Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support a comprehensive, network-wide assessment of the United Negro College Fund’s 39 member institutions

United Negro College Fund Network Assessment Initiative

to support the renewal of the United Negro College Fund consortium's Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program

UNCF/Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program

to support a collaborative Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Women’s College Colloquia Program

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - Women's College Colloquia Program

to assist the Fund and National Urban League to complete construction of, and adapt for their use, new headquarters building

Construction

to strengthen the teaching of the humanities at its member colleges, and to develop a deferred-giving and bequest program

Humanities Teaching/Fundraising

to support fundraising by development staff for Fisk University

Fisk Assistance

to support a Premedical Summer Institute at Fisk University for qualified students enrolled in member colleges, and to provide teaching and study opportunities in the Institute for selected science teachers

Fisk Premed

to support a Premedical Summer Institute at Fisk University for students in member colleges

to support a program of faculty and curricular development in its member colleges and universities

Faculty/Curriculum Development

for faculty and curriculum development in member colleges

to bridge a shortfall in funds for the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program

for a program to increase the number of minority scholars holding doctorates in the arts and sciences

Faculty Doctoral Program 

Junior Faculty Career Enhancement

to renew support for a suite of faculty development programs across 37 historically Black colleges and universities

UNCF/Mellon Faculty Career Enhancement Programs

for an undergraduate fellowship program to increase the number of minority undergraduates who enroll in Ph.D. programs in the arts and sciences

to support efforts to increase the number of doctoral recipients among faculty members at four-year institutions that are members of UNCF, and to provide additional teaching and learning opportunities for faculty members at these institutions

UNCF/Mellon Faculty Career Enhancement

to support faculty development initiatives across 38 private historically black colleges and universities

UNCF/Mellon Foundation Faculty Career Enhancement Programs

for an undergraduate fellowship program to increase the number of minority students who enroll in PhD programs in the arts and sciences

UNCF - Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program

in support of an undergraduate fellowship  program intended to increase the number of minority students enrolled in PhD programs in designated fields of the arts and sciences and toward costs of summer internships in ecology research

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - Program and Internships in Ecology Research

to support the Premedical Summer Institute at Fisk University

Fisk - Premedical

Student Retention

to support the development of a renewal plan for Fisk University

Renewal Program

to support a review of its educational programs

Academic Assessment  

for use by the University Archives in developing appraisal guidelines for scientific and technological materials

Fisk Summer Premed

toward costs of programs for minority students in ecological research

Minorities in Ecology

toward costs of a program for minority students in ecological research

Minorities in Ecology - SEEDS

toward costs of a program for minority students in ecology

to support a junior faculty career enhancement program

to support the one-year renewal of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

to renew support for a faculty career enhancement program that will provide opportunities to improve teaching and learning and to advance faculty research

Faculty Career Enhancement Renewal

Fisk Premedical Summer Institute

to renew support for a faculty career enhancement program that would provide opportunities to improve teaching and learning and would advance faculty research

to support a faculty career enhancement program that provides opportunities to improve teaching and learning and advances faculty research

to continue support for a program to encourage minority and other students to study and pursue careers in ecology

to support programs to encourage minority participation in ecological research and training

to support the UNCF/MMUF 2012 Summer Institute

UNCF/Mellon Programs Summer Institute

to renew support for the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program

to support a joint program to encourage minority participation in ecological research and training

Minorities in Ecology - SEEDS 2

to support the renewal of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal

toward costs of a program for minority students in ecology research

Strategies for Ecology Education Development and Sustainability Program

to support the renewal of an undergraduate fellowship program and renewal of administrative expenses for summer internships in ecology research

