Mission
HT nurtures a legacy of leadership and excellence in education, connecting knowledge, power, passion, and values.
Vision
A connected world where diversity of thought matters.
Accreditation
Huston-Tillotson University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to
award associate, baccalaureate and masters degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur,
Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Huston-Tillotson University.
From the President
Everyday presents new opportunities
to tell the world about this historic
jewel in the heart of Austin, Texas—
Huston-Tillotson University. I have
met extraordinary students,
passionate faculty and staff, proud
alumni, and supportive community
leaders. Thank you for making my
transition a smooth one.
I
was particularly moved by the motto that the leaders of the
Samuel Huston College and Tillotson College crafted after
merging the two institutions into one: In Union, Strength!
These words are a testament to the hopefulness that the
leaders envisioned. HT flourishes as a result of the combined
strength of those who hold it dear, and I am proud to be a part of
this great legacy.
This edition of the Ram Magazine highlights the progress of the
University and promotes the successes of faculty and students. It
is the culminating work of President Emeritus Dr. Larry L.
Earvin. I recognize the plateau of this labor of devotion to HT as
my platform to continue moving the University forward. His
culminating work is my platform to continue the progress of HT.
As you read through these pages, take a minute to note many HT
accomplishments. Share the information with high school
students researching their college options and with friends and
family interested in the convenience of options offered in our
Adult Degree Program. Our goal is to spread the good news
about HT worldwide.
I look forward to visiting with you as I travel around the country
and when you return to campus throughout the year.
Colette Pierce Burnette
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Contents Spring 2016
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HUSTON-TILLOTSON : CELEBRATING 140 YEARS
Historically black university | Austin’s first institution of higher education
TABLE OF CONTENTS
3 COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
22 FACULTY RESEARCH AND NEWS
6 LEADERSHIP
28 STUDENT NEWS
16 CAMPUS AND EDUCATION NEWS
32 REUNION WEEKEND 2016
The Ram Magazine is published by the Huston-Tillotson University Office of Institutional Advancement,
900 Chicon Street, Austin, TX 78702, 512.505.3073. Unsolicited articles and pictures may be
submitted to lyjackson@htu.edu. Alumni news and milestones should be addressed to the Director of
Alumni Affairs, alumni@htu.edu.
Spring 2016
© Copyright 1875-2016
Huston-Tillotson University. All rights reserved.
EDITOR Linda Y. Jackson
MAGAZINE DESIGN Majestic Design Group
WRITERS AND CONTRIBUTORS Alaine Hutson, Ruth Kane
PHOTOGRAPHERS Linda Y. Jackson and Mike McLennan
PRINTING Horizon Printing
COVER HT’s Sixth President and CEO Colette Pierce Burnette
EXECUTIVE CABINET
Colette Pierce Burnette, Ed.D., President and CEO
Archie Vanderpuye, Ph.D., Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Vacant, Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Valerie Hill, MBA, Vice President for Administration and Finance
Terry S. Smith, L.H.D., Executive Assistant to the President
Wayne Knox, MPA Chief of Staff and Clerk of the Board
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Mr. Albert Hawkins, Chair
Austin, Texas
Mrs. Cecelia P. Abbott
Austin, Texas
Mr. Louie Carrington, Jr.
Houston, Texas
Ms. Donna D. Carter
Austin, Texas
Mr. C. Lee Cooke
Austin, Texas
Ms. Jaki Davis
Austin, Texas
Bishop James E. Dorff
San Antonio, Texas
Mr. Ronald J. Fleming
Houston, Texas
Ms. Katrine Formby
Austin, Texas
Mr. Louis M. Henna, Jr.
Austin, Texas
Ms. Lauren M. Snowden Ingram
Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Trennis Jones
Austin, Texas
Mr. J. Winston Krause, Esq.
Austin, Texas
Mr. Paul J. Legris
Austin, Texas
Bishop Joel Martinez
San Antonio, Texas
Dr. Carol McDonald
Austin, Texas
Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette, Ex-Officio
Austin, Texas
Mrs. Ruth C. Robinson
Dallas, Texas
Dr. Garrett W. Scales
Austin, Texas
Mr. John Scroggins
Houston, Texas
Mr. David A. Talbot, Jr., Esq.
Austin, Texas
Dr. Orlando L. Taylor
Washington, District of Columbia
Sandra Joy Anderson
Community Health
and Wellness Center
Huston-Tillotson University Receives Its
Largest Gift—$3 Million
M
rs. Ada
Cecilia
Collins
Anderson
presented HustonTillotson University with
a $3 million gift—the
largest gift in the history
of the HT—toward the
naming of the Sandra Joy
Anderson Community Health
and Wellness Center. Following
“
We applaud her
efforts to rally the
community in
support of the
components of the
HT mission.
”
Pictured are Patricia “Trish” Young Brown, President
and CEO of Central Health; Kirk Watson, Texas
Senator; Ada Cecilia Collins Anderson; Colette
Pierce Burnette, President and CEO, HustonTillotson University; and Steve Adler, City of Austin,
Mayor; at the Sandra Joy Anderson Community
Health and Wellness Center grand opening.
her passion of advocating for and
empowering young people and
championing educational causes,
Anderson, age 94, identified
Huston-Tillotson University to continue her legacy. Her career
accomplishments include overcoming numerous educational and career
injustices while personifying a determined spirit that resulted in leadership
roles and the creation of civic organizations to empower African
Americans, women, and children. n
Mr. A. Leon Thompson, Esq.
Austin, Texas
Mr. Cal Varner
Austin, Texas
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Landmark UT-HT Partnership
Will Expand Health Services in East Austin
The donation facilitated a partnership between HT and the Dell Medical
School at The University of Texas at Austin to help historically
underserved residents of Austin get, and stay healthy.
T
he institutions hired a
team that will produce
combined training
programs, new models
of care, and research to address
needs in East Austin and
communities with
disproportionate burdens of
mental illness.
Leaders from both universities said
the partnership demonstrates their
institutions’ commitment to
improving health and increasing
access to health care in East Austin
and throughout underserved
communities in Central Texas,
while also improving integrated
behavioral and general health
education on both campuses.
Dr. Clay Johnston, inaugural dean
of the Dell Medical School, added:
“To open this entirely new, clearly
needed HT Community
Health and Wellness Center
basically in our backyard
will be good for
everyone. It will give
our students the chance
to learn, help our neighbors
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to get healthy and stay healthy,
and allow our universities to
collaborate with our community in
developing new, culturally
appropriate models of care.” The
HT Community Health and
Wellness Center also will help
relieve the previously identified
strain on Travis County’s mental
health resources by adding
treatment options and services that
residents and taxpayers need.
By supporting the implementation
of integrated behavioral and
physical health care models at
Huston-Tillotson, this partnership
will also help further the goals of
the Dell Medical School in its
partnership with Central Health,
the Travis County Health Care
District, to improve the delivery of
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health care to uninsured and
vulnerable residents across the
county. Huston-Tillotson is
partnerning with CommUnity
Care, which provides health
services at 25 locations across
Travis County, to provide primary
care services at the HT
Community Health and Wellness
Center. With the focus on
addressing mental health needs,
Austin Travis County Integral Care
will be the behavioral health
provider, as it is in other
CommUnity Care locations.
Through their partnership Integral
Care and CommUnity Care have
been on the forefront of bringing
community-based integrated
physical and mental health services
to vulnerable populations in our
community. 
National Psychiatric Leader Will
Run Joint HT-UT Program Goodwill
DR. WILLIAM
LAWSON
A nationally recognized leader in psychiatric care
and research steered the landmark partnership
between Huston-Tillotson University and the Dell
Medical School at The University of Texas at
Austin, bringing new health resources —
especially mental health resources — to
historically underserved residents of East Austin
and other parts of Travis County.
D
r. William Lawson comes to
Austin from the Howard
University College of
Medicine in Washington,
D.C., where he served as professor
and chair of the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
He has been published in more than
180 publications, received numerous
federal and local grants, and served as
chief of psychiatry in Arkansas for the
Veterans Administration and chief
medical officer for the Tennessee
Department of Mental Health. His team,
working at both HT and UT Austin, will
work to increase access to mental
health care for underserved
communities across Travis County and
to promote research that will help
reveal the causes of disparities in care.
His expertise in providing psychiatric
and other health services to
incarcerated individuals will allow for
innovative partnerships that improve
care in Travis County jail settings,
decreasing the cost of that care for
taxpayers while making communities
across the county healthier.
“I am pleased to be a part of this
collaboration to address what are, in
many instances, hidden community
medical care needs,” Lawson said.
“National data from various sources
point to the prevalence of mental illness
throughout communities and especially
within minority populations. The
opportunity to bring solutions to Austin
through this partnership speaks to the
vision of the leaders of all the entities
involved, as well as their commitment
to providing solution-based care across
this community.”
Lawson will be a jointly appointed
faculty member at both HT and UT
Austin. His program will be funded by
the two universities and by AustinTravis County Integral Care.
He also brings previously acquired
grant funds supporting efforts to better
understand mental disorders in
underserved individuals.
“
I am pleased to be a part of
this collaboration to address
what are, in many instances,
hidden community medical care
needs.
”
Ultimately, Lawson plans to develop a
mood disorders comorbidity center
promoting state-of-the-art community
education and research interventions
that target an increasingly diverse
community.
Lawson’s work, coupled with the
services provided at the Health and
Wellness Center, will bolster
opportunities to conduct research
designed to improve clinical
interventions. Additionally, Lawson will
strengthen the ability of the public
mental health system to meet the
needs of underserved communities
disproportionally affected by mental
health issues. n
Community
Health and
Wellness
Center Opens
in the
Neighborhood
The Huston-Tillotson
University Sandra Joy
Anderson Community
Health and Wellness
Center, located at 1705
East 11th Street on the
corner of 11th and
Chalmers Avenue, opened
to the community on
Tuesday, January 19,
2016. The center hours
will be Monday through
Friday from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m.
“This vision of providing
healthcare services to not
only the HT community but
the broader community at
large, speaks to our
outreach commitment, and
the ability to address
health disparities in East
Austin” said HT President
and Chief Executive
Officer Colette Pierce
Burnette. n
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A LIVING LEGEND:
Huston-Tillotson University Honors
Dr. Larry L. Earvin
Earvin’s arrival at HT 15 years ago was celebrated under the theme,
“Redeeming the Promise.” He captured the vision in the words below.
O
ur extensive system of public
education is the primary
means by which the nation
tries to ensure the fulfillment
of its promise to educate our citizenry.
However, the barriers to fulfilling the
promise are numerous. Limited financial
resources pose the first barrier for most
students. For thousands of others, the
impersonality of large campuses, the lack of
support systems, and the disconnect between
cultural experiences and academic values
present equally formidable barriers.
Time and time again, though, determined
young people overcome these barriers.
Similarly, two unique institutions founded
during the Reconstruction Era—Samuel
Huston College and Tillotson College—
overcame significant barriers to offer African
Americans greater access to educational
opportunities…The College’s constituency is
broader now. Yet our promise to make
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education accessible to all remains
paramount.
More than an educational landmark,
Huston-Tillotson has always stood as a
beacon of community service and cultural
life. One of the main additions we plan for
the campus is a wellness center. Our
growing enrollment—and the changing
times—will demand a larger, more
advanced library.
Below are a few highlights of his
accomplishments.
Overall
Huston-Tillotson University recorded its
highest enrollment increase to mark
fifteen years of consecutive enrollment
increases, giving HT its highest
enrollment since the 1952 merger, and
another record graduating class with 156
candidates in 2015.
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Downs-Jones Library
The 16,000 square-foot, split-level $2.3
million Downs-Jones library renovation
that included open spaces, study and
computer areas, main stacks, the
circulation desk, a central master staircase
with glass handrails, and the Ram Café on
the main level was completed in 2013.
A $6.3 million Allen-Frazier and BeardBurrowes Residence Hall renovation that
included updated HVAC systems,
expanded lobbies, expanded computer
labs, modern kitchens, laundry/exercise
rooms, student lounges and in each room
new floors, lights, window treatments,
paint, and furniture was completed in
2014.
A $300,000 renovated Communication
Center that integrates contemporary
applications across multiple platforms for
the next generation of media professionals
was completed in 2013. The new
Communication Center, housed on the
third floor of the Agard-Lovinggood
Building, complements the
communication major that was
reintroduced during the Fall 2011
semester.
The University’s campanile, the pride of
the campus and image depicted in the
new logo, was restructured to preserve the
historic monument. The $80,000 project
included refreshing the look, installing
steel reinforcements, and replacing
masonry and brick.
The men’s and women’s locker area in the
Mary E. Branch gymnasium received an
upgrade in 2014.
