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.
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.
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.
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.
TMCF’s Annual Awards Gala is acknowledged as one of the most powerful events making an impact in Washington, DC.
Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) applauds President Trump’s intent to nominate, friend to TMCF and the Black College Community, Dr. Samuel H. Clovis, Jr., to serve as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics.