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Gov. DeSantis announces $20 million to state’s historically Black colleges and universities

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AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelJul 01, 2020 at 3:26 pmGov. Ron DeSantis announced the state’s commitment to three of the state’s historically Black colleges and universities with recurring funding in the state’s budget at a news conference at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach on Wednesday.DeSantis, who as a congressman represented Volusia County, had developed a relationship with leaders at Bethune-Cookman, and said he wanted to keep the independent HBCUs - historically Black Colleges and Universities - in the budget recommendations when approaching the new year.Advertisement“Mary McLeod Bethune’s 145th birthday is coming up on July 10th, so her vision for this university and others like it are really why we’re here today, why we all came together to be able to provide this support,” DeSantis said. “These investments in the budget are significant.”It includes $13 million in recurring funds for B-CU and $3.5 million each for Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens and Edward Waters College in Jacksonville.AdvertisementThe final budget funding was the result of efforts by both DeSantis, who made the recommendation for the funding and the state’s legislative Black Caucus, including Rep. James Bush, D-Miami, a B-CU alumni, who invited attendees to give DeSantis a round of applause, calling him a friend to HBCUs.“He has extended more life to the dream, to the vision, and the legacy of our founder, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune,” Bush said. “You now have afforded thousands of Black boys and girls an opportunity to enter this institution of higher learning, to achieve the vision - to enter this institution to learn and to depart from this institution to serve humanity.”Also on hand were the presidents of the three universities including B-CU President Dr. LaBrent Chrite, who spoke to the significance of supporting HBCUs in a time when the focus on Black lives has taken hold worldwide.“Today in particular, universities, and especially HBCUs, are faced with profound and even existential challenges,” Chrite said. “These challenges are only matched by the utter necessity of our work and in recognition of the role we assume, in bridging the gap between ability and access for some to the state’s most vulnerable, marginalized and brilliant students.” Advertisement

AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelJul 01, 2020 at 3:26 pmGov. Ron DeSantis announced the state’s commitment to three of the state’s historically Black colleges and universities with recurring funding in the state’s budget at a news conference at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach on Wednesday.DeSantis, who as a congressman represented Volusia County, had developed a relationship with leaders at Bethune-Cookman, and said he wanted to keep the independent HBCUs - historically Black Colleges and Universities - in the budget recommendations when approaching the new...

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