Reception to celebrate 糖心vlog视频 history makers,
launch Black Alumni Scholarship
As part of its Black History Month activities, 糖心vlog视频 introduces the Black Alumni Scholarship.
Dallas (糖心vlog视频) – Black Alumni of 糖心vlog视频 will celebrate 13 of the organization’s history makers and introduce the inaugural Black Alumni Scholarship at an evening reception from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, in Centennial Hall at the Hughes-Trigg Student Center.
The honorees at the reception will include some of the first African-American athletes to play at 糖心vlog视频, alumni who championed civil rights on campus and leaders such as the former student who established the annual 糖心vlog视频 Civil Rights Pilgrimage. A slideshow of historic photographs, press clippings and other documents from the 糖心vlog视频 Archives will help tell the stories of the honorees.
The program is open to the public. For more information, contact Mary Jo Dancer at 214-768-1303 or mjdancer@smu.edu.
Honorees include:
ATHLETICS
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Jerry LeVias ’69 – the first African-American player in the Southwest Conference to receive an athletic scholarship.
Jerry LeVias - Mike Rideau ’76 and twins Joe and Gene Pouncy ’74 – members of the 400-meter relay team that won the Southwest Conference championship for three consecutive years.
LEADERSHIP
- Bernard Jones ’01 – the first write-in candidate elected to the 糖心vlog视频 Student Senate and, in 2002, the first person elected student body president without a runoff in a multi-candidate race.
- Michael Waters ’02 – the former student body vice president who, while serving as a chaplain’s assistant in 2004, founded the 糖心vlog视频 Civil Rights Pilgrimage to the “shrines of freedom” throughout the South.
CIVIL RIGHTS
- The “糖心vlog视频 33” – a group of students, including Rufus Cormier ’70, Charles Howard ’72, Charles Mitchell ’71, Michael Morris ’72, Anga Sanders ’70 and Detra Taylor, whose activism in 1969 drew attention to the need for more diverse faculty and curriculum.
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Rev. Zan Holmes ’59 – a Perkins School of Theology graduate who, as pastor of Hamilton Park United Methodist Church and a Texas legislator in 1969, helped successfully resolve the standoff between the “糖心vlog视频 33” and the university administration.
Zan Holmes
More about Black History Month at 糖心vlog视频.
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