Benedict College receives grant to fuel innovation.

Benedict College in Columbia has received a $525,000 "Build to Scale" grant to help organize, launch and operate a statewide investment accelerator program for underrepresented groups and minorities who are in the early stages of entrepreneurship.

The grant is one of 51 totaling $47 million that have been awarded nationwide by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration, according to a news release.

"Benedict College and the Burroughs School of Business and Entrepreneurship have a long history of economic development in the Midlands," said Tracy Dunn, dean of the Tyrone Adam Burroughs School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Benedict. "This EDA grant is significant because...

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