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Nissan has a contingent of current employees who graduated from Alcorn State University. Nissan donated two FANUC robots to Alcorn's Department of Advanced Technologies on March 21, 2013.

Nissan Donates $250,000 to 6 HBCUs for STEM Programs

On Friday, March 20 Nissan announced the donation of $250,000 to six local Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to promote STEM initiatives at each school to inspire and develop talent. U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Nissan executives will present the following representatives with resources to support their programs: Alcorn State University Coahoma Community

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Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and Apple announced a partnership to identify, develop and harness talent from the nation’s community of Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs).

Apple Partners with TMCF to Invest Over $40M in HBCU Talent

On March 10th, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and Apple announced a partnership to identify, develop and harness talent from the nation’s community of Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs). The over $40 million multi-year commitment from Apple is the largest and most comprehensive corporate investment ever given exclusively for students and faculty of

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Vice President Joe Biden visited NSU to announce a $25 million cybersecurity education effort and workforce initiative.

Cybersecurity Education: 13 HBCUs to Get $25M Funding Boost

On January 15th, Vice President Biden, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, and White House Science Advisor John Holdren traveled to Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia to announce that the Department of Energy will provide a $25 million grant over the next five years to support cybersecurity education. The new grant will support the creation of a

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Elected officials Senator Rick Gallot and State Representative Patrick Jefferson pose with Grambling State Interim President Dr. Cynthia Warrick, Ph.D. holding a $15,000 check from AT&T Aspire.

AT&T Awards Grambling $15,000 to Support HBCU Hackathon

AT&T has provided a $15,000 ASPIRE contribution to support HBCU Hacks at Grambling State University. HBCU Hacks is a weekend hackathon that gives students at HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities) the opportunity to flex their coding skills while working together to build mobile apps and web software, and attend a technology fair. Many elected

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Texas Southern University’s Leonard H. O. Spearman Technology building.

Texas Southern Adds Two New Engineering Degree Programs

Texas Southern University’s College of Science, Technology, has been authorized by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to begin offering Bachelor’s degree programs in Civil Engineering in the spring of 2015 and in Electrical and Computer Engineering in the fall of 2015. “This is a major addition to COSTs STEM degree programs and a

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