Allen-Frazier and Beard-Burrowes
Residence Halls earned the Associated
Builders and Contractors Excellence in
Construction award. The residence hall
renovation won the Eagle Award in the $5
to $10 Million Institutional Category.
The library renovation won in the “Merit”
category. Awards are given to those
members who exemplify the highest
quality of workmanship in their projects
while upholding a dedication to building
projects on time and within budget.
Communication Center Grand Opening
Health and Wellness Center
Raising the immediate need for African
American mental health physicians in
Central Texas, HT officials implemented
the 21st Century Solutions-Based
Listening Tour with a team of medical
professionals prepared to address local
Programs
The Downs-Jones Library, and Allen-
HT President
Larry L. Earvin
Receives Local and
National Accolades
Huston-Tillotson University earned the
“accredited” status under the
Accountability System for Educator
Preparation as notified by the Texas
Education Agency.
Larry L. Earvin, Ph.D. was honored
with the James T. Rogers
Distinguished Leadership Award,
the highest award presented by
the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools
Commission on Colleges
(SACSCOC). Earvin was
recognized for his exceptional
leadership and distinguished
service in the higher education
arena. His credentials surfaced
from among the more than 800
SACSCOC member institutions.
The State Board of Educator Certification
approved HT’s application to offer the
principal certification and the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
approved the Master of Education in
Educational Leadership with Principal
Certification, making this the University
first master’s degree offering which
happened under Earvin’s leadership.
Earvin was also recognized at a
Community Leadership Awards
Ceremony sponsored by the
University of Texas at Austin,
Division of Diversity and
Community Engagement. Earvin
received the Dr. June Brewer
Legacy Award. 
Earvin receiving the Eagle Award from J.E. Dunn
representatives
disparities. The Community Health and
Wellness Center is planned as a $35
million complex to serve the medical
needs of HT students and faculty, and
underserved populations throughout
Central Texas. The groundbreaking of the
Sandra Joy Anderson Community Health
and Wellness Center occurred on June 18,
2015, as Earvin’s last major campus
initiative.
The Huston-Tillotson University
Department of Business Administration
within the School of Business and
Technology (SBT) earned the prestigious
“accreditation” title in 2013 from the
Accreditation Council for Business
Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
Donations
Huston-Tillotson University received
multi-million dollar donations from
alumni Dr. Anthony E. Viaer and Mrs.
Ada Cecilia Collins Anderson ($3
million).
In October 2012 Huston-Tillotson
University officials announced a new
Adult Degree Program (ADP) designed
for working adults to secure Bachelor of
Arts or Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts
degrees. The program met all benchmarks
with nearly 200 students enrolled. The
first cohort of students graduated in 2015.
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A L I VING L E G E ND CON T I N U E D
Research
Students are published authors and have
been involved with extensive research,
creating research journals and the
900 Chicon literary magazine.
Sports
Huston-Tillotson University’s men’s
basketball team advanced to the “Sweet
16” round during the 2002 National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) tournament for the first time
ever.
The 2011-12 Men’s Soccer Team
captured their first ever Red River
Athletic Conference (RRAC) regular
season championship with 10-1
conference record and an overall record of
15-2-1. The Rams earned a trip to the
national tournament as well as the
conference tournament.
In 2014 the women’s basketball team
reached the National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
tournament for the first time in HT’s
history.
The Huston-Tillotson University
Intercollegiate Athletic programs
consistently earn The National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) NAIA Champions of Character
Five-Star Institution Award, placing the
University among an elite group of
institutions that demonstrate the five-core
values of integrity, respect, responsibility,
sportsmanship, and servant leadership.
age-old infrastructures, and upgrading
entire heating, ventilating, and air
conditioning (HVAC) systems
throughout the campus to support carbon
footprint reduction.
Reducing total municipal waste by more
than 80% and other green efforts resulted
in recognition for Huston-Tillotson
University from the National Wildlife
Federation. In 2008, the University
received an award for its sustainability
efforts and commitment to creating a
campus community that focuses on
recycling, energy conservation, and waste
reduction.
Huston-Tillotson University officially
became a tobacco-free campus in 2011.
In doing so, HT was the first institution
of higher education in Central Texas to go
tobacco-free and the first Historically
Black College and University in Texas to
go tobacco-free as well. Today, the
campus remains the only college or
university in Texas with no official
designated smoking areas.
Huston-Tillotson University adds the
Environmental Studies major in 2012 for
students interested in sustainability issues
such as environmental justice, global
warming, conservation biology, renewable
Sustainability Efforts
Huston-Tillotson University has
enhanced its sustainability efforts by
renovating the Dickey-Lawless Science
Building, Downs-Jones Library, and
Allen-Frazier and Beard-Burrowes
Residence Halls. Upgrades included
retrofitting and upgrading the
laboratories, incorporating energy
efficient lighting with sensors, replacing
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HT students representing Green is the New Black.™
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energy, air and water pollution,
environmental law, and many other
related topics. A primary focus of this
field of study is how to reduce the effects
of human activities on our planet through
development of more sustainable
lifestyles.
Dr. Jeff Wilson, aka ‘Professor Dumpster’
Dumpster Project, is hired as HT’s Dean
of the University College and Associate
Professor of Biological Sciences in 2013.
He forms a student organization to
support his environmental efforts and
moves into a dumpster for one year in
order to introduce a new environmental
science educational model.
HT’s student organization Green is the
New Black™ was formed in 2013 and
captured first place in the nationwide
Ford Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCU) Community
Challenge and was named among the
2014 “Best of Austin” by the Austin
Chronicle. The students composed a
presentation around the theme titled,
“Building Sustainable Communities” that
captured an educational program to
address issues of sustainability in Black
and Hispanic communities. HT’s
students introduced the challenge of
transforming a 33-square foot dumpster
into a fully
functioning home
complete with
running water, toilet,
shower, bed, and
solar-generated
electricity. The
dumpster is equipped
with a false floor
‘basement’ that stores
cooking equipment,
bedding and
clothing, an
improved roof, solar
lighting, bug
repellant systems, and
an online weather
data station. 
Commencement Convocation
Huston-Tillotson University’s 2015 Commencement Makes History
H
uston-Tillotson University’s
2015 graduation held May
9, 2015, was one for the
history books in four areas.
1) The 156 graduates represented the
largest graduating class, including 13
W.E.B. DuBois Honors Scholars; 2)
16 students enrolled in the Adult
Degree Program (ADP) completed
their degree requirements to be
among the first from the program to
graduate; 3) HT awarded its first
associate degrees to 17 students
enrolled in the ADP program; and 4)
Dr. Larry L. Earvin presided over his
last HT commencement convocation
as president and chief executive
officer.
HT Board of Trustees Chair Albert
Hawkins presented Earvin with
proclamations and acknowledgments
from Texas Governor Greg Abbott,
Congressman Lloyd Doggett, the
House of Representatives by Dawnna
Dukes, and City of Austin’s Mayor
Steve Adler before a standing ovation
from graduates, faculty, staff, and
friends. Earvin was praised for his
many HT accomplishments and
service to the community.
Commencement Convocation
speaker, Congressman Will Hurd,
elected to the 114th Congress in
2015, representing the 23rd District,
who had just flown in from the Middle
East, rendered the keynote address
before a crowd of 2,100 that settled in
between May showers under sunny
skies and windy conditions. Reflecting
on his recent journey and the advice
he has followed all of his life, Hurd
shared the importance of his
undercover work as an officer in the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in
the Middle East and South Asia for
nearly a decade, collecting
intelligence that influenced the
National Security agenda to rid the
world of terrorist groups. “Do
something meaningful and hard” was
his stellar advice for the graduates.
DuBois graduates are: Patrick
Agenonga, Queniqua Luckey, Abuchi
Obiegbu, Jamal McClellan, Jabu
Mbara, Rufaro Mukahadzi, Tochukwu
Joshua Nwozor, Simone Sawyer, Binta
Sidibeh, Rae-Ann Spears,
Shanequiwa Sledge, Ashley
Simbanegavi, and Lydia Urbina.
ADP bachelor’s degree graduates are:
Moranda L. Anderson, Shawn L.
Cuffee, Barry E. Hall, Gaye D. Hill,
Keisha M. Jones, Rebecca B. Mueller,
America R. Aguilar, Tabitha E.
Martinez, Bridgetta S. Smith, Ronald F.
Winters, Kimberly D. Woody,
Ernestina Balandran, Harry Q. Brooks,
Bakari L.Jefferson, Anthony R. Miller,
and Dereck L. R. Williams. The
Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts
graduates are: Tesha M. Alexander,
Samiyah L. Bailey, Toni M. Bazzle,
Abeni S. Brooks, Ashley M. Clark,
Frances A. Clark, LaToya T. Conley,
Jamone S. Fields, Evelyn R. Greene,
Alicia Gutierrez, Kenya B. Helm,
Toures D. Houston, Christopher M.
Mendez, Erica L. Pace, Anthony L.
Riley, Allen J. White, and Ashley M.
Zapata-Rodriguez.
Commencement Convocation
occurred in conjunction with HT’s
Honors Convocation and Reunion
Weekend activities. Natalie Cofield,
then President and Chief Executive
Officer for the Greater Austin Black
Chamber of Commerce in Austin,
Texas, gave the high ranking students
advice on “how to be.” She lifted key
elements such as “be in it for the win,
be about a winning team, be of the
world, and be true to oneself.”
Honorees Obiegbu, computer
science; Stephanie M. Frausto and
Sybil K. Hay, English; and Angela E.
Skaggs and Ashlea M. Tolbert were
acknowledged for completing their
studies with the perfect 4.0 grade
point average.
In addition to the ceremony for the
2015 graduates and honorees, during
the Commencement program, HT’s
50th year Class of 1965, donned in
their gold robes, led the graduating
class in celebration of their career
accomplishments since graduating.
Tears were spotted throughout the
weekend in celebration and in
sadness as many conceded to
Earvin’s 15 years of service. 
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REV. GEORGE
JEFFREY TILLOTSON
REV. GEORGE W.
RICHARDSON
HT Celebrates 140 Years
of Providing Educational Access
By Linda Y. Jackson
Samuel College and Tillotson College are the precursor institutions to Huston-Tillotson College and what is
now Huston-Tillotson University. 2015 marked the 140th anniversary of the founding of the institution.
Samuel Huston College
The great-great grandson of George
Warren Richardson, founder of Samuel
Huston College, visited the campus ten
years ago to leave parts of the written
record, as well as an oral account of the
school’s history. Reverend James David
Richardson’s narrative, like the stories of
African American ancestry passed down
from generation to generation, matched
the University’s written accounts.
James David Richardson returned to
campus during the Charter Day 2015
celebration to participate in a panel
discussion around HT’s history and
surprised the audience with a presentation
of documents. He is the keeper of the
family records documenting the origins of
the institution. Other panelists included
alumni W. Charles Akins, Ora Houston,
M. Lavon Marshall, and Joya Hayes as the
moderator. They also shared segments of
HT’s 140-year history.
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Pictured are Akins, Houston, Richardson, Pierce
Burnette, Hayes, and Marshall.
George lost his hand in a farming accident
in New York which, according to James,
he considered “the greatest blessing of his
life, because it got him off the farm.”
George and his wife settled in Minnesota,
where he followed in the footsteps of his
father and answered the call into the
ministry. He also worked beside his wife,
Caroline, who was from an abolitionist
family. From Galena, Illinois, George and
Caroline became a stop on the
Underground Railway, spiriting ex slaves
to the North. “No one suspected a one-
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armed minister.” After the Civil War, and
following an illness, he realized that his
work was not done. He and his oldest son
started a school in Dallas in 1876 for exslaves. Six scholars were enrolled.
Ultimately the school was adopted by the
West Texas Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church and renamed Andrews
Normal College, in honor of a Methodist
Bishop. James recalled that the building
was destroyed in a fire by the hands of the
Ku Klux Klan. Fighting hatred against
many fronts that translated into financial
struggles, the decision was made to move
the school from Dallas to Austin with its
larger regional concentration of African
Americans. In 1878, the school was
housed in what is now the basement of
Austin’s Wesley United Methodist
Church. Rev. Richard S. Rust of the
Freedmen's Aid Society, identified Samuel
Huston, an Iowa farmer, as a benefactor.
Huston donated property estimated to be
worth $10,000 to build buildings on a site
in Austin. The school was renamed
Samuel Huston College and chartered in
1910 as a private educational corporation
under the laws of Texas. In 1926, it was
approved as a senior college by the State of
Texas Department of Education and in
1934 was accredited by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools.
