Higher Education Gifts or Grants of Interest to African Americans

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

Wilberforce University, a historically Black educational institution in Ohio, has received a $539,109 grant from the Ohio Department of Education’s Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program. The grant will fund scholarships and provide educational resources to students pursuing degrees in STEM.

Historically Black Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, has received a $2 million gift from Charles M. Stillman, the great-grandson of the HBCU’s founder, Charles Allen Stillman. The donation will be used to boost the college’s endowment, ultimately funding future scholarships, faculty development, academic programs, and campus improvements.

The Michigan Development Disability Institute at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, has been awarded a $99,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to develop a health equity training curriculum for primary care healthcare workers. With a focus on aging and disabilities, the program aims to improve providers’ knowledge of the persistent health inequities facing older Black adults and other communities of color.

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