Photo Caption: Students take advantage of cybersecurity education and instruction in the Nissan-RC Cybersecurity Simulation Lab at Rust College, creating models that strive to identify security threats and develop skills essential to the field. Photo courtesy of Nissan.

Rust College Receives Donation from Nissan

Nissan is donating $250,000 to Mississippi’s seven HBCUs to further STEM education, continuing its 11th consecutive year of funding Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the state.

Since launching the Mississippi HBCU STEM Initiative in 2014, Nissan has invested $2.75 million to support and encourage innovative programming that serves Mississippi students, helping to grow STEM awareness and the technology workforce of the future.