Walt Disney Co. Chairman Bob Iger will oversee fundraising for an endowment named after ‘The Black Panther’ star and a new fine arts building on Howard’s campus.
Walt Disney Co. Chairman Bob Iger will oversee fundraising for an endowment named after ‘The Black Panther’ star and a new fine arts building on Howard’s campus.
The HBCU announced today that the newly re-established college of fine arts, led by Dean Phylicia Rashad, will be named the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts for the late actor and distinguished alumnus.
Howard University names its College of Fine Arts after late alumnus Chadwick Boseman By Zoe Christen Jones Chadwick Boseman s charity work takes on new meaning
Howard University has announced their reestablished College of Fine Arts will be named after alumnus Chadwick Boseman. The late actor, who graduated from the school in 2000, had protested against the reabsorption of the college into the broader College of Arts and Sciences while he was a student and continued to advocate for its reestablishment long after he left the Washington, D.C., campus. Chadwick s love for Howard University was sincere, and although he did not live to see those plans through to fruition, it is my honor to ensure his legacy lives on through the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts with the support of his wife and the Chadwick Boseman Foundation, Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick said in a statement Wednesday. I m also elated to have the support of The Walt
Chadwick Boseman’s Alma Mater Howard University Renames College Of Fine Arts After The Late Actor Aynslee Darmon
Howard University is honouring Chadwick Boseman in a big way.
On Wednesday, the late actor s alma mater announced that they would be renamed the College of Fine Arts after him.
According to the
Washington Post, the renaming comes after Howard and Walt Disney Co.’s executive chairman, Bob Iger, joined forces to not only spearhead fundraising for a scholarship named after Boseman, but the pair will also help raise money for the construction of a state-of-the-art building on the campus.
The new building will house the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, the Cathy Hughes School of Communications, its TV station, WHUT and its radio station, WHUR 96.3 FM.