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McDonald's and La La Anthony are helping HBCU students secure money for college through the fast-food icon's Black & Positively Golden Scholarship Program.
Stacy M. Brown | 4/23/2021, 6 a.m. Howard University College of Nursing and Allied Health Science student, Maya Rashad. Courtesy Photo/McDonalds USA
Incoming and current students of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have just a short time left to apply for the McDonaldâs Black & Positively Golden Scholarship program aimed at helping individuals continue their education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
McDonaldâs USA is awarding $500,000 to incoming and current HBCU students through the program in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF).
For the second consecutive year, 34 HBCU students will have the opportunity to make their dreams a reality and obtain a college degreeâ receiving up to $15,000 each in funding for the 2021-2022 academic year.
For the second year, McDonaldâs USA, through its Black & Positively Golden Scholarship Program, is awarding half a million dollars to incoming and current students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Through this initiative, in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, McDonaldâs is furthering its support of the next generation of leaders.
According to âMoving Upward and Onward: Income Mobility at Historically Black Colleges and Universities,â a study conducted by Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute/Rutgers Graduate School of Education, more students experience upward mobility at HBCUs than any other institutions, and nearly 70% of HBCUs students attain at least middle-class incomes.