Associate Professor Silvia Martinez of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorder was named a Fellow at the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) convention in Chicago. The Fellow recognition is the second highest honor in the national organization.

Jamison Harris, graduating senior and President of Howard University’s nationally ranked Mock Trial won the Top Ranking Attorney Award at the Tobacco Row Competition hosted by Duke University.  The team competed against 24 schools, which included Harvard, Georgetown, Columbia, Penn State and University of Maryland.

The School of C team, the ENF Rangers, made it to the Top 4 Finals of the Ford HBCU Challenge Grant!  The students will travel to Detroit in early December to present their proposal before a panel.  Associate Professor Paula Matabane, faculty advisor for the team, says at a minimum the team could receive $10,000 in  scholarships, but expect to win -- $50,000 in scholarships and $25,000 in equipment (cameras, iPads, etc.) dedicated to the project.  The project can be reproduced every semester through a class or field experience. The team’s proposal is for a service learning project where five of our students (MFA graduate and undergraduate students) will develop a teaching curriculum to train 6th graders to make short videos on some environmental community issue.  A parent-student-community forum at each school would facilitate the community moving on solving the issues identified by the kids!  The goal is to get the films cablecast, on YouTube, etc.  We are proud of the ENF Rangers and Dr. Matabane.