Tillotson College
The roots of Tillotson College date back to
1875 and build upon work of the
Freedmen’s Aid Society of the American
Missionary Association of the
Congregational churches (now United
Church of Christ).
A January 22, 1876, account in the Daily
Statesman newspaper reads as follows:
We are glad to know that Rev. George
Tillotson and Rev. G.D., representing the
American Missionary Association, and whom
we mentioned yesterday as being in the city
and making a tour through the state for a
normal school, are pleased with the
appearance of Austin and the prospects of our
city. They rode over the city extensively and
pointed out many beautiful sites suitable for
an institution of learning. The people of
Austin would be pleased to have the school
located here.
Chartered in 1877 as Tillotson Collegiate
and Normal Institute, the school began
classes on January 17, 1881. Many of
Tillotson’s first students had no prior
formal education. However, the eager
students, who numbered 100 by the end
of the first year, understood that their
admission to Tillotson made them among
the elect of their race and placed upon
them the responsibility to enrich others
through the skills they would derive from
their education.
On June 2, 1909, a new charter was issued
and the school was renamed Tillotson
College, a “normal school” for the training
of teachers for the black community. The
school was reorganized in 1925 as a junior
college; in 1926 as a women’s college; and
again in 1931 as a senior, co-educational
institution. Renowned for its departments
of education and music, the college
received class A accreditation from the
Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools in 1943.
The Merger
Throughout the history of Samuel Huston
College and Tillotson College, moral and
religious instruction undergirded the
curriculum at both institutions. The
schools also contributed significantly to
the social and civic life of Austin’s black
citizens. Located less than one mile apart
in East Austin, the institutions enjoyed
healthy competition and rivalry in athletic
programs, cooperation in student
activities, and collegial relationships
among the faculty, staff, and students.
These features became distinguishing traits
of the two campuses, while the
corresponding commitment to
community service affirmed the
institutions’ concept of the responsibilities
that befell educated persons.
However, despite periods of relative
prosperity, neither college enjoyed a
wealth of material or financial resources.
Consequently, and because of their mutual
interests, values, and constituencies, the
trustees of Samuel Huston College and
Tillotson College met jointly on January
26, 1952, and agreed to detailed plans for
merging the two institutions on the site
(then known as “Bluebonnet Hill”) of
Tillotson College. The merger was
consummated, and the new Charter of
Incorporation for Huston-Tillotson
College was signed on October 24, 1952.
The merged institutions adopted “In
union, strength” as their motto.
Following the merger, Huston-Tillotson
College became the sole provider of higher
education for African-Americans in
Central Texas until the landmark case of
Brown v. Board of Education (1954),
which launched the period of
desegregation. Today the College
continues to both honor and foster its
relationship with its founding
denominations as well as its ethnic
heritage.
On February 28, 2005, the institution
advanced its mission further by changing
the name to Huston-Tillotson University. 
Ram Magazine, Spring 2004
Daily Statesman, January 22, 1876
Reverend James David Richardson
On October 24, 1952,
the merged institutions adopted
“In union, strength” as their motto.
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HT’s Sixth
President
Huston-Tillotson University Board of
Trustees announced Colette Pierce
Burnette as the institution’s sixth
President and Chief Executive
Officer, effective July 1, 2015. Pierce
Burnette becomes the first female
president of the merged HustonTillotson University and only the
second female president in the
institution’s 140-year history.
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ierce Burnette is an experienced leader in higher
education with a deep commitment to student
success. In 2012, she served as interim President at
Pierce College in Puyallup, Washington, leading the
college within a district environment and working
collaboratively with executive leadership to serve more than
30,000 students each year. Pierce Burnette had an extensive
career at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, from
1999 - 2012 that scaled to Vice President for Administration
and Chief Financial Officer where she provided financial,
analytical, physical plant, auxiliary services, capital
construction, and human resources leadership to achieve
mission-based goals. In addition, at Central State University
Pierce Burnette served as Vice President for Information
Technology and Chief Information Officer.
She earned her Master of Science Degree in Administration
with honors from Georgia College in Milledgeville in 1983
after completing a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial
and Systems Engineering from Ohio State University in
Columbus in 1980. In 2003, Pierce Burnette was accepted
and graduated from the Harvard Graduate School’s
Education Management Development Program. She
completed an Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration at the
University of Pennsylvania in May 2015.
Pierce Burnette said, “I am deeply honored to serve as the
sixth President of Huston-Tillotson University. When I stepped
on the grounds of this campus and interacted with the
distinguished faculty, administrators, alumnae, and bright and
engaging students, I could see myself here. HT has a rich and
remarkable history of preparing students for careers that
enhance our society and world. The diverse student
population, enhancement of STEM offerings, the future
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Community Health and Wellness Center, and this beautiful
campus are just some of the reasons why I see HustonTillotson as a truly special place.”
Larry L. Earvin, President Emeritus, said “Colette Pierce
Burnette brings a set of experiences that help ensure the
continued advancement of Huston-Tillotson University.”
The nationwide search for the replacement for Earvin netted
about 70 applications with Pierce Burnette as one of three
finalists. The 18-member Search Committee, comprised of
representatives from the HT Board of Trustees, faculty, staff,
students, alumni, and community and business leaders,
narrowed the field to a list of nine semi-finalists who were
engaged in two days of interviews before the finalists were
selected and approved by the Board of Trustees at its March
2015 meeting.
Albert Hawkins, Chair, HT Board of Trustees, said, “The
leadership skills and abilities among the candidates were
impressive. However, Colette Pierce Burnette’s vision,
experience and determination solidified the decision and will
compel the University to higher levels. I extend my thanks to
everyone involved in this process during the past few months
as we prepare for the next phase of Huston-Tillotson.”
She is the mother of two children Daarel II, a journalist in
Washington, D.C., and Daana, a public relations professional
in New York, New York. She is married to Dr. Daarel Burnette,
a proficient administrator and consultant in higher education
finance and fiscal leadership. She is affiliated with many
organizations and holds membership in Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc. 
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Gary Clark, Jr. Rocked the Blues at Huston-Tillotson
University’s President’s Mankind Assisting Students Kindle
Educational Dreams Gala
Ada Anderson Named
Huston-Tillotson
University’s
2015 Tower of Light
Community Service Award
Recipient
H
uston-Tillotson University’s
Twelfth Annual President’s
Mankind Assisting
Students Kindle
Educational Dreams Scholarship Gala
held in 2015 marked its place in
history with record attendance and
memorable entertainment. The event,
that drew 800 guests, was heralded
as a celebration and recognition for
Larry L. Earvin, Ph.D. Entertainer Gary
Clark, Jr. impressed the crowd with his
show stopping guitar and vocal
performance that lived up to his
Grammy®-Award for the Best
Traditional R&B Performance for
“Please Come Home” from the Blak
and Blu album. He was preceded by
Grammy winner Chrisette Michele
who performed popular selections
from her latest release.
In addition, Mrs. Ada Cecilia Collins
Anderson, community leader,
trailblazer, and champion of civic
causes, was awarded the HT 2015
Tower of Light Community Service
Award. (See Anderson article on page
one).
Anderson joins Tower of Light
recipients Dr. W. Charles Akins; Philip
and Donna Berber, A Glimmer of
Hope Foundation; The Honorable
Ronnie McDonald; and Brian Peierls,
Peierls Foundation.
“This year’s outpouring of support is
an example of how Huston-Tillotson
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University touches the hearts of
Central Texans who believe in the
attainability of a college degree,” said
Earvin. “I cannot thank the community
enough for their generosity.”
Earvin presented the Presidential
Award to HT Registrar Earnestine J.
Strickland for her 41 years of service
to the University. Strickland, the
grandmother of Clark, earned her
bachelor’s degree from HT in 1986.
She expressed her admiration for her
grandson and the University before
the crowd that included many of her
family members.
2015 Gala sponsorships are as
follows: Underwriter, Vista Equity
Partners. Platinum Sponsors, BAE
Systems; George Brothers Kincaid &
Horton L.L.P.; The University of Texas
at Austin, The University of Texas at
Austin/Office of the President and
Office of the Vice President for
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Diversity, and Dell Medical School.
Silver Sponsors, GSD&M (Liz and
Duff Stewart); Austin Coca-Cola
Bottling Company; Henna Chevrolet;
Johnson Controls, Inc.; Sodexo;
Sterling Acura of Austin; Stratus
Properties, Inc.; University Federal
Credit Union (UFCU); and Wells
Fargo Bank. Senior Manager,
University Relations, Rhonda
Summerbell, UFCU, also presented
Earvin with a $10,000 check toward
his endowed scholarship. More Silver
Sponsors included: C. Lee Cooke;
Jaki Davis; Larry L. Earvin; Albert
Hawkins; Louis M. Henna, Jr.; Lauren
Snowden Ingram; Trennis Jones; J.
Winston Krause; Thomas O.
McDowell; C. Mark Melliar-Smith;
Kathryn S. Page; Ruth C. Robinson;
John Scroggins; Liz Stewart; David A.
Talbot, Jr.; and A. Leon Thompson.
Bronze Sponsors included: Austin
Cab Company; Austin Energy
Services; Austin Revitalization
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Family; Texas Methodist
Foundation; Lee Tilford
Agency; Unity National
Bank of Houston;
Whataburger; Richard L.
and Lyndia A. Harris; Rich
and Carol Oppel; and L.
Scott Schmidt and Carol
L. McDonald. Media
sponsors included: Austin
American-Statesman,
Statesman.com,
Austin360.com; KXAN;
and Entercom Austin.
Authority; Central Health; City of
Austin; Freedom Solar; Frost Bank;
General Board of Higher Education
and Ministry; Grande
Communications; Gourmet
Services/Ala Carte Menu Services,
Inc.; Greater Austin Transportation
Company; Greater Texas Federal
Credit Union; Helix Education; Hilton
Austin Hotel; Housing Authority of the
City of Austin; Huston-Tillotson
University International Alumni
Association; John P. McGovern
Foundation; Krause and Associates,
L.P.; Prosperity Bank; St. James'
Episcopal Church; Seton Healthcare
Cosmetics; Round Rock Travel; San
Antonio Comedy Club; Sheraton
Austin Hotel; Splashtown; Kathleen
and Joe Stafford; Steve Armstrong
Photography; Susan
Hoermann/Evergreen Studios; SXSW
Music Fest; Texas Performing Arts;
Texas Professional Disc Jockey; Texas
Rangers Baseball Club; The Long
Center for Performing Arts; The
Playhouse San Antonio; Whataburger;
and Yoga Yoga. n
Silent Auction Sponsors
included: Acupuncture Medical and
Research Centre; Amy's Ice Creams;
Austin Film Festival; Austin Spurs;
Blanton Museum of Art; Blazer Tag;
Bradford Portraits; Capital Cruises;
Capitol City Comedy Club; Carol and
Rich Oppel; Covert Chevrolet Olds,
Inc.; Dave & Busters; East Side Café;
Eli Reed; Eva's Escape at the
Gardenia Inn; Food! Food!; Highland
Lanes; Hyatt Regency Austin; Keep It
Digital; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower
Center; Lone Star Riverboat;
Longevity Wellness Group; Magnolia
Café; Noel Enterprises; Omni Hotel at
Southpark; Paramount Theatre; Rae
Huston-Tillotson University Receives $900,000 Grant for the
Empowerment Against Drugs and HIV/AIDS Project
H
uston-Tillotson University
(HT) received a $900,000
grant from the Substance
Abuse Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) to
support a Substance Abuse and
Human Immunodeficiency Virus /
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
(HIV/AIDS) Prevention project. The HT
Campus-Community Empowerment
Against Drugs and HIV/AIDS Project
collaborated with community partners
to target African American and Latino
young adults between the ages of 18
and 25 on the HT campus and in the
surrounding neighborhoods in order to
provide prevention information. The
project included peer-led evidencedbased substance abuse and HIV
prevention strategies, programs,
policies, and practices to enhance
prevention efforts on campus and in
the surrounding community to prevent
and reduce underage drinking, high risk
drinking, illicit drug use, and the
transmission of HIV due to unsafe and
unprotected sex among this population.
In addition, evidenced-based programs
that target individual behavior and
environmental prevention strategies
that can change the community
environment, culture, and norms on the
campus and in the surrounding
neighborhoods were
targeted. n
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Campus and Education News
V for Vendetta Created the Winning Mobile Application at the Second
Annual Huston-Tillotson University Hackathon
wo days of engagement, brainstorming, and computer
programming resulted in the V for Vendetta team of
Cydnei Mathis and Osahumen Aghasomwan creating
the winning mobile application at the Huston-Tillotson
University Second Annual <div> hackathon.
