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Section: Awards/Honors

Just Like Magic

February 10, 2015

Exploring Gender and Diversity

February 10, 2015

Ernesto-Martinez

Continental Colonization

February 10, 2015

Going Medieval

February 9, 2015

Rising STEM Star

February 9, 2015

Addiction Expert

February 9, 2015

Rachel-Castaneda

Border Specialist

February 9, 2015

Guadalupe-Correa – Political Specialist

Educational Activist

Dr. Derrick R. Brooms isn’t quite comfortable with being called a scholar.
“I think of myself as an educational activist,” says Brooms, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Louisville.

February 9, 2015

Derrick-Brooms – Sociology

Arab American Advocate

February 9, 2015

Pharmaceutical Path

February 9, 2015

Patrice-Jackson

Unfinished Business

Through the movie “Selma,” many people who weren’t born yet when police forces attacked marchers on the route to Montgomery, Alabama, are getting an opportunity to learn about that episode of history.

February 1, 2015

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African-American

North Carolina Central University Making History of its Own

In the 75 years since the history department came into existence at NCCU, the faculty have graduated more than 80 alumni who have gone on to earn Ph.D.s in history at other universities and have carved out careers as engaged researchers, university professors and museum curators.

December 8, 2014

120914_Jim_Harper

Scholars Reflect on Passing of Maya Angelou

Legendary poet, pioneering civil rights activist mourned by many in the academy and beyond.

May 28, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Deborah Tannen – University Professor, Georgetown University

Author of more than 20 books, Tannen is a university professor and professor of linguistics at Georgetown University. She has been a McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, following a term in residence at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. […]

April 28, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Beverly Tatum – President, Spelman College

Recognized as a scholar, teacher, race-relations expert and leader in higher education, Tatum became the ninth president of Spelman College in 2002. She is also known as a promoter of racial identity development theory and as the author of the best-selling Can We Talk About Race? And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation. […]

April 28, 2014

Community Colleges

Zakiya Smith – Strategy Director for Student Financial Support, Lumina Foundation

At the Lumina Foundation, Smith leads the work to develop new models of student financial support for higher education. She also served as a senior advisor for education on the White House Domestic Policy Council, where she focused on developing the president’s higher education policy. Earlier in her career, Smith worked in various capacities for […]

April 28, 2014

Joyce E. Smith – Chief Executive Officer, National Association for College Admission Counseling

An admissions expert with more than 30 years of experience, Smith has served in college admission counseling management roles at Kansas State University, Amherst College and Queens College of the City University of New York, where she served as executive director of admissions for undergraduate and graduate admissions, marketing and scholarship services. She has also […]

April 28, 2014

Dr. Ruth Simmons – President Emeritus, Brown University

In 2001, Simmons became the 18th president of Brown University, the first African-American to lead an Ivy League institution. She was president of Smith College from 1995 to 2001, after serving as vice provost of Princeton University and provost of Spelman College. She has served in various administrative positions at the University of Southern California […]

April 28, 2014