(Talladega, AL) Talladega College announced today that its president and chief executive officer, Dr. Billy C. Hawkins, will retire effective June 30, 2022. When Dr. Hawkins took the helm at Talladega in 2008, the institution was struggling to survive and had under 300 students. He implemented rigorous plans for renovation and growth that resulted in a total transformation of the college. He had one of Talladega’s most prized possessions, Hale Woodruff’s acclaimed Amistad Murals, removed fr…
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(Talladega, AL) The Talladega College Board of Trustees authorized Talladega College President Dr. Billy C. Hawkins to employ a consultant to determine the feasibility of reviving the institution’s football program. Trustees voted in favor of conducting a feasibility study during the institution’s spring board meeting on April 30, 2021. Talladega seized the Black College Football National Championship in both 1920 and 1921. While the institution’s illustrious football program was canceled 80…
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(Talladega, AL) Talladega College’s Class of 2021 valedictorian Amber Ellington completed her senior year online after COVID-19 struck her entire household. The determined biology major, who will graduate summa cum laude on Saturday morning, lives in a multigenerational home that includes her grandmother and her great-grandmother. “My entire family contracted Covid-19 in September. Fortunately, I was able to take my classes online, but I was so tired that it was difficult to focus,” said Ambe…
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