Prairie View A&M Awarded $1 Million for African-¬‐American Studies Initiative

Style Magazine Newswire | 9/21/2018, 9:36 a.m.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) a grant of $500,000 to support its effort …

Source: PVAMU.edu

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) a grant of $500,000 to support its effort to establish an African-¬‐American Studies Initiative, which will be housed in its Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences. Inspired by the Mellon Foundation award, an anonymous donor pledged an added $250,000 to help fund this Initiative. This generous donation is eligible for a $250,000 university match, bringing the total support for the Initiative’s launch to $1 million. The project, Enhancing the Humanities at PVAMU Through An African-¬‐American Studies Program Initiative, is designed to selectively infuse African-¬‐American Studies content throughout the university’s liberal arts offerings. The initial concept for the program was conceived when Prairie View President Ruth J. Simmons called for the creation of an African-¬‐American Studies program in her first campus-¬‐wide address.

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