(Dallas, TX – July 31st, 2007) Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is the featured August ‘School of the Month’ for the Tom Joyner Foundation®.
In conjunction with the Foundation, Cheyney University, celebrating its 170th anniversary, is engaged in an aggressive campaign to raise money from alumni, friends and supporters of black colleges who are being asked donated whatever they can to help keep students attending Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs).
“We’re grateful to all the donors and their support of HBCUs,” said Tom Joyner, the Foundation’s chairman and host of the ‘Tom Joyner Morning Show’ that reaches nearly eight million listeners every week in 120 markets. “For all you Cheyney alumni and friends, here’s your chance to make a difference in these students’ lives and help Cheyney survive another 170 years.”
Throughout the year, Cheyney, the nation’s oldest HBCU founded in 1837, has hosted a series of fundraising events, including a ‘Knit Out’, a ‘Lunch with a Purpose’, an online auction and a golf tournament is scheduled for August. Later this year, the Cheyney University National Alumni Association will hold its annual Blue and White Gala.
The foundation said Cheyney University, the alma mater for the late CBS broadcaster Ed Bradley – was chosen as part of its on-going effort to assist these HBCUs in broadening and strengthening their efforts to raise money to help keep students attending these institutions. As one of the Tom Joyner Foundation ‘Schools of the Month’, Cheyney will
receive funds raised from listeners, alumni and other interested parties during the month May. Throughout the month, the Tom Joyner Morning Show will promote the university and award scholarships to deserving students.
For the remainder of the year, the Foundation’s ‘Schools of the Month’ are Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN for September; Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, FL for October and Savannah State University in Savannah, GA for November. For information about the scholarship program, students should contact their school
administrators directly to determine their eligibility.
The Foundation recently launched the “Brothers on the Move” scholarship that provides black male students at the ‘School of the Month’ a $1,500 scholarship. The scholarship is awarded every Thursday on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, which is aired in 120 markets reaching nearly eight million listeners every week. The Foundation offers
scholarships to students attending its Schools of the Month throughout the week, including on Mondays focused on single parents and on Wednesdays, general scholarship.
Founded in 1998, the Tom Joyner Foundation has raised more than $55 million to help keep students enrolled in black colleges. It has assisted more than 14,000 students and worked with more than 100 HBCUs.
