Creating a legacy Myiah Clemons (Class of 2022) is the diversity and inclusion coordinator at MSU and the manager of the Eagle Diversity Education Center (EDEC). She works to ensure that under-represented minority students feel safe and supported. As a graduate of the Craft Academy for Excellence in Science & Mathematics Class of 2020, she joined the Black Gospel Ensemble, the Black Student Union, Women’s Virtue, and the DREAMS program and served as a Craft Academy ambassador. As an undergraduate MSU student, she remained active in those organizations and was president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. After graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, she is now earning a Master of Business Administration at MSU. She says she owes much of her success to the relationships she formed at EDEC, particularly former assistant director Dr. Cory Clark (Class of 2020). She
also follows in her mother’s footsteps, Cartrec Garrett (Class of 1997). Clemons wants to use her experience to support and mentor students. She hopes to increase the number of students who utilize the center and help diverse student organizations increase their membership. “As a former student, I think I can bring experience that will benefit students. I have been in their same shoes, and I won my battles. I graduated despite not having many graduates in my family. I graduated with honors. I went to graduate school, the first in my family. I started a job right out of college,” Clemons said. “I stand as an example that I looked toward as a child and as a student.”
The Eagle Diversity Education Center (EDEC) is dedicated to making increased diversity and student success part of the MSU story. EDEC develops and sustains an academic, social, and cultural environment that embraces and supports diverse student populations. With a dedicated study and gathering space inside the Adron Doran University Center, students find community with their peers and are given additional tools to carve out their own Eagle legacy.
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