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Gift of $1 million will expand Tulane summer success program for underserved students


 
A $1 million gift from Board of Tulane member Lisa Jackson, Apple Inc.’s vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, and her husband, Kenneth, will double participation in the Newcomb-Tulane College Summer Experience (NTCSE). The program helps newly admitted students from underserved backgrounds get a head start on succeeding at Tulane before fall orientation.
Jackson credits a similar program at Tulane with sparking her passion for engineering as a teenager. A top student at St. Mary’s Dominican High School in New Orleans, she attended summer STEM classes at Tulane on a scholarship from the National Consortium for Minorities in Engineering. ....

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