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Howard University We prepare diverse, talented and ambitious students to learn, lead and embody excellence in truth and service. Our community of more than 9,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students represents 50 states and territories, and 66 nations. Ivory Toldson, Ph.D., is a professor of counseling psychology at Howard University, president and CEO of the Quality Education for Minorities Network, and editor-in-chief of The Journal of Negro Education. In the past, he served as the executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities under President Barack Obama, as well as the senior research analyst for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.Toldson is a prolific scholar and myth buster with more than 60 publications under his name, including four books. His most recent book, published in January 2019, is titled No BS (Bad Stats): Black People Need People Who Believe in Black People Enough Not to Believe Every Bad Thing They Hear About Black People. In this new book, Toldson uses data analysis, anecdotes and commentary to debunk common myths about educating Black children. His motivation for writing this work comes from talking with people who had lost hope due to negative statistics about young Black men. He found that the more he studied these statistics, the more he found that they were often incorrect, poorly contextualized, or incomplete. No BS comes from a desire to find solutions and combat misinformation. It is a landmark work in an expansive body of research dedicated to educational equity. “I want Black scholars to claim authority over their expertise and remove shackles that have been placed on them.” Christopher N. Cross, Ph.D. is a biomedical engineer with expertise in policy and non-profit development. During his graduate studies at Howard University, Cross became the first openly gay male student trustee in the University s history. He also founded the Lavender Fund, a scholarship award established to provide academic financial support for Howard University students who demonstrate outstanding involvement in LGBT+ community issues. Cross has since worked in publishing, biomedical engineering, and public policy. Currently, he is a postdoctoral research fellow at Yale University s Cancer Biology Training Program. “I am endowed by the Universe to be who I am. This foundational understanding gives me continued solace and guidance along my journey of growth and evolution.” ” Originally From: Newark, Delaware Class of: 2020 Michaella Moore is a graduating senior majoring in biology with a double minor in sociology and theater arts. She is active in student governance and is the vice president of the Petey Greene Program, for which she has served as a tutor in prisons and jails.Moore was selected by the British government as one of 46 national recipients of the 2020 Marshall scholarship, making her the third Marshall Scholar in Howard University history. She is pursuing medicine with the goal of informing public health, policy and practices on a global stage to increase heath equity in underserved communities. “We all have a divine beat that fits into the rhythm of the world. The experiences I have had abroad completely shifted my entire view of life, health, culture, faith and humanity. Its part of my mission to not only continue this exploration of our world, but to inspire and aid other young black adults in doing the same.” Excellence in Truth and Service is reflected in all that we do. Veritas et Utilitas. Excellence in Truth and Service is reflected in all that we do. June 10, 2020 WHUT TV and WHUR FM Present A Time For DC To Remember: Lives Lost During COVID-19 Howard University’s WHUT TV and WHUR-FM present a memorial celebration titled, “A Time For DC To Remember: Lives Lost During COVID-19” on Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 11 a.m. ET. The simulcast is hosted in partnership with the Black Coalition Against COVID-19, WPFW 89.3 FM; and the Washington Informer Newspaper. The professors here are not only fountains of knowledge, but they are truly passionate about their craft. I think somewhere along the line that passion spills over into the students and we become just as dedicated to causes of our own. Howard has given me a strong and fearless voice as a black woman. When I step into a room I am confident that I belong there, and I always put my best foot forward. That is the power of the Mecca.” Sabrina Newton 2019 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship awardee Howard is one of the world s most prestigious destinations for professionals in health, science, engineering, art, law, and education. Top Producer of minority med students. Howard University is the leading producer of African American students entering medical schools in the U.S. David Dinkins Class of 1950 “Race relations can be an appropriate issue...but only if you want to craft solutions, and not catalogue complaints. If we use the issue appropriately, we can transform it from the cancer of our society into the cure.” David Norman Dinkins is an American politician, lawyer and author who became the first African American Mayor of the New York City, from 1990 to 1993.He joined the faculty of Columbia University upon leaving office.Born on July 10, 1927, in Trenton, New Jersey, Dinkins served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He used the 1944 GI Bill to earn his bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Howard University in 1950. He later obtained his law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1956. Dinkins was a founding member of the Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus of New York