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Boeing, TMCF to Invest in Scholarships

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund Atlanta, Morehouse, Spelman, Howard,
(TMCF) has announced that a portion Morgan State and Tuskegee.
of a $6-million investment from Boeing A&T currently offers a B.S. degree with
will directly benefit students at North an aerospace option for students who
Carolina A&T. are interested in aerodynamics, aero-
propulsion, avionics and aero-structures.
N.C. A&T is one of eight institutions Last spring, seven mechanical engineering
that will receive a yet-to-be-determined students competed in an international aero
amount of funding for scholarships, design competition and placed No. 1 in the
internships, on-campus engagement United States and No. 2 in the world.
and immersive “boot camp” programs
to introduce students to The Boeing “The support from Boeing is more than a
Company’s culture and career paths. gift,” said Harry L. Williams, TMCF president
Boeing is interested in developing students and CEO. “It is the manifestation of a long-
from diverse backgrounds who are term strategic partnership that will change 2
interested in aerospace careers. the trajectory of so many innovative, No.
intelligent and deserving students.”
“This investment is another example of Most
how we are building a diverse pipeline To date, TMCF has awarded more than
of future talent,” said Michael Ford, $300 million in assistance to HBCUs. affordable
vice president of global diversity and As the nation’s largest organization oNliNe
inclusion at Boeing. “We hope to inspire dedicated to exclusively representing Master’s
and enable (historically black college and the HBCU community, TMCF provides iN big data
university) students to pursue careers in programmatic, capacity building, public
the aerospace industry.” policy and advocacy for its 47-member (College Choice)
institutions and the nearly 300,000
Other HBCUs benefitting from this students who attend them.
reSearch funding SurgeS investment include Alabama A&M, Clark

to $64.26 Million

n.c. a&t to Join cgs’s Ph.d. career Pathways ProJect
Faculty researchers at North Carolina A&T earned techniques to improve food production and safety
$64.26 million in contracts and grants in 2017-18, an or human health” said Chancellor Harold L. Martin North Carolina A&T has been In addition to N.C. A&T, three The resulting data will allow students and alumni make
increase of nearly $2 million over the previous year. Sr. “Our continued growth as a research university is a selected to join the Council other federally-recognized, universities to analyze Ph.D. more informed selections of
testament to their outstanding work.” of Graduate Schools’ (CGS) minority-serving institutions career preferences and Ph.D. programs.
The university has been on a steady trajectory of Ph.D. Career Pathways (MSIs) will participate: outcomes at the program
growth over the past two decades, adding nearly $46 As a land-grant, doctoral university, N.C. A&T is one of Project coalition. Howard University, University level and help faculty A&T currently offers nine
million in annual research funding since 2001. Those 107 U.S. universities ranked as having “higher research of Arizona and University of and university leaders doctoral degree programs;
contract and grant monies, which come largely from activity” in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions The coalition gathers Nevada, Las Vegas. strengthen career services, seven are STEM related.
the highly competitive federal funding sector, support of Higher Education. That second-highest designation data regarding careers of professional development
a wide range of projects in areas ranging from food among research universities is determined by Ph.D. students and alumni, Over the course of opportunities and mentoring The CGS is an organization
security to bioenergy to computer science and many measuring the aggregate level of research activity specifically those in science, the multi-year project, in doctoral programs. of approximately 500
points in between. and the amount of activity divided by the number of technology, engineering and universities will collect institutions of higher
full-time faculty. mathematics fields. The NSF- data through surveys that The data will provide education in the United
“Our faculty continued to demonstrate a high level of funded project currently were developed by CGS universities from across States and Canada
curiosity and innovation during the past year as they A&T is one of the state’s three most productive public includes 33 universities as in consultation with senior the country with beneficial engaged in graduate
explored solutions to a variety of complex problems research campuses, along with NC State and UNC- grant recipients as well as university leaders, funding comparison data for Ph.D. education, research, and the
impacting society, creating new technologies, Chapel Hill. an additional 31 affiliate agencies, disciplinary career preferences and preparation of candidates
building new financial models, or developing new partners. societies, researchers and outcomes with CGS’s for advanced degrees.
Ph.D. students and alumni. national dataset helping

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