Briefs for Nov. 4, 2020
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Scholarship supports NA scholars
News from American Indian Graduate Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico — In honor of Native American Heritage Month, American Indian Graduate Center has established the Empowering Scholars Initiative, a $1M scholarship program for Native students. The scholarship launch is set for Nov. 1, 2020, and made possible thanks to the generosity of MacKenzie Scott.
By implementing the Empowering Scholars Initiative, American Indian Graduate Center has the ability to fund first-and second-generation descendants, part-time students, Ph.D. candidates pursuing research opportunities and scholars taking graduate entrance exams for the first time in our 50-year history. The funding will also allow our organization to continue providing COVID-19 relief funding to Native students across the United States.
Through this initiative American Indian Graduate Center will be able to fund hundreds more students and transform their educational journeys. For more information, visit: www.AIGCS.org.
$7B paid in Food Assistance
News from the USDA
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that in the first month of the application period, the USDA Farm Service Agency approved more than $7 billion in payments to producers in the second round of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. CFAP 2 provides agricultural producers with financial assistance to help absorb some of the increased marketing costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
