Wilberforce University cancels student debt for 2020 and 2021 graduates That s more than $375,000 kesq.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kesq.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wilberforce University, AME Church school, cancels debt for 2020, 2021 grads
The school said the amount of debt forgiveness for both classes totals more than $375,000 for the 166 new alumni.
2021 Wilberforce University graduates celebrate after learning that school debts had been forgiven, May 29, 2021, in Wilberforce, Ohio. Video screen grab
June 1, 2021
(RNS) There are usually lots of cheers and applause at university commencements.
But 2020 and 2021 graduates of Wilberforce University, a school affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church, had an extra reason to celebrate during their ceremony on Saturday (May 29) in Wilberforce, Ohio.
Their president announced that any debts they still owed to the historically Black university had been forgiven.
Howard University Names Law Library in Honor of Civil Rights Activist Vernon Jordan
/EIN News/ Washington, March 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Today the Howard University Board of Trustees announces its unanimous decision, upon the recommendation of President Wayne A. I. Frederick, to name the Law School Library as the Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Esq. Law Library in honor of the proud and devoted Howard alumnus and Civil Rights icon.
“Vernon Jordan’s life embodied Howard’s motto of truth and service from his early beginnings as a lawyer to his work in the civil rights movement and later as an advisor to Presidents Reagan, Bush, Carter and most prominently as a friend and advisor to President Bill Clinton,” said President Wayne A. I. Frederick. “Mr. Jordan is the kind of person who never met a stranger and who enjoyed mentoring students to help them succeed. He often told a story about spending his summers in college working as a chauffeur for Mr. Robert Maddox, a former Mayo
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