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master’s) assumed the post of president of Alabama Southern Community College in Monroeville in July 2010. He is the former assistant commissioner for community and junior college relations with the Mississippi Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. Sykes holds a doctorate from Mississippi State University. Dr. Robert Franklin (’81, ’83 master’s), received four top honors at the Omaha Press Club 2010 Excellence In Journalism Awards including best photo essay, best feature story for television, best service to community (radio) and best radio commentary. Franklin Dr. Robert Frankin is director of media operations at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He received his Ph.D. from Arkansas State University. Dr. Joyce Jenkins (’84, ’86 master’s, ’92 education specialist) was named dean of Career-Technical Education at Hinds Community College, Raymond Campus. Jenkins joined the faculty in 1988 and has served as assistant dean since 2005. She received a Dr. Joyce Jenkins doctorate degree in technology education from Mississippi State University. Dr. Juanita Sims Doty (’85 Ph.D.), the Southeastern director of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., presented $20,000 to the Jackson State University Development Foundation earlier this year on behalf of the sorority. Through the sorority, Doty has contributed approximately $40,000 to Jackson State over the past four years. Shirley Tucker (’89) was selected as one of six recipients to receive the 2010 Preceptor Award from the Association of Leadership Professionals for her work as executive director of Leadership Greater Jackson and Youth Leadership Jackson. The award is the organization’s highest honor.
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Dionne Cook Glass (‘92) was named principal of the Brookview Elementary School by the Fulton County School System in Georgia. She received her master’s degree in educational leadership from Georgia State University. Trent Walker (’91, ‘95 master’s) is an attorney with Schwartz and Associates. The Brandon, Miss., native earned his law deDionne Cook Glass gree from Tulane University. In
2008, Walker was appointed to serve an 11-month stint as special circuit court judge in Hinds County. C. Jermaine Brown (‘96) assumed the presidency of the Mississippi Association of Athletic Administrators. Currently, he is employed as an assistant principal and director of student services for the Forrest County School District in Hattiesburg, Miss. Brown holds a master’s of sports administration degree and an education specialist degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in educational administration at USM. Dwayne Buckingham (‘96) was the guest speaker at Jackson State’s 30th annual School of Social Work Month Celebration in March 2010. Buckingham is an author, psychotherapist and wellness expert. He provides therapy to individual and married miliDwayne Buckingham tary personnel at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., and is founder and C.E.O. of R.E.A.L. Horizons Consulting Service, LLC. He is the author of three books, including “A Black Man’s Worth: Conqueror and Head of Household,” which he also made into a film. Dr. Tahirih Charryse Lackey (’97) represented the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center during a trip to Beijing in September 2010. While in China, the environmental engineer lectured and consulted on water usage, conservation and preservation. She earned her master’s and doctorate from Georgia Tech. Lori J. Stewart (’99, ’04 master’s) received the 2010 Distinguished Leader Award from the Association of Leadership Professionals, which recognizes graduates of leadership programs who exemplify the spirit and goals of civic involvement. Stewart serves Lori J. Stewart as president of the Leadership Jackson Alumni Association and is director of student life communications and outreach at Jackson State. She also was selected by the “Mississippi Business Journal” as one of Mississippi’s 50 Leading Business Women for the Class of 2010. Cobby Mondale Williams (’99) recently launched the Mississippi-based nonprofit organization, CMW-Community Development Corp. (www.cobbymondalewilliams.org), which will provide services including youth mentoring, after-school Cobby Mondale Williams programs, child care develop-