U.S. Department of Education Awards $24.6 Million to Enhance Predominantly Black Institutions
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U.S. Department of Education Awards $24.6 Million to Enhance Predominantly Black Institutions
September 30, 2011
Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the award of $24,601,758 to 62 colleges to enhance their capacity to serve low and middle-income African American students.
"These grants will help build the capacity of colleges that educate large numbers of African American students," Duncan said, "Strengthening these schools is critically important to increasing student completion and meeting President Obama's goal of being first in the world in college graduates by 2020."
Colleges are receiving funds under two programs that both support predominantly black institutions with an undergraduate enrollment that is at least 40 percent African American and at least 50 percent low-income or first-generation college students.
The first is a formula grant program, which awarded $9,601,758 to 35 schools in 14 states. The funds will be used for a wide range of projects that include academic instruction in disciplines in which Black Americans are underrepresented; tutoring; counseling service programs designed to improve student success; upgrading libraries, laboratories, and other instructional facilities, and establishing or enhancing a teacher education program, to name a few. These grants are funded for five years.
The other is a competitive grant program, which awarded $15,000,000 for 27 four-year grants to schools in 12 states. Funds in this program are used to establish or strengthen programs in specific areas: STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics); health education; internationalization; teacher preparation, and improving educational outcomes for African American males.
Note to editors: A list of grantees in each program, with contact information and award amount, follows:
FY 2011 Predominantly Black Institutions Awards—Formula Grant Program
| Livingston, Alabama | |
| Grantee: | University of West Alabama |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Dr. Rebecca Harvard |
| Phone Number: | 205-652-3424 |
| Email Address: | bharvard@uwa.edu |
| Los Angeles, California | |
| Grantee: | Los Angeles Southwest College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Dr. Patrick Jefferson |
| Phone Number: | 323-241-5280 |
| Email Address: | jefferpd@lasc.edu |
| Americus, Georgia | |
| Grantee: | South Georgia Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | SuAnn Bird |
| Phone Number: | 229-931-2110 |
| Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Grantee: | Atlanta Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Mr. Rodney Ellis |
| Phone Number: | 404-225-4608 |
| Email Address: | rellis@atlantatech.edu |
| Augusta, Georgia | |
| Grantee: | Augusta Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Mr. Charles Hall, Sr |
| Phone Number: | 706-771-4020 |
| Email Address: | chall@augustatech.edu |
| Clarkston, Georgia | |
| Grantee: | Dekalb Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Daryl Barksdale |
| Phone Number: | 404-207-9522 |
| Email Address: | barksdad@dekalbtech.edu |
| Columbus, Georgia | |
| Grantee: | Columbus Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Mrs. Betty Jackson |
| Phone Number: | 706-649-1813 |
| Email Address: | bjackson@columbustech.edu |
| Decatur, Georgia | |
| Grantee: | Georgia Perimeter College |
| Year One Funding: | $411,773 |
| Director's Name: | Dr. Margaret Ehrlich |
| Phone Number: | 770-274-5830 |
| Email Address: | margaret.ehrlich@gpc.edu |
| Macon, Georgia | |
| Grantee: | Central Georgia Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Dr. Elizabeth Hibbitts |
| Phone Number: | 478-757-3558 |
| Email Address: | hibbits@centralgatech.edu |
| Savannah, Georgia | |
| Grantee: | Savannah Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Ms. Gail Eubanks |
