Opening the (Graduate) Schoolhouse Door at UA: 21st Century National Leadership in African American Graduate Education

The University of Alabama is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" with a series of special events throughout 2013. The Graduate School’s contribution to this year of commemoration is the symposium “Opening the (Graduate) Schoolhouse Door at UA: 21st Century National Leadership in African American Graduate Education” on Thursday September 12, 2013, from 9:45 AM – 11:30 AM in the Ferguson Center Theater. The symposium will feature a panel comprised of African American pioneers in graduate education at UA, including Dr. Joffre Whisenton, the first African American PhD recipient at UA  in 1968, as well as current African American graduate faculty and graduate students. Together, our panelists will lead us on a journey outlining where UA has been, where we are now, and where we need to go as an institution to  continue to move forward as an inclusive and welcoming campus.