The $10 million gift comes from entrepreneur and Belmont Trustee and Vice Chair Cordia Harrington to establish The CORD – Powerhouse.
Construction on the $34.5 million facility will begin in early spring 2025. Space in the 67,800-square-foot facility will be shared by Jackson State Community College and TCAT Jackson.
The scholarship is designed to benefit students who come from Fentress County, especially those who are working toward completing STEM degrees.
The scholarship was established thanks to an anonymous donor’s gift of $50,000.
The annual Because of You Campaign raises funds for scholarships to be given out via the Northeast State Foundation. This year’s fundraising goal was exceeded by more than $21,000.
The university is working with Canton City Schools for the Canton City Middle School Violence Intervention and Prevention Program, which will run through September 2027.
The program, the first of its kind in the state of Ohio, is now accepting applications for the Fall 2025 semester.
A total of $2.8 million from two separate endowments will create two new scholarship funds at the University of Rio Grande to continue making higher education more accessible to more students.
The five-year $2.2 million Title III Part A Strengthening Institutions grant is the largest grant UC Blue Ash has ever received.
The two grants come from the Charles D. Berry Foundation and the CareSource Foundation and will benefit SInclair Community College’s Transition Option in Post-Secondary Education (Tartan TOPS) Program.