| Phone Number: | 912-443-3022 |
| Email Address: | geubanks@savannahtech.edu |
| Warner Robins, Georgia | |
| Grantee: | Middle Georgia Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Rick Hutto |
| Phone Number: | 478-988-6800 |
| Email Address: | rhutto@middlegatech.edu |
| Chicago, Illinois | |
| Grantee: | Chicago State University |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Dr. Juanita Sharpe |
| Phone Number: | 773-995-2183 |
| Email Address: | jsharp20@csu.edu |
| Grantee: | City Colleges of Chicago Kennedy-King College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Katonja Webb |
| Phone Number: | 773-602-5020 |
| Email Address: | kwebb8@ccc.edu |
| Grantee: | Malcolm X College- City Colleges of Chicago |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Mr. Byron Javier |
| Phone Number: | 312-850-7140 |
| Email Address: | bjavier@ccc.edu |
| Grantee: | Olive-Harvey College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Dr. Leonard Etlinger |
| Phone Number: | 312-553-2752 |
| Email Address: | etlinger@ccc.edu |
| Chicago Heights, Illinois | |
| Grantee: | Prairie State College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Dr. Adenuga Atewologun |
| Phone Number: | 708-799-3542 |
| Email Address: | aatewologun@prairiestate.edu |
| South Holland, Illinois | |
| Grantee: | South Suburban College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Ms. Songie Milhouse |
| Phone Number: | 708-210-5728 |
| Email Address: | smilhouse@sssc.edu |
| Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Grantee: | Martin University |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Brian Steuerwald |
| Phone Number: | 317-917-3260 |
| Email Address: | bsteu@martin.edu |
| Baltimore, Maryland | |
| Grantee: | Baltimore City Community College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Dr. Michele Towson |
| Phone Number: | 410-462-8438 |
| Email Address: | mtowson@bccc.edu |
| Grantee: | Sojourner-Douglass College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Mr. Donald Hutchins |
| Phone Number: | 410-276-0306 |
| Email Address: | dhutchins@host.sdc.edu |
| Detroit, Michigan | |
| Grantee: | Wayne County Community College |
| Year One Funding: | $577,381 |
| Director's Name: | Dr. George Swan |
| Phone Number: | 313-496-2510 |
| Email Address: | gswan1@wcccd.edu |
| St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Grantee: | Mississippi Delta Community College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Dr. Larry Bailey |
| Phone Number: | 662-246-6300 |
| Email Address: | lbailey@msdelta.edu |
| Grantee: | St. Louis Community College |
| Year One Funding: | $337,619 |
| Director's Name: | Keith Sayles |
| Phone Number: | 314-513-4510 |
| Email Address: | ksayles@stlcc.edu |
| Weldon, North Carolina | |
| Grantee: | Halifax Community College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Dr. Linnie Carter |
| Phone Number: | 252-536-7239 |
| Email Address: | carterl@halifaxcc.edu |
| Bloomfield, New Jersey | |
| Grantee: | Bloomfield College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Dr. Marion Terenzio |
| Phone Number: | 973-748-9000 |
| Email Address: | marion.terenzio@bloomfield.edu |
| Newark, New Jersey | |
| Grantee: | Essex County College |
| Year One Funding: | $273,879 |
| Director's Name: | Dr. Neil DeHaan |
| Phone Number: | 973-877-3560 |
| Email Address: | ndehaanj@essex.edu |
| Brooklyn, New York | |
| Grantee: | Medgar Evers College-CUNY |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Dr. Claudia Schrader |
| Phone Number: | 718-270-5010 |
| Email Address: | cschrader@mec.cuny.edu |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Grantee: | Pierce College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Rita Toliver |
| Phone Number: | 215-670-9265 |
| Email Address: | rjtoliver@pierce.edu |
| Community College of Philadelphia | |
