deductible. If they have a track record of donating to academic departments, make sure they have that opportunity even in broad-based appeals. 69% of U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

He proposed that Nigeria allow tax rebates for corporations that make charitable donations, akin to the system in the United States, and that businesses be taxed one or two percent of their profits to fund universities. “We do not need to deceive ourselves,” he said, telling of universities that lacked 24-hour electricity.

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