NNPA/BlackPressUSA Newswire
By Stacy M. Brown
Popular music’s most powerful couple continue to make power moves.
And, even when their good deeds are a year old, the significance never fades.
Twitter and other social media users are again gushing over the impact of Beyoncé and her husband Jay Z’s commitment to students at select high schools and historically black colleges and universities.
Two years ago, they announced a new scholarship program that will award 10 scholarships worth $100,000 each to “outstanding” high school students who demonstrate financial need.
The duo said the prize will serve as a dedicated university fund for each selected student for the duration of their enrollment.
In 2021, Beyoncé’s “BeyGOOD Initiative” and Jay Z’s “Shawn Carter Foundation” partnered with Tiffany & Co. to donate $2 million to HBCUs.
As a new school semester dawns, fans and others are anticipating another major move by the couple.
Meanwhile, the “About Love” scholarship is distributed to students pursuing a degree in the arts and creative fields at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania; Norfolk State University in Virginia; Bennett College in North Carolina; the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff and Central State University in Ohio.
The power couple has a long history of helping students with the Shawn Carter Foundation to organize college tours to historically black colleges and universities and provide scholarships to students across the country.
Through her BeyGOOD initiative, Beyoncé created the Formation Scholars Award, an merit program to help female students begin or continue their college education, and this year they announced the Homecoming Scholars Award, a second merit program, open qualified students, regardless of gender, to enter or continue their studies in one of the eight HBCUs.
Jordan Davis decided to apply for the BeyGood scholarship, but said he doubted he would receive the award.
However, about a month later, the Plano, Texas native learned that he was one of eight finalists to win the inaugural scholarship sponsored by Beyoncé and Google.
“I was so ecstatic,” Davis told the Houston Chronicle. “It was a dream come true. I almost felt like Beyoncé chose me.
Homecoming Scholars was inspired by Beyoncé’s performance at the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Beyoncé, the first black woman in the festival’s 19-year history to be its lead performer, referenced HBCUs throughout her performance which included a 100-piece all-black marching band and a selection of songs.
“The show, with its tribute to excellence in education, was a celebration of the homecoming weekend experience, the highest manifestation of college pride,” according to a press release.
“The high-energy production emphasized art and culture, blending ancient and modern, which resonated masterfully through marching band, performance art, choir and dance. It was the impetus to mark his second scholarship program.
NNPA/BlackPressUSA Newswire
By Stacy M. Brown
Popular music’s most powerful couple continue to make power moves.
And, even when their good deeds are a year old, the significance never fades.
Twitter and other social media users are again gushing over the impact of Beyoncé and her husband Jay Z’s commitment to students at select high schools and historically black colleges and universities.
Two years ago, they announced a new scholarship program that will award 10 scholarships worth $100,000 each to “outstanding” high school students who demonstrate financial need.
The duo said the prize will serve as a dedicated university fund for each selected student for the duration of their enrollment.
In 2021, Beyoncé’s “BeyGOOD Initiative” and Jay Z’s “Shawn Carter Foundation” partnered with Tiffany & Co. to donate $2 million to HBCUs.
As a new school semester dawns, fans and others are anticipating another major move by the couple.
Meanwhile, the “About Love” scholarship is distributed to students pursuing a degree in the arts and creative fields at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania; Norfolk State University in Virginia; Bennett College in North Carolina; the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff and Central State University in Ohio.
The power couple has a long history of helping students with the Shawn Carter Foundation to organize college tours to historically black colleges and universities and provide scholarships to students across the country.
Through her BeyGOOD initiative, Beyoncé created the Formation Scholars Award, an merit program to help female students begin or continue their college education, and this year they announced the Homecoming Scholars Award, a second merit program, open qualified students, regardless of gender, to enter or continue their studies in one of the eight HBCUs.
Jordan Davis decided to apply for the BeyGood scholarship, but said he doubted he would receive the award.
However, about a month later, the Plano, Texas native learned that he was one of eight finalists to win the inaugural scholarship sponsored by Beyoncé and Google.
“I was so ecstatic,” Davis told the Houston Chronicle. “It was a dream come true. I almost felt like Beyoncé chose me.
Homecoming Scholars was inspired by Beyoncé’s performance at the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Beyoncé, the first black woman in the festival’s 19-year history to be its lead performer, referenced HBCUs throughout her performance which included a 100-piece all-black marching band and a selection of songs.
“The show, with its tribute to excellence in education, was a celebration of the homecoming weekend experience, the highest manifestation of college pride,” according to a press release.
“The high-energy production emphasized art and culture, blending ancient and modern, which resonated masterfully through marching band, performance art, choir and dance. It was the impetus to mark his second scholarship program.