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recognizing that they can be more than consumers of
technology—they too can be creators, innovators, and
disruptors of tomorrow’s technology. Hundreds of
participants engaged in applications to disrupt the business,
education, health and fitness, and entertainment sectors.
Mathis, a 10th grader at Eastside Memorial High School and
Aghasomwan a first year HT student, created a mobile
application as a tool for locating affordable healthcare for
minorities in distressed
socioeconomic
situations. The mobile
application allows users
to enter a price range
for the health services
that they can afford in
order to identify the
closest clinic within that
range. The app was
designed to improve
minority accessibility to
health care.
Last year’s winner during the inaugural hackathon created an
app named "Pipeline" that aimed to solve the School-toPrison Pipeline that impacts predominantly African American
and Latino youths, in this
country. Next year’s
event is scheduled
March 11-12, 2017 on
the HT campus.
In addition to president
sharing words of
encouragement, other
supporters included:
Joyceia Banner,
Assistant Professor of
Business Administration;
Eric Budd, Assistant
V for Vendetta was one
Professor of Education
of seven teams that
Preparation; Carlos
converged upon
Cervantes, Chair of
Huston-Tillotson
Kinesiology/Assistant
University’s DownsProfessor of Kinesiology;
Pictured left to right are Pierce Burnette, Aghasomwan, Mathis, and Whitney
O’Banner, representing Dev Bootcamp.
Jones Library for two
and Debra Murphy,
days to work with
Professor of Psychology;
technology industry
as well as special
professionals from Dell Inc., Entelo, Dev Bootcamp, Google,
guests: Leslie Miley of Entelo, Whitney O'Banner of Dev
Google Fiber, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, and The
Bootcamp, Amina Sawyer of Google Fiber, Kyle Ali of
Big Machine. The teams paired with mentors to build
Google, Ariel Bruce of Google, Lynette Barksdale of Google,
websites and develop mobile applications to solve problems
Lisa Martinez of Google Play, John Gray of Six Flags
in the business, education, health and fitness, and
Entertainment Corporation, Melissa McLeanas of Six Flags,
entertainment sectors by the end of the process.
Garrett Osumah of Six Flags, and Mark and Tracy Thompson
of The Big Machine
Under the leadership of Professor Autumn Caviness, our
W.E.B. DuBois Honors Program Director, this is the only
Read more at www.htu.edu, @IAmThePipeline, and
youth and diversity-focused hackathon in the United States
Facebook.com/divhackathon, #IAmThePipeline, #pipeitup,
that is 100 percent organized and operated by students of
and #divhack2016. 
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Strategic Plan
Next Ten Years Guided by the Strategic Planning Process
Constituents will be participating in the
final phases of the strategic planning
process that guides Huston-Tillotson
University for the next decade.
Consultant Joel Lapin led Phase I from
February to October 2014. Consultant
Art Wilson led Phase II from April
through September 2015.
Phase I included orientation sessions
for both members of the faculty and
staff, with concepts and steps for a
successful and inclusive
environmental-scanning process. There
also were sessions with the campus
leadership participating in “The Vision
Development Summit,” which included
working with groups of students to
craft desired goals for the University’s
future development. Five core themes–
transformation, leadership, education,
community and heritage–guided the
discussions that resulted in an official
vision statement and institutional vision.
The consultants also conducted
workshops on: An Introduction to
Environmental Scanning, How to Scan,
and Organizing and Operating External
Environmental Scanning and
Forecasting.
Huston-Tillotson’s Office of Institutional
Planning, Research and Assessment
(OIPRA) facilitated the formation of
teams to focus on the following trend
topics: competition, demographics,
education, economics, labor force,
politics, social/lifestyle and values, and
technology. Drafts of the findings were
developed (that included interviews
from more than 30 community leaders),
and have been reviewed by the
consultants. Finalized environmentalscan reports were completed in
August. Phase I resulted in a new
mission and a Strategic Plan
Framework approved by the Board of
Trustees in the March 2015 meeting.
Phase II addressed implementing the
Strategic Plan Framework through
yearly imperatives selected at the end
of each academic year. Each
imperative will have key measures to
assess effectiveness and completion
status of the Strategic Plan. 
Huston-Tillotson University Establishes Partnership with English
Institute to Support International Students
H
uston-Tillotson University officials signed a
partnership agreement with The Intensive
American English Institute, a division of
House of Tutors Learning Centers, USA, Inc.
(HofT/IAEI), to offer its English as a
Second Language (ESL) program to
international students recruited by HT
but who have a deficiency in the
English language. Currently, 4% of
HT’s total student population is
comprised of international students,
representing the African, Asian,
North American, and South
American continents. Students
applying to HT who have graduated
from the highest level of instruction at
HofT/IAEI will be exempt from taking the
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
or International English Language Testing System
(IELTS) English-language proficiency exams.
House of Tutors is authorized by BCIS (Bureau
of Citizenship and Immigration Services) to
issue I-20 visas to international students,
and has decades of experience in
assisting foreign students who wish to
come to the United States to study.
The broad scope of programs
includes individual and group
tutoring, subject review,
standardized test preparation,
mentoring programs, ESL and
English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
courses, teacher training programs,
corporate training courses, and program
development services for government
organizations, corporations, and schools. 
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Tom Joyner Foundation Partnership Provides Scholarships for Future
STEM Teachers
By Dr. Ruth Kane
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he Tom Joyner Foundation has partnered with
Huston-Tillotson University to provide scholarships
for HT students seeking careers as Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) in an effort
to increase the number of STEM teachers in Texas.
Through this partnership, Austin Community College and
Tarrant Community College would serve as feeder schools,
with students transferring to HT for their final four semesters.
Eligible students would receive scholarships covering their
entire tuition and fees. To be eligible to receive the
scholarship, students must complete their first four semesters
at ACC or TCC and then transfer to HT as math or biology
majors. Students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average
throughout their college career, and sign agreements that
upon graduation, they will apply for and accept work as a
teacher in Austin or Fort Worth Independent School Districts.
Dr. Ruth Kane, Chair of HT’s Department of Educator
Preparation, shares her excitement, saying, “This is a great
opportunity for students, as well as the school districts where
they will teach.” For more information, call 512.505.3091 or
rakane@htu.edu. 
Huston-Tillotson University Students Travel to Paris for a
Climate Change Conference
Huston-Tillotson University Green is the New Black™
(GITNB) students Elvia Hernandez and Brittany D. Foley
joined Historically Black College and University (HBCU)
students who attended the United Nationals Framework
Climate Change Convention Conference of the Parties
21st (COP21), convening in Paris, France, from November
30 – December 13, 2015.
Foley, a sophomore from Taylor, Texas, and Elvia Hernandez,
a junior from Los Angeles, California, by way of Houston,
Texas, will continue to advance the University’s
environmental awareness goals through their presence at
the conference. Foley is an environmental studies major
with an interest in international environmental law. Her goal
in life is to aid minorities that live in areas where
gentrification, food security, and environmental justice are
problematic.
Hernandez was born in Los Angeles, California, but raised
in Houston, Texas. She is a business administration major
with a strong commitment to improving her community and
promoting the value of education. She hopes to develop an
organization that will mentor middle and high school
students to inspire and guide them to pursue college
degrees.
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The students were representing HT as part of the Dillard
University Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
(DSCEJ) in partnership with the Barbara Jordan-Mickey
Leland School of Public Affairs delegation of HBCU
students, faculty mentors, and environmental justice
community leaders and youth participating in the
conference. 
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Recent Donation Makes HT’s African Art Collection One
of the Largest in Central Texas
The latest donation of mixed art from a number of countries
makes HT’s collection of 174 pieces one of the largest in
Central Texas. The recent treasures from the Melissa and
Kevin Katz Collection bring the value to more than $4 million
and include artifacts from Nigeria, the Ivory Coast, Kenya,
Liberia, Mozambique, Tanzania, as well as Haiti and the
Dominican Republican.
Kevin, an optometrist practicing in Galveston, was born and
raised in South Africa. He journeyed to the United States in
1976 where he attended Pacific University in Forest Grove,
Oregon, to complete his master’s in clinical optometry. He
received his doctor of optometry from the University of
Houston and settled in the Gulf Coast. He and his wife, also
an optometrist, own NASA Vision Center in Clear Lake.
One striking piece of the collection valued at $100,000 is a
16-inch portrait head cast in a lost wax technique. The facial
features are individualized in portrait style with the option of
attaching the mask to a post or carved
wooden body to create a full figure.
The overall striking naturalism is
suggestive of what the people of Ife
considered the divinity, inherent of all
living things. Ife’s significance as a center
of culture and commerce in West African
spanned more than 800 years. The head
presents similarities to those found in the cache excavated at
Wunmonije Compound at Ife in 1938.
Oba, a seated king figure from the court of Benin, greets
guests and guards the collection. The king is enthroned in full
ceremonial regalia and holding royal scepters. The
monumental sculpture is rendered in bronze and stands 68inches high and 25 ½ inches wide.
HT’s collection is open during designated periods throughout
the year and for group tours upon request. 
Huston-Tillotson University Named Finalist in Climate
Leadership Competition
econd Nature, a national nonprofit
that works to proactively build a
sustainable and positive global
future by working with leadership
networks in higher education,
announced Huston-Tillotson University
among the finalists for its sixth annual
Climate Leadership Awards. The awards
are a national competition among higher
education institutions that are
signatories of the American College &
University Presidents' Climate
Commitment (ACUPCC), a signature
program of Second Nature. Twelve fouryear institutions, including HT, and seven
two-year institutions were named
finalists.
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Second Nature partnered on the
awards with the United States Green
Building Council’s (USGBC) Center for
Green Schools. Two award winners
(one two-year and one four-year
institution) were recognized as part of
the 2015 Greenbuild Leadership
Awards Program on November 19 in
Washington, DC. Greenbuild is the
world's largest green building
conference and expo.
"We are impressed every year with the
outstanding applications we receive for
the Climate Leadership Awards," said
Second Nature's Education and
Partnerships Director, Michele Madia.
"The ACUPCC signatories are a
committed group of climate leaders,
and through Second Nature's
partnership with the Center for Green
Schools, their achievements will be
broadcast to an even greater
audience."
Second Nature received nearly 50
applications from across the country,
with only two spots open for winners.
Of those applications, the following
colleges and universities were selected
as the 2015 finalists:
Two-Year Institutions
• Alamo Colleges, TX
• Cedar Valley College, TX
• Central New Mexico Community
College, NM
• College of Lake County, IL
• Sullivan County Community College,
NY
• SUNY Jefferson Community College,
NY
• Western Technical College, WI
(winner)
Four-Year Institutions
• Agnes Scott College, GA
• Appalachian State University, NC
(winner)
• California State University, Northridge,
CA
• Furman University, SC
• Huston-Tillotson University, TX
• Loyola University Chicago, IL
• Southern Oregon University, OR
• The George Washington University,
DC
• University at Buffalo (SUNY), NY
• University of California, Merced, CA
• University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
More information about the Climate
Leadership Awards is available on the
Second Nature website. 
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Faculty Research and News
Stewart and Stone
Receive Two
Research Grants
to Enhance
Classroom
Instruction
Professor
Shawanda
Stewart and Dr.
Brian Stone were
awarded a highly
competitive
research grant
($5,600) by the
Research Initiative
of the National
Council of
Teachers of
English/College
Conference on
Composition and
Communication
(NCTE/CCCC) for their project,
“Critical Hip-Hop Rhetoric
Pedagogy and Freshman
Composition at an Historically
Black University: A Pilot Study.”
In addition, both received a
second grant ($30,000) from the
UNCF/Mellon Teaching and
Learning Institute for their project
titled, “Centering Students in the
First Year Composition Classroom:
Engagement, Improvement, and
Pedagogical Practices.” HT will
host a four-day teaching and
learning institute specifically for
UNCF member historically black
college and universities. The
Institute provides a forum whereby
faculty can share research, theory,
and practice regarding pedagogy
and assessment intended to
improve African American
students’ attitudes, engagement,
and learning in first year
composition classrooms. 
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A Healthy Disagreement
The following editorial by Dr. James Kraft, Associate Professor of
Philosophy and Religion, appeared in several online and print
publications. Kraft is a recipient of the Sam Taylor Fellowship Award
sponsored by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of
The United Methodist Church to support his research on the
epistemology of self-knowledge. He is currently working on his second
doctorate in order to deepen his treatments in the philosophy courses
that he teaches.
By Dr. James Kraft
ou might think that people
must avoid religious
disagreements for there to be
peace and tolerance. Let me
describe how serious religious
disagreements should help promote
lasting peace, tolerance, and even
spiritual development. When
disagreeing with cognitive peers (that
is, people equivalently knowledgeable
about the issue and equivalently
capable of evaluating the details of the
issue) the other brings up
considerations one hasn’t adequately
taken into account; otherwise the other
isn’t a cognitive peer. Evidence of
cognitive peer disagreement is
evidence one has made a mistake
(Richard Feldman and David
Christensen famously say this.).
