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Wiley College In Marshall, Texas To Receive $1 Million Grant

Courtesy: Wiley College

MILLION DOLLAR GRANT RECIPIENT - Wiley College in Marshall, Texas was selected to receive a $1 million dollar grant from United Negro College Fund to improve job outcomes of its graduates.  The UNCF Career Pathways Initiative, funded by Lilly Endowment Inc., awards $35 million in grants to selected historically-black colleges and universities and predominantly black institutions . The initiative is an effort to design and implement programs to improve employment outcomes for college graduates.

Credit Courtesy: Wiley College
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Courtesy: Wiley College
Dr. Haywood Strickland, President-Wiley College Marshall, Texas

Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.