PROVIDENCE – A part of a $10 million gift from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and documentary film producer Patty Quillin to Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Miss., will help support a continued partnership between Tougaloo and Brown University.
Brown said half of the gift will establish a Brown-Tougaloo Partnership Scholarship Fund. The fund, the university said, will provide Tougaloo students who attend Brown annual support, whether it is to pursue a graduate or medical degree or an academic exchange program.
Brown said the initial scholarship payouts will be between $200,000 and $250,000. That number is expected to grow over time, the university said. In a statement, Brown President Christina H. Paxson said the gift from Hastings and Quillin ensures the partnership with Tougaloo “will continue to expand for many decades to come.”
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