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Perhaps one should just trust that the
process producing the religious belief
is functioning properly (as does Alvin
Plantinga, arguably the most famous
Christian philosopher alive today) or is
reliable (John Greco). But the more
one sees the other as having similar
skills for thinking well and as having
similar honesty and sincerity trying to
get a correct understanding, the more
the trust just mentioned is undermined.
After all, why should I think I got it right
if the other uses similar skills and
similar command of the details of the
issue to come up with the alternative?
As one learns more about the other
with such similarities surfacing this
should lead to humility even with
respect to the most deeply held
religious views, and this humility in turn
promotes tolerance. It isn’t that one
necessarily loses one’s religious belief,
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rather one has at least slightly less
confidence. (If you want to think more
about this issue, you could read my
book on the topic: The Epistemology
of Religious Disagreement,
Palgrave/Macmillan).
Besides tolerance-producing humility,
serious religious disagreements have
four other desirable byproducts. They
build skills for living with others who
hold radically different views. In the
year 2050 there will be some 9 billion
people, and such skills will be even
more crucial for producing tolerance.
A third byproduct of serious religious
disagreements: They force us to learn
about the other at the deepest level. It
is one thing to read in a book that
Hindus believe in reincarnation. It is
quite another thing to listen to your
intelligent neighbor explain why she
has organized her entire life around
such a belief.
A fourth byproduct follows from
everything mentioned: Tools for
reducing racism and xenophobia. One
thing characteristic of racists or
xenophobes is that they mostly don’t
care about what the other thinks. As
described serious religious
disagreement involves an openness at
the deepest level to what the other is
thinking, an openness that seeks the
deepest level of understanding of the
other’s view and that, at the very same
time, challenges one’s own confidence
in religious beliefs.
Serious religious disagreement also
helps foster spiritual development.
The mission statement of my
wonderful school, Huston-Tillotson
University, says we foster “an
emphasis on … spiritual and ethical
development.” We don’t just have to
think about spirituality as something
ethereal and ultra-religious. Just think
spirituality has to do with whatever
motivates the person at the deepest
level. Something a colleague (Dr.
Katherine Oldmixon) said to me
inspired me to develop this way of
thinking about spirituality. When in a
serious disagreement a person
naturally reflects on her beliefs about
religion. And in this process one can’t
help but develop one’s own
understanding of spiritual
development. For example, in two
classes that I teach, “Comparative
Religion and “Philosophy and Ethics,”
students often have religious
disagreements with their peers. When
they listen to their peers talk about
alternative religious views they can’t
help but reflect on their own spiritual
commitments, and this reflection
encourages spiritual development.
Kraft Continues His Discussion
with Faith Leaders
Kraft was also a “Why Am I Here?
Answers from Judaism, Christianity,
Islam, and Buddhism” panelist, along
with Buddhist monk David Zuniga,
Rabbi Amy Cohen of Temple Beth
Shalom, Pastor Tom Goodman, Sheikh
Omar, and Eileen Flynn, AustinAmerican Statesman religion editor.
Students got to see at the deepest
level how leaders from different faith
traditions interact and disagree. See
the video and pictures at:
https://www.deily.org/blog/austininterfaith-event/
Students Visit a Buddhist Temple
As part of Kraft’s Comparative
Religion course, 40 students visited
Austin Buddhist Vihara, located in
Pflugerville, Texas, to hear and see
monk Nalaka Thero. Students
comment on how the class broadens
their understanding of different
religions and practices.
Kraft Walks in the Steps of
Apostle John and Mary
Finally, Kraft visited Ephesus in Turkey
(Near Ismir), which is the place from
which the Apostle John wrote his
Gospel. It is also the place where the
mother of Jesus, Mary, is said to have
lived out the rest of her life. Ephesus
was also home to the famous
philosopher Heraclitus and the temple
of Artemis. Kraft’s brings his
experiences back to HT to enrich the
student learning experience. 
Hirsch Travels to
Pakistan to Complete
Research
Dr. Michael L. Hirsch (pictured above)
Professor of Sociology, traveled to
Rawalpindi, Pakistan, last year and
again this year where he conducted a
series of applied, qualitative research
methods workshops for faculty and
students at Fatimah Jinnah Women
University (FJWU). While in
Rawalpindi he also presented a paper
comparing Pakistani and United
States women in higher education at
an international conference on gender
hosted by FJWU. Hirsch was the lead
author on an article published in The
American Sociologist, which
discussed his work assessing State
Department funded exchange
programs between the U.S. and
Pakistani universities. 
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Faculty Research and News
UNCF/Mellon-Mays Undergraduate Fellow Program Guided by Hutson
By Dr. Alaine Hutson
I have the privilege of
serving as a mentor
to UNCF/MellonMays Undergraduate
Fellow Brittany
White, graduating as
a history major. I was
aware of the
program but only
became a mentor
this past academic year. The MellonMays is a program that supports
talented students from
underrepresented minority groups in
order to bring more diversity to the
faculties of United States colleges and
universities. I enjoyed being part of a
program that aims to “transform the
academy,” and I believe my current
mentee is poised to do just that.
Here is what Brittany White had to say
about her experience as a Mellon-Mays
fellow.
“I have been greatly supported in my
efforts to pursue research on the British
suppression of slavery on the Arabian
Peninsula and the possibility of
manumitted slaves being merged in
society after abolition in the 20th
century. With support from my mentor
Dr. Alaine S. Hutson, I have prepared
research to determine if manumitted
slaves were absorbed as nationals in
the Gulf States of Saudi Arabia and
Qatar by examining the political
qualifications for nationality. The history
department at Huston-Tillotson
University has played an instrumental
role in my decision to become a history
professor. The Mellon-Mays
Undergraduate Fellowship has made
me a part of a global network that
brings together 500 students in pursuit
of their doctoral degree. My name will
be added to the hundreds of Ph.D’s
from this program. Under the
mentorship of Dr. Hutson, I got a
tremendous head start with graduate
level research, independent studies,
and archival work. My mentor pushed
me to achieve my goals and assisted
me in the graduate application process.
After graduation, I will be attending
graduate school at Texas Christian
University in Fort Worth where I
qualified for a scholarship to cover all of
my expenses. This would not be
possible without the help of the Mellon
program, which funded my research
and help me enhance my
presentation/conference skills.”
I am happy to tell you that the Mellon
support allowed Brittany to take her first
archival research trip alone during
spring break to New Jersey. The Mellon
ALLISON BUCHANAN, accounting
faculty, successfully passed all four
parts of the Texas Certified Public
Accountant (CPA) examination. She is
now a CPA, completing her field
experience.
2015 Editing the Magazine class,
completed the newest edition of 900
Chicon with poems, stories, and
artwork by HT students, faculty, staff,
and alumni. Magazines are available for
purchase for $5 each.
DR. KATHERINE DURHAM
OLDMIXON was named chair of the
newly created English Department.
Oldmixon joined the HT staff in 2001.
She is also a Professor of English and
Director of the Writing Program. She
was the guest poetry editor this past
fall for The Ilanot Review, an online
literary magazine based in Israel. The
“Migrations” issue is now live online at
https://ilanot.wordpress.com/ for your
reading pleasure. Oldmixon’s Spring
DR. JAVIER STUPPARD’S award
winning trombone jazz ensemble
released a CD of soulful, sensual
selections. Stuppard is HT’s assistant
professor of music and conductor of
the Elite Combo.
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DR. ANNE CIRELLA-URRUTIA
contributed an anthology in two
volumes on French bandes dessinées
(BD comics) that present images of
World War I. The essay in English is
program’s support will also follow
Brittany through her graduate career
and beyond. Mellon support is available
until fellows attain tenure.
Because of her hard-earned
presentation skills honed during a
month-long “academic bootcamp” at
Emory University, I encouraged Brittany
to submit paper proposals to
international conferences here in Austin
and in London. Brittany gave a wellresearched paper a few months ago at
the Africa Conference at the University
of Texas at Austin which brings together
scholars from around the world. She is
also submitting this paper for
publication in the conference
proceedings, a rare feat for an
undergraduate. Seeing Brittany grow as
a scholar has inspired and reinvigorated
my own research.
Brittany graduated from HT in May
2015, and I am happy to also tell you
that HT has a newly awarded MMUF
scholar, Cale Carter. I am proud that
Cale is also a history student and my
mentee. I look forward to working with
him over the next two years on a
fascinating subject – Roger Sauvage, a
black French fighter pilot from World
War II and the black French community
in the interwar years. n
the last part of Part II. Read the
material at peterlang.com/download/
toc/65893/toc_263662.pdf. CirellaUrrutia is an adjunct professor of
French.
DR. JOYCEIA M. BANNER’S panel
titled, “idiet, idid it!: losing weight with
wearables” was accepted to the
interactive portion of South by
Southwest 2015 among the more than
3,300 submissions. Banner talked
about her personal weight loss and
health journey using new wearable sand
technology She also discussed some
of the pitfalls (including weight gain,
become overwhelmed, etc.) of using
these technologies. Banner is an
assistant business professor. n
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Janice Sumler-Edmond
Retires After 14 Years as
History Professor
Dr. Janice Sumler-Edmond joined the
HT faculty in 2002 and taught courses
such as “African American History.”
She announced her retirement this
year.
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he was instrumental in securing a minor in African
and African American Studies when she served as
chair of the Department of Humanities and Fine Arts.
She was also director of the University’s W.E.B.
Dubois Honors Program. A historian and a lawyer, she
earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the
University of California, her doctorate in jurisprudence from
the UCLA School of Law, and a doctorate degree in history
from Georgetown University. Recently, Sumler-Edmond
attended a summer seminar with the nation’s history
academicians titled, “Slavery: Scholarship and Public
History” sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of
American History and the Council of Independent Colleges.
She was selected in 2014 to receive a UNCF/Mellow
Programs Faculty Residency Fellowship for manuscript
research on “Two for Freedom: Black Abolitionists Charles
and Sarah Remond” and an essay titled, “Sarah Parker
Remond, A Colored Lady Lecturer at Home and Abroad.”
Sumler-Edmond was awarded one of the five 2003-2004
Cross Hemispheric Partnership grants from the United
Negro College Fund Special Programs, Inc. in Washington,
D.C. The award included a $50,000 grant and a field trip to
Latin American countries to form a collaborative partnership
among Huston-Tillotson University and two universities in
Latin America: the Technological Institute of Monterrey in
Mexico City, Mexico, and the University of Costa Rica in San
Jose, Costa Rica. Sumler-Edmond coordinated the research
of faculty from all three schools in developing an African
Latino Studies course that examines the history and culture
of Afro-Mexicans and Afro-Costa Ricans. Sumler-Edmond
also teamed with her husband, Steven, who served as HT’s
Dean of the School of Business and Technology to complete
“Historical Reflections: A Blueprint for the Future.” The
document was researched and prepared for the Texas
Department of Transportation, Austin District, in order to
chronicle key historical aspects of the Martin Luther King, Jr.
corridor. People, places, and things along the corridor were
captured in print as a means of remembering and
celebrating past accomplishments, contemplating the
present, and preparing for the future. She received the HT
Faculty of the Year award with its monetary match from the
United Methodist Church and completed summer studies
through the New York Faculty Resource Network.
She is coeditor of two books: “Freedom’s Odyssey: African
American History Essays from Phylon” and “Black Women’s
History at the Intersection of Knowledge and Power:
ABWH’s Twentieth Anniversary Anthology.” “The Secret
Trust of Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault: The Life and Trials of a
Free Woman of Color in Antebellum Georgia” was released
by the University of Arkansas Press. She was honored with
the Professor Emerita title. 
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Faculty News
Cont’d
The Greater Austin Black
Chamber of Commerce
awarded HT faculty
AUTUMN CAVINESS and
student Geremiah Lofton
with the Inaugural GABCF
Collegiate Scholarship
Award. Both received
$3,000 each. Caviness,
Assistant Director of the
W.E.B. DuBois Honors
Program, is a third-year
University of Texas at Austin
doctoral student in the
School of Journalism. She
was instrumental in
securing HT’s inaugural
Hackathon that aligns with
her passion of digital media
combined with race,
ethnicity, and class.
Featured within the pages
of O Magazine; and heard
on HBCU radio stations
across the country as host
and creator of educational
programming, I Changed
The Game. Caviness serves
her community through
teaching, service, and
scholarship.
