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‘I Was Stunned’: Big Gifts to Small Colleges From an Unexpected Source
“I was stunned,” said Ruth Simmons, president of Prairie View A&M University, a historically Black college in Texas, when she learned that MacKenzie Scott was giving her school $50 million, the biggest gift the university had ever received. https://t.co/6AUu71Na2b
OpenMacKenzie Scott’s donations to colleges serving often overlooked students were a surprise — and potentially transformational.
“I was stunned,” said Ruth Simmons, president of Prairie View A&M University, a historically Black college in Texas, when she learned that MacKenzie Scott was giving her school $50 million, the biggest gift the university had ever received. https://t.co/6AUu71Na2b
Open‘I Was Stunned’: Big Gifts to Small Colleges From an Unexpected Source
MacKenzie Scott’s donations to colleges serving often overlooked students were a surprise — and potentially transformational.
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