Greetings Sorors and Friends, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., as part of its Launching New Dimensions of Service, is kicking off HBCU Awareness Week, September 22 – 26, 2014. We encourage all sorors, Undergraduates and Graduates, Silver Stars, Golden Sorors, and General Members to participate as we launch the THINK HBCU℠ initiative under Target I: Educational Enrichment. Supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) is a priority as Alpha Kappa Alpha launches the national campaign, Think HBCU℠ to highlight HBCUs and their contribution to the Sorority and society. Through education, engagement, and advocacy, HBCUs will be showcased as a critical venue for moving students to and through college. As part of this initiative, we are recognizing Sorors who have made tremendous strides in their careers at the highest levels of academia at our HBCU institutions. These distinguished women are presidents and chancellors of HBCUs around the country and have made it their life’s passion to prepare and ready our young people for the world ahead. Our HBCUs are responsible for producing Black graduates who include 75% of all Black PhD’s, 85% of all Black doctors, 75% of Black military officers, and 50% of Black engineers. The Sorors in this book have demonstrated an incredible commitment and resolve to produce the next generation of Black professionals, humanitarians, and global leaders. Please take a moment to learn more about the accomplished Sorors who are leading some of the top HBCU institutions into the future. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority salutes these visionary leaders and pledge our continued support of the institutions they represent. Thank you again for your support of our Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which date back to 1908 at Howard University for our sisterhood. We look forward to you joining us as we spotlight our HBCUs throughout HBCU Awareness Week and over the next four years. If you have any questions about the THINK HBCU℠ initiative, please contact your International Program Representative. Sincerely,
Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson International President
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Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover began serving as President of Tennessee State University on January 2, 2013. She has advanced a five-point vision that includes: (1) academic progress and customer service, (2) fund raising and partnerships, (3) diversity and inclusion, (4) shared governance, and (5) business outreach. Dr. Glover was formerly the Dean of the College of Business at Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., where she led the College of Business throughout the accreditation process, and spearheaded the implementation of the nation’s only Ph.D. in Business at an HBCU. She is a certified public accountant, an attorney, and is one of two African American women to hold the Ph.D.-CPA-JD combination in the nation. Dr. Glover's educational development began as a student at Tennessee State University, where she majored in mathematics. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree, she pursued the Master of Business Administration at Clark Atlanta University. She then completed her doctorate in business from George Washington University, and later completed her law degree from Georgetown University. Prior to joining Jackson State University, Dr. Glover served as Chairperson of the Department of Accounting at Howard University. Her past employment also includes positions as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of an engineering firm, a tax manager at a major public utility company, and an accountant with a Big-Four CPA firm. Dr. Glover has been a corporate board member of three publicly traded corporations. These include Citigroup-Student Loan Corporation, American Learning Corporation and First Guaranty Bancshares. She served as Chair of the Audit Committee or Financial Expert on each Board. Dr. Glover also is a member of the Advisory Board of Regions Bank of Mississippi, and Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Jackson (Mississippi) Airport Authority. Dr. Glover is the author of more than one hundred articles and papers, and is regarded as one of the nation’s experts on corporate governance. She is a member of several professional, civic, and non-profit organizations, and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. She is married to Charles Glover, and they have two adult children, Attorney Candace Glover and Dr. Charles Glover II.
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Biography Dr. Cheryl Davenport Dozier was named the 13th president of Savannah State University on May 9, 2012, after serving one year as Interim President and quickly instilling a culture of service, strength and unity across the Savannah State campus. An experienced and highly regarded university-level professor, researcher, author and administrator known throughout the University System of Georgia for her intellect, charisma and leadership abilities, Dozier is firmly committed to advancing the legacy of academic excellence and community engagement set in place when SSU was founded in 1890. Prior to taking the reins at Savannah State, Dozier served as Associate Provost and Chief Diversity Officer for the Office of Institutional Diversity at the University of Georgia. In that role — to which she was appointed in 2006 after four years as Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Gwinnett University Center — Dozier led UGA’s efforts to evaluate existing programs and develop new initiatives to support diversity and equity. Since beginning her tenure at Savannah State, Dozier has launched a number of programs aimed at increasing student graduation and retention rates, improving customer service and strengthening external relationships. A native of New York, Dozier earned her bachelor’s degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University, her Master of Social Work degree from the Atlanta University School of Social Work (now Clark-Atlanta University) and her Doctor of Social Work degree from Hunter College at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is an active member of numerous professional and civic organizations including the board of the United Way of the Coastal Empire, Savannah Economic Development Authority, Telfair Museums Board of Trustees, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Council of Presidents and president emerita of the Georgia Association for Women in Higher Education. Married to South Carolina native Arthur Dozier II.
