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Hoffman Agency Opens 2026 HBCU Communications Scholarship

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In its ongoing commitment to advancing communications education and expanding access to higher learning, The Hoffman Agency is now accepting applications for its HBCU Scholarship program for the 2026–2027 academic year. Now in its fourth year, the scholarship recognizes students transferring from California Community Colleges to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), covering two years […]

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HBCUs Awarded $16M in Grants to Boost Research and Innovation

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Several HBCUs will receive millions in grant funding to further innovation. Grant Funding According to a news release from The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), eight of its member institutions — all of which are HBCUs — will receive $2 million each in grant funding through its Project HBCU Capacity Building: Maximizing HBCU Institutional Performance through

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Penny Games featuring HBCUs, Birmingham City Schools begin Oct. 1

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The Penny Foundation will host the second annual Penny Games: HBCU Debate + Esports Invitational in Birmingham, Alabama, from October 1–3. The three-day event will bring together students from more than 16 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), more than 500 local high school students including Woodlawn, Wenonah and Parker, and over 100 colleges. Designed to spotlight

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UNCF, 8B Partner to Connect African Students with HBCUs

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UNCF, the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization, and 8B Education Investments, the first social impact platform focused on facilitating the access of African students to fair education financing for global higher education, announced a new collaboration aimed at connecting historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) with Africa’s next generation of leaders. The announcement

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Five years on, HBCUs take different paths with MacKenzie Scott gifts

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Five years after Giving Pledge signatory MacKenzie Scott awarded a total of $55 million to Morehouse and Spelman colleges and Clark Atlanta University (CAU), the schools have leveraged those funds to bolster a wide range of existing programs and solidify long-term goals, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. Scott awarded the unsolicited “no-strings-attached” gifts to Atlanta’s top-tier historically Black colleges and universities in the wake of the racial

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UNCF Condemns Threats Against HBCUs, Renews Call for Congressional Funding to Secure Campuses

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Last week, multiple HBCU campuses received violent threats including bomb and shooting intimidation. These incidents mirror the wave of threats that began on Jan. 1, 2022, with more than 75 HBCUs receiving targeted acts of intimidation, impacting 51 different institutions and 77 days of classes being disrupted. In recent years, the threats have happened in 18

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UNCF Announces Dr. Walter Kimbrough as Executive Vice President, Research and Member Engagement

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UNCF announces Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough starts his role this week as Executive Vice President, Research and Member Engagement. Dr. Kimbrough’s appointment is the culmination of a lengthy search for a transformational leader to oversee the areas of Research and Member Engagement, K-12 Advocacy, Learning Innovation and Digital Education here at UNCF. He comes to

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