Students Join TMCF Leadership Institute
Seventeen Travel to Washington, D.C.
Seventeen students participated in the recent and popular Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) 2019 Leadership Institute.
The national award-winning Leadership Institute develops 400 students’ leadership skills, creates a community of scholars, provides companies access to a talented and diverse student population, and helps students make connections that lead to careers.
The four-day conference in late October prepares carefully selected students from the 47 publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to compete in a very competitive global workforce. Held in Washington, D.C., the 2019 conference culminated with a recruitment fair, where Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and graduate program representatives offered jobs, internships, and continuing education opportunities.
Among the Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø participants were Kearsten Prince, junior, computer science, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Brevin Davis, sophomore, mechanical engineering, Olive Branch, Miss.; Aundrea Winbush, graduate student, Master of Business Administration, East Chicago, Ind.; Cristen Hawkins, senior, accounting, Birmingham, Ala.; Msontai Brock, sophomore, computer science, Cincinnati, Ohio; Alanna Hearon, senior, mechanical engineering, Gary, Ind.; Emmanuel Joda, senior, computer science, Lagos, Nigeria; TJ Johnson, sophomore, finance, Sacramento, Calif.; Xzavier Brandon, senior, mechanical engineering, Greenwood, Miss.; Omari Tucker, graduate student, communications specialist, Atlanta, Ga.; Kendus Tisdale-Jeffries, junior, mechanical engineering, Memphis, Tenn.; Fermin Ruiz Crespo, junior, civil engineering, Malaga, Spain; Cheniah Streeter, senior, mechanical engineering, Birmingham, Ala.; Torrance Sellers, senior, logistics & supply chain management, Atlanta, Ga.; Erin Martin, junior, marketing, Detroit, Mich.; Mason Hughes, senior, computer science, Chicago, Ill.; and Aaliyah Toney, junior, mechanical engineering, Huntsville, Ala.
The trip was facilitated by Carla Draper Holloway, assistant director of the Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø Honors Center.