Chase Britton represents the kind of medical case that doctors look at with intense curiosity. He lacks a cerebellum, an important part of the brain responsible for such basics as controlling the body's movement and balance.
DENVER, April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Oregon-based Pendleton Woolen Mills has donated $39,000 to establish an endowed scholarship program benefitting American Indian tribal college student scholarships through a partnership with the American Indian College Fund (the Fund). This endowed scholarship program, entitled the Pendleton Endowment, will provide financial assistance to Native students attending any of the 33 tribal colleges located throughout the United States. In addition to the Pendleton Endowment, the company provides royalty payments to the Fund for limited edition American Indian College Fund blankets sold by Pendleton. These payments fund the longstanding Pendleton Woolen Mills Tribal College Scholarship Program which supports American Indians at Northwest Indian Coll...
Part of it is really the strong commitment that I have and my family has to the [Thurgood Marshall] College Fund," [Kenneth Wilcox] said. "It is our expressed intention to help support terrific, outstanding, dynamic students and, student leadership for the future. Many corporations are scaling back in their giving and I thought it was important to step up this evening to show personal commitment. Wilcox was one of several people who donated to TMCF. During the event, guests were urged to pledge donations to TMCF via text message. Throughout the night, various donations of all sizes were shown on the large screens in the ballroom. Big donors included McDonald's, which pledged $53,000, and [Anthony Anderson], who pledged $10,000. Last weekend, over 600 college students from the 47 publi...
NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last week, after a rigorous and competitive application process, the American Council on Education (ACE) selected seven HBCUs to collaborate in the Creating Global Citizens: Exploring Internationalization at HBCUs project; subsidized by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Out of the seven, six belong to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) network of member schools. For TMCF, the selection further corroborates their work of readying the 235,000 students matriculating on public HBCU campuses to lead globally. In the 21st century, if we do not prepare our graduates to join the global workforce, our economy and country will fall behind. That is why the Department of Education's support for this effort and the work of these ...
PICO RIVERA - A troubled scholarship fund has recently bounced back from years of slow donations with help from new businesses entering the community. The "I'm Going to College" fund was founded in 2001 thanks to a state grant received by Rio Hondo College. City officials, the Chamber of Commerce and local schools worked together to select sixth-graders to receive scholarships at high school graduation to help them continue their educations. Any student was eligible, provided they kept up their grades and participated in special field trips and meetings.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp. of Falls Church, Va., to administer a $1 million career development and educational program designed to address the critical shortage of U.S. minority students in science and engineering fields. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO)
He could be pocketing a cool million bucks annually even in today's commercial real estate market, J. Fernando Barrueta says, but he chooses to raise eight times that much helping Hispanic high school students acquire a better future. As the chief executive officer of the Hispanic College Fund (HFC) for almost 15 years, Mr. Barrueta, 66, of McLean, couldn't be happier testifying in Congress on behalf of immigrant students or convincing a timid Latino teen of a higher pursuit.
DENVER, April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Dallas, Texas- based Embrey Family Foundation has awarded the American Indian College Fund a $1 million grant over a four-year period for a Native women's leadership program. The program will include funds to provide 20 scholarships and leadership training for American Indian women pursuing their bachelor's degrees. As part of the leadership training, participants will attend annual leadership retreats to develop leadership skills and provide networking opportunities; and culturally relevant programs to allow participants to formulate their own leadership development plans to set and meet their personal goals which will take root in their Native communities, mainstream employment, or as they enroll in advanced degree programs.
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