2020

Alpha Phi Alpha signs historic MOU with Thurgood Marshall College Fund

It is with extreme pride and pleasure to announce the signing of a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). It is especially gratifying that we are partnering with an organization named in honor of our illustrious Brother U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall on this, his 112th birthday. The […]

Thurgood Marshall College Fund Awarded Grant to Help HBCUs Provide Mental Health Support to Students

Washington, DC (June 30, 2020) – Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), in partnership with META, is pleased to announce it has received a $270,000 grant from ECMC Foundation to make mental health services available to students via the META platform. The grant will provide all Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with free access through […]

When It Comes to Reopening, HBCUs Face a Common Dilemma — With Higher Stakes

By Katherine Mangan JUNE 26, 2020 David A. Thomas is the president of Morehouse College, a historically Black college in Atlanta that is among the last HBCUs to announce whether it will reopen for in-person instruction in the fall. When the state of Georgia reopened for business in late April despite rising numbers of Covid-19 […]

Vanguard Announces Support Of Historically Black Colleges And Universities Impacted By Global Pandemic

VALLEY FORGE, PA (June 26, 2020)—Vanguard announced today an effort that began in early May to support Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), which have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. The firm contributed $100,000 to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s COVID-19 HBCU Emergency Fund, which provides resources to ensure students and faculty have access to […]

Sallie Mae Commits $4.5 Million Over Three Years to Promote Diversity in Higher Education and Advance Social Justice

June 25, 2020 09:02 AM Eastern Daylight TimeNEWARK, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today marks one month since the death of George Floyd, which has brought the longstanding inequities faced by African Americans and all people of color even more starkly into focus. Those inequities extend to higher education where, too often, minority and underserved students face significant obstacles […]

McDonald’s USA Launches $500,000 Scholarship Fund to Help HBCU Students Return to School Amidst COVID-19 Crisis

Powered by the company’s Black & Positively Golden movement, McDonald’s is also furthering its investment in the next generation of women leaders in partnership with ESSENCE Girls United We value our partnership with Vanguard and the generous donation $100,000 to our TMCF COVID-19 HBCU Emergency Fund in support to fuel the hopes and dreams of […]