Nine months after he was shot during a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise will drop the puck at the 10th annual Congressional Hockey Championship on March 15.
The event recognizes standout leaders in the New Jersey community who carry out the rich legacy of the late Justice Thurgood Marshall’s passion for civil rights, justice and education.
HBCUs are statistically better at graduating students from low-income households and under-resourced communities, and in yielding a better rate of post-graduate fulfillment than other institutions of similar or higher academic profile.
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) will postpone tonight’s 18th Annual New Jersey Awards of Excellence due to inclement weather. The new date will be Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at Nanina’s in the Park, Belleville, New Jersey.
We appreciate Congress increasing vital Title III funding which will allow our member-schools to continue building capacity and further demonstrate devoting federal resources to HBCUs remains a sound investment for the entire country.
“HBCUs are critical to the foundation of our higher education system, and provide opportunities for some of the nation’s most promising and deserving students,” said Harris. “I am pleased funds in this bipartisan budget agreement will be invested in the future of these young people.