May 19, 2021
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Jessica Pope
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亚特兰大煤气灯基金会支持美高梅博彩的非裔美国男性倡议
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周二，亚特兰大煤气灯基金会向美高梅博彩赠送了一张12,500美元的支票。 Those funds will support scholarship opportunities for students in vs上’s African American Male Initiative. 图为从左至右为：美高梅博彩校长Richard A. Carvajal博士； 伊曼纽尔·奥罗芬图伊（Emmanuel Olofintuyi），美高梅博彩学生，非裔美国男性倡议成员； Lindsay Hill， Southern Company Gas人力资源副总裁； 以及亚特兰大煤气灯公司的运营主管杰夫·巴斯比。
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VALDOSTA — 美高梅博彩 has partnered with the Atlanta Gas Light Foundation to help encourage more African American males to pursue higher education and earn a college degree.
周二上午，亚特兰大煤气灯基金会向该校赠送了一张12,500美元的支票。 Those funds will support scholarship opportunities for students in vs上’s African American Male Initiative, a program designed to increase retention, progression, and graduation rates among African American males at vs上.
“At vs上 we are committed to offering a model of education that focuses on individualized mentorship and support, which inspires our students to write a success story that is all their own,” said Dr. Richard Carvajal, president of vs上. “This partnership with the Atlanta Gas Light Foundation will enhance our ongoing efforts to encourage and empower our African American male students. 它将消除经常阻碍学生充分利用大学经历的经济障碍，并将培养新一代强大、积极的领导者。 These vs上 graduates will be ready to make an impact in Georgia and beyond.”
来自佐治亚州蒂夫顿的布雷伦·泰勒（Braylen Taylor）在美高梅博彩读书时加入了非裔美国男性倡议组织。 他说，他获得的奖学金支持使他能够更有选择性地选择如何利用课外时间，并为体验式学习、社区服务和公民参与机会打开了大门。
vs上’s African Male Initiative is part of a statewide effort designed to increase the number of African American males who complete their postsecondary education at any University System of Georgia institution of higher education. 它的使命是提供一个学术和社会工具的综合项目模型，支持学生采用积极的心态来成功完成课程，提高他们的累积平均成绩，通过每个学术级别的录取，并毕业。
“Racial equity at Atlanta Gas Light enhances our ability to deliver superior results for our customers and employees, alike,” said Pedro Cherry, president and chief executive officer of Atlanta Gas Light. “By supporting programs like vs上’s African American Male Initiative, we are able to help extend that benefit to our entire community. 今年早些时候，我们与亚特兰大大都会商会（Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce）合作，帮助发起了“亚特兰大商会种族平等行动”（ATL Action for Racial Equity）倡议，承诺采取可衡量的行动来解决不流动和不平等问题。 This donation is one way in which we are fulfilling that promise.”
“The African American Male Initiative does important work empowering, supporting, and assisting young men throughout their academic careers, setting them up for long-term success,” said Lindsay Hill, vice president of human resources at Southern Company Gas, the parent company of Atlanta Gas Light. “Our workforce at Atlanta Gas Light is growing, and we are committed to working with programs like this one to ensure we are developing top talent from diverse backgrounds. By working together, we can not only increase equity amongst our ranks, but across the state.”
According to the University System of Georgia’s Office of Research and Policy Analysis, the University System of Georgia has reported increases in the enrollment, retention, and graduation of African American males system wide. 这意味着，如果非裔美国男学生得到正确的支持，利用现有资源，并通过参与校园活动而感到与校园的联系更加紧密，他们就能够进步并被保留下来。
“Financial support is an essential component of student success for many of our African American Male Initiative members,” said Dr. Jeremy Bauer, project director. “Our scholarships help to alleviate some of the financial pressures that our members are currently experiencing. 这些资金使我们的许多成员能够继续从事他们的学术追求。 Our scholarships have become even more impactful over the past year given the economic uncertainty faced by so many throughout the pandemic.”
泰勒在5月初获得了美高梅博彩健康科学学士学位，并计划继续他的教育，同时追求医疗保健事业。 他说，非裔美国男性倡议帮助他发现了自己的韧性，他在课堂上取得成就的能力，以及他激励他人克服任何障碍实现学业和个人目标的热情。
“… no matter how the process looks at the moment, it’s going to be meaningful in the end … you have to continue to keep striving and persevering … [and] continue to reach out and look up to other Black male figures that are doing great [things]…,” he said during a recent interview with WALB News 10 out of Albany, Georgia.
“Anybody can do it, no matter your skin color, no matter your background.”
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关于美高梅博彩
美高梅博彩成立于1906年，是一所一流的综合性大学，提供广泛的学术，文化和社会机会的主要大学和小班和小型机构的密切个人关注。 美高梅博彩在校园内和网上为本科生和研究生提供100多个学位、证书和认可项目，以及各种课外活动，从全国冠军体育和学术团队到荣誉组织、姐妹会和兄弟会、校内体育、教育和服务俱乐部、交响乐团、艺术和戏剧、研究机会等等。 vs上致力于创造一种以学生个人成功为重点的校园文化，为学生提供更多的转型和体验式学习机会，并通过作为南乔治亚州的资源和创新领导者来增加区域影响力。 在网上： www.mgmbetbc.com
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