State, the Council of Black Elected Democrats of New York State, and the One Hundred Black Men. He was also vice president of the United States Conference of Mayors, and a member-at-large of the Black Leadership Forum. Leslie Hale Class of 1994 “I really fell in love with finance in college...I like the concept that you can take a dollar and turn it into two.” Leslie Hale is president and CEO of RLJ Lodging Trust, and serves on the Board of Directors. Hale s promotion makes her the first African American woman to be chief executive of a publicly traded real estate investment trust. Prior to August 2018, she served as chief financial officer since 2007, executive vice president of Real Estate Finance since 2013 and chief operating officer since 2016. She is intricately involved in the company s investment decision-making and long-term strategic planning. In addition, Ms. Hale oversees the execution of all asset and corporate level transactions, investor relations, and the management of the Company s Asset Management and Design and Construction functions.Hale earned a BBA degree with a concentration in finance from Howard University, graduating summa cum laude. She earned her MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was a Goldman Sachs and Robert F. Toigo Fellow. She currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Macy s, Inc. and as a trustee of Howard University. In 2011, she was honored by the Washington Business Journal as one of the Top 40 Executives Under 40. Chadwick Boseman Class of 2000 “Purpose is the essential element of you. It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history. Your very existence is wrapped up in the things you are here to fulfill.Whatever you choose for a career path, remember the struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose.” A native of South Carolina, Chadwick Boseman graduated from Howard University and attended the British American Dramatic Academy at Oxford, after which he began his career as an actor, director and writer. Boseman starred as T Challa/Black Panther in the worldwide phenomenon Marvel Studios Black Panther, which has shattered box-office records both domestically and internationally. Boseman made his debut as the African superhero Black Panther in Marvel Studios Captain America: Civil War, in May 2016. He reprised the role for Marvel s Avengers: Infinity War in 2019.Boseman s breakout performance came in 2013 when he received rave reviews for his portrayal of the legendary Jackie Robinson in Warner Bros 42. He previously starred in the title role of Open Road Films Marshall, which tells the story of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases as the Chief Counsel to the NAACP. His other feature film credits include: the revenge thriller Message from the King, Summit Entertainment s Draft Day, the independent psychological post-war drama, The Kill Hole and Gary Fleders drama, The Express. Kenneth Bancroft Clark Class of 1935 “...I think that effective solutions have to be based upon facts - have to be based upon reason - have to be based upon logic, logistics, and things of that sort, but I don’t think - and in looking at this society from the perspective of a Negro and a psychologist, the things that really appalls me about this society is that one does not get to the point of even seeking the rational solutions for long-standing social ills…” Kenneth Bancroft Clark was an African-American psychologist and researcher. He and his wife, Mamie Phipps Clark, studied psychology at Howard University in the 1930 s and were active in the civil rights movement. During his time at Howard University, the course of Clark s life was forever changed when he took a class taught by psychology professor, Francis Sumner. What this professor showed me, Clark told the New Yorker, was the promise of getting some systematic understanding of the complexities of human behavior and human interaction the seemingly intractable nature of racism, for example. Together, the Clarks went on to design and conduct a series of experiments commonly known as the doll test to study the psychological effects of racial segregation on African-American school children. Their research was cited in arguments during Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled segregation unconstitutional and sparked a shift historic toward integration. Clark s research contributed to the development of integrationist policies implemented at both federal and state levels of government and he published extensive work about the plight of African-Americans in impoverished urban communities. Mamie Phipps Clark Class of 1938 “I d always had an interest in children. Always, from the time I was very small. I d always thought I wanted to work with children, and psychology seemed a good field.” Mamie Phipps Clark was born on April 18, 1917 in Hot Spring, Arkansas. Despite the extremely meager opportunities available to black students, she was offered several scholarships to pursue higher education, including an offer from Howard University. She began her university career in 1934 as a math major minoring in physics. At Howard University, Clark met her future husband, Kenneth Bancroft Clark, a master s student in psychology who later became famous for his involvement in the pivotal Supreme Court Case: Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka.It was Kenneth who eventually convinced Mamie to pursue psychology. In 1938, Mamie Clark graduated magna cum laude from Howard University and immediately enrolled in the psychology graduate program. In her master s thesis, she investigated when black children became aware of themselves as having a distinct self, and when they became aware of belonging to a particular racial group. Her thesis, The Development of Consciousness of Self in Negro Pre-School Children, was the beginning of a line of research that became historic when it was used to make racial segregation unconstitutional in American public schools. Her research provided social scientific evidence that was influential in the Supreme Court s decision in the 1954 Brown case. Zora Neale Hurston Class of 1920 “Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the foremost female writers of the 20th century. She was born in Notasulga, Alabama on January 15, 1891. At a young age, her family relocated to Eatonville, Florida where they flourished. Her father became one of the town s first mayors. In 1917, Hurston enrolled at Morgan College, where she completed her high school studies. She then attended Howard University and earned an associate s degree. Hurston was an active student and participated in student government. She also co-founded the school s renowned newspaper, The Hilltop. In 1925, Hurston received a scholarship to Barnard College and graduated with a BA in anthropology.During her time in New York City, Hurston befriended other writers such as Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen. Together, they joined the black cultural renaissance taking place in Harlem. Hurston dedicated herself to promoting and studying Black culture. She traveled to Haiti and Jamaica to study the religions of the African diaspora. Her findings were included in several newspapers throughout the United States. Hurston often incorporated her research into her fictional writing. As an author, Hurston started publishing short stories as early as 1920. Unfortunately, her work was ignored by the mainstream literary audience for years.. One of her most popular works was Their Eyes were Watching God. Hurston broke literary norms by focusing her work on the experience of a Black woman. Roberta Flack Class of 1958 “My hope is that out of all the anger and seeming hostility that we hear in some of today s music will come some sort of coalition that will become politically involved.” Classically trained on the piano, GRAMMY Award-winning musician Roberta Flack received a music scholarship at age 15 to attend Howard University. She was discovered by jazz musician Les McCann while singing at the Washington, D.C. nightclub, Mr. Henry s, and was promptly signed to Atlantic with a string of hits, including, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Where Is the Love (a duet with former Howard University classmate Donny Hathaway), Killing Me Softly With His Song, Feel Like Makin Love, The Closer I Get to You, Tonight I Celebrate My Love, and Set the Night to Music. In 1999, she received a star on Hollywood s legendary Walk of Fame.Flack regularly performs for audiences around the world, and has had the pleasure of appearing with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. In February 2009, Flack performed with critically acclaimed orchestras in Australia, including the Melbourne, Queensland, and Sydney Symphonies. She is currently involved with a new venture an interpretive album of Beatles classics. As a humanitarian and mentor, Flack founded the Roberta Flack School of Music at the Hyde Leadership Charter School in the Bronx, providing an innovative and inspiring music education program to underprivileged students free of charge. Kasim Reed Class of 1991; 1995 “Howard was built to be a dream factory for a people – a place where you can come and be a pastor, a nurse, a teacher, an engineer, a social worker, a physician, a scientist, a lawyer, a place where if you had the grit and the toughness and the intellect, then your lesson plan could become a dream plan.” Kasim Reed is an American attorney and politician who served two terms as the 59th mayor of the city of Atlanta from 2010 to 2018. Reed is a graduate and proud alumnus of Howard University where he received his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees and an honorary Doctor of Laws. As an undergraduate member of Howard University s Board of Trustees, he created a fundraising program entitled The Independence Initiative that has contributed more than $12 million to the University s endowment since its inception.Reed became the institution s youngest general trustee in June 2002 and remains a dedicated trustee emeritus. Reed was a prime-time speaker at the 2016 National Democratic Convention in Philadelphia. In 2011, Governing Magazine named Reed one of the top state-and-local government officials of the year. Thomas Friedman, the Pulitzer-Prize winning New York Times columnist and author of That Used to Be Us, called Reed inspiring and labeled him as one of the best of this new breed of leaders. In 2013, he was ranked among the top 10 most influential African Americans in the nation by The Root. His civic leadership and service have been nationally recognized on news outlets and programs such as Meet the Press, MSNBC, CNN, FOX and CNBC; and in publications including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. We are committed to building a student-centered community that supports the achievement of students academic, career and personal goals, while promoting civility, respect and equity. Our Campus Howard s main campus is home to 256 acres of land across the District of Columbia and Maryland. With our Main Campus located in northwest DC, the School of Law, School of Divinity, and Howard s research facility each have dedicated campuses nearby. Our City Our urban location in Washington, D.C. puts us in the middle of one of the most powerful hubs of influence in government, health, technology, economies, the arts, and more.

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