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Biography Dr. Cynthia Jackson Hammond is the 8th President of Central State University. Dr. Hammond has built a distinguished career in higher educational leadership. Under her guidance as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Coppin State University, she guided six prominent initiatives: the reformation of the General Education core curriculum, establishment of the Center for Undergraduate Research, 2010 strategic planning, development of the First Year Experience program, designed and received external funding for the Advisement and Retention Center for the School of Education, and development of tenure criteria. Most recently Dr. Hammond served as a lead consultant for H&H Educational Consultants specializing in strategic planning, curriculum design, accreditation, and standards-based assessments.
Cynthia Jackson Hammond holds a Doctorate of Education from Grambling State University, a Masters of Education from University of Louisiana in Monroe, an Education Specialist degree from University of Louisiana in Monroe, and an undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree also from Grambling. Dr. Hammond is an outstanding and sought after speaker on issues related to cultural competency, the unique contributions of HBCU’s, and global education. She has a number of publications to her credit and is a Harvard Fellow and a 1987-89 Louisiana State Board of Regents Fellow. Dr. Hammond is a native of Monroe, Louisiana and is married to Dr. James Eric Hammond Sr. The couple has three children; James Eric Jr. married to Sylvia Woodard, Christopher Adam, and Erin Jenea. The Hammonds are the proud grandparents of Alexander age 6 and Franchesca age 2. Dr. Cynthia Jackson Hammond’s appointment as President of Central State University is effective July 1, 2012.
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Biography Beverly Wade Hogan has served as President at Tougaloo College since May 2002. She is the first woman and the 13th president of Tougaloo. Prior to becoming President, Hogan served as the College’s Interim President, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, founding director of the Owens Health and Wellness Center, and Executive Assistant to the President. An effective and committed leader, she served as the Commissioner for the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission, the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Federal State Programs and the Executive Director of the Mental Health Association in Hinds County and the state of Mississippi, respectively. She has been an adjunct instructor in leadership and public policy at Jackson State University and a frequent guest lecturer at the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University. Additionally she has been involved with employment and educational training programs in Denmark, Sweden and West Germany in affiliation with the German Marshall Fund. She has been a scholar with the Kettering Foundation where her research focus was Higher Education and Civic Responsibility, a participant and presenter in the Oxford Roundtable at Oxford University in Oxford, England and a participant in leadership seminars at Harvard University. A native Mississippian, Hogan earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Tougaloo College and Masters in Public Policy and Administration from Jackson State University. She has completed additional studies at the University of Southern Mississippi and University of Georgia. She is engaged in further doctoral studies in Human Development and Organizational Leadership at Fielding Graduate University. She holds Honorary Doctorates in Humanities from Wiley College and Rust College, Doctorate of Humane Letters from Benedict College and has earned numerous certificates in leadership development, organizational management and administrative law. Hogan has received extensive recognition for her trailblazing contributions. She has authored and published works on topics such as “The Dissonance Analysis of the Viet Nam War,” “Comparable Worth—the Challenging Issue of Pay Equity,” Jobs and Economic Growth,” “Public Policy Implications of AIDS in the Workplace,” “Higher Education and Civic Responsibility” and “Gender and Race” as a chapter in a textbook, Leadership and Service, published in 2008. Active in an array of professional and civic organizations, Hogan serves on various boards, including Bancorp South, Sanderson Farms, the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership, Jackson Medical Mall Foundation, National Issues Forum Institute, National Institute of Health/National Heart, Lung and Blood Advisory Council, William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation and RAND’s Gulf States Policy Initiative. She is also a member of the national board of directors for the United Negro College Fund, the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, Council of Independent Colleges, the National Association for Independent Colleges and the Leadership Alliance and serves as Chair of the Council for Higher Education of the United Church of Christ. Hogan was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs. Just recently, she was selected by the Department of Defense to serve on the National Committee for HBCU/MI Programs. Hogan is also a founding member and former president of the Central Mississippi Chapter, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and the Links, Inc. She and her husband Marvin have two adult sons and five grandchildren.
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Biography Dr. Stacey Franklin Jones will begin her tenure as the Chancellor of Elizabeth City State University on October 1, 2014. Since 2011, Jones has been a Senior Consultant on executive management, technology partnerships, and corporate development. based in Washington, D.C.
