As more HBCUs get bomb threats, Virginia governor says he will seek emergency funding to assist with campus security
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday he is planning to ask lawmakers for emergency funding for campus security at historically Black colleges and universities following an alarming pattern of bomb threats at HBCUs across the state -- and the country.
Among them, Norfolk State University, which received a bomb threat on Friday, according to a statement from Javaune Adams-Gaston, the university's president. University officials asked the campus community to shelter in place while authorities secured the area, the statement said.
"As we continue our course for the semester, we will have to stay strong and support each other so that we can achieve the many tasks that we have set before us," the president added. "While the impact of COVID-19, threats targeted towards HBCUs, and global conflict, is significant, we remain strong."