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NBA AND NBPA TO CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN $3 MILLION TO GREATER CLEVELAND AND HBCU COMMUNITY AS PART OF NBA ALL-STAR 2022

– Team Durant to Play for Greater Cleveland Food Bank and Team LeBron to Play for Kent State I Promise Scholars Program – – Weekend Highlighted by First-Ever NBA HBCU Classic and Dedication of the 2,000th NBA Cares Live, Learn or Play Center – NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2022 – As part of NBA All-Star 2022, the NBA […]

Wizards to honor educators and celebrate HBCUs on February 12th

Howard University and Morgan State Men’s Basketball Teams Will Also Be Recognized WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Wizards’ Black History Month campaign “Our Community, Our History” will celebrate those from the Washington D.C. area that have had an impact on D.C.’s culture. On Saturday, February 12, when the team hosts the Sacramento Kings, the team will […]

J.M. Huber Corporation Donates $250,000 to Thurgood Marshall College Fund

ATLANTA, Feb. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — J.M. Huber Corporation (Huber), one of the largest family-owned manufacturing companies in the United States, announced today that it has donated $250,000 to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) as part of its Huber Helps community engagement initiative and its commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I). The […]

TMCF and UNCF receive a $6 Million Investment from Google to Expand Pathways for HBCU Students in the Tech Industry

WASHINGTON (February 9, 2022) – The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and United Negro College Fund (UNCF) each received a $3 million grant from Google designed to help expand career pathways and opportunities for students in the technology industry who are attending historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This unrestricted gift will provide the non-profit […]

Honda Supports TMCF Students Through Annual Scholarship

Honda is supporting students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) once again this year by awarding scholarships to five students through the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). Honda announced the spring 2022 scholarship awards during the organization’s annual Leadership Institute this fall to the following students: Chyna Ross, sophomore, Mechanical Engineering, Alabama A&M University; […]

TMCF, UNCF RELEASE JOINT STATEMENT ON RECENT TERRORIST THREATS TO HBCUS AND ON FBI BRIEFING

WASHINGTON, DC (February 7, 2022) – Over the past month, more than two dozen historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have received terroristic threats in an apparent attempt to disrupt and, presumably, sow fear in our campus communities. These attempts to intimidate the HBCU community reached a peak on Tuesday, Feb. 1 — the first […]