Distinguished Honors for Two African American Scholars

Adriel_Hilton-thumbAdriel A. Hilton, executive assistant and chief of staff for the president of Grambling State University in Louisiana, received that 2016 Harry Canon Outstanding Professional Award from the Standing Committee on Men and Masculinities of the American College Personnel Association. He also received the Men and Masculinities Knowledge Community Newly Published Research Award from NASPA, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.

A graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Dr. Hilton earned a master’s degree in applied social science  at Florida A&M University and a doctorate in higher education administration at Morgan State University.

cromwellOtelia Cromwell, who in 1900, was the first Black woman to graduate from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, is having a new campus housing unit named in her honor. Cromwell House is one of five new housing units in an 80-bed complex on the Smith campus.

Each year, Smith College honors its first African American graduate by holding Otelia Cromwell Day on campus. Dr. Cromwell earned a master’s degree from Columbia University and a Ph.D. at Yale University. She became a professor of English at Miner Teachers College in Washington, D.C. A video about the life of Otelia Cromwell can be viewed here.

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Get the JBHE Weekly Bulletin

Receive our weekly email newsletter delivered to your inbox

Latest News

Higher Education Gifts or Grants of Interest to African Americans

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

In Memoriam: Nathan Howard Cook, 1939-2024

Dr. Cook was a longtime faculty member and administrator at Lincoln University of Missouri. A full professor of biology, he held several leadership roles including vice president for academic affairs.

Arizona State University Law Presents the O’Connor Justice Prize to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Johnson Sirleaf was the first woman democratically elected head of state in Africa. She was elected president of Libera in 2005 - just two years after the end of a decades-long civil war.

NASA Awards Grants to Enhance STEM Education at Three HBCUs

NASA has awarded grants to Alabama A&M University, Morgan State University, and North Carolina A&T State University to enhance their STEM curricula.

Featured Jobs