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(Talladega, AL) Talladega College will confer three honorary degrees during its 146th commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 1, 2021, at 9 a.m. Honorary degree recipients for the Class of 2021 include Executive Business Management (EBM) President/CEO Essye B. Miller, who previously served as principal deputy, Department of Defense chief information officer (CIO); acclaimed poet and social justice advocate Nikky Finney; and UNCF (United Negro College Fund) Senior Vice President Lodriguez Murray…

(Talladega, AL) Acclaimed scholar Dr. Karla FC Holloway ’71 delivered a poetic and inspiring message at Talladega College’s 2021 Alpha Chi Honor Society Initiation Ceremony and Honors Convocation. Her presentation, “When We Emerge,” charged students to make themselves ready for the path that will emerge when the pandemic ends. “As rooted as we might feel in this moment — bound to a pandemic — rootedness happens only because roots burrow and stretch. They slip downwards. They thicken. It may b…

(Talladega, AL) A study by Talladega College’s Dean of the Division of Business Administration, Dr. Jonathan U. Elimimian, and Tracey E. Elimimian, a graduate of Talladega’s Master of Science in Computer Information Systems program, has been accepted for publication in Management and Economics Research Journal. The father-daughter research team titled their paper “Analysis of Cybersecurity Functions: Issues of Integrity, Targeting Walmart as a Global Supply Chains Organization.” While nume…

(Talladega, AL) – Talladega College’s petition to establish a circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, was approved recently by the organization's Board of Trustees. Sally K. Albrecht, chair of O∆K’s Board of Trustees, will preside at the chartering ceremony scheduled for April 21, 2021. Albrecht made the following announcement, "Omicron Delta Kappa proudly welcomes Talladega College as our newest campus circle. Student, faculty, alumni, and staff leaders may now…

(Talladega, AL) - Dr. Cynthia (Taylor) Anthony ’84, the first woman to be named president of Lawson State Community College in Birmingham, Alabama,, says Talladega College provided a foundation for both her professional and personal success. “The College engaged in a holistic approach to student development and growth by providing not only a sound academic experience, but also focusing on the moral and ethical responsibility of leadership, engagement, and service in a global society,” Dr. Anth…