2019

Research confirms an urgent need to improve how students are supported when choosing college majors

“The findings confirm an urgent need to improve how students are supported when making choices about their majors.”|“The findings confirm an urgent need to improve how students are supported when making choices about their majors.”

UAPB students attend Thurgood Marshall College Fund institute

Seven University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff students attended the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Annual Leadership Institute in Washington, DC recently. TMCF’s Leadership Institute is a national program that aims to develop the student-attendees’ leadership skills, create a community of like-minded scholars, provide companies and government agencies access to overlooked diverse talent, and help students make connections that lead to successful careers after graduation.|Seven University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff students attended the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Annual Leadership Institute in Washington, DC recently. TMCF’s Leadership Institute is a national program that aims to develop the student-attendees’ leadership skills, create a community of like-minded scholars, provide companies and government agencies access to overlooked diverse talent, and help students make connections that lead to successful careers after graduation.

TOP FORTUNE 500 EXECUTIVES FROM WAL-MART STORES, INC. AND MICROSOFT JOIN TMCF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Board Chairman, Jim Clifton, announced the appointment of Phyllis P. Harris, senior vice president and general counsel of Legal Operations at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and Gail Thomas, vice president of US Public Sector at Microsoft, as TMCF’s two newest members of its Board of Directors.

WSSU introduces center with new economic study

Winston-Salem State University introduced CSEM in September of this year but had its first public event – an open house – at The Enterprise Conference and Banquet Center on Nov. 16.

VSU students develop advanced leadership skills at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s Leadership Institute

Twenty-two VSU students participated in the 17th Annual Leadership Institute organized by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), October 20-24, 2017 in Washington, DC. Nearly 400 students participated this year from TMCFs 47 member institutions. The VSU contingent was tied for the second largest amongst the member schools.

Fifty Years After Thurgood Marshall Joined the Supreme Court

A new biopic on Thurgood Marshall has revived interest in the man who almost 50 years ago was confirmed as the first African American Supreme Court Justice. It has also served as a reminder of how far America has come — and, in these seemingly racially fraught times, how far we still have to go.