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2023 SPEAKERS

1. UNDERSTANDING THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS AT U.S. MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES

April 25, 2023
Speaker: Lieutenant Gerald M. Batey, Directorate of Admissions, United States Military Academy (West Point)
Moderator: Stanley B. Lemons

2. UNDERSTANDING THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS: Looking ahead to the future

September 19, 2023
Speaker: Lizzette Green, Associate Director of Admission - Access Initiatives, Texas Christian University (TCU)
Speaker: Jennifer Gayles, Director of Admission & Inclusive Outreach, Sarah Lawrence College
Speaker: D'Awana L. Bledsoe, Director of Admissions, Tougaloo College
Moderator: Stanley B. Lemons

3. An Insider's Perspective on Highly Selective College Admissions

October 3, 2023
Speaker: Dean Leonard Satterwhite
Moderator: Stanley B. Lemons, Ed.D. (candidate), MBA

2022 SPEAKERS

1. WANT TO BE A MOREHOUSE MAN? An up-close conversation with three generations of Morehouse College men

February 22, 2022
John P. Bowers III (“Trey”), Analyst, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Alan Brown, Morehouse Student
Wendell A.M. Bryant, M.B.A., SHRM-SCP, Human Resources Leader, City of Atlanta
Moderator: Stanley B. Lemons

2. CHOOSING A WOMEN’S COLLEGE: An Insider’s Perspective

March 8, 2022
Nichole Reynolds, Senior Associate Director of Admission: Director of Enrollment Marketing and Communications, Mount Holyoke College
Jasmine Faison, Assistant Director of Admissions, Bennett College
Laura Stratton, Director of Admission, Scripps College
Moderator: Stanley B. Lemons

3. WHY IT’S BENEFICIAL FOR YOUR CHILD TO JOIN THE JUNIOR ROTC: the “best kept secret”

March 22, 2022
Dr. Cornell T. McGhee, Lieutenant Colonel (US Army, Retired), Director of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Programs, Houston Independent School District
Moderator: Stanley B. Lemons

4. STUDENT-ATHLETES AND THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS: Applications, Scholarships, and the NCAA

September 26, 2022
Speaker: David Wyman, Senior Associate Athletic Director, University of Miami
Moderator: Stanley B. Lemons

5. The College Admissions Process for Students Interested in the Performing Arts

October 10, 2022
Kathleen Tesar, BM, MM, EdD, Associate Dean for Enrollment Management, The Juilliard School
Moderator: Stanley B. Lemons

6. HOW COLLEGE FINANCIAL AID WORKS: Guidance from the people who make it happen

October 24, 2022
Joy D. Thomas, Ed.D., Director, Office of Student Financial Aid, Prairie View A&M University
Moderator: Stanley B. Lemons

7. Students with Learning Differences & The College Admissions Process

November 14, 2022
Will Matthews, M.Ed., Transition Counselor – Southwest Region, Beacon College
Moderator: Stanley B. Lemons

2021 SPEAKERS

1. The Path from Middle School to College in the Midst of the Coronavirus. What's Changed?

January 19, 2021
Guest Speaker: Stanley B. Lemons

2. Show me the money: How to finance your child's college education

3. What is the value of attending an all-women's HBCU? A fireside chat with Spelman College and Bennett College alumnae

4. How can Black students succeed and win at a predominately white college? Reflections from a retired college president

5. GETTING TO AND THROUGH A PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE: A Juilliard professor reflects on her experiences at the school and offers her insights for success on the college level

6. HOW TO FUND YOUR STUDENT'S COLLEGE EDUCATION: A presentation for middle school and high school families