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MacKenzie Scott and her ex-husband, Jeff Bezos, at the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
Two Texas A&M System universities that predominantly serve students of color have received multimillion-dollar donations from writer and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
Prairie View A&M University, a historically Black university, received a $50 million donation and Texas A&M International University in Laredo, which is a primary Hispanic-service university, received $40 million. Both gifts are the largest in their university s history.
The universities can use the money for whatever they like. At Prairie View, a historically Black university, school leaders have chosen to allocate $10 million to juniors and seniors who had dealt with financial challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rest of the money will go toward other university initiatives, including faculty development and recruiting, academic improvements and scholarships.