Lofton is a HT honors
student, majoring in
Criminal Justice. While in
high school, he was
inducted in the National
Honor Society, was a
member of the
Superintendent's Student
Advisory Committee,
Principal's Student Advisory
Committee, and Top Teens
of America before finishing
in the top 25% of Memorial
High School's graduating
class. Lofton is a member of
the HT track team and has
a leadership role within the
Student Government
Association and the PreAlumni Council. He is
interested in a career with
the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI). 
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HT Among the
‘Great 48’ at
Prestigious Honda
Campus All-Star Challenge
Coming off of its best 2015 showing, the Huston-Tillotson University 2016 team
entered the playoff round in the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC)
National Championship Tournament. The event is a prestigious competition that
showcases the academic prowess of the brightest students from America’s
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Approximately 76 HBCUs vied
for a spot at the nationals with 48 student teams qualifying for this year’s National
Championship Tournament held in Torrance, CA. HT’s team was comprised of
Captain Andranique L. Green, Lynn G. Nanjala, Darrion Jemerson, and Olivia
Thomas. Dr. Alaine S. Hutson, Associate Professor of History, was the coach. Green
and Nanjala were returning members and Joshua Jones competed on the team
during the qualifying rounds. The HT team has won approximately $55,000 since
entering the competition in 1998. Read more a www.hcasc.com. 
HT’s Small Business Management class,
under the guidance of Dr. Joyceia Banner,
Interim Dean of the Department of Business
Administration and Assistant Professor of
Business Administration, created a
marketing plan for Bee Sweet Lemonade.
Mikaila Ulmer, owner of Bee Sweet
Lemonade, was featured on “Shark Tank.”
The students compiled useful information,
which was used to help develop the pitch for
Bee Sweet’s Shark Tank appearance. 
HT’s Paul Crawford Among American
Students Who Received Access to Chinese
Education Opportunities
A Network of Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
signed a three-year agreement with the
China Education Association for
International exchange to form the
HBCU – Chinese Universities
Collaboration Alliance (the Alliance).
The Alliance is formed from 100
universities in the U.S. and China
committed to providing opportunities
for student and faculty exchanges
between the two countries. The
agreement was signed as a part of
activities for the Sixth Annual U.S.China High-Level Consultation on
People-to-People Exchange (CPE) held
at the State Department. The signing
was witnessed by China’s Vice Minister
Hao Ping and U.S. Under Secretary
Richard Stengel.
The agreement and official formation of
the Alliance solidifies the 1,000
scholarships awarded to HBCU
students by China’s Vice Premier
Madam Liu Yandong in November
2013. The financial commitment from
the Chinese government covers the
cost of tuition, room and board for
1,000 students from HBCUs to study
in China, effective fall 2014 and is
valued at between $1.2 million USD to
$5 million USD within four years. 
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Student Stories
BRANDON
BROWN comes
from a military family
that stresses the
importance of
obtaining a college
degree. He made his
way to HT after
careful research. An outdoor class held
on campus through the military science
partnership between HT and the
University of Texas at Austin helped
Brown get back on the road to fulfilling
his goals. Students from both
institutions were completing their
required drills and training. The Army
proved to be the right fit. Within one
semester, he had earned scholarships
and was contracted in the Army ROTC
program. Brown also attended basic
training at Fort Benning. He rounds out
his military career with service in the
Texas National Guard with a goal of
graduating in 2016 to become a
commissioned officer. Today, Brown
fulfills his military obligations, works
part-time at the Texas State Cemetery
and maintains his course work. “I am
satisfied with my direction and the HT
experience has been great.”
STEPHANIE
FRAUSTO was a
full-time mother,
student, and
employee when she
was enrolled at HT.
Frausto is also a
third-generation
Austinite. The English major with a
professional writing minor who worked
as a lead consultant in the HT Writers’
Studio finds intrigue in her journey. The
4.0 grade point average and Dean’s List
honors were the results of her hard work.
“Sometimes I can’t describe what God
does for you. I can’t imagine how I do
this without His help.” She shared her
wisdom with students and helps with
writing assignments through work
within HT’s Center for Academic
Excellence. She graduated in May
2015 and is now enrolled at Texas
State University with a focus on a
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reading discipline. Her specialty in
reading is related to a calling. “I have a
burden on my heart for the struggling
reader.” She fulfills that burden with her
other job as a teaching assistant in a
developing reading program. She
assists students who want to go to
college but do not have the reading
skills. “If I could teach the whole world
to read, I would.”
TOCHUKWU
“JOSHUA”
NWOZOR enrolled
in the UNCF
Gateway to
Leadership (GTL)
that placed him in
New York City at
TIAA-CREF, one of the highest rated
insurance companies in the United
States. “It was the greatest experience
ever.” Nwozor’s Internet research led
him to Huston-Tillotson University where
his high academic accomplishments
earned him a spot within the
distinguished W.E.B. DuBois Honors
Program. As a HT student, he served as
president of the International Student
Association (ISA) and the student
chapter of the National Association of
Black Accountants (NABA). He was
treasurer of the Pre-Alumni Council, and
is one of the longest serving University
Ambassadors. He also acquired
internships with the State of Texas
Auditor’s Office and Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). He
encourages students to “step out, apply
for scholarships and travel outside of
Texas.” He earned his Business
Administration degree with a
concentration in accounting in May
2015. He plans to become a
professional accountant and earn a
master’s degree, obtain a Certified
Public Accountant (CPA) licensure,
work at one of the big four accounting
firms, and complete a doctorate degree.
Nwozor earned a scholarship and
moved to Waltham, Massachusetts,
where he enrolled at Bentley University
to earn graduate degrees in information
technology and accounting.
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BRITTANY R.
WHITE is preparing
herself for a career
as a college
professor. Her goal
has was solidified
through her
acceptance into the
UNCF Mellon Mays Undergraduate
Fellowship Program (MMUF). White is
majored in history, a subject that has
always fascinated her. “History is
connected to everything and is relevant
to everything.” With the support of
faculty, she has been afforded many
opportunities. She represented the
University at the Ford Black College
Quiz and was a member Honda
Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC).
She grew up in Austin and graduated
from Akins High School, named in
honor of HT alumnus W. Charles Akins
whom White has met. She entered HT
as a transfer student. Taking on family
responsibilities while providing support
for her siblings made college difficult. “I
decided (when I entered HT) that it was
time to do my own thing. I decided to
take college seriously.” She absorbs
every bit of knowledge from people in
her circle such as her grandmother who
attended HT briefly and Professors Drs.
Janice Sumler Edmond and Alaine
Hutson, who are noted historians, and
political science professor Dr. Paul
Anaeijonu. “This is a real community.
Faculty work hard to get students what
they need.” White’s HT experience has
included travels and expanding her
network while serving as a University
Ambassador. She is currently enrolled
at Texas Christain University, Fort
Worth.
Even before
MICHAEL LEWIS
moved from Houston
to Austin to enroll at
Huston-Tillotson
University, he had
already travelled
throughout Mexico,
Canada, Belize, and the Bahamas. As a
Business Administration major with a
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concentration in International Business,
he continued his travels to Argentina,
Brazil, Spain, and France while enrolled
at HT. Therefore, it was no coincidence
that Lewis studied in China to earn his
master’s degree from Beijing’s
University of International Business and
Economics. He is now the founder and
chief of operations of Stateside
Adventures, China’s primary American
sleep-away camp agency, providing
Chinese and expatriate youth with the
opportunity to expand their cultural and
educational horizons through innovative
and exciting American summer/winter
camp experiences. Lewis capitalized
upon a growing demand in China to
establish his business. Lewis earned
the Boy Scouts of America’s highest
rank of “Eagle Scout”, is a certified rock
climbing instructor, R.O.P.E.S. certified,
and has hiked and camped on more
than four continents. Married with a
two year old son, Lewis returns to the
United States at least twice a year. “It’s
important for everyone to go overseas
at least once in their life in order to get
a different prospective.”
professional careers in law enforcement
and military would not let her fail. She
made the decision to move to Austin to
enroll in a drug rehabilitation center with
her six-year old son. “I wanted to leave
every day, but where would I go?” She
stayed and her sobriety has lasted more
than ten years.
he was caught up in political and
medical turmoil. Like most college
students, Barsi Giah went home during
the 2014 summer break. Home for him
was Liberia, West Africa. He did not
know that the ebola various was
spreading throughout African countries
but he knew why.
In the back of her mind was the dream
of a college degree, which she thought
was impossible. A graduate introduced
her to HT where she was able to begin
the journey. Five years later, she earned
the bachelor’s degree in psychology.
She is encouraged by the fact that her
son, now 18 years old, finished his
second semester while enrolled in a
college in Dallas, Texas. “I want to
thank HT. I can’t tell you how grateful I
am.” Jefferson discovered that “no
matter how old you are, you can go
back and get your degree.” Instructors
like Dr. Rosalee Martin, Professor of
Psychology and Dr. Lorraine Samuels,
Professor of Criminal Justice, provided
her with the critical thinking skills she
needed to succeed.
Families helping families contributed to
the spread of the disease in a country
where the poor live in “slum conditions,”
resources are few, and government
decisions have negative consequences.
The decision to close the airport during
his summer break meant Barsi-Giah
was stranded at home with the clock for
the start of his last semester at HT
ticking. “How do I get out? No flights
flying. I couldn’t do anything.” BarsiGiah knows something about adversity.
Growing up in a single-parent
household of six boys and one girl “was
tough but through it all, we had faith.”
FELICIA
JEFFERSON
A college degree is
something that
Felicia Jefferson
desired all of her life.
“I never wanted
something so badly
and for so long.” She is one of those
students who had to figure “it out” while
having fun and making mistakes along
the way. Her story was unknown to her
HT classmates, because she was
fearful of being judged for her mistakes.
Finally, upon obtaining that college
degree, she decided it was time to
share her story in anticipation of helping
others. “It’s what God gave me, and I’ve
got to tell it.”
Jefferson aspires to be a motivational
speaker and life coach in order to help
others through their addictions.
During her dark days, Jefferson’s family
scheduled an intervention and
surrounded her with love and prayers.
Siblings with college degrees and
CIVICUS S.
BARSI-GIAH
In May 11, 2015, the
World Health
Association declared
Liberia free from the
extremely contagious
and deadly ebola virus.
Two days earlier, Civicus
S. Barsi Giah was
walking across the stage
to receive his Bachelor of Arts degree
in business administration. He wants to
utilize the knowledge gained and his
humanitarian award recognition to aid
his Liberian homeland. Barsi-Giah was
awarded the Liberian Humanitarian
Award for his contributions made in the
effort to help eradicate the Ebola
epidemic in Liberia. Nine months early,
Barsi-Giah starting making telephone
calls. He called HT professors,
ambassadors, and friends. His
persistence paid off 21 days later when
he secured a seat on a flight that had
been cleared to depart. “It was a full
fight, our temperature (an ebola warning
sign) was checked three times, and
there were multiple security screenings”
during the journey with hour long
layovers through Morocco, Turkey, Casa
Blanca, New York, District of Columbia,
and finally, Austin. He missed the first
few weeks of classes but worked
through a schedule to complete the
assignments.
Barsi-Giah’s country weighs heavy on
him, because he wants to make a
difference. He returned home to
establish a foundation that will support
those in need as well as establish a
campaign management consultancy
firm. He plans a run for the Liberian
senate in 2020. 
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From the International Alumni Association President
Alumni and friends, of this great University, thank you for giving me the opportunity to
serve as your president. The opportunity is not just mine, but it belongs to all of us. We can
move into a new day of commitment and teamwork starting with the board, the chapters,
and all of our members and friends. I hope my vision of a solution-oriented board can
bring new ideas and resources that we have never reached out to before. I plan to contact
out members with talents in their professions to bring that knowledge to the organization
to help us move outside of the box for funds and students.
We have a new webpage www.HTIAA.com. With this website, we will begin to inform all
of our friends, alumni, and the world of our accomplishments and goals for the future. The
site will help us and our chapters in their efforts to recruit new students and raise funds.
We will have the capability to book tickets to our Homecoming, Alumni Weekend, and all
of our activities. With a link to the hotel, rooms can be booked far in advance for
convenience. Registration, payment of dues, and many other functions are on this website.
Please book ahead for all activities with our new webpage.
Once we realize the power we have by working together, we open doors for our association
and its chapters to work hand in hand with the University and yet stand strong as an
independent organization.
Louie Carrington
HTIAA President
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HONORS CONVOCATION
recognizing students who have
earned high academic honors.
Friday, May 6, 2016
10:00 a.m.
King-Seabrook Chapel
900 Chicon Street • Austin, Texas 78702
You are
Cordially Invited
to the
HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY
COMMENCEMENT CONVOCATION
Saturday, May 7, 2016
8:30 a.m.
