Beyoncé is a tireless advocate for the culture. The Grammy Award winning musician cemented her iconic status yet again by pledging $100,000 worth of scholarships for students going to 8 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) through her BeyGOOD Initiative.
Google hopped on the project, and promised to match Beyoncé's scholarship funds dollar for dollar. Now, the lucky scholars have been announced, and we're all thrilled!
Congrats to the eight recipients of the 2018-2019 Homecoming Scholars Award from @XULA1925, @TuskegeeUniv, @TexasSouthern, @Grambling1901, @Wilberforce_u, @bethunecookman, @Fisk1866, and @Morehouse! Learn more about the award program here: https://t.co/1u7ig7jYWq pic.twitter.com/zRukfBJuLB
— BeyGOOD (@BeyGood) July 23, 2018
The recipients of the scholarship are:
Alana J. Barfield, Xavier University
Caleb Washington, Tuskegee University
Jordan Davis, Texas Southern University
Cletus Emokpae, Grambling State University
Erin Evans, Wilberforce University
Demetrius Weaver, Bethune-Cookman University
Dartisha Mosley, Fisk University
Kameron Willis, Morehouse College
Some of the scholars couldn't help but express their joy on Twitter.
YALLL IM A RECIPIENT OF BEYONCÉ’S SCHOLARSHIP😭😭😭
— iamKAM (@KameronWillis) July 23, 2018
GOD IS GREATTTTT https://t.co/bVvSFiUfj2
Thank you so much! I am so humbled. My Department and my Lab family knows what my journey has been and has supported me this whole way through. This is for #GramFam forreal https://t.co/AxKRcPsp75
— Issa Vibe (@Cletus_RealTalk) July 23, 2018
I prayed on this. Waited.
— Allana J. Barefield (@Allana_B18) July 23, 2018
And the dream came true. Thank you @Beyonce and @XULA1925 for believing in me. And thank you to @jemelehill who my essay was about. Thank you for being an inspiration to black female journalists like myself.
Y’ALL I AM A BEYONCÉ RECIPIENT pic.twitter.com/1KEQCUMDHI
They're going to great things, we're sure! Congratulations to them
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