( July 16, 2007) Ingrid Saunders Jones, senior vice president, The Coca-Cola Company and Chair of The Coca-Cola Foundation, awarded four $50,000 grants to Louisiana HBCU's Dillard University, Grambling State University, Southern University and Xavier University for students impacted by Hurricane Katrina at a press conference to kick off the Essence Music Festival presented by Coca-Cola and its return to New Orleans.
Pictured left to right:
Dr. Horace Judson, president, Grambling State University, Dr. Victor Ukpolo, Chancellor, Southern University at New Orleans, Ingrid Saunders Jones, senior vice president, The Coca-Cola Company, Dr. Norman Francis, president, Xavier University, Dr. Marvalene Hughes, president, Dillard University and Maurice Jenkins, senior vice president, UNCF, were all on hand to receive this much needed support for students at their institutions
