WASHINGTON – Congressional negotiators have failed to galvanize support for restoring federal funding to minority-serving colleges and universities as part of a bill to keep the government running, dealing another blow in an ongoing fight to help schools with limited resources. House Democrats introduced legislation Monday evening to forestall a government shutdown, a plan that […]
Award-winning Leadership Institute, Hennessy Fellows, and Wells Fargo partnership featured in HBCU Times Magazine
New York, NY (November 13, 2019) – iHeartMedia’s The Breakfast Club announced that this year’s all-day #Change4Change radiothon will benefit the newly created The Breakfast Club HBCU Scholarship which will be awarded through the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the nation’s largest organization exclusively representing the Black College Community. The need-based scholarship will grant $5,000 to recipients for the 2020-2021 academic year. The #Change4Change radiothon will […]
Brandon Veal, of Western Branch, has followed an unconventional career path and taken as many opportunities as he can along the way. This summer, that journey led to him being chosen as one of just 10 Hennessy Fellows, a partnership between Thurgood Marshall College Fund and cognac-maker Hennessy. Veal attended the Fellows Boot Camp in […]
Five Miles College scholars were selected to attend the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C., last month, a first for the institution. The delegation included; Carlisha Harris, sophomore, a computer information sciences major; Hailie Bozman, sophomore, computer information sciences major; Nyesha Reece, junior, management information systems major; Katara Gaymon, senior, business administration […]
Sen. Doug Jones and Sen. Jon Tester are making a renewed push for the U.S. Senate to pass the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act, bipartisan legislation – introduced by Jones and Sen. Tim Scott – to renew mandatory federal funds to minority serving institutions for two years. The funds expired […]