Virginia HBCUs to Benefit From $300K Verizon Foundation Leadership Grant
The Gloucester Institute has been awarded a $300,000 grant from Verizon to support its Emerging Leaders Program, and students from Virginia’s five historically black colleges and universities will be direct beneficiaries of the award.
The Institute’s Emerging Leaders Program partners with Virginia’s five Historically Black Colleges and Universities –Virginia State University, Virginia Union University, Norfolk State University, Hampton University and St. Paul’s College – to prepare campus leaders, recent graduates and young professionals for future success in the marketplace and the business community.
The Institute will use the Verizon Foundation grant to fund research and development and 10 Verizon Leadership Summits, involving approximately 300 emerging leaders over the next three years.
“Verizon’s grant empowers us to impact more of our future leaders,” said Kay Coles James, president of the Gloucester Institute. ”The Emerging Leaders Program was created to identify, train, mentor and launch the next generation of leaders our country needs today, and in the tumultuous and exciting days ahead.”
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