TMCF has appointed Oracle Executive Steven Wolfe Pereira to its Board of Directors. Mr. Wolfe Pereira’s board appointment continues to prove TMCF’s ability to attract top Silicon Valley companies and executives to invest in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as they grow their diversity pipeline.
Students at the Florida A&M University (FAMU) Developmental Research School (DRS) learned today of a new research project designed to pioneer online learning methods and technologies. The research project is the first effort to result from an alliance between the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and University of Phoenix (UOPX) to bring online learning and teaching methods to Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs).
Each year BizBash researches events throughout the Washington, DC area to recognize the most influential annual gatherings. The Thurgood Marshall College Fund Annual Awards Gala has been named to the list of 2015 Top 100 Events in Washington, DC.
John O. Brennan, Central Intelligence Agency Director, will be honored with the National Hero Award at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (TMCF) 27th Annual Awards Gala on November 16, 2015 in Washington, DC at the historic Washington Hilton.
TMCF President & CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. was interviewed for an article in the Wall Street Journal examining the rewards of graduating from an HBCU, which, according to a study by Gallup, far exceed the rewards of attending a PWI for African American students.
TMCF fully supports Representative Corrine Brown’s (D-FL) legislation, HR-3828 The Land Grant Opportunity, that addresses inequities in state-matched research and extension funding for land grant institutions. Rep. Browns’ bill ensures 1890 HBCU land grant institutions receive matching state funds at a percentage equal to the funds matched for land grant institutions established under the First Morrill Act of 1862.