JayZ and Beyoncé Announce HBCU Scholarship Program

JayZ and Beyoncé Announce HBCU Scholarship Program

August 30, 2022

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 Beyoncé and her husband Jay Z’s commitment to students in 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 “exceptional” high school seniors who demonstrate financial needs. The duo said the award will serve as a dedicated university-based fund for each selected student throughout the duration of the student’s enrollment.

In 2021, Beyoncé’s “BeyGOOD Initiative” and Jay Z’s “The 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 power move by the couple.

 

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