June 3, 2009 — The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced a $2.5 million investment to identify promising strategies to dramatically improve college success rates, especially among those students least prepared for college-level work.
OAKVILLE, ON, June 3, 2009 — Sheridan College closed off an ambitious
three-year fundraising campaign by smashing through its goal of $30 million
and raising $37 million for its campuses in Oakville and Brampton. The Student
Capital Campaign was launched in 2006 with the goal of raising funds to meet
the space and technology demands of Sheridan's growing student body.
June 2, 2009, Star-Ledger - Maxine Lane learned her frugality during the Great Depression, when she started paying for her own clothes as a 5-year-old in rural Arkansas. Earlier this month, the shrewd shopper pounced on what she calls her "best bargain" yet: Kean University scholarships, for just $6 million.
PLANO, Texas & WASHINGTON, June 2, 2009 — Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced a series of in-kind software grants valued at more than $150 million to Howard University. Taken together, the grants represent the largest in the history of Howard University.
Lebanon Daily News, May 29, 2009 — A Lebanon philanthropist recently donated $1 million to the HACC Foundation, ensuring that students attending HACC’s Lebanon Campus will be able to receive financial aid for perpetuity.
May 27, 2009, The Miami Herald — The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan leader-in-exile, has offered to donate $100,000 to help save the Department of Religious Studies at Florida International University, which is slated to close as part of $27 million in budget cuts.
May 21, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Before moving to the United States from London two years ago, Jacqueline Sibanda had worked as a community-relations specialist for a British cellphone company, and was part of a team that negotiated with local residents wherever a new cellphone tower was planned. While she loved the corporate world, she yearned to use her communications skills for the greater good.
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn., May 14, 2009 — The Dollar General Literacy Foundation continues its fight against illiteracy by awarding grants totaling $4.8 million to 314 nonprofit organizations that promote literacy and education.
DURHAM, May 15, 2009, Triangle Business Journal — Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are among the nation’s leaders when it comes to generating donations online, and that could position them for even more gifts down the road.
May 14, 2009, UTSA Today — The University of Texas at San Antonio's commitment to prepare its students for a global workplace and offer them a wider view of the world and its people has been strengthened because of a $2 million gift for the UTSA East Asia Institute from international businessman Richard S. Liu.
