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Senator Kamala Harris and Dr. Harry L. Williams, President & CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund sat down for a fireside chat during the annual Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) event for its 47 member-school presidents and chancellors.

Guest speaker is Center native Ashley Odom speaking on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

The reintroduction of the HBCU Preservation Program would reauthorize funding for grants to restore historic buildings and sites on the campuses.

Approximately 40 percent of the members of Congress are HBCU graduates, according to the Network Journal, a Black professionals and small business magazine.

“It is a wonderful experience,” Malone said. “It is a fantastic opportunity for any student selected to go, being put in front of hundreds of Fortune 100 companies and given the opportunity to sell yourself.

Attending the Leadership Institute conference is a highly competitive process that vets Thurgood Marshall College Fund students throughout the country. Four hundred and five students were selected to attend the Leadership Institute out of 2,000 total applicants.

TMCF’s Anniversary Awards Gala is one of Washington’s largest nonpolitical fundraising events, raising over $50 million since 1987.

The conference is designed to develop hand-picked scholars’ leadership skills, provide companies access to a talented and diverse student population and help students make meaningful connections that lead to successful internships, fellowships, and careers at Fortune 500 companies and government agencies.

“No other organization in the higher education and talent development space provides Corporate America and government entities with such a diverse, high-quality talent pool of HBCU and PBI students in one place,” said Harry L. Williams, TMCF president & CEO. “We appreciate our presenting partner Wells Fargo and all of our recruitment partners who are investing not only in TMCF, but in the future corporate, government and global leaders from the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff.”

The Baltimore-based college created the nursing program “in response to the national nursing shortage, an underrepresentation of minorities in healthcare, and the healthcare disparities between the residents of Baltimore and the larger society,” reads a statement.

I am confident others will follow in Mayor Bloomberg’s footsteps and make transformative gifts to support Pell-eligible HBCU students. Last year, a kind-hearted man unconnected to the HBCU community passed away. His last wish was for those he left behind to make donations to TMCF. We received small checks for several weeks after he died. That was an exceptional tribute. Small donors are just as crucial to TMCF as our larger supporters. Yet a leadership gift in the magnitude of Mr. Bloomberg’s would allow TMCF to help more students each year in perpetuity.

Mishoe, who had been acting president of the historically Black university since last year and was appointed president in July, will be formally recognized during an investiture ceremony Saturday.

The Farm Bill Conference Committee Report contains multiple wins for our 1890 institutions including the elimination of the Carry-Over Provision; increased transparency regarding the state-matching requirement; $50 million for three Centers of Excellence at three 1890 universities; and the authorization of $80 million in scholarship funds for HBCU students.

Officials throughout the HBCU community applauded the historic bill for significant investments in black colleges’ support of minority farming and agribusiness development.

A loss of accreditation can be devastating for institutions, as they are no longer eligible to receive federal funding for students who rely on financial aid to attend. Moreover, some employers or graduate schools will not accept degrees from unaccredited schools.

Through TMCF, the trio will identify standout entrepreneurs-in-the-making from publicly-supported historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) around the country. Those students will represent their school in teams to compete for the top prize.

Through a competition called Moguls in the Making, an innovative program aimed at empowering young entrepreneurs and giving them a platform to bring their dreams to life, they will identify standout entrepreneurs-in-the-making from publicly supported historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) around the country. Those students will represent their schools in teams to compete for the top prize.

Through 1980, enrollment grew at HBCUs, but that has changed as more black students look to “traditional or mainstream” universities, said Richard Vedder, professor emeritus at Ohio University. The false perception is that the mainstream schools provide better programs or more opportunities upon graduation, which implies HBCUs are medium-to-low quality institutions.