Shaw Students Participate in Voting Rights Act Rally
Dwayne Seegars Jr. Receives Internship with KPMG Dwayne Seegars Jr., a senior accounting
Nine students from the Shaw University
major from Charlotte, NC, was selected
NAACP Chapter participated in a rally in
for an internship with KPMG. His
Washington, D.C. last month to protect
internship begins June 13, 2013 in the
Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Raleigh KPMG office.
The event was held outside the U.S. Supreme Court. In collaboration with the North Carolina State Conference NAACP and the National NAACP, the students arrived in Washington on the day the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing arguments in Shelby County vs. Holder, which challenges Section 5. The students walked to the U.S. Supreme Court to attend the rally where numerous human/civil rights organizations and leaders peacefully demonstrated and spoke in support of Section 5 and all other aspects of the Voting Rights Acts. Speakers included NAACP President Benjamin T. Jealous,
Dwayne Seegars
“I’m thrilled to receive this
opportunity,” said Seegars. “I really want to thank my accounting professors Mr. Bugg and Mr. Beckwith because I could not have received the internship without them. I really enjoy the accounting department here at Shaw because the classes are small and you’re learning from the best.” KPMG is one of the largest professional services companies in the world and one of the “Big Four” auditors, along with Deloitte, Ernst & Young (EY) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Seegars is the first student from Shaw to receive an internship with the accounting firm.
Chairwoman Rosalyn Brock, and North Carolina NAACP President, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II. Other speakers included national civil rights figures such as Martin Luther King, III, Rev. Al Sharpton, Dick Gregory, and Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. The following Shaw students participated in the event, Aaron Banks, Reece Britt, Isaiah Daniels, Ashley Hughes, Russell Jones,
Travis Judkins Presents Paper at Christian Life Conference Travis Judkins, a student in the Shaw
Mizellore Lexima, Jasmina Paris, Xavier Skinner, and Unique
University School of Divinity, was selected
Stagger.
to present his paper titled “Ecumenic Pluralism as Transforming Catalyst in the 21st Century,” at The Holy Spirit and
Social Work Students Volunteer at Local Head Start Social Work students from the Shaw University Greenville CAPE Social Work Association, recently collected school items for pre-kindergarten (pre-k) students for their “Hearts for Head Start” service project. The pre-k students received the items in gift bags for Valentine’s Day and the project was featured on Greenville television station WITN.
Travis Judkins
the Christian Life Conference hosted by
the Regent University Center for Renewal Studies. The conference took place March 1-2, 2013 at Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA. Judkins is currently completing his Master of Divinity degree. A native of Newport News, VA, Judkins currently serves as the 15th Senior Minister of Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Windsor, NC. He is listed in the 2012 edition of “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges” and is a member of the Vidant Bertie Hospital Director’s Council (Windsor, NC), Generations Community Credit Union Advisory Council, and Mount Olive Community Enhancement Corporation Board of Directors. Judkins is an adjunct professor of Religion and Humanities at Halifax Community College in Weldon, NC.
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