Howard leads stage at AfroTech Conference

Hundreds participated in a first-of-its kind activation and stage titled “The Yard at AfroTech U” in the exhibition hall of the four-day-long 2024 conference in Houston. Celebrating HBCU resilience and unity, the networking space attracted HBCU alums, supporters and enthusiasts. Named for our iconic Yard, the event partnered the University with Blavity/AfroTech.

Alumni Leadership Academy to build skills, boost participation

By Kelvin Childs

Soon, a new initiative of the Board of Trustees — the Alumni Leadership Academy — will launch to boost alumni participation in campus life.

The pilot of the Academy starts in January in tandem with the spring 2025 semester, said Danette G. Howard, PhD (’97, B.A., summa cum laude), a Howard trustee who is leading the initiative. 

3rd Annual Dr. Bernadine Mays Lacey Symposium on Health Equity

School of Communications Tabling

ATL Bison at the Beach

Alumni Event in Miami

Bison At Basel

Class of 2004 takes up endowment fund challenge

The Class of 2004 raised $120,053.77 for its endowment fund for Baby Bison scholarships, surpassing its goal by Homecoming. The Office of Annual Giving commends Layne Eskridge (’04, B.A.) and Samantha Wilson (’04, BBA) for their fundraising leadership. The Class of 2005 is ready to dethrone the Class of 2004’s record.

The Class of 2004 picks up the challenge from the Class of 2003, which raised $49,970.72 for its endowment fund, almost halfway to its $100,000 target, under the leadership of Tanesha Willis (’03, BBA) and Alex Dixon (’03, BBA).

A Fireside Chat with Yassine Fall, who ties economics with social justice

By Kelvin Childs

Yassine Fall, minister of African integration and foreign affairs for Senegal, rose from modest beginnings to being a global leader in activism for social justice and economic empowerment across the continent. Fall credits her time at Howard University, where she earned a master’s degree in economics, as an experience that rooted her in the world at large and instilled in her the importance of giving back.

Third-Floor Wheatley Divas celebrate 50-plus years of sisterhood

By Kelvin Childs

The 1970s were an exciting time for Shermane Townshend Sealey (’74, B.A.). The 16-year-old was away from her Detroit home for the adventure of a lifetime, going to Howard University and moving into Wheatley Hall in the Harriet Tubman Quadrangle. But she found more than a place to stay; she helped establish a sisterhood.