Philanthropist Calls on Colleges to Inspire Students to Give and to Support Arts Education

By KELLY FIELD

Colleges must teach their students the virtues of philanthropy if they hope to produce graduates who will give back to the institution and to society at large, the philanthropist and businesswoman Sheila C. Johnson told attendees at The Chronicle's Presidents Forum here on Sunday evening.

"It is incumbent upon you not to merely strengthen their minds but to deepen their hearts," said Ms. Johnson, a co-founder of Black Entertainment Television and president of the Washington Mystics basketball team. "Graduates, if they have been trained and challenged properly, will ultimately support the institutions that many years ago adopted them."