GRANTS & AWARDS

Black Issues in Higher Education, Sept 30, 1999

* The University of Illinois at Chicago received $1.25 million from the Archdiocese of Chicago to establish an endowed chair in Catholic studies to promote religious literacy. The archdiocese received the money from the Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation.

* Earl G. Graves Sr., chairman and publisher of Black Enterprise magazine, announced that he and several business associates and corporations have raised $1.23 million to establish the Earl G. Graves-NAACP Scholarship Fund.

* Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach Fla., received a grant of more than $1 million from the Lily Endowment and the United Negro College Fund's historically Black colleges and universities program for faculty development, student scholarships and building renovations.

* Le Moyne-Owen college in Memphis, Tenn., received a $950,000 grant from the Lily Endowment and the United Negro College Fund's historically Black colleges and universities program to help develop a teaching and learning community

* Rutgers University's Newark campus received a four-year $800,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education for its Upward Bound program to boost the high school graduation rate for economically disadvantaged youth in eight northern New Jersey counties.

* Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y., received a three-year, $600,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to prepare new teachers to work with urban middle and high school students with disabilities.

* Wilberforce and Central State universities in Ohio received a joint $400,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to install five solar-powered security lights at a local high school.

* Rutgers University received a $315,000 donation from Ken Boxley of Beverly Hills, Calif., to fund a full-ride need-based scholarship in memory of Rutgers alumnus Paul Robeson.

* Chicago State University received a $140,000 grant from the Joyce Foundation to provide additional teaching experience to students training to become teachers.

* Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia received a $100,000 grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund to hire a director of intercultural affairs for three years.

* Hampton University in Virginia received a $20,000, a Boeing 727 airplane engine, and free training from American Airlines to help the school's aviation program. The university will use the money to set up a scholarship fund for aviation students.