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Scholars focus on career readiness on day three of Leadership Institute
Day three of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Leadership Institute focused on career readiness for the attending scholars, starting with a morning power hour for interviews, a huddle for career conversations with talent coaches and the continuation of the recruitment fair. Groups not attending the recruitment fair on day three attended speed branding sessions. […]
GED to engineering degree: the rise of a first-generation Thurgood Marshall College Fund scholar
One Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) scholar attending the 25th-annual Leadership Institute took an unconventional path to higher education and career success. Marcus McClean, a senior mechatronics engineering major at Morgan State University (Morgan), is a first-generation college student from Atlanta. As a trailblazer for his family, he made his own path to a degree. […]
From Flint water crisis to fiscal reprieve: a Thurgood Marshall College Fund scholar’s path to success
As one Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) scholar attending Leadership Institute put it, growing up in Flint, Michigan meant that bottled water was often stacked higher than opportunity. Brandon J. Poplar, a senior law studies major at Delaware State University, was born in Pontiac, Michigan and raised in Flint during the water crisis. “It shaped […]
First-generation Thurgood Marshall College Fund scholar turned setback into service and success
One Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) scholar attending the 25th-annual Leadership Institute landed a coveted internship at Google after his first year at Alabama A&M University (Alabama A&M) but the experience didn’t end as he’d hoped. Riley Roberts, a senior computer science major, is direct in his assessment of how he felt after the internship. […]