Base 11 Awards Morgan State With $1.6M Grant for Student Rocketry Team

February (2019)—Nonprofit organization Base 11 has announced it has given Morgan State University a three-year, $1.6 million Aerospace Workforce and Leadership Development Grant that will support Morgan State’s rocketry lab and establish a student rocketry team. The commercial space industry is predicted to become a $2.7 trillion economic section in the next three decades, according … Continue reading →

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. to Present SC State First Installment of $100,000 Endowment

February (2019)— Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., (AKA) in partnership with the Educational Advancement Foundation, has pledged an endowment in the amount of $100,000 to SC State University as a part of the AKA-HBCU Endowment Fund initiative. On February 28, SC State president James E. Clark will join 31 other presidents of historically black colleges … Continue reading →

Spelman Receives $900K From Lilly Endowment For Black Millennial Woman Minister Sisterhood Development

February (2019) — Spelman College has received a $900,000 grant from Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. as part of its Thriving in Ministry initiative. The funds will be used to establish a fellowship and programming that provides leadership development, mentoring and relationship building among Black millennial women ministers. Spelman’s WISDOM (Women in Spiritual Discernment of Ministry) … Continue reading →