On Tuesday, as Scott celebrated her 55th birthday, news broke that her latest HBCU donation, $42 million gifted to Elizabeth City State University on the North Carolina school’s Founders Day, officially pushed her HBCU giving past the $1 billion mark.
The funds will be used to support ECSU’s ASCEND 2030 strategy by expanding endowed scholarships, strengthening academic programming, and investing in campus infrastructure across academic, residential, and athletic spaces.