| Year One Funding: | $445,129 |
| Grantee: | Kristen Starr |
| Director's Name: | 215-751-8227 |
| Email Address: | kstarr@ccp.edu |
| Beaufort, South Carolina | |
| Grantee: | Technical College of the Lowcountry |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Cindy Halsey |
| Phone Number: | 843-470-8396 |
| Email Address: | chalsey@tcl.edu |
| Cheraw, South Carolina | |
| Grantee: | Northeastern Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Mr. Dorr Depew |
| Phone Number: | 843-921-6910 |
| Email Address: | ddepew@netc.edu |
| Florence, South Carolina | |
| Grantee: | Francis Marion University |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Dr. Richard Chapman |
| Phone Number: | 843-661-1281 |
| Email Address: | rchapman@fmarion.edu |
| Orangeburg, South Carolina | |
| Grantee: | Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Donna Elmore |
| Phone Number: | 803-535-1202 |
| Email Address: | elmored@octech.edu |
| Sumter, South Carolina | |
| Grantee: | Central Carolina Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $250,000 |
| Director's Name: | Lisa Bracken |
| Phone Number: | 803-778-6652 |
| Email Address: | brackenlm@cctech.edu |
| Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Grantee: | Southwest Tennessee Community College |
| Year One Funding: | $305,977 |
| Director's Name: | Kristie Goldsmith |
| Phone Number: | 901-333-5201 |
| Email Address: | kagoldsmith@southwest.edu |
FY 2011 Predominantly Black Institutions Program Awards—Competitive Grants
| North Little Rock, Arkansas | |
| Grantee: | Pulaski Technical College—Department of Student Services Network for Student Success |
| Year One Funding: | $582,557 |
| Director's Name: | Kareem Moody |
| Phone Number: | (501) 812-2823 |
| Email Address: | kmoody@pulaskitech.edu |
| West Memphis, Arkansas | |
| Grantee: | Mid-South Community College |
| Year One Funding: | $599,965 |
| Director's Name: | Gheric Bruce |
| Phone Number: | (870) 733-6050 |
| Culver City, California | |
| Grantee: | West Los Angeles College |
| Year One Funding: | $599,983 |
| Director's Name: | Adrienne Foster |
| Phone Number: | (310) 287-4589 |
| Email Address: | fosteraa@wlac.edu |
| Los Angeles, California | |
| Grantee: | Los Angeles Southwest College |
| Year One Funding: | $593,144 |
| Director's Name: | Tangelia Alfred |
| Phone Number: | (323) 241-5333 |
| Email Address: | alfredtm@lasc.edu |
| Albany, Georgia | |
| Grantee: | Albany Technical College—Academic Affairs |
| Year One Funding: | $600,000 |
| Director's Name: | Angela Davis |
| Phone Number: | (229) 430-1710 |
| Email Address: | adavis@albanytech.edu |
| Americus, Georgia | |
| Grantee: | South Georgia Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $157,585 |
| Director's Name: | Karen Werling |
| Phone Number: | (229) 931-2902 |
| Email Address: | kwerling@southgatech.edu |
| Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Grantee: | Atlanta Technical College—Planning & Development |
| Year One Funding: | $599,900 |
| Director's Name: | Rodney Ellis |
| Phone Number: | (404) 225-4608 |
| Email Address: | rellis@atlantatech.edu |
| Augusta, Georgia | |
| Grantee: | Augusta Technical College—Student Aff./Academic Affairs Student Aff./Academic Affairs |
| Year One Funding: | $599,363 |
| Director's Name: | Melissa Frank-Alston |
| Phone Number: | (706) 771-4035 |
| Email Address: | mfalston@augustatech.edu |
| Clarkston, Georgia | |
| Grantee: | DeKalb Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $600,000 |
| Director's Name: | Daryl Barksdale |
| Phone Number: | (404) 297-9522 |
| Email Address: | barksdad@dekalbtech.edu |
| Columbus, Georgia | |
| Grantee: | Columbus Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $599,983 |
| Director's Name: | Betty Jackson |
| Phone Number: | (706) 649-1813 |
| Email Address: | bjackson@columbustech.edu |
| Chicago, Illinois | |
