Ellington

On behalf of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Foundation, Jackson State University alumna Juanita Sims Doty added $5,000 to the Juanita Sims Doty Scholarship Fund for financially burdened students. The additional contribution to the fund, which was established in 2000 and currently totals $16,000, is a boost to JSU's Campaign For Jackson State effort. The campaign seeks to accrue $50 million in additional scholastic funding by the year 2010 and has raised $23 million to date.

"Scholarships are so important to our students because it helps many of them pursue their dream of a higher education," Director of Institutional Advancement Evangeline Robinson said. "We are so pleased that Dr. Doty has chosen to support Jackson State University in this way."

Doty presented the JSU President Ronald Mason Jr. with the check last Tuesday.

"In addition to being an alumna of Jackson State, I believe it is important to give this check because my organization has a history of supporting historically black colleges and universities," Doty said in a statement.