Representatives of schools, departments, offices and programs receiving LIF grants include (from left to right): Dr. Elva Jones, Dr. Sharon White, LaMonica Singleton, Dr. Kathy Stitts, (Altria representative) Barbara Jones, Dr. Soncerey Montgomery, pictured with (seated center) WSSU Vice Chancellor for University Advancement, Michelle Cook.
The university has received a $40,300 Leadership Investment Fund (LIF) grant to support a number of campus programs.
More than $9,500 of the grant to WSSU’s Office of Career Services will be used to sponsor an online Career Guide as well as provide support for a Business Etiquette Dinner. The Honors Program’s Leadership Institute will use $8,000 for its Leadership Ideas for Today’s Scholars Program. The Computer Science Department will use more than $12,800 to implement a Computer Science Day event. WSSU’s School of Business and Economics will use $10,000 for professional development and to establish a Hallmark Leadership Retreat and Toastmaster’s International Gavel Club.
The objective of the Leadership Investment Fund is to help develop tomorrow’s diverse and talented workforce through support of key events and educational programs at colleges and universities where Altria Group, Inc.or one of its family of companies actively recruits.
Altria Group is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, John Middleton, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates and Philip Morris Capital Corporation.
