<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With #BlackHistoryMonth upon us, #AlphaKappaAlpha Sorority, Inc. will be showing love to institutions that promote #BlackExcellence to celebrate.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The organization announced an endowment fund of $10 million to be distributed to 96 accredited historically Black colleges and universities over the next four years. In February alone, the Ks will be donating $1.6 million and presidents of 32 HBCUs will get #FlewedOut to AKA headquarters to receive $50,000 for their institutions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Among those schools are #LincolnUniversity, #NorfolkStateUniversity and #SouthernUniversity at New Orleans, according to @<a href="https://www.essence.com/news/alpha-kappa-alpha-sorority-inc-is-gifting-hbcus-1-6m-in-endowments-during-black-history-month/">Essence</a>. And the AKAs have been doing good deeds, being one of the most recent organizations to drop a major donation for #BennettCollege, which is currently at risk of losing its accreditation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“As an HBCU graduate and someone who has dedicated my life’s work to the HBCU community, I personally know that the financial challenges of many institutions have an impact on student enrollment, retention and graduation rates&#8230;Implementing an endowment fund is a critical need and has been a priority for my administration since I took office last year,” said Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. International President Dr. Glenda Glover in a statement.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Donating to HBCUs is a great way to honor black history and it is also one of Glover’s initiatives while in office. The AKAs were founded in 1908 on the campus of Howard University.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Glover believes that the role HBCUs have played in the organization’s 111-year history makes it “imperative that [Alpha Kappa Alpha] continue to invest in these treasured institutions.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recent data from the National Center for Educational Statistics show that a significant number of HBCUs have seen an </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">increase</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in undergraduate student enrollment, which many attribute that growth to rising racial tension throughout the U.S.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re here for this service to the community and applaud the AKAs for supporting our colleges and universities!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">TSR STAFF: Christina C! @cdelafresh</span></p>
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