The Huston-Tillotson Athletic Field
900 Chicon Street • Austin, Texas 78702
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for our upcoming Reunion Weekend for 2016.
Please see that copies of this information reach
each member of your chapter. Please prepare to
participate and encourage all of your members
to register. The following represents a list of
preparations to include:
1. Select members from your chapter to be
considered for awards.
2. Consider purchasing an ad for the annual
souvenir book.
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parking.
The Pre-Registration deadline is Friday,
April 22, 2016. Registration forms must be
postmarked on or before Friday, April 22,
2016. Forms postmarked after the deadline
will automatically be placed in the onsite
registration category and additional fees will
be assessed accordingly and expected to be
paid at the time registration materials are
distributed.
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Dear HT Alums,
SOUVENIR JOURNAL AD
ADVERTISING
VERTISING SIZES AND PRICES
As you know, the International Alumni Association will provide a souvenir
journal for the Awards Gala. This year, we will be celebrating the Class of
1966 as the 50th year class and classes ending in “6” and “1”.
All chapters are asked to support the souvenir journal project by
purchase a full-page ad and soliciting ads. The total ad commitment
for each chapter is $500. This commitment includes the full-page ad
all chapters are encouraged to purchase.
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$75
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$50
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Please honor the ad deadline as the production time needed is
critical. If you have any questions regarding payments, please
contact Yvonne Rice at ymrice@sbcglobal.net. If you have any
questions regarding ad submission, please contact Andrea Mosie
at 713.203.3510 or andrea.mosie@gmail.com.
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28th Annual Select
Shot Golf Tournament
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$5 Mulligan
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Riverside Golf Course
Registration Deadline:
1020 Grove Blvd., Austin, TX
May 6, 2016
512.386.7077
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For more information and
to register, contact
Marvin Douglas
512.477.2998
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Charter Day Convocation
Friday, October 28, 2016 | 10 a.m.
King-Seabrook Chapel
R A M M A G A Z I N E | S P R I N G 2 0 1 6 | H T U. E D U
Donor List
THE MILLION
DOLLAR CLUB
($1,000,000+)
Mrs. Ada Cecilia Collins
Anderson
THE UNIVERSITY
CLUB
($500,000 TO
$999,999)
City of Austin, City
Council
General Board of
Higher Education and
Ministry
Dr. Kevin Katz
UNCF
THE PRESIDENT’S
CLUB
($100,000 TO
$499,999)
Estate of Arie W. Jones
Estate of Charlotte R.
Miller
Estate of Leo I. Sanders
Estate of Melvin F.
Walker
H-E-B
Hatton W. Sumners
Foundation
Mr. Chase Katz
Mr. Seth Katz
Ms. Charlotte R. Miller
Dr. Robert F. Smith
Southwest Texas
Conference of The
United Methodist
Church
St. David's Foundation
United Church of Christ
Local Church
Ministries
United Student Aid
Funds, Inc.
University of Texas at
Austin, Office of the
President
THE ELITE CLUB
($10,000 TO $99,999)
3M Foundation Inc.
African-American
Community Heritage
Festival
Alabama-Coushatta
Tribe of Texas
Ms. Jeffrey W. Archer
Austin AmericanStatesman
Austin Coca-Cola
Bottling Company
BAE Systems
Mrs. Billie Fai Adams
Ball
Mr. Thomas D. Barbour
Dr. M. Maxine Kelly
Boles
Mrs. Jessie W. Bradford
City of Austin- Health
and Human Services
Mr. Clarence W.
Coleman
David Chapel
Missionary Baptist
Church
Mrs. Jaki Davis
The Honorable Dawnna
Dukes
Dr. Larry L. Earvin
Entercom Austin LLC
Estate of Dolores
Merriwether
Estate of Margaret E.
Grisby, MD
Farm Credit Bank of
Texas
Atty. R. James George
George Brothers
Kincaid & Horton,
L.L.P.
Gourmet Services, Inc.
GSD&M
The Honorable Albert
Hawkins
Helix Education
Henna Chevrolet
Rev. Zan Wesley
Holmes
HT Alumni Association,
Austin Chapter
HT Alumni Association,
Golden Triangle
Chapter
HT Alumni Association,
Houston Chapter
HT Alumni Association,
International Chapter
Mrs. Lauren M. Ingram
Dr. Frank L. Joe
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Ms. Lesley K. Jones
KXAN
Mr. Clarence Little
Lola Wright Foundation
Dr. Carol L. McDonald
Dr. C. Mark MelliarSmith
Ms. Dessie Nash
National Instruments
Corporation
Mrs. Kathryn S. Page
Ms. Geraldine Palmer
Dr. Wilhelmina E. Perry
Mrs. Mary Ollison Reed
Seton Healthcare
Family
Mrs. Octavia L. Smith
Sodexo, Inc. and
Affiliates
Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools
Sterling Acura of Austin
Stratus Properties, Inc.
Texas Association of
Developing Colleges
Texas Comptroller of
Public Accounts
Texas Empowerment
Academy
The Kodosky
Foundation
The Mitte Foundation
The Tom Joyner
Foundation
The United Methodist
Church- WV
Conference
Mr. A. Leon Thompson
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Central Texas
United Methodist
Women- National
Office
University Federal
Credit Union
University of Texas at
Austin, Off of Div &
Comm Engagement
University of Texas at
San Antonio
Wells Fargo Bank Texas
Wesley United
Methodist Church
Mr. Vance A. White
Women in Jazz
Association
THE PLATINUM
CLUB
($5,000 TO $9,999)
Ms. Chandra L.
Anderson
Applied Materials
Foundation
Army Emergency Relief
Austin Cab Company
Austin Community
College
Austin Energy Services
Austin Revitalization
Authority
Mrs. Joe Helen Belle
Bradford Renaissance
Portraits
Dr. Don W. Brown
Dr. Wilbert Brown
Mrs. Donna D. Carter
Carter Design
Associates
City of Austin, City
Manager
Coca-Cola Bottling
Company
Mrs. Gwendolyn B.
Craddock
Mrs. Annie Jewell Day
Frost Bank
General Board of
Global Ministries
GM LMA Accounting
Department
Mr. David L. Godsey
Grande
Communications
Greater Austin
Transportation
Company - Yellow Cab
Greater Texas Federal
Credit Union
Atty. Sandra Lee Griffin
Rev. Karl Gronberg
Mrs. Lyndia A. Harris
Mrs. Carrie Henderson
Heritage Title Company
of Austin
Hispanic College Fund
HT Alumni Association,
Bastrop County
Chapter
J. E. Dunn Construction
John P. McGovern
Foundation
Ms. Willie L. Johnson
Dr. Nancy P. Crayton
Jones
Mr. Trennis Jones
Judy's Foundation
Ambassador Ron Kirk
Krause & Associates,
LP
Lee Tilford Agency
Mr. Paul J. Legris
Mr. Robert Lynch
Morehouse School of
Medicine
Mt. Olive Baptist
Church
Dr. Gwendolyn A.
Newkirk
Mr. Richard A. Oppel
Prosperity Bank
Mrs. Ruth Ella Robinson
Mr. Robert K. Schultz
Mr. John Scroggins
SoCo Women's Chorus
St. James Episcopal
Church
Mrs. Liz M. Stewart
Atty. David A. Talbot
Tarrytown United
Methodist Church
Dr. Orlando L. Taylor
Texas Methodist
Foundation
Texas United Methodist
College Association
The Formby Foundation
The Links Foundation,
Inc.
The Links Incorporated Western Area
The Links, Incorporated
- The Town Lake
Chapter
Whataburger, Inc.
Rev. Cecil Williams
THE LEGACY CLUB
($2,500 to $4,999)
ACE Academy
Ms. Elloryne Adams
Mrs. Estella R. Akins
Arnold Oil Company
Mrs. Mary E. Ashford
Austin Community
Foundation
Mrs. Gwendolyn Taylor
Bendy
Mr. Philip R. Berber
Better Dreams Mattress
Company, LLC
Big Sandy Independent
School District
Mr. Jack S. Blanton
Borden Chapel Baptist
Church
Broaddus & Associates
Mrs. Irma Amie Brown
Capitol Partners, Inc.
CasaBella Architects
Central Congregational
Church, UCC
Central Health
Central Insurance
Agency, Inc.
Mrs. Margaret
Chadwick
Ms. Elaine Y City
Cushman & Wakefield
of Texas Inc.
Mr. William O. Davis
Mrs. Marie A. Dorsey
Mr. Charles H. Dubra
Eliza Barnett
Scholarship
Foundation
Estate of Thelma E.
McKinnon
Evergreen Studios
Flextronics
Mrs. Mary L. Foreman
Freedom Solar Power
Mr. Franklin D. Gee
Mrs. Bobbie Ann
Gilmore-Smart
Rev. Terrance Dewaybe
Grant-Malone
H-E-B
Ms. Doris J. Harris
Mrs. Doris B. Crawford
Hickman
Mrs. Valerie D. Hill
Hilton Austin Hotel
Dr. Michael L. Hirsch
Holiday Inn - Austin
Midtown
Housing Authority of the
City of Austin
Houston Endowment,
Inc.
HT Alumni Association,
Dallas Chapter
HT Alumni Association,
Fort Worth Chapter
HT Alumni Association,
San Antonio Chapter
ImageNet Consulting
Independent Colleges
and Universities of
Texas
Insurance Council of
Texas Education
Foundation
Mr. Rodney W. Jackson
Joe B. & Louise P. Cook
Foundation
Mrs. Joanne D. Jones
Dr. Joseph Jones
Mrs. Muriel A. Jones
Dr. Robert L. Kellogg
Mrs. Mayme R. Knight
Dr. Patricia Y. Love
Dr. Audrey L. Mackey
Maranatha Bible Church
Mrs. Emma Henderson
McPherson
Ms. Jacquelynn Meeks
Michael & Susan Dell
Foundation
Mrs. Erla Venither
Nelson
Mrs. Annas Gilliam
Reed
Regions Bank
Mrs. Norma J. Roberson
Round Rock Travel &
Tours
Sam Houston State
University
Mrs. Doris DeShay
Sampson
Scholarship America
Sembradores De
Amistad De Austin
Simpson United
Methodist Church
Sovereign Bank
Mr. Roy Spence
St. Edward's University
Star of Texas Fair and
Rodeo Trust Fund
State Farm Companies
Foundation
Mr. Charles E. Styles
Teal Eye, LLC
The Guess Group, Inc.
University of Texas at
Austin - Dell Medical
School
University of Texas Pan
American
Dr. Gregory J. Vincent
Mrs. Mary Etta Wade
Ms. Nellie Walker
THE CHARTER CLUB
($1,000 to $2,499)
A Glimmer of Hope
Foundation
Acupuncture Medical
and Research Centre
Mrs. Mae Terry Adams
Mr. Marvin L. Adams
Dr. William Charles
Akins
Mrs. Sue Antoinette
Alexander
Dr. Betty J. Anderson
Mr. Byron G. Anderson
Mr. German Anderson
Mrs. Stephanie
Anderson
AT&T Foundation
Matching Gift Program
Austin Association of
Real Estate Brokers
Austin Chapter of the
Links, Inc.
Baha'i Faith of Austin
Baptist Ministers Union
of Austin and Vicinity
BBA/Management and
Booking
Bethel Family Baptist
Church
Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Central Texas, Inc.
Ms. Mable L. BlackmonBrown
Mr. James W. Bowdre
Mrs. Jenice Eliza Bowie
Mr. Harold K. Bowling
Ms. Dominique Renee
Bowman
Ms. Jessyl Enid
Bradford
Dr. Donnie C. Breedlove
Mr. Frank Leslie
Breedlove
Bretwood Capital
Partners, LLC
Mr. Jerry Brockington
Mrs. Mary P. Brown
Mrs. Nancy C. Brown
Bury + Partners, Inc.
Mrs. Constance Young
Butler
C.P.C.U. Loman
Education Foundation
Mrs. Mary M. Caldwell
Cammack & Strong,
P.C.
Cap City Comedy Club
Mr. Louie Carrington
Center Operating
Company
Central Scholarship
Bureau
Central Texas Chapter
of CPCU
Champion Division KDA
Fund Inc.
Christ Lifters
Community of Faith
Circular Energy
Mrs. Maxine City
Mrs. Effie Arnwine Clark
Mr. Curtis Clerkley
Community Foundation
of North Texas
Congregational Church
of Austin, UCC
The Honorable C. Lee
Cooke
Mrs. Elizabeth P.
