Although as of this writing the news has not been posted to Curry’s website, the Richmond Times-Dispatch today reports that Black Entertainment Television founder Sheila Johnson has written a $5 million check to UVA’s Curry School of Education, where I am (still) a graduate student. This is on top of a massive gazillion dollar donation 2 years ago which is being used to construct a new building for the school (and demolish and salt the earth a la Cathage of Ruffner, a windowless, brick atrocity plunked down among UVA’s neo-classical buildings that currently houses Curry). According to the T-D:

Sheila C. Johnson, a philanthropist and businesswoman, will donate $5 million to the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, sources confirmed today.

A member of the school’s foundation, Johnson, who lives in Northern Virginia, will target the contribution primarily to finance clinics to help children with psychological disorders that impede their learning.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and Johnson, the biggest contributor to the governor’s successful campaign, will announce the establishment of the new U.Va. center at a press conference tomorrow in Capitol Square in Richmond.