Student Spotlight
The Black Studies Department would like to congratulate Allyson Miller, one of two nominees from the Teacher Education Program at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, on being awarded a 2012 Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship for Aspiring Teachers of Color (WW-RBF). Miller is an Honors Thesis Candidate in the Black Studies major with a minor in Education and she aspires to be an English teacher. Miller is currently serving as as the chair of Black Quare. During her studies at UCSB she has served two years as Resident Assistant in the Anacapa and Manzanita residence halls. She has also volunteered at Dos Pueblos High School and La Cumbre Junior High.
Abrham Alem, one of two nominees from the Teacher Education Program at UC Santa Barbaras Gevirtz School, was chosen as winner of the Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship for Aspiring Teachers of Color (WW-RBF). Alem is a Black Studies major with minors in Education and Global Peace & Security, and aspires to be a History/Social Science or Math teacher. Alem is former Director of Education in the Black Student Union, standing president and co-founder of the East African Student Union, and resident assistant of the Black Scholars Hall; organized a student initiated outreach program mentoring high school students from the inner cities of Los Angeles; fluent in Amharic and Tigrigna.
Precious Boone is a proud Black Studies Major with a minor is Applied Psychology. She says that her journey through the Black Studies major has not been easy but it has been one of the most enlightening and strengthening experiences of her life. Precious says that she has been changed from the inside out because of this of major and that she will walk out of this university better than what she walked in because of the knowledge she has gained. She is a McNair scholar, gospel choir member, leader in Born Again Ministries and has served as the Resident Assistant of the Black Scholars floor, and a Multi-Cultural Awareness chair. She will be attending Cal State University Fullerton's Master's of Social Work Program in Fall 2011.
Bashir Hassan is a double major in Black Studies and Sociology graduating senior who will be continuing on to graduate school at Cornell University to pursue a Master of Professional Studies in African and African-American Studies. Hassan received a fully funded financial package to accompany him in his academic pursuit. Bashir is also founder and artistic director of Amatory Dance Crew, a hip-hop fusion style dance team that incorporates various styles of dance to allow full expression of collaborative soul expression. As an aspiring performer/scholar Bashir plans to pursue career in entertainment as well as academia.
Jamahdi Blueford
Black Studies Major
Double Major:
Political Science
" I will be attending
Harvard Law School
in the fall."
Congratulations Class of 2010!!
See below for information and links - learn more about our Black Studies Majors and minors who are McNair Scholars!
Congratulations to the 2009-2010 McNair Scholars who were Black Studies majors or minors and were accepted into graduate and summer research programs.
http://mcnair.ucsb.edu/news.html
Lizette Arevalo- MA, Teachers College, Columbia University
Sondrina Bullitt- MPH, Health Promotion, George Washington University
Angelica Camacho- PhD, Ethnic Studies, UC-Riverside
Scholars who completed 2010 national summer research programs:
Precious Boone- Howard University (Leadership Alliance)
See the McNair Scholar Profiles featuring six Black Studies Majors and one Black Studies Minor.
http://mcnair.ucsb.edu/profiles.html
Our majors profiled are:
Precious Boone; Professor Clyde Woods, Mentor
Bashir Hassan; Professor Stephanie Batiste, Mentor
Joel Mandujano; Professor George Lipsitz, Mentor
Eziaku Nwikocha; Professor Roberto Strongman and Dr. Nadege Clitandre, Mentors
Corinne Stanley; Professor Clyde Woods, Mentor
Luis Trujillo; Professor George Lipsitz, Mentor
Our minor profiled is:
Channel McLewis; Professor Cynthia Hudley, Mentor
Check out the McNair Newsletters. See the Fall 2010 Newsletter that includes features on our Black Studies majors:http://mcnair.ucsb.edu/newsletter.html
Precious Boone: Participant in the summer Leadership Alliance Program at Howard University
Bashir Hassan: Performed at the UCSB Summer Undergraduate Research Colloquium
The McNair Class of 2010:
Lizette Arevalo
Sondrina Bullitt
Angelica Camacho
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