2000 Renewal Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program [Summer Institute]

to support one annual cycle of program renewals at institutions hosting the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship: Barnard, Bowdoin, Brooklyn, Bryn Mawr, Carleton, Claremont, Connecticut, Dartmouth, Grinnell, Haverford, Hunter, Macalester, Oberlin, Queens, Smith, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Whittier, and Williams Colleges; City College of New York; Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Emory, Harvard, Heritage, Northwestern, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, Yale, and Wesleyan Universities; the Universities of California at Berkeley, and Los Angeles; the Universities of Chicago, Cape Town, Southern California, the Western Cape, the Witwatersrand, United Negro College Fund, Inc., and Washington University in St. Louis

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Annual Renewals

to support one annual cycle of program renewals at institutions hosting the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship:  Barnard, Bowdoin, Brooklyn, Bryn Mawr, Carleton, Connecticut, Dartmouth, Grinnell, Hunter, Macalester, Oberlin, Queens, Smith, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Whittier, and Williams Colleges; Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Emory, Harvard, Haverford, Heritage, Northwestern, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, Wesleyan, and Yale Universities; the Universities of California at Berkeley, at Los Angeles, and at Riverside; the Universities of Cape Town, Chicago, New Mexico, Southern California, Texas at Austin, the Western Cape, and the Witwatersrand; the California Institute of Technology; the City College of New York; The Claremont Colleges, Inc.; United Negro College Fund, Inc.; and Washington University in St. Louis

MMUF Annual Renewals

to support one annual cycle of program renewals at institutions hosting the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship: Barnard, Bowdoin, Brooklyn, Bryn Mawr, Carleton, Connecticut, Dartmouth, Grinnell, Haverford, Hunter, Macalester, Oberlin, Pomona, Queens, Smith, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Whittier, and Williams Colleges; Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Emory, Harvard, Heritage, Northwestern, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, Wesleyan, and Yale Universities; the Universities of California at Berkeley, at Los Angeles, and at Riverside; the Universities of Cape Town, Chicago, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, Southern California, Texas at Austin, the Western Cape, and the Witwatersrand; the California Institute of Technology; California State University Foundation; City College of New York; United Negro College Fund, Inc.; and Washington University in St. Louis

MMUF Administration and Annual Institutional Renewals

to support one annual cycle of program renewals at institutions hosting the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Emory, Harvard, Heritage, Northwestern, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, Wesleyan, and Yale Universities; Barnard, Bowdoin, Brooklyn, Bryn Mawr, Carleton, Connecticut, Dartmouth, Grinnell, Haverford, Hunter, Macalester, Oberlin, Pomona, Queens, Smith, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Whittier, and Williams Colleges; the Universities of California at Berkeley, at Los Angeles, and at Riverside; the Universities of Cape Town, Chicago, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, Southern California, Texas at Austin, the Western Cape, and the Witwatersrand; California Institute of Technology; City College of New York; United Negro College Fund, Inc.; and Washington University in St. Louis

to support one annual cycle of program renewals at institutions hosting the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship: Amherst, Barnard, Bowdoin, Brooklyn, Bryn Mawr, Carleton, Connecticut, Dartmouth, Grinnell, Haverford, Hunter, Macalester, Oberlin, Pomona, Queens, Smith, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Whittier, and Williams Colleges; Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Emory, Harvard, Howard, Northwestern, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, Wesleyan, and Yale Universities; the Universities of California at Berkeley, at Los Angeles, and at Riverside; the Universities of Cape Town, Chicago, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, Southern California, Texas at Austin, the Western Cape, and the Witwatersrand; the California Institute of Technology; California State University Foundation; City College of New York; United Negro College Fund, Inc.; and Washington University in St. Louis

to enable it to reestablish its counseling and college referral service

Counseling and College Referral Services

to assist the League and United Negro College Fund to complete construction of, and adapt for their use, new headquarters building

Building Fund

to support a second round of funding for the Artist Relief Fund

Artist Relief Fund 

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

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Borderlands Cultures

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Civic Engagement

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Evolving Higher Education

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Expanding Public Knowledge

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Monuments and Memory

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Multivocality

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Power of the Word

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Public Places‚ Public Stories

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Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 