Raised in Boston, Jones graduated magna cum laude from Howard University in 1982 with a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics. She later earned Basters’ degrees in Numerical Science (1986) and Technical Management (1991) from Johns Hopkins University and a Doctorate in Computer Science (1997) from George Washington University. In addition, she has completed the Management Development Program at Harvard University and the Executive Leadership Program at Hampton University. In 2005-06, she was an American Council on Education Fellow hosted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Jones spent the early part of her career (1982-93) in private industry as a Defense and Electronic Systems Software Engineer and Product Development Manager for Northrop Grumman in Maryland. She then worked for several years as an Engineering Manager and System Architect for other Maryland-based companies before transitioning into higher education. She began her academic career in 1997 in the computer science department at Johns Hopkins University, where she was a Research Scientist and adjunct member of the research faculty, teaching systems programming, co-designing a “surgery for engineers” course, and conducting investigations funded by the National Security Agency. In 2000, Jones was recruited to Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., the nation’s fourth-largest private historically black college. At Benedict, she served two years as Chair of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department before becoming Dean of the School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), a position she held from 2002 to 2008. Under her watch, the STEM school achieved accreditation from key national organizations, and the physics program repeatedly ranked among the top 5 nationally for science degrees awarded to African Americans. In 2007, Jones was named Benedict’s Vice President of Sponsored Programs and Research (later restructured as Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Sponsored Programs). In this expanded leadership role, she managed units responsible for 93 percent of the college’s revenue sources, secured millions of dollars in awards for various programs and implemented the college’s first academic foreign exchange program with China. In 2009, she was promoted to Senior Vice President of the university. Under her leadership, the dollar value of new grants increased by 50 percent over a two-year period. In July 2010, Jones returned to Maryland to become Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Bowie State University, a public historically black university. In that role, she oversaw academic programming and policy development and was credited with designing a comprehensive institution-wide academic assessment plan, process and timeline that culminated in a successful Middle States accreditation reaffirmation. In December of that year, she was named a Special Assistant serving the University System of Maryland. In this advisory post, she developed a methodology for assessing student retention success at the campus and system levels; counseled senior administrators on faculty issues, student retention methods and financial planning; and mentored faculty pursuing new investigators grant awards from the Department of Homeland Security and the National Science Foundation. She returned to the private sector in fall 2011. Over the course of her career, Jones has secured and administered more than $100 million in proposals, grants and contracts from the federal government and private sector companies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health. She has served on numerous review panels for federal agencies, and has written and spoken widely on computing and engineering management, as well as the infusion of technology in higher education. She has been honored with the South Carolina Governor’s Award for Excellence in Science (2007) and the Outstanding Woman in Technology Award from the National Society of Black Engineers (2004). Jones has two young adult children who are graduates of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Winthrop University.
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Biography Dr. Adena Williams Loston serves as the 14th President of St. Philip's College our nation’s only Historically Black College and Hispanic Serving Institution. She assumed the reins on March 1, 2007 on the occasion of St. Philip’s 109th anniversary. She previously served as the Director of Education and Special Assistant for Suborbital and Special Orbital Projects Directorate for the Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility and Chief Education Officer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at its Headquarters in Washington, DC. Her initial appointment at NASA was as the Associate Administrator for Education on October 28, 2002, and prior to joining the Agency, she served as the NASA Administrator’s Senior Education Advisor starting in September 2002. As NASA’s senior education official, she was responsible for structuring the Office of Education, providing executive leadership, policy direction, functional management, and guidance in coordinating the Agency’s overall efforts to organize and enhance its education investments and portfolio nationally and internationally for its Headquarter operations, mission directorates and 10 field centers. Dr. Loston was responsible for a $230 million budget (including earmarks) and directed policy for $1.3 billion. Dr. Loston has served as President of San Jacinto College South, Executive Dean/Provost in the El Paso Community College District, Dean of Vocational Education, Budgets and Facilities, and Dean Professional Programs at Santa Monica College, and has also served in other administrative educational capacities for the past 39 years. Dr. Loston is the product of a historically black college, Alcorn State University, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in 1973. She received her Master’s and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Bowling Green State University in 1974 and 1979 respectively. She also attended the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University in 1996; the Oxford Roundtable at Oxford University in 2001; and the Wharton School of Business in 2005. President Loston is active in many professional organizations and associations and has received numerous awards during her career. She received the 2011 Shirley B. Gordon International Presidential Award of Distinction at the 2011 Annual Convention of Phi Theta Kappa in Seattle on April 8. She was one of only nine presidents recognized nationally. She also received his award in 1999 as President of San Jacinto College South. In 2010, she received the Amazing Energy award from CPS Energy. Also in 2010, she was one of four San Antonio women honored by the San Antonio WNBA Silver Stars basketball team during the team’s Inspiring Women Night. In March 2009, she was inducted into the San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame for Higher Education. In May 2008, Dr. Loston was inducted into the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa Inc., Educator’s Hall of Fame, whose goals include furnishing tutoring, mentoring, and scholarships for students who seek education as a career. For more than forty years Dr. Loston has been a proud member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She is the mother of one son, Gilbert Williams Loston, III who resides in Houston.
