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Voodoo Doughnut to help support Black college community

Voodoo Doughnut has introduced an exclusive new doughnut that will help to support students throughout the country. The Caramel Cha Cha Chai is a chai cream-filled raised shell doughnut, topped with a caramel drizzle, whipped cream and chai spice. Voodoo Doughnut has announced that a portion of each of this doughnut sold between now and […]

Application Window Now Open for The Sallie Mae Fund’s Bridging the Dream Scholarship for Graduate Students

The Sallie Mae Fund in Partnership with The Thurgood Marshall College Fund, to Provide $100,000 in Scholarships to Grad Students Advancing Social Justice NEWARK, Del., Sept. 16, 2021 — To help advance social justice and promote diversity and equity through higher education, The Sallie Mae Fund, the charitable arm of Sallie Mae, in partnership with […]

Creme of Nature Announces its First $30,000 Legacy of Leadership Pitch Competition, Designed to Inspire Entrepreneurship in HBCU Students Across the U.S.

Application Process Now Open To HBCU Students Looking To Demonstrate Their Innovative Thinking and Problem Solving Skills, For A Chance To Win Valuable Prizes and $30,000 in Scholarship Funding JACKSONVILLE, FL. (September 21, 2021)— Creme of Nature today announced that it has teamed up with The Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (TMCF) Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) […]

Moguls in the Making 2021: Ally and the Thurgood Marshall Fund once again join forces to foster entrepreneurship among HBCU students

Award-winning artist, philanthropist Big Sean, the Sean Anderson Foundation and Terrence J lent support as key ambassadors and mentors Third annual business pitch competition featured 50 students competing from 10 historically Black colleges and universities North Carolina A&T State University takes first place; more than $215,000 in scholarships and prizes awarded CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 21, […]

TMCF President and CEO Dr. Harry L. Williams has released the following statement on the current HBCU infrastructure proposal in the reconciliation bill:

“We, at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, are both surprised at and disappointed with the proposed level and allocation of infrastructure funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) contained in the latest draft of the reconciliation bill. At present, the reconciliation bill proposes to allocate only $2 billion in infrastructure funding for HBCUs and […]

Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Capital One Launch Inaugural Class for the Build to Best HBCU Early Talent Program

WASHINGTON, DC (SEPTEMBER 9, 2021) – The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) today announced the first cohort of students selected to participate in the Capital One Build to Best HBCU Early Talent Program, an integrated program to support students attending TMCF member-schools, which are America’s publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black […]