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Inside OneTSU MAGAZINE Dr. Merline Pitre Receives Presidential Achievement Medal During Faculty Awards Luncheon Sierra Club Names Environmental Justice Award for TSU’s Dr. Robert Bullard The Sierra Club announced a new national award that bears the name of Dr. Robert Bullard, one of the founders of the environmental justice movement and dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University. The new award will be given annually to an individual or a group that has done outstanding work in the area of environmental justice. The first Robert Bullard Environmental Justice Award was presented Nov. 21, 2014. Public Affairs Professor Appointed to NASPAA Commission Dr. Andrew I.E. Ewoh, professor of Political Science/Public Administration and editor of TSU’s Ralph Bunche Journal of Public Affairs, was recently appointed to the NASPAA Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation (COPRA). COPRA is an independent governing body that reviews every institution that is seeking accreditation or is up for reaccreditation by NASPAA. Dr. Ewoh also served on the NASPAA Executive Council from 2010 to 2013. Dean Ronald Johnson Recognized Dean Ronald Johnson of the Jesse H Jones School of Business, was selected to receive a 2014 DiversityFIRST award. Johnson was formally recognized for his leadership and excellence at the 10th Anniversary Texas Diversity and Leadership Conference. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell served as the keynote speaker. Dr. Merline Pitre, professor in the Department of History in the College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences, received the Presidential Achievement Medal