to be promoted to captain in the Huntsville police department in 2012. The Monroeville, Ala., native will fill the District 6 seat for the remainder of Harrison’s term, which expires in 2020. He graduated from Alabama A&M University with a degree in psychology in 2006. Grad Gets on School Board Mike Lee was successful in his bid for a seat on the Durham (N.C.) Board of Education, running on a platform that included creating a formal equity calculator to balance the needs of schools; equitable distribution of resources (financial and physical) throughout our district by instituting a true equity calculator to be used district-wide; increasing Durham Public School’s capacity for universal pre-K; finalizing the universal free lunch program; increased visibility and marketing for our district; and other items. The AAMU computer science major holds a MBA degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and is a married father of three.
nearly 20 years, ably providing opportunities for universities and students to participate in the research and education programs at the Department, where she serves as associate director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact. Moreover, Whatley has been instrumental in providing more than $800 million to minority educational institutions--of which more than $600 million went to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). A native of Alabama, she earned her AAMU degree in economics.
policy and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Prior to joining The Chronicle, Harris worked at ProPublica. His writing has appeared in BBC, Bleacher Report, and EBONY Magazine. Physicist Addresses Catholic College in New England
Hometowner Returns as Speech Therapist Always wanting to contribute something to her native Selma, Ala., Jasmine Davis took her studies seriously at AAMU in the Communicative Sciences and Disorders Program. She is living out her promise in the capacity of speech therapist for Selma City Schools, the same system from which she received her early training. (Photo credit: Selma Times).
NASA engineer Shelia NashStevenson delivered an address at Elms College’s opening convocation ceremony. The coeducational Catholic school is located in Chicopee, Mass. Nash-Stevenson, the first AfricanAmerican woman to receive a doctorate degree in physics in the state of Alabama, works as an integration engineer for the Planetary Programs Missions Office at NASA. Nash-Stevenson represented NASA at the New York premiere of “Hidden Figures,” based on the true story of African-American female Talented Alum Writes for The mathematicians who worked at Atlantic NASA during the Space Race. Salute: Steadfast HBCU Advocate A three-time magna cum During his busy student days on laude graduate of Alabama A&M A national note of appreciation The Hill, Adam Harris participated University, Nash-Stevenson received is long overdue for one of the U.S. in the Pre-Law Society. Harris is now a bachelor of science degree in Department of Energy’s most loyal a staff writer at The Atlantic, where electrical/electronic engineering supporters. he covers education. technology in 1981, a master’s Annie Whatley has been the voice He was previously a reporter at degree in physics in 1984, the first for minority education programs the Chronicle of Higher Education, granted in Alabama A&M history, at the Department of Energy for where he covered federal education and her doctorate in 1994. Nor mal In dex | 45