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The audience consisted of over 400 students that attended TMCF’s Leadership Institute, and over 1,000 civic, corporate, government and education leaders from around the country at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.

The organization has provided more than $3.5 million in scholarships to students this year alone.

At 20-years-old, Wilson happened to be the youngest of those honored while awarded $10,000 from the McDonalds HBCU Forward Scholarship.

Boeing’s partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund is giving the students the education they need, and Boeing the talent it needs, to be a pioneer in the future.|Boeing’s partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund is giving the students the education they need, and Boeing the talent it needs, to be a pioneer in the future.

Glover described the students’ “surprise” party in her honor as one of the happiest moments of her life.

The power-packed four-day conference prepared carefully selected students from the 47 publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to compete in today’s very competitive global workforce.

McDonald’s will present HBCU student Lauren Jones with a $10,000 True to the HBCU scholarship, facilitated by Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF).

Meanwhile, Republicans cut federal student aid programs

Bipartisan engagement is key to achieving results and TMCF will continue to advocate for UVI and the rest of our 47 member-schools.

“If we’re going to continue to bring revenues into our colleges, we can’t leave anyone out — regardless of color, race or national origin.”

$3.3M grant dollars awarded to six TMCF member-schools

HBCUs pay more than other schools with similar credit profile. The difference is more pronounced in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

The master of ceremonies and moderator for the panel discussion will be Dr. N. Joyce Payne, Founder of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

Pilots on 3 Campuses Made Possible by Strada Education Network Grant

The new initiative dovetails with Strada’s mission to support and scale student success programs that help prepare students to pursue successful career paths, said the nonprofit’s president and CEO, Bill Hansen.

Since the founding of TMCF in 1987 more than $300M has been raised to support the nearly 300,000 students attending their member-schools all over the United States.

In January, Inside Philanthropy reported that trends in giving would decrease in areas dedicated to social justice, but would increase towards underserved populations.

Companies like Boeing are shifting their entry-level talent strategy, understanding it is more effective to develop talent over a course of years, with a focus of establishing meaningful relationships.