Tyrone N. Butts
APE Reporter
Belmont pledging funds for black scholarships
College is still a ways away for the students in 100 Black Men of Middle Tennessee's college preparatory program. But those who have Belmont University in mind can look forward to having additional scholarship money under an agreement the university and the nonprofit organization will sign today.
Belmont will match all financial assistance provided by 100 Black Men to graduates of its 100 Kings Program who attend the Nashville school. Belmont has provided space on campus for the program for the past year.
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100 Kings is a year-old effort to get 100 at-risk boys ready for college by the time they finish high school in 2010. Metro schools officials selected the students, said Adr
ian Granderson, executive director of 100 Black Men, which works to
help young black males succeed.
The students meet at Belmont two Saturday mornings a month during the school year and are now participating in a seven-week, Monday-Friday summer program, which has included trips to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis and other activities, Granderson said yesterday.
''We have students going to college around the country,'' Granderson said of the nearly 30 older students 100 Black Men has sponsored with more than $200,000 in scholarships in the past two years. ''We just want to expand the opportunities for these students to stay in Nashville.''
Bob Fisher, Belmont's president, said in a news release that the university has enjoyed
hosting the 100 Kings Program. ''We hope that this agreement will further illustrate Belmont's commitment to quality educational opportunities for all youth
,'' he said.
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For all youth? What are you going to do about white youth? Matched any funds set aside for white youth lately? Do you even have a scholarship fund set up that only benefits
white youth? Didn't think so.
T.N.B.
College is still a ways away for the students in 100 Black Men of Middle Tennessee's college preparatory program. But those who have Belmont University in mind can look forward to having additional scholarship money under an agreement the university and the nonprofit organization will sign today.
Belmont will match all financial assistance provided by 100 Black Men to graduates of its 100 Kings Program who attend the Nashville school. Belmont has provided space on campus for the program for the past year.
br>
100 Kings is a year-old effort to get 100 at-risk boys ready for college by the time they finish high school in 2010. Metro schools officials selected the students, said Adr
ian Granderson, executive director of 100 Black Men, which works to
help young black males succeed.
The students meet at Belmont two Saturday mornings a month during the school year and are now participating in a seven-week, Monday-Friday summer program, which has included trips to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis and other activities, Granderson said yesterday.
''We have students going to college around the country,'' Granderson said of the nearly 30 older students 100 Black Men has sponsored with more than $200,000 in scholarships in the past two years. ''We just want to expand the opportunities for these students to stay in Nashville.''
Bob Fisher, Belmont's president, said in a news release that the university has enjoyed
hosting the 100 Kings Program. ''We hope that this agreement will further illustrate Belmont's commitment to quality educational opportunities for all youth
,'' he said.
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For all youth? What are you going to do about white youth? Matched any funds set aside for white youth lately? Do you even have a scholarship fund set up that only benefits
white youth? Didn't think so.
T.N.B.