The Lancaster County economic growth fund started by BB&T has bestowed another seven grants totaling $835,000, it was announced Thursday.Â
All are going to local higher-education institutions. The latest recipients of support from the six-year-old fund are:Â
-Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, $110,000 to create âPathways to Success,â a program to connect local students with careers in high-demand fields such as construction.Â
-Elizabethtown College, $125,000 to promote campus-wide justice and diversity initiatives and career training for first-generation college students.Â
-Franklin & Marshall College, $125,000 to support first-generation college students from Lancaster County.Â
-HACC, $100,000 to support diversity initiatives and an inclusive excellence mentoring program at the Lancaster campus.Â