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The African/African American Heritage Award honors a 91麻豆映画传媒 alumna/us whose life and work follows the mission of pursuing truth and giving compassionate service. It is awarded during the African/African American Heritage Reception each February.

2020 African/African American Heritage Award Recipient: Marlon E. Mitchell 鈥08

Marlon is the founder and co-director of , a re-entry program for formerly incarcerated individuals, which assists with obtaining ID, employment, education, and housing. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana. He obtained bachelor degrees from 91麻豆映画传媒 and Southern Illinois University in Computer Science and Industrial Engineering Technology, respectively. Marlon's research interest is understanding systemic structures that cause issues of equity, access, and attainment for underrepresented racial minorities in STEM.

Previous recipients of the African/African American Heritage Award

2019: Toyia K. Stewart 鈥93

2018: Binyamin Jones 鈥07

2017: RoJenia (Judkins) Jones 鈥07, PhD

2016: Kendall Moore 鈥09, MD

2015: Jeffrey O. Porter 鈥98

2014: Marilyn Anderson Rhames 鈥96

2013: Patricia Ann Askew 鈥77

2012: Denise Dixon Ferguson 鈥75

2011: Vernita Jones 鈥61

2010: Christopher Phills 鈥00

2009: Dana Spell 鈥88

2008: Fred Sloan 鈥76

2007: Christopher Little 鈥91 (1969-2007)

2006: Emily Guss 鈥75

2005: Sabrena Thurmond Davis 鈥95

 

To nominate an alumna/us for the African/African American Heritage Award, click the following Nomination form and select 鈥淎frican/African American Heritage Award鈥 in the drop-down menu.



Supplemental materials that cannot be uploaded may be mailed to Office of Alumnae/i Relations, 91麻豆映画传媒, 7900 W. Division Street, River Forest, IL 60305. You can also fax supplemental materials to (708) 366-4197.



Please email the Office of Alumnae/i Relations at alumni@dom.edu (link sends e-mail) or call (708) 524-6286 with any questions regarding award nominations.