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Sylvia Thomas, President
Supporting 105 HBCUs
Title III Administrators - Member Login
FY 2009 (Estimated)
Number of New Awards: 0
Number of Continuation Awards:
96 HBCU's
HBGI's 19
Average Continuation Award:
$2,480,000 HBCU's
$3,161,000 HBGI's
Total Continuation Award Funding:
$238,095,000 HBCU's
$58,500,000 HBGI's
College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA)
Number of New Awards: 96
Average New Award: $885,000
Total New Award Funding: $85,000,000
Total Award Funding: $323,095,000
Discretionary: $238,095,000;
Mandatory: $85,000,000
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Our goal Our goal is to strengthen the
resource development capacity of Historically
Black Colleges and Universities by moving
each into the academic mainstream of American
Higher Education and, in so doing,
provide a quality education to the
students that matriculate therein.
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HBCU Title III Association Executive Committee
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Ms. Sylvia Thomas, President |
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Sylvia Thomas is currently the Director of Title III Administration and Grant Development at Southwestern Christian College of Terrell, Texas. During her nine years in this position, she has brought the college’s Title III program to a higher level in grant management. Prior to her appointment, she served as secretary to the vice president and as assistant to the Director of Title III at Southwestern Christian College. She has been employed by Southwestern Christian College for over 27 years.
She received her A.S. degree from Southwestern Christian College and her Bachelors of Business Management and Masters of Business Administration from LeTourneau University of Longview, Texas.
Sylvia has served as a member as well as an officer of the executive board of the Kaufman County area American Cancer Society, receiving several commendations for her work with ACS. Mrs. Thomas’ professional affiliations include the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., Epsilon Zeta chapter and the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) and Council of Resource Development. She serves as vice president of the Ellis County Ministers Wives Auxiliary and as president of the District Ministers Wives Auxiliary. She remains active in both social and political events in her community.
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Dr. Brenda Jackson, TITLE III PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR |
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TITLE III PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS
(Updated, October 2009)
- B.S. degree in Business Education from Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO-Louisiana)
- M.Ed. in School Administration and Supervision from Southern University at Baton Rouge (Louisiana)
- Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University at New Orleans (Louisiana)
- Title III Program Director for 30+ years at SUNO; Member of the Chancellor’s Executive Cabinet; Serve as chair, co-chair and member of numerous university-wide committees
- Adjunct SUNO Instructor (College of Business) from 1976 through 1996
- Life Member and former two-term President, 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of the SUNO Alumni Association; currently serve as Treasurer
- Member and Campus Undergraduate Advisor of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
- Former two-term Treasurer of the National Association of Title Three Administrators (NATTA)
- Former two-term Treasurer and Member-at-large of the National Association of HBCU Title III Administrators, Inc. (NAHBCUT3A)
- Currently serving a second term as Vice President of the National Association of HBCU Title III Administrators, Inc. (NAHBCUT3A)
- Former two-term President (New Orleans Chapter) of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women, Inc.
- Actively involved in a number of business, professional, civic and community activities/organizations
- Recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award presented by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)
- Mother to one son, Leon
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Ms. Phyllis Kennedy, Member-at-Large |
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Phyllis M. Kennedy, Ph.D. candidate (2006), Business Administration,
Kennedy Western University, Thousand Oaks, CA; MPA (1979), Public Affairs, KY State
University, Frankfort, KY; BA (1974), Business Education, University of KY, Lexington,
KY.
She has Over 30 years administrative experience with the Title III Grant programs.
Currently employed as Assistant Director of the Title III Grant project at the Morehouse
School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA (1983 – present). Worked with the Title III Grant
Program at KY State University,
Frankfort, KY and served as Assistant to the President providing staff
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support for the Council of 1890 College Presidents and the Board of Trustees (1976
– 1983). Worked as Nursing Education Specialist for the KY Council on Higher Education
in Frankfort, KY (1979-80) and served a graduate internship at the Franklin County
Public Health Department, Frankfort, KY (1978-79). Also have over ten years experience
as an entrepreneur. Currently serve as President/founder of PMKennedy and Associates,
LLC, a results-oriented management consulting firm. Active in professional, community,
religious, and social organizations. Divorced with two daughters: Veronica and Angela.
Born: February 19th in Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky.
HBGI: Morehouse School of Medicine
kennedp@msm.edu
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Mr. Ronald Range,Treasurer
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Ronald E. Range, a native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, serves as the
Campus Director of the C.A. Fredd Campus and Director of Title III. He,
also, serves as the Treasurer of the National Association of HBCU Title III Administrators.
