Honors & Awards

Arizona State University Honors Its First Black Football Player

In 1937 Emerson Harvey was the first Black player at ASU. His presence on the football team at the university served to play a major role in the racial integration of college sports in the southwest.

A Trio of African American Award Winners

Kisha Daniels of North Carolina Central University, Gregory Robinson of the University of Georgia, and Terry Woodward of Jackson State University are honored with prestigious awards.

Yolanda Edwards Honored for Innovative Curriculum Development in Rehabilitation Counseling

She is an associate professor of rehabilitation counseling in the School of Education at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina.

Novelist Tayari Jones Honored by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

Professor Jones teaches in the master of fine arts program at the Newark campus of Rutgers University.

Bowdoin Professor Wins Book Award From the New York State Historical Association

Brian J. Purnell is an assistant professor of Africana studies. His book examines the early days of the civil rights movement in Brooklyn.

Two Young Black Male Scholars Win Prestigious Awards

Donald Mitchell Jr. wins an award for his doctoral research at the University of Minnesota and Jerell Blakely is honored with a fellowship from the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.

Posthumous Honor for the University of Iowa’s First Black Faculty Member

The late Philip G. Hubbard, who served as vice president and professor of engineering at the University of Iowa, was inducted into the Iowa African American Hall of Fame.

Honors for a Trio of African American Educators

Patricia Lowrie of Michigan State, Denisha Hendricks of Kentucky State, and William B. McLeod, former chancellor of Fayetteville State, are the honorees.

Pauli Murray Named a Saint of the Episcopal Church

In 1938, she mounted an unsuccessful legal effort to gain admission to the all-white University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Three Black Scholars Honored With Prestigious Awards

The honorees are Melvin Shipp of Ohio State, G. Reginald Daniel of the University of California Santa Barbara, and Lekan Oguntoyinbo of South Dakota State.

University of Georgia Names Leadership Academy After Longtime Administrator

Vivian H. Fisher was an administrator for 30 years, who retired in 2008 as associate vice president for public service and outreach.

Honors for Two Black Scholars

Tonea Stewart of Alabama State University and Babatunde Ogunnaike of the University of Delaware receive prestigious honors.

Creighton University Professor Is the Inaugural Recipient of the Louis Sullivan Leadership Award

Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, an ophthalmologist and surgeon, was honored by the American Association of Physician Specialists.

Two Black Women Academics Honored With Prestigious Awards

Valorie McAlpin of the University of North Carolina Charlotte and Margaret Young of Elizabeth City State University are the honorees.

Honors for Two African American Educators

Angela Winstead of Morgan State University receives a teaching award for Black chemists and an endowed chair at Fayetteville State University honors Dudley Flood.

Denise M. Linton Named Nurse Educator of the Year

She is the Dudley Joseph Plaisance Sr. BORSF Professor of Nursing at the University of Louisiana Lafayette's College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions.

An Honor for the Africana Studies Department at the University of Cincinnati

The department received the Sankore Institutional Award from the National Council for Black Studies at the council's annual convention in Atlanta.

Black Student Dominates Awards at Graduation Ceremony of Lehman College

Olu Onemola, son of Nigeria's deputy ambassador to the United Nations, received seven honors at the graduation ceremony of Lehman College of the City University of New York.

Bernard Richardson Inducted Into the Washington, D.C. Hall of Fame

Rev. Richardson, dean of the Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel at Howard University, was recognized for his work and contributions to the city and faith-based community.

Cathy Cohen Honored for Her Undergraduate Teaching

The Quantrell Award, established in 1938 at the University of Chicago, is considered the nation's oldest prize for undergraduate teaching.
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