2023-24 UNCF/MELLON TEACHING AND LEARNING INSTITUTES AWARD

August 30, 2023 0 comments WP Administrator

One institution was awarded funding for a Teaching and Learning Institute for the 2023-24 academic year. 

Claflin University hosted a Teaching and Learning Institute entitled, Publishing 200: How to Sustain Publications for HBCU Humanities Faculty Members in a Post Covid-19 Era.

2023-24 UNCF/MELLON FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AWARD

August 30, 2023 0 comments WP Administrator

2023-24 academic year recipients of this award: 

  • Scott Challener, Hampton University 
  • Fernando Esquivel-Suarez, Spelman College 
  • Banah Ghadbian, Spelman College  
  • Gertrude Gonzalez de Allen, Spelman College 
  • Alaine Hutson, Huston-Tillotson University 
  • Nathalie Frederick Pierre, Howard University 
  • Rosetta Ross, Spelman College 

2023-24 UNCF/MELLON FACULTY RESIDENCY GRANTS

August 30, 2023 0 comments WP Administrator
Six faculty members from four UNCF institutions were selected to receive Faculty Residency grants for the 2023-24 academic year. 
  • Moon Charania, Spelman College 
  • Charity Clay, Xavier University of Louisiana 
  • Gertrude Gonzalez de Allen, Spelman College 
  • Natasha Howard, Morehouse College 
  • Karima Jeffrey-Legette, Hampton University 
  • Anastasia Valecce, Spelman College 

2022 UNCF/MELLON DOMESTIC FACULTY SEMINAR

October 3, 2022 0 comments WP Administrator

The 2022 UNCF/Mellon Domestic Faculty Seminar took place July 31-August 4, 2022 in Atlanta, GA. The theme of the 2022 Seminar, which was facilitated by Dr. Michael Gomez, Silver Professor of History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University, and Director of NYU’s Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora (CSAAD) and his team of distinguished scholars was “Africans, Their Descendants, and Native Americans: History and Legacy.”

2022 UNCF/Mellon Domestic Faculty Seminar Participants

  • Dr. Georgene Bess Montgomery, Clark Atlanta University
  • Dr. Lisa Bratton, Tuskegee University
  • Dr. Sara Busdiecker, Spelman College
  • Dr. Charity Clay, Xavier University
  • Dr. Hashim Gibrill, Clark Atlanta University
  • Dr. Leslie Clement Gutierrez, Johnson C. Smith University
  • Dr. Winifred JohnsonBethune-Cookman University
  • Dr. Adelia Esperanza Parrado-OrtizBethune-Cookman University
  • Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy, Dillard University
  • Dr. Shay Welch, Spelman College

2022-23 UNCF/MELLON FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AWARD

October 3, 2022 0 comments WP Administrator

2022-23 academic year recipient of this award:

  • Moon Charania, Spelman College

2022-23 UNCF/MELLON FACULTY RESIDENCY GRANTS

October 3, 2022 0 comments WP Administrator
Five faculty members from four UNCF institutions were selected to receive Faculty Residency grants for the 2022-23 academic year.
  • Khalilah Ali, Spelman College
  • Wandeka Gayle, Spelman College
  • Rebecca Kumar, Spelman College
  • Jontyle Robinson, Tuskegee University
  • Kim Vaz-Deville, Xavier University

2020-21 UNCF/MELLON TEACHING AND LEARNING INSTITUTES AWARD

October 15, 2021 0 comments WP Administrator

Three institutions were awarded funding for Teaching and Learning Institutes for the 2020-21 academic year.

Clark Atlanta University hosted a Teaching and Learning Institute entitled Interdisciplinary Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Increasing Student Success in Literature, Language and History

Spelman College hosted a Teaching and Learning Institute entitled Re-imagining Instruction in the Online Learning Space at the Atlanta University Center (AUC)

Tuskegee University hosted a Teaching and Learning Institute entitled Fundamentals of Preventive Technical Art History and Introduction to African American Cultural Heritage Preservation

2021-22 UNCF/MELLON FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AWARD

October 15, 2021 0 comments WP Administrator

2021-22 academic year recipient of this award:

  • Jontyle Robinson, Tuskegee University

2019-20 UNCF/MELLON FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AWARD

October 15, 2021 0 comments WP Administrator

2019-20 academic year recipients of this award:

  • Richard Benson, Spelman College
  • Fernando Esquivel-Suarez, Spelman College
  • Deanna Koretsky, Spelman College
  • Charmayne Patterson, Clark Atlanta University