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Tougaloo, Ms. She also NASA Marshall Space Flight Cecilia Thompson
headed the University of Center for eighteen years Mitchell,Ph.D was the first
Mobile’s Latin American coordinating education person in our class to earn a
Campus., San Marcos, outreach programs for doctorate of philosophy and
Nicaragua. She has worked schools and universities. has been deemed a
at Jackson State and served professor of excellence in
on the Board, Central higher education for
Mississippi Health Services Jacqueline Howard- decades. She began her
Inc. Diabetes initiative and Matthews, Ph.D is a career in the Virgin Islands
been active in the National trained political economist and is currently teaching in
Alumnae Association of and registered nurse with Florida.
Spelman College, including significant leadership
holding the office of Vice experiences in higher Yvonne Beauford
Chair. education administration, Oliver, Phd, a Professor
international affairs and of Rural Sociology at Fort
Marilyn Hunt Lewis- development, and
Alim, EdD, has worked as international education. Valley State University,
serves as President of the
a principal of the Islamic She has been an Associate Southern Rural Sociological
Academy of Huntsville Provost at Southern Association (SRSA) and
Alabama classroom teacher, University,worked at the Interim VP and Associate
public school administrator, UNCF Special Programs VP for Academic Affairs,
college professor, and Corporation. She has FVSU. The Yvonne
education program directed major projects in Beauford Oliver Endowed
manager. She was an international development Scholarship, FVSU honors
Education Specialist at and international education. her legacy, She was a
