VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, VA. – Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) today announced that Virginia State University is among 11 historically black colleges and universities in Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina and South Carolina that will receive support through a $35 million initiative aimed at promoting higher education equity. The six-year “HBCU Promise” program will provide $25 million in funding to select institutions. Additionally, a $10 million scholarship fund will support African American and underrepresented minority students across the company’s service territory.  Said Thomas F. Farrell, II, the company’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, “We have all been witness to our country's  evolving conversation on race and […]

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