News Releases and Blog The Latest Filter by: Topic Alumni Board of Directors Career Ideas Career Pathways Initiatives Disney Scholars Donors Dr. Lomax Employees Empower Me Tour Events Federal Advocacy Frederick Douglass Scholars Funding Your Degree Fundraising Events Gates Scholars HBCU Innovation Summit HBCUs Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Internships K-12 Education Koch Scholars Legal Local Offices Member HBCUs National Interfaith and Education Campaign Research Scholarships Social Justice STEM Scholars Student Events Students Uncategorized UNCF Outreach Walton Scholars Wings Scholars Type Feature Article Jobs News Op-Ed Press Release Author Aaron Dodson Augustinas Navickas Brian Bridges, Ph.D. Daniel McCoy Derrell Bradford and Brennan Brown Dr. Michael L. Lomax Dr. Michael L. Lomax, President and CEO of UNCF Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis Dr. William Hobbs Erica Green Kelli Bacote Ross Khalilah Long, Marketing Manager, UNCF Lodriguez V. Murray Meredith Anderson, Ph.D. and Kenneth Alonzo Anderson Meredith B.L. Anderson, Ph.D. Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D. and Michael Hansen Naomi Shelton Rosa Otieno Sekou Biddle Terri Robertson Zakyia Goins-McCants and Meredith B.L. Anderson, Ph.D. Date 04/2024 03/2024 02/2024 01/2024 12/2023 10/2023 09/2023 08/2023 07/2023 06/2023 05/2023 04/2023 03/2023 02/2023 01/2023 12/2022 11/2022 10/2022 09/2022 08/2022 07/2022 06/2022 05/2022 04/2022 03/2022 02/2022 01/2022 12/2021 11/2021 10/2021 09/2021 08/2021 07/2021 06/2021 05/2021 04/2021 03/2021 02/2021 01/2021 12/2020 11/2020 10/2020 09/2020 07/2020 06/2020 05/2020 04/2020 03/2020 02/2020 01/2020 Federal Advocacy National Park Service Awards $8.6 Million in Preservation Grants to HBCUs Ten UNCF-member institutions are among the schools that will benefit from the grant August 31, 2018 HBCUs Why HBCUs Still Matter HBCUs outperform non-HBCU institutions in retaining and graduating first-generation, low-income... August 23, 2018 Alumni Allen Univ. Alum Participating in Obama Foundation Community Leadership Corps The program offers in-person and online programming to increase leadership skills and expand... August 20, 2018 Donors Kevin Hart’s Charity Launches a New $600K Scholarship Program with UNCF and KIPP Help From The Hart is helping 18 KIPP students attending 11 HBCUs August 6, 2018 Member HBCUs Tuskegee Grad Becomes Alabama National Guard’s First Black Female Pilot Freeman, whose June 21 graduation made her the first black female pilot in the Alabama National... July 30, 2018 Wiley University Nate Parker Foundation Hosts Program for Aspiring Black Filmmakers at Wiley University The Foundation seeks to bring diversity to Hollywood behind the camera July 17, 2018 Donors Beyoncé Collaborating with Balmain on Collection to Benefit UNCF Proceeds from the collaboration will benefit UNCF, following Beyoncé’s $100,000... July 10, 2018 Dr. Lomax UNCF President Receives America’s Promise Alliance Honor Lomax received the Promise of America award, the organization’s highest honor, which... April 30, 2018 HBCUs Update: BeyGOOD Scholarships Matched, Expanded to Eight HBCUs Beyoncé's Homecoming Scholars Award Program, now matched by Google, has expanded... April 17, 2018 HBCUs NY Times: UNCF, Claflin President Speak on For-profit College Predatory Practices Black colleges swept up in for-profit crackdown find relief from DeVos, says New York Times article. January 12, 2018 Dr. Lomax Black Colleges Matter: Debunking the Myth of the Demise of HBCUs Historically black colleges and universities have a surprisingly large economic impact. November 14, 2017 News HBCUs Make America Strong November 14, 2017 «‹15161718›