Crawford
Dr. Evans E. Crawford
Ms. Donna Daves
Dr. Exalton Delco
Dub Academy
Dr. Steven E. Edmond
Mr. Derrick Evans
Ms. Pearlie M. Fennell
Mrs. Millie M. Ferguson
Mr. Donald J. Fleming
Fueld Films, Inc.
G4S Secure Solutions
Mr. Lamar Gayles
Mrs. Cheryl R. George
Mrs. Sandra M. Gibson
Gloria S. Sale/Bryan
Coca-Cola
Educational Trust Fund
Dr. Carolyn L. Golden
Grand Court of
Amaranth
Greater Mt. Zion Baptist
Church
Mr. Clifton Griffin
Mrs. Alice Faye Harris
Mr. Alvin B. Harris
Mrs. Helen L. Harris
Mrs. Michelle
Moorehead Harris
Harris County PCT. 1
Street Olympics
Mrs. Carolyn A.
Harrison
Mrs. Roberta M.
Harrison-Dale
Atty. Wayne C. Harvey
Mrs. Nanneska Nall
Hazel
Mr. Thomas Henderson
Ms. Charlotte Herzele
Mrs. Geraldine Hill
Ms. Darlene Porter
Holloway
Mr. J. W. Hoover
Hot Air, LLC.
Houndstooth Austin
The Honorable Ora A.
Houston
Houston Area Urban
League, Inc.
Houston Baptist
University
HPI Real Estate
Services and
Investments
Ms. Johnnye Jeanell
Hughes
Mr. Clinton S. Ingram
Admiral Bob R. Inman
International
Scholarship and
Tuition Services, Inc.
Jack & Jill of America,
Inc.
Jaime Beaman AIA, Inc.
Jaynes, Reitmeier, Boyd
& Therrell, P.C.
Mr. Keith W. Johnson
Mr. Willis Johnson
Mrs. Mary Sockwell
Jones
Ms. Mae C. Jordan
Dr. Ruth Kane
Mr. Nero Kindred
Lady Titan Basketball
Booster
Ms. Linda Lane
Lee Scott Lodge No.
793
Mrs. Carol Sutton Lewis
Lewis Funeral Home
Mr. Donald K. Little
Mr. Peter Lott
Lumina Foundaion
Mrs. Margery D. Mackey
Dr. Herbert Marshall
Dr. Thalia F. Matherson
Mrs. Jeannette S. Maxey
Mrs. Lynda L. Mayberry
Mr. John D. Mays
Mr. James C. McClure
Mr. Simmie McDaniel
Mr. Clifford McPherson
Mr. John Meeks
Michael C. Bell, DDS,
PC
Mrs. Pamela Mitchell
Mrs. Faye Jennings
Moseley
Ms. Andrea B. Mosie
Mufasa's Pride Rites of
Passage
The Honorable Harriet
M. Murphy
NABA Austin Cen-Tex
Chapter
National Women of
Achievement, Inc.
Mrs. Eleanor Nicholson
Mr. Homer L. Norville
Mrs. Johnnie Middleton
Norwood
Mr. Daniel T. Osterman
Outlaw Volleyball Club
Passageway
Scholarship
Foundation
Peace Through Pie
Mr. Thomas C. Pettus
Dr. William Pickard
Atty. Alexander
Waymond Porter
Ms. Candy Porter
ProductionFor
Project Grad Houston
Mr. William E. Rhodes
Mrs. Yvonne M. Rice
Mrs. Delphia A. York
Ridley
Mr. Mack Riley
Mr. Kiven T. Roberson
Dr. Burtis B. Robinson
Mrs. Beth Rumancik
Ms. Vicki Rummel
Mr. Al Russell
Ms. Charolette A.
Sandles
Second Baptist Church
Mrs. Willie Mae Shaw
Sheldon Independent
School District
Mr. Noel Sherman
Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity
Gamma Gamma
Boule
Mr. Fred Simon
Mr. George E. Sims
Ms. Jessie S. Smith
Dr. Terry Stanford Smith
Dr. Roderick L.
Smothers
Somerville Independent
School
Springtown Educational
Foundation
St. James Missionary
Baptist Church
Dr. Grant St. Julian
St. Luke "Community"
United Methodist
Church
St. Paul United
Methodist Church
Dr. Robert G. Stanton
Mrs. Diane Stobaugh
Stream Realty Partners,
L.P.
Ms. Earnestine J.
Strickland
Mrs. Alotta Edison
Taylor
Mr. Harambee
Taymullah
Teal's Consultant
Services
Texas Guaranteed
Student Loan
Corporation
Texas Library Radio
Texas Professional Disc
Jockey
The Foundation for Big
Brothers Big Sisters of
Central Texas
Mrs. Etta Ruth Thomas
Mrs. Elmar A. Tilley
Trinity United Church of
Christ
Ms. Berna H. Tucker
Ms. Delma C. Tyreebee
United Methodist
Higher Education
Foundation
University of Arkansas
at Fort Smith
Dr. Charles E. Urdy
Dr. Archibald W.
Vanderpuye
Vata Valley Athletic
Trainers Association
Mrs. Bobbie Jean
Waring
Wealth Advisory
Services of Raymond
James
Wheeler Avenue
Baptist Church
White Construction
Mr. Billy Tom Williams
Mrs. Katharine G.
Williams-Hunter
Mrs. Jo Ann Wilson
Mr. William Art Wilson
Mr. David Wolff
Ms. Helen P. Wright
Mr. Leslie Leon York
THE CENTURY CLUB
($500 to $999)
Ms. Aurora Adams
Dr. LeRoy Adams
Adonit Creative
AISD Charitable Fund,
Inc.
Ms. Joyce Akins
Ms. Mae H. Alexander
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Inc., Beta
Kappa Chapter
Mrs. Catherine Menter
Alton
Mr. Jerry Armour
Austin Area Heritage
Council, Inc.
Austin Area Urban
League, Inc.
Austin Medical Clinic
East
Austin Presbyterian
Theological Seminary
B & O Construction
Baker Chapel A.M.E.
Church
Mr. Christopher Bartley
Bastrop Honeybear
Booster Club
Beaumont Area Alliance
of Black School
Educators
Beaumont Public
Schools Foundation
Dr. David L. Beckley
Dr. Virginia G. Berry
Mrs. Mary Alice Bess
Blanton Museum of Arts
Mr. William P. Bobo
Mr. Hervey L. Bolden
Boys and Girls Clubs of
Greater Dallas, Inc.
Rev. Donald E.
Brewington
Mrs. Fran Briggs
Dr. Rambie L. Briggs
Mr. James M. Brown
Ms. Mable Darlene
Brown
Mrs. Norma Brown
Dr. Robert Brown
Ms. Betty Washington
Calloway
Mr. Ian Cameron
Capital City Black Film
Festival
Capital Cruises
Capital Metro
Mr. Riley W. Carruthers
Dr. Meria Joel
Carstarphen
Mr. George M. Carter
Ms. Thelma M. Cary
Ms. Dawn Andrea
Cassanova
Cathedral of Faith
Baptist Church
Mrs. Edra Chandler
Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma
Mr. Glenn City
Mr. Daniel Clark
Mr. Don A. Coleman
Mr. Luke D. Collier
Ms. Heather Cooke
Corinth Missionary
Baptist Church
Courtyard by Marriott
Downtown Convention
Center
Covert Chevrolet, Buick
and GMC
Mr. Newell J. Cox
Mr. Charles D.
Crenshaw
Ms. Bevelia Curley
Ms. Arlene Delgado
Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc.,
Beaumont Alumnae
Chapter
Dennis W. Holder
Scholarship Fund
Ms. Geraldine Dipmore
Bishop James E. Dorff
Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. Scholarship
Committee, Inc.
Mr. Kenneth Mycal
Eaton
Ebenezer Baptist
Church
Mr. David Ernsberger
Eva's Escape &
Gardenia Inn
Mr. Ben Eynon
Fannie Bowzer &
Gomillion Byars
Rev. Melvin M.
Finkbeiner
Ms. Priscilla A. FlawnChopp
Mrs. Wanda Flowers
Mrs. Mary Helen Frazier
Dr. Hubert Freeman
Mr. Craig Fryar
Mr. Charlie Furlough
Mr. Andre Gill
Mrs. Ruth T. Godine
Mrs. Valerie M.
Goldston
Mrs. Gwendolyn
Greene
Greenville Independent
School District
Mrs. Betty J.
Greenwood
Mrs. Rosie Mary Greer
Ms. Joyce Guillory
Hamilton Park United
Methodist Church
Mr. Richard G. Hatfield
Mr. Roland C. Hayes
Dr. J. Patrick Hazel
Mr. Maurice Henderson
Ms. Sandra Henson
Mr. Antonio Holloway
Holman Street Baptist
Church
Mr. Louis A. Hudspeth
Mr. Louis Hunt
Mr. Billy R. Hunter
Ms. Linda HunterMooney
Illinois Conference of
the United Church of
Christ
Janice Knotch National
Honor Society
Dr. Isabella T. Jenkins
Mrs. Marguerite J.
Johnson
Mr. Gil Jones
Dr. Robert E. Jones
Mrs. Phyllis L. Jordan
Mr. Ronald Craig Kaase
Kasling, Hemphill,
Dolezal & Atwell, L.L.P.
Kaufman Independent
School District
Kercheville Foundaton
Kiddie Acres
Mrs. Lee A. Kintzel
Ms. Brenda J.
Lauderback
Rev. J. M. Lawson
Mr. Mario A. Leal
Ms. Carley E. Leasure
Mrs. Grace Canton
Limbrick
Dr. Rebecca
Washington Lindsey
Live Oak-Gottesman,
LLC
Lockheed Martin
Company Foundation
Longevity Wellness
Group
Mr. Ancelmo Edward
Lopes
Ms. Nancy Cain Marcus
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Mrs. Jeraldine Regis
Woodard
Ms. Crystal Woods
Mrs. Geraldine Pittman
Wooten
Mrs. Adean M. Word
Dr. Aaron Van Wright
Mr. Clarence L. Wright
Dr. David P. Wright
Mr. Joel Wright
Yoga Yoga
Ms. Denise L. Young
Mr. Michael Young
Ms. Pamela E. Zeigler
Zeta Amicae Auxiliary of
Austin, Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority Inc.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,
Inc., Alpha Kappa Zeta
Chapter
Mr. Roger Zornes
We are pleased to acknowledge the many individuals, organizations, and corporations that have supported Huston-Tillotson University from
July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014. Your support of the University is noteworthy and appreciated.
Every effort has been made to accurately recognize all who supported the University. However, if donors have been omitted or if names are incorrect,
we extend our apologies and would appreciate having such errors called to our attention, so that we may correct our records.
Dear Huston-Tillotson University Alumni, Family and Friends:
Every year, Huston-Tillotson University graduates a class of talented and
enthusiastic individuals prepared to conquer the world as new and
upcoming leaders.
We have launched our HT Annual Fund campaign themed “Finishing the
Last Mile” as a way for alumni, family, and friends to invest in a quality
academic and student life experience for our gifted students. Tuition
payments only cover approximately 50% of HT’s operating budget.
YOUR support will help Huston-Tillotson University continue to keep
college affordable.
“Finishing the Last Mile”
Today, as we look to preserve the uniqueness and powerful experience of
an HBCU education, while keeping tuition affordable, our students are
counting on you more than ever! To invest in their future, you can give
online at www.htu.edu, or via mobile device at Givelify.com, or by mailing
a check today. Show your RAM pride by supporting the “Finishing the
Last Mile” campaign today!
On behalf of our students, faculty, and the entire HT community, thank you
for your support of Huston-Tillotson University.
In Union we find our Strength,
Colette Pierce Burnette, Ed.D.
President and CEO
Visit us online at www.htu.edu, get the GIVELIFY app on your
smartphone, or simply use the envelope provided.
“Finishing the Last Mile”
2016 Annual Fund Campaign
Huston-Tillotson University was founded
in 1875 based on the premise that everyone
should be granted the opportunity to obtain
a higher education.
For over 140 years, Huston-Tillotson
University has educated students leading to
bright futures and productive citizens in
communities all over the world.
“Finishing the Last Mile” is an HT
Annual Fund campaign that allows alumni,
family, and friends of the University to
help Huston-Tillotson University students
persist to graduation.
Many students make it to their final
semester of college and are unable to finish
due to a lack of funds. Your gift supports
the mission of Huston-Tillotson
University.
You may give via mobile device at
Givelify.com, online, or by mail using the
envelope provided.
Questions? Feedback? We welcome
your feedback and are eager to assist
you with your giving questions. Email
us at giving@htu.edu and a member of
our staff will contact you promptly or
visit htu.edu/alumni for more
information on how to give.
Office of Institutional
Advancement
call 512.505.3070.