| Grantee: | Board of Trustees of Community College District 508—Olive Harvey College Academic Affairs |
| Year One Funding: | $600,000 |
| Director's Name: | Vera Fullard |
| Phone Number: | (773) 291-6309 |
| Email Address: | vfullard@ccc.edu |
| Grantee: | Community Coll. Dist. #508, dba Kennedy-King College—Kennedy-King College Academic Affairs |
| Year One Funding: | $599,710 |
| Director's Name: | Katonja Webb |
| Phone Number: | (773) 602-5020 |
| Email Address: | kwebb8@ccc.edu |
| Grantee: | Chicago State University—College of Arts & Sciences |
| Year One Funding: | $600,000 |
| Director's Name: | LeRoy Jones |
| Phone Number: | (773) 995-2438 |
| Email Address: | ljones27@csu.edu |
| Chicago Heights, Illinois | |
| Grantee: | Prairie State College—Business, Math, and Science Academic Affairs |
| Year One Funding: | $588,686 |
| Director's Name: | Melanie Eddins-Spencer |
| Phone Number: | (708) 709-3762 |
| Email Address: | meddins@prairiestate.edu |
| Baltimore, Maryland | |
| Grantee: | Baltimore City Community College |
| Year One Funding: | $600,000 |
| Director's Name: | Ja Hon Vance |
| Phone Number: | (410) 462-8438 |
| Grantee: | Sojourner-Douglass College |
| Year One Funding: | $599,998 |
| Director's Name: | Maija Anderson |
| Phone Number: | (410) 276-0306 |
| Email Address: | manderson@host.sdc.edu |
| St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Grantee: | St. Louis Community College |
| Year One Funding: | $157,585 |
| Director's Name: | Keith Sayles |
| Phone Number: | (314) 513-4519 |
| Email Address: | ksayles@stlcc.edu |
| Moorhead, Mississippi | |
| Grantee: | Mississippi Delta Community College |
| Year One Funding: | $600,000 |
| Director's Name: | Mary Lush |
| Phone Number: | (662) 246-6304 |
| Email Address: | mjlush@msdelta.edu |
| Raymond, Mississippi | |
| Grantee: | Hinds Community College District |
| Year One Funding: | $590,253 |
| Director's Name: | Leroy Levy |
| Phone Number: | (601) 987-8160 |
| Bloomfield, New Jersey | |
| Grantee: | Bloomfield College—Academic Affairs Academic Affairs |
| Year One Funding: | $600,000 |
| Director's Name: | Marion Terenzio |
| Phone Number: | (973) 748-9000 |
| Jamaica, New York | |
| Grantee: | York College of The City University of New York—Academic Affairs |
| Year One Funding: | $600,000 |
| Director's Name: | Panayiotis Meleties |
| Phone Number: | (718) 262-2806 |
| Email Address: | pmeleties@york.cuny.edu |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Grantee: | Community College of Philadelphia—Student Affairs |
| Year One Funding: | $600,000 |
| Director's Name: | Samuel Hirsch |
| Phone Number: | (215) 751-8491 |
| Email Address: | shirsch@ccp.edu |
| Beaufort, South Carolina | |
| Grantee: | Technical College of the Lowcountry—Student Affairs Student Affairs |
| Year One Funding: | $600,000 |
| Director's Name: | Rodney Adams |
| Phone Number: | (843) 525-8219 |
| Email Address: | radams@tcl.edu |
| Florence, South Carolina | |
| Grantee: | Florence-Darlington Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $400,834 |
| Director's Name: | Shelley Fortin |
| Phone Number: | (843) 999-9999 |
| Email Address: | shelly.fortin@fdtc.edu |
| Greenwood, South Carolina | |
| Grantee: | Piedmont Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $599,750 |
| Director's Name: | Andy Omundson |
| Phone Number: | (864) 941-8357 |
| Email Address: | omundson.a@ptc.edu |
| Sumter, South Carolina | |
| Grantee: | Central Carolina Technical College |
| Year One Funding: | $587,534 |
| Director's Name: | Lisa Bracken |
| Phone Number: | (803) 778-6652 |
| Email Address: | brackenlm@cctech.edu |
| Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Grantee: | Southwest Tennessee Community College—Grants Institutional Advancement |
| Year One Funding: | $524,394 |
| Director's Name: | Carol Tosh |
| Phone Number: | (901) 333-4722 |
| Email Address: | catosh@southwest.tn.edu |
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