Emoney Daily September 1, 2011 Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Gives $8m Grant Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has donated a $8m software grant to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) will provide software for TMCF's 47-member network of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)'s $8 million software grant will help TMCF to continue its ongoing IT initiative to strengthen the IT capacity of its member schools, broaden the institutions' instructional and communications capabilities, and work to build sustainable learning environments. TMCF President & CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., said that, "Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has always been committed to working with colleges and universities to help students achieve the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in a competitive industry. These grants have been a major contributor to facilitate capacity building for our network of schools". Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) company shares are currently standing at 26.6. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.