FirstGen Forward announced in May that Talladega College was awarded the $10,000 TIAA Innovation Award. The grant was awarded to the College in recognition of its innovative efforts to support the success of first-generation college students. Talladega was one of five institutions from across the nation to earn the award.
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To cap off an exciting weekend for Talladega College, the award-winning television, stage, and film actor S. Epatha Merkerson surprised attendees of the 150th Commencement by announcing a generous gift of $1 million on May 4.
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The Talladega College Board of Trustees announced today that they voted unanimously to name Dr. Willie L. Todd Jr. the 22nd president of Talladega College. Todd has served as the president and chief executive officer of Denmark Technical College (DTC) in Denmark, South Carolina since 2020.
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Talladega College will welcome five new members of the Board of Trustees, and bid farewell to four whose term of office has concluded. The board transition will take place on May 1. New to the Board of Trustees will be: Kenneth D. Crenshaw; Ron Houston; Frank Jannuzi; and Seqwana T. Pryor ‘92, Ph.D. along with student representative Denisha Stockdale ‘26. The board members who will exit are: Robert Dickerson; Isaiah Hugley ‘79, LHD ‘21; Jimmie Kelly III, ‘87; and student representative Jevon T…
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Talladega College will confer three honorary degrees at its milestone 150th Commencement Exercises at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 4, 2025 in the Student Activity Center Arena. To be honored with Doctors of Humane Letters are William J. Bynum, Rockell Metcalf ‘85 and S. Epatha Merkerson who will also serve as commencement speaker.
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