Inside OneTSU MAGAZINE
Tom Joyner Foundation Hercules Scholars Named
KNUBIAN GATLIN
JARED ARTMORE
Texas Southern University
was the Tom Joyner
Foundation’s School of the
Month for June 2014. Radio
personality Tom Joyner
leads this effort to help keep
students in historically black
colleges and universities. For
four weeks in June a male
student, who is a campus
leader, and who is making a
difference in the quality of life
for his community with at least
a 3.5 GPA receives a $1,500
scholarship grant announced
live on the nationally
DERRICK SMALLWOOD
KEILON ROBINSON, JR.
syndicated Tom Joyner
Morning Show.
Texas Southern University
Hercules Scholarship
recipients were: Knubian
Gatlin, a sophomore Dietetics
major from Spring, TX;
Jared Artmore, a sophomore
Pre-Pharmacy major from
Beaumont, TX; Derrick
Smallwood, a sophomore
Finance major from DeSoto,
TX; and Keilon Robinson, Jr.,
a sophomore double major in
Chemistry and Mathematics
from Houston, TX.
Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation Awards
Ja’tez Gardner A $10,000 Scholarship
Ja’Tez Gardner, a Master of Science in
Management Information Systems (MMIS)
graduate student, attended a scholarship
luncheon hosted by the Texas Business Hall of
Fame Foundation November 5, where he was
awarded a $10,000 scholarship.
Gardner is the first MMIS student to have
been selected for this award from the JHJ School. In addition
to being a full-time student Gardner is an entrepreneur and has
started his own business.
Communications Student Accepted into Acting Conservatory
Sierra Randolph-Williams, a Radio, Television and Film major
and Theatre minor, has been accepted into the prestigious Stella
Adler Conservatory in Los Angeles. She was
among 800 actors who auditioned in Chicago
at the United Residential Theatre Association.
Stella Adler is a two-year professional acting
conservatory. The Conservatory is a 20 hour
per week program that prepares the student
for creative challenges in the acting profession.
Randolph-Williams was also recruited by the New School in New
York. Randolph-Williams was coached for the auditions by Dr.
Dianne Jemison Pollard, professor of Theatre.
Two TSU Students Named to the White House HBCU All-Stars List
Texas Southern University students Jarrauri Curry and Candace Jones were named to the first class of the White House
Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (WHIHBCU) HBCU All-Stars list. Curry and Jones were recognized for
their accomplishments in academics, leadership and civic engagement.
Texas Southern University Music Department Recognized in Atlanta
Representatives from the TSU music
department displayed Tiger Pride in
Atlanta at the 10th anniversary convention
of the Historical Black Colleges and
Universities National Band Directors
Consortium. Receiving recognition were:
Darius Davis on the French horn; Calisia
Dillard, alto saxophone; Miguel Garcia,
flute; and Kevin D. Lee on percussion,
made the top concert group. Al Alexander
on trumpet, earned a spot in the jazz
ensemble.
Garcia and Davis were also honored
with the “first chair first” position in the
top concert group for flute and French
horn, respectively. Alexander was given
the critical lead trumpet spot in the jazz
band.
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