TSU President Glenda Baskin Glover was among the speakers, as was James Ammons, former president of FAMU and North Carolina Central University, who is now chancellor at Southern University at New Orleans.
“FAMU educated me, but Dr. Humphries prepared me for my life’s work,” said Ammons, who served as provost under Humphries.
FAMU President Larry Robinson, a nuclear chemist by training who was recruited to FAMU more than two decades ago by Humphries, described the occasion as a “celebration of life for this great American, an administrator who was eminently brilliant, a visionary, whose brilliance was on constant display.”
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi University (ADU) has given more than Dh50 million to scholarships and financial aid for the academic year 2020-2021, including additional financial support to students whose lives and education have been negatively impacted by COVID-19.
The university’s scholarship and financial aid programmes have eased the financial burden of nearly 14,000 students since ADU’s inception in 2003, according to a university statement issued on Wednesday.
When COVID-19 emerged during the spring semester 2019-2020, it profoundly changed the lives of university students across the world. It impacted enrolment and students’ ability to pay tuition fees, so ADU allowed its students with overdue fees to continue attending classes through the difficult months.