As one Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) scholar attending Leadership Institute put it, growing up in Flint, Michigan meant that bottled water was often stacked higher than opportunity. Brandon J. Poplar, a senior law studies major at Delaware State University, was born in Pontiac, Michigan and raised in Flint during the water crisis. “It shaped […]
One Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) scholar attending the 25th-annual Leadership Institute landed a coveted internship at Google after his first year at Alabama A&M University (Alabama A&M) but the experience didn’t end as he’d hoped. Riley Roberts, a senior computer science major, is direct in his assessment of how he felt after the internship. […]
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) 25th-annual Leadership Institute commenced in earnest on day two, leading off with a morning plenary about strategic listening in leadership communication from presenting sponsor Wells Fargo. The plenary concluded with an investment of more than $1.9 million from the company. Wells Fargo has served as the presenting sponsor of […]
For one Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) scholar attending the 2025 Leadership Institute, the road to her aspirations was anything but a straight path. Kimi-Lee Knight, a senior applied mathematics major at the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), was previously more recognized for her abilities in music and writing than math. That didn’t stop […]
One Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) scholar attending the 2025 Leadership Institute said he went from not having a network to leading multi-million dollar projects in the energy sector. Kamron Wright, a senior mechanical engineering major at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) and first-generation college student, grew up in Dallas with very few mentors or […]
The more than 500 students attending the 2025 Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Leadership Institute quickly experienced the dynamic energy of the four-day event for students of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The opening ceremony and initial sessions took place on Wednesday, Oct. 1. TMCF yard ambassadors led participants in a roll call of […]