Bucknell University (Pa.) will receive $416,640 to establish a wireless Internet network as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education.
Cameron University (Okla.) received $4 million from the McMahon Foundation as part of the university’s Changing Lives campaign. The grant, the largest in Cameron’s history, will go towards the construction of the $8.5 million Student Activities Complex.
Clemson University (S.C.) received a $1 million donation from the Wachovia Foundation to support two programs aimed at encouraging high school students to consider college. The Call Me MISTER program will receive $700,000 to enhance the program’s Leadership Academy. The remaining $300,000 will fund a class of 50 Emerging Scholars students for the three-year program. Scholarship support is available for those students who complete the program and choose to attend Clemson.
Columbia University’s (N.Y.) Graduate School of Journalism received a $194,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to train journalists to produce more accurate and nuanced reporting on race and ethnicity. The grant will fund the creation of “The Authentic Voice: the Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity,” a multimedia teaching tool that includes a textbook, DVD, Web site and teacher’s guide.
Duke University’s (N.C.) Fuqua School of Business received a $1 million donation from Jack Bovender, CEO of the HCA health care system in Nashville, Tenn. The donation will help create a scholarship program for minority students in the health sector management program.
Jackson State University’s (Miss.) computer science department received 25 laptop computers and a $50,000 donation from State Farm Insurance’s foundation. Some of the laptops will be used by faculty, but most will go to students working on developmental projects. The donation will be used in large part for faculty and curriculum development and student scholarships.
Miami University (Ohio) received a $4 million contribution from Thomas J. Petters, CEO and chairman of Petters Group Worldwide. The funds will be used to endow a chair in Asian business within the Richard T. Farmer School of Business.