In his role as Assistant Campus Director, he works in cooperation with the President,
the Dean of Instruction, the Dean of Students, the Dean of Business Services, other
associate deans, division chairpersons, and the faculty to provide leadership and
supervision in the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of the
C.A. Fredd Campus’ instructional units both credit and non-credit. Within the academic
division, Mr. Range is responsible for the
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maintenance,
improvement, quality, and transformation of instruction
and instructional support
services, for implementing the academic divisions’ instructional plan, and for advising
on budget matters concerning the academic division. As Director of Title III, his
duties include serving as the primary leader, planner, and administrator of the
Title III Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Program.
Also serves as a liaison among College divisions, the U. S. Department of Education,
and other agencies as required for project implementation and administration.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Stillman College
and master’s degree in public administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
He has over twenty years experience in governmental and higher education administration
Mr. Range serves on a various boards of directors and is a member of Kappa Alpha
Psi Fraternity, of which he serves as the Southern Province Polemarch.
HBCU: Shelton State Community College
rrange@sheltonstate.edu
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Angela Curry , Esq. Legal Advisor |
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Angela Curry, Esq. A native of Lexington, Kentucky currently serves
as General Counsel and Title III Program Administrator at Kentucky State University
in Frankford, Kentucky. Prior to accepting the position at KSU, Mrs. Curry
served as General Counsel and Secretary to the Board at Fisk University in Nashville,
Tennessee. Mrs. Curry's higher education experience also includes previous
work as Program Officer and Director of Sponsored Research.
Mrs. Curry is an honors graduate of Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia where she
received a B.A in Political Science with an emphasis in Economics. Mrs. Curry
received her Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts.
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HBCU: Kentucky State University
angela.curry.@kysu.edu |
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Lora L. Williams, Member-at-Large |
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Lora L. Williams has over 25 years of experience in
higher education at Prairie View A&M University. Prior to becoming
the Title III Director in 2002, she served as Assistant
Title III Director for 12 years. Her higher education
experience also includes previous employment as an instructor
in the College of Education.
She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Fisk
University and a master’s degree in special education from
George Peabody College.
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HBCU: Prairie View A&M University
llwilliams@pvamu.edu
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Samuel T. Rhoades, JD, President Emeritus |
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Samuel T. Rhoades, III a native of Dunn, North Carolina was unanimously elected
to a second term as President of the National Association of HBCU Title III Administrators,
Inc. He currently serves as Special Assistant to the President/Title III Administrator
at Virginia Union University. Dr. Rhoades has over thirty-five years of experience
in higher education in Administration, Cooperative Education and Placement, Sponsored
Programs and Research, and Title III Programs.
Dr. Rhoades is a 1967 alumnus of North Carolina College at Durham for Negroes, now
North Carolina Central University and
received his Juris
Doctorate from North Carolina Central University in 1973. Also,
he is an
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Honorably Discharge Military Veteran and holds Life Memberships in The
North Carolina Central University Alumni Association, The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People, and The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
HBCU: Virginia Union University strhoades@aol.com
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Mr. Perry Herrington, Immediate Past-President |
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Perry Herrington was Born on March 26, 1951. Perry is a native of Waynesboro, Georgia and was raised in Augusta, Georgia. He is married to Sandra Cade-Herrington of Geneva, Alabama and he is the father of four daughters (ages: 5-35). He also has six grandchildren (ages: 5-13). Perry holds a B.S. Degree in Sociology from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with a teacher’s certification for grades K-14; a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Lindenwood University in St. Louis, Missouri; and a certification for Urban Studies from the University of Chicago.
Perry has been working with Government Relations for over thirty-three years. He became the Title III Coordinator for Voorhees College in 1976, where he moved the College into the "advanced developmental stage" as the A.I.D.P. /Federal Relations Director. Based out of St. Louis, Missouri, he worked ten years in various locations across the country in Labor and Union Relations for the American Can Company from 1978 to 1987. Perry worked with the U.S. Dept. of Commerce for seven years as Director of the Minority Business Development Center under the U.S. Minority Business Development Agency in Augusta, GA.
He returned to Voorhees College in 2000 as Special Assistant to the President for Contracts and Grants, Director of Sponsored Programs and was promoted to Acting Vice President for Institutional Advancement during his stay there. He also served as the Director of Sponsored Programs and Title III at Mississippi Valley State University, and is most recently the Director for Title III Programs at Clark Atlanta University (CAU) in Atlanta, Georgia.
Perry has served on a number of National and State Boards, Committees and Commissions; and has received several national, state and local awards through-out his tenure with government agencies, but his motivation has been “helping people to help themselves”. He has worked hand-in-hand with many of the nation’s top personalities in bringing about fair and equitable opportunities for African-Americans, other ethnic groups and small businesses.
Perry played football in college, and still enjoys playing basketball, tennis and other sports. He plays several instruments, but is currently learning the bass guitar. He enjoys reading books on African American history, music, painting and a good game of spades.
HBCU: Clark Atlanta University PHerrington@cau.edu
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