By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS | Adapted from Alabama A&M University
Alabama A&M University has chartered a collegiate section of the National Council of Negro Women, giving students a new path to leadership and service rooted in the legacy of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune and Dr. Dorothy I. Height.
Dr. Lois Keith, chair of NCNW’s national board and a 1972 AAMU graduate, returned to her alma mater to present the charter and install officers at a ceremony in the Clyde Foster Multipurpose Room.
“The beautiful young charter members of NCNW are destined for greatness and they are indeed our future leaders,” Keith wrote on Facebook.
The Department of English & Modern Languages sponsors the section. Dr. Charlotte C. Teague is founding advisor, and Dr. Lynn Washington is lead advisor.
“We want them to understand the legacy they are joining and recognize their own capacity to carry it forward,” Washington said.
Charter President Alana Tolbert, a second-generation Bulldog from Camp Hill majoring in English with a pre-law concentration, leads the inaugural officers. AAMU President Dr. Daniel K. Wims delivered the welcome, and NCNW’s Huntsville Section brought greetings.