Alcorn is one of eight Mississippi institutions to share a $2.25 million higher education grant from the Department of Education’s Student Support Services program. Alcorn will receive $329,571 to aid its Student Support Services program.
Alcorn’s Director of Student Support Services Mary Coleman was pleased with the grant announcement from U.S. Senator Roger Wicker Friday, July 17.
“These grants are aimed at providing better academic opportunities to students in need, as well as improving retention and graduation rates,” Wicker said in the release. “Investments in Mississippi’s higher education system help prepare students to compete and succeed in an increasingly global economy.”
Coleman said that Student Support Services is committed to helping students at Alcorn achieve their educational and career goals.
“This grant is instrumental and provides an array of services for our students,” Coleman said. “The continuation of the grant ensures an environment conducive to academic success and personal development while providing vital academic and financial support for students to succeed and graduate.”
It is expected that the grant award will be continued over the next five years to the following institutions:
Alcorn State University, Lorman — $329,571 Hinds Community College, Utica — $284,754 Holmes Community College, Goodman — $283,339 Mississippi State University, Mississippi State — $246,050 Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena — $257,020 Pearl River Community College, Poplarville — $313,316 Rust College, Holly Springs — $278,980 University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg — $257,087
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Alcorn State University is a premier comprehensive land-grant university that develops diverse students into globally competitive leaders, and applies scientific research through collaborative partnerships that benefit the surrounding communities, state, nation and world.
Posted By: Reginald Culpepper
Thursday, July 23rd 2015 at 5:03PM
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