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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Thurgood Marshall College Fund announces it will partner with Sanofi to increase representation in healthcare professions by helping select 50 students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities to be named as inaugural Sanofi NextGenScholars. “Partnering with Sanofi aligns with our core values as an organization to provide opportunities for students from […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  The Washington Post today announced Thurgood Marshall College Fund as one of 200 companies and organizations in the greater Washington, D.C. area as a Top Workplace for 2023 in the northeast region. The distinguished award, announced annually, recognizes organizations regionally that have built exceptional workplace cultures. This award celebrates regionally recognized companies

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is growing their  Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) programming to host 200 students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as part of THE PITCH™ 2023.  The final round of pitches for this challenging entrepreneurial competition will be held on Thursday, May 25, 2023, both in the real world and on

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) convened thirty of its member-school Presidents and Chancellors from the nation’s publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) onMarch 28-29, 2023 in Washington D.C. The annual event included sessions on the TMCF value proposition, HBCU sustainability, capacity-building opportunities, and the advocacy agenda for

Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Ed Advancement embark on four-year initiative to help thousands of students of color chart pathways to and through college WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 23, 2022) — Thousands of current and former students at public Historically Black Colleges and Universities will receive one-on-one success coaching and support, thanks to a new initiative announced

Through his FY 2024 budget proposal, President Biden and his administration have once again shown their commitment to investing in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their students. The President’s FY’24 recommended budget proposes a $820 increase in the maximum Pell award to $8,215, setting it on a path to meet the President’s goal

By ROB KNOX, TMCF Senior Director of Strategic Communications WASHINGTON, D.C. – From its first Summer Institute in 2009, Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s Teacher Quality and Retention Program (TQRP) has provided high-caliber training and mentoring to aspiring, pre-service and new teachers from publicly-supported HBCUs and PBIs across the country.  The result of lessons learned from a

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund mourns the passing of Thomas Dortch, Jr., a trailblazer, and community leader. He served as the chairman of 100 Black Men of America. He was instrumental in helping to strengthen the partnership between TMCF and the Black Men of America. We express our condolences and send prayers to the entire

WASHINGTON, DC (January 25, 2023) – The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) congratulates TMCF member-school Howard University for being selected to lead a consortia of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to establish the first University-AffliatedResearch Center (UARC) funded by the Department of Defense (DoD) at an HBCU.  The UARC at Howard University will focus

In celebration of Black History Month, HBCU students can sign up for access to 180+instructors, thousands of lessons, hands-on tutorials and more with MasterClass WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) today announced a partnership with MasterClass, the streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world’s best across a wide range of

A monetary donation in the name of the fan-determined winners will be given as part of the commitment by FedEx to provide more than $100,000 to Historically Black Colleges and Universities throughout the 2022-23 Season The National Football League and FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) announced today quarterbacks Josh Allen (Buffalo Bills), Joe Burrow (Cincinnati Bengals) and Patrick Mahomes (Kansas City Chiefs)