http://www.AlumniUnit.com News & Happenings for HBCU Alumni & Friends...The Nation's Largest Consortium of HBCU Alumni Social Networks & Blog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:12:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2010/07/26/bob-johnson-talks-wealth-gap-tsunami-to-congress/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2010/07/26/bob-johnson-talks-wealth-gap-tsunami-to-congress/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:08:20 +0000 AlumniUnit http://www.AlumniUnit.com/?p=5856 In an address to Members of Congress and participants attending a Congressional Black Caucus meeting, Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, called for a national discussion about the growing wealth gap which he referred to as a "wealth gap Tsunami threatening African American families." Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2010/07/26/bob-johnson-talks-wealth-gap-tsunami-to-congress/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/28/tom-joyner-announces-foundation-funding-for-11-hbcus/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/28/tom-joyner-announces-foundation-funding-for-11-hbcus/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:00:56 +0000 AlumniUnit http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=4098 The Tom Joyner Foundation(r), a major driving force in raising money for historically black colleges since 1998, today announced the 11 h... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/28/tom-joyner-announces-foundation-funding-for-11-hbcus/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/21/ceo-of-tmcf-announces-resignation/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/21/ceo-of-tmcf-announces-resignation/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:15:39 +0000 AlumniUnit http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=4076 Under his tenure, organization surpassed $15 million in annual revenue. Dwayne Ashley, President and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), today announced that he will resign his position after 10 years of service. Mr. Ashley was named president of TMCF in June of 1999.   “I... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/21/ceo-of-tmcf-announces-resignation/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/14/tom-joyner-foundations-%c2%ae-2010-%e2%80%98full-ride%e2%80%99-scholarship-accepting-applications/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/14/tom-joyner-foundations-%c2%ae-2010-%e2%80%98full-ride%e2%80%99-scholarship-accepting-applications/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:33:37 +0000 AlumniUnit http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=4034 Joyner’s Foundation is now accepting applications for the scholarship that will cover all the expenses of one student planning to attend a Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) in the fall of 2010. The first full-ride winner, Br... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/12/14/tom-joyner-foundations-%c2%ae-2010-%e2%80%98full-ride%e2%80%99-scholarship-accepting-applications/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/23/millercoors-donates-1-3-million-to-thurgood-marshall-college-fund/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/23/millercoors-donates-1-3-million-to-thurgood-marshall-college-fund/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:15:09 +0000 AlumniUnit http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=3940 MillerCoors recently announced a donation of $1.3 million during the annual Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Leadership Institute and 22nd anniversary dinner weekend in New York City. The dinner raised a record $6.2 million and these funds will be used to assist in leadership development, programmatic sup... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/23/millercoors-donates-1-3-million-to-thurgood-marshall-college-fund/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/23/proposal-to-merge-mississippi-hbcus-draws-fire/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/23/proposal-to-merge-mississippi-hbcus-draws-fire/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:00:32 +0000 AlumniUnit http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=3934 Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long legal battle over the historic underfunding of those schools. At Jackson State University, stude... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/23/proposal-to-merge-mississippi-hbcus-draws-fire/feed/ 0