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Biography Dr. Carolyn W. Meyers is the 10th president of Jackson State University and a professor of civil and environmental engineering. Since Dr. Meyers became president in 2011, Jackson State University expanded its impact with three new campus locations, increased course offerings for evening, weekend and online studies and and implemented one of the nation’s largest freshman iPad initiative, which provides all first-year students with iPads to aid with their coursework. Dr. Meyers also oversaw the university’s nationally acclaimed rebranding campaign and the opening of a campus Veteran’s Center and Welcome Center. Dr. Meyers’ vision for growth continues with plans to construct an on-campus domed arena and increase enrollment to 15,000 students. Under Dr. Meyers’ leadership, Jackson State University earned a 10-year reaffirmation of accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and national accreditations in business, teacher education and engineering as well as full certification by the NCAA. Dr. Meyers pushed Jackson State University enrollment to an all-time high of 9,508 and positioned the university to become a national model for educating the underserved and achieving global recognition for excellence in education, research and service. Dr. Meyers brought to Jackson State University more than 30 years of academic and administrative leadership experience in higher education, serving most recently as President of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. She served as Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, where she was a tenured professor of mechanical engineering and Dean of the College of Engineering. Dr. Meyers also was a tenured faculty member at the Georgia Institute of Technology and was the first Associate Dean for Research in its College of Engineering. Dr. Meyers earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Howard University, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering and a doctorate in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and completed post-doctoral work at Harvard University. She is a fellow in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a board member of the American Council on Education. Dr. Meyers has published numerous articles and reports and given more than 200 invited presentations and technical papers on education and diversity topics as well as research and technical topics. Her numerous awards and honors include the National Society of Black Engineers’ Golden Torch Award and the National Science Foundation's Presidential Young Investigator Award. Dr. Meyers has received a joint resolution from the Virginia Legislature and a concurrent resolution from the Mississippi Legislature commending her leadership and service to higher education. Dr. Meyers is a native of Newport News, Virginia. She has three adult children and four grandchildren.
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Dr. Debra Saunders-White Ed.D., began as the 11th Chancellor of North Carolina Central University on June 1, 2013. She was selected by the Board of Governors of the multi-campus University of North Carolina on February 8, 2013. Saunders-White started her tenure with the goal of “Eagle Excellence,” or “E-squared.” Her priorities for ensuring student success and academic excellence include: retaining and graduating students in four years; raising critical scholarship funds; and providing innovative academic instruction that prepares and trains students to work in the global marketplace. At NCCU, Saunders-White aims to create “techno-scholars,” or technology trendsetters and leaders who understand how technology intersects with all disciplines—from STEM to the liberal arts, social sciences, business, education, law and nursing. Previously, Saunders-White served as Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Saunders-White joined the Department of Education in May 2011 as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs. As Acting Assistant Secretary, Saunders-White's responsibilities included formulating federal postsecondary education policy to incorporate federal student aid, programs that address critical national needs in support of the department's mission to increase access to quality postsecondary education, and programs that support international and foreign language education. Prior to entering higher education administration, Saunders-White spent 15 years in the corporate sector at IBM. From 1994 to 1998, Saunders-White taught college-preparatory mathematics at St. George's School in Newport, R.I. In 1999, she joined Hampton University as Assistant Provost for technology and she was promoted to the newly created post of Vice President for Technology and Chief Information Officer in 2005. Saunders-White left Hampton the following year to join the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) as Vice Chancellor for Information Technology Systems. From 2007 to 2008, she also served concurrently as UNCW's Interim Associate Provost in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and as Chief Diversity Officer. A Hampton, Va., native, Saunders-White earned her Bachelor's degree in History from the University of Virginia. She earned a Master's of Business Administration from The College of William & Mary and a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from The George Washington University. Saunders-White is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and a member of the Links Inc. She is the mother of two children, Elizabeth Paige and Cecil III.
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Biography Dr. Cynthia Warrick is a visionary leader with accomplishments in business start-up, management, government policy and legal affairs. She ventured into higher education 16 years ago serving in multi-faceted leadership roles as an administrator, public servant, healthcare professional, environmental research scientist, faculty member, and accreditation reviewer. She serves as Senior Fellow for the Center for Minority Health Services Research at Howard University's College of Pharmacy, a position she has held since 2009. Prior to her interim presidential appointment at Grambling State University, Warrick served as Interim President at South Carolina State University (2012-2013) where she prevented the closure of a major academic program threatening the degrees of over 200 professional nursing students. She successfully lobbied the South Carolina legislature to increase university funding and improve the institution's public relations in the wake of negative publicity and established key agency and private sector partnerships. She also served as Dean and Chief Research Officer and Tenured full professor of Pharmacy (2006-2011) at Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina; Associate Professor and Director of Environmental and Occupational Health at Florida A&M University and Assistant Professor in the Division of Management, Policy & Community Health at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston. Warrick earned a Doctoral degree in Environmental Science and Public Policy at George Mason University, a Master's degree in Public Policy from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from Howard University. .