DILLARD UNIVERSITY NAMED TO ACE’S CREATING GLOBAL CITIZENS: EXPLORING INTERNATIONALIZATION AT HBCUS PROJECT
(New Orleans) The American Council on Education (ACE) today named Dillard University as one of the seven institutions nationwide to participate in a new project, Creating Global Citizens: Exploring Internationalization at HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), partially supported by the U.S. Department of Education. As part of the project, Dillard University will develop a strategic plan to advance its internationalization efforts.
At Dillard University, President Marvalene Hughes, Ph.D., and Dr. David Taylor, provost and senior vice president, lead this effort.
“Internationalization is key to the continued success of HBCUs,” said Dr. Hughes. “The Creating Global Citizens program will help Dillard students to broaden their worldview, while also helping them to compete in today’s global economy. In concert with our expanding study abroad program and our ongoing membership in the international Melton Foundation, the Creating Global Citizens program will further establish Dillard as a leading university for cross-cultural, experiential learning.”
“Except for our Melton Foundation membership, we had been doing what other universities traditionally do in their approach to internationalization through exchange programs and study abroad opportunities,” Hughes said. She noted that the Global Citizens program would offer from a different approach in which all students will benefit through interdisciplinary curriculum and activities.
“In the 21st century, if we do not prepare our graduates to join the global workforce, our economy and country will fall behind. That is why the Department of Education’s support for this effort and the work of these institutions is so critical,” said ACE President Molly Corbett Broad. “I congratulate these seven colleges and universities, which were selected after a very rigorous application process.”
“This grant is one of several efforts we are undertaking to give HBCUs, Minority Serving Institutions, and other schools the tools they need to educate students for success in our global society,” said Eduardo Ochoa, assistant secretary for postsecondary education at the U.S. Department of Education. “We look forward to the outcomes of ACE’s work
and hope the results will serve as a model for other HBCUs and schools that serve students who are under-represented in international education.”
Dillard University and the six other institutions were chosen after rounds of written applications and a competitive review process. In the next month, Dillard University staff will attend an opening meeting with ACE project staff and the other selected HBCUs to discuss beginning steps.
Other institutions named to the project include: Howard University, Lincoln University of Missouri, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Savannah State University, Tuskegee University and Virginia State University.
The project is overseen by an advisory group of representatives from the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE), National Association for Equal Opportunity in Education (NAFEO), the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), UNCF-Special Programs, and leaders from within the HBCU community.
Creating Global Citizens is funded by a U.S. Department of Education, International Studies and Research Grant award ($357,976) with an ACE match of 35 percent ($191,479).
Dillard University, founded in 1869, is a private four-year liberal arts institution in New Orleans, Louisiana, which has consistently ranked among the top Historically Black Universities in the country. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
Founded in 1918, ACE is the major coordinating body for all the nation's higher education institutions, representing more than 1,600 college and university presidents, and more than 200 related associations, nationwide. It seeks to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher education issues and influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives.
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Dillard Student Tess Williams recipient of the Jack H. Sanders Memorial Award for Public Relations
(New Orleans) A Dillard University student has become the first recipient from a historically black college of the $1,000 Jack H. Sanders Award, the Baton Rouge Chapter of the Public Relations Association of Louisiana (PRAL) announced.
Tess Williams, a junior mass communication major from New Orleans, will receive the 2011 award at a banquet Tuesday, Jan. 25, at Juban’s restaurant in Baton Rouge for demonstrating proficiency, excellence and dedication to the pursuit of a career in journalism or public relations.
The 29-year-old Jack H. Sanders Memorial Award is named in honor of the first president of PRAL, who was considered a visionary in the public relations profession. Thirteen of the previous recipients, or 45 percent, have been LSU students. Five have been from New Orleans area schools – three from Loyola, one from Tulane and now one from Dillard.
Other recipients have attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (formerly Southwestern), Nicholls State, Northeast Louisiana University, Louisiana College and Louisiana Tech University.
Dr. Cleo Joffrion Allen, chair of Mass Communication at Dillard who recommended Williams, said, “We are thrilled to have one of our students make the list of winners, and we hope to have many more in the future.”
Founded in 1972, PRAL is an affiliate of the Southern Public Relations Federation and has more than 200 members with chapters in Alexandria and Baton Rouge.
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Winners of the Jack H. Sanders Memorial Award include:
2011 Tess Williams, Dillard University
2010 Kelly Glymph, Louisiana State University
2009 Luke J. Coussan Jr., Louisiana State University
2008 Megan Broussard, University of Louisiana Lafayette
2007 Elliot Anthony Hutchinson, Louisiana State University
2006 Nicole O’Malley, Louisiana State University
2005 Katie Spears, Louisiana State University
2004 Fleur Ferrara, Louisiana State University
2003 Jacob Landry, Louisiana State University
2002 Elizabeth Barrow Tadie, Louisiana State University
2001 Charlotte Hornstein, Louisiana State University
2000 Denise Belleville, Loyola University
1999 Katherine Bourgeois, Louisiana State University
1998 Cory E. Melancon, Nicholls State University
1997 Valerie G. Keller, University of Southwest Louisiana
1996 Cathy Caldiera, Loyola University
1995 Gretchen Hirschey, Louisiana State University
1994 Amy Hipp, Louisiana State University
1993 Timothy P. Ardillo, Northeast Louisiana University
1992 R. LeeAnne Bamburg, Northeast Louisiana University
1991 Susan McCann, Louisiana College
1990 Dana A. Lopez, Nicholls State University
1989 Allison Harvey, Tulane University
1988 Elisa L. Knapp, Louisiana Tech University
1987 Carlen Elise Pool, Louisiana State University
1986 Jennifer Lea Bearden, Northeast Louisiana University
1985 Patricia Stevens, Northeast Louisiana University
1984 Michelle Thionville, Loyola University
1983 Sibley Jefferson, Northeast Louisiana University
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