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ATLANTA, October 13, 2003– The UPS Foundation, the charity arm of Atlanta-based United Parcel Service and the Foundation for Independent Higher Education (FIHE) in Washington, D.C. have announced nearly $2.3 million in grants that have been awarded to students at private colleges and universities nationwide.

Morehouse is one of the 655 private institutions to receive a UPS Scholarship, which is dispersed to students who are selected as UPS Scholars based on academic achievement and financial need.

Morehouse College student Oluwabusaya Folarin is this year’s UPS Scholar. The senior political science major has received a $2,750 scholarship. Folarin is a native of Arlington, Texas and plans to graduate in May 2004. Upon graduation he intends to work towards a dual degree in public policy and law. Folarin has a cumulative grade point average of 3.9. He hopes to one-day work in the area of public policy and law in Africa.

Since its inception, the UPS Educational Endowment Fund has generated nearly $32 million in scholarship support. The current value of the endowment is $41 million.

“For 50 years, The UPS Foundation has been honored to support education through partnerships with such organizations as FIHE and its state fund partners,” said UPS vice president and president of The UPS Foundation, Evern Cooper. “The availability of quality, affordable higher education is critical to establishing a talented more diverse workforce.”

The Georgia Foundation for Independent Colleges is the state office of the FIHE. Scholarships have been funded at each of the 28 member institutions across the state of Georgia.

Ranked twice as the number one college in the nation for educating African American students by Black Enterprise magazine, Morehouse College is the nation’s largest, private liberal arts college for African-American men. Founded in 1867, the College enrolls approximately 3,000 students and confers bachelor’s degrees on more black men than any other institution in the world.

Morehouse offers a number of programs and activities to enhance its challenging liberal arts curriculum through the Leadership Center at Morehouse College, Morehouse Research Institute, and Andrew Young Center for International Affairs. Morehouse is one of only two Historically Black Colleges or Universities to produce two Rhodes Scholars.

Prominent alumni include Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize laureate and civil rights leader; Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. Surgeon General and director of the National Center for Primary Care at the Morehouse School of Medicine; Sheldon “Spike” Lee, filmmaker and president of 40 Acres & A Mule Productions; Maynard H. Jackson, first African-American mayor of Atlanta; and Nima A. Warfield, the first African-American Rhodes Scholar from an Historically Black College or University.

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