NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS HONORS ST. PHILIP’S COLLEGE PRESIDENT

Dr. Adena Williams Loston receives W.E.B. Du Bois Higher Education Award in Atlanta

SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 8, 2008) --- The nation’s premier association of Black educators honored St. Philip’s College President Dr. Adena Williams Loston with the National Alliance of Black School Educators’ W.E.B. Du Bois Higher Education Award Nov. 22 during the Dr. Deborah Partridge Wolfe Annual President’s Reception and Awards Banquet in Atlanta.

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (PRON: DEW-BWHAH) was an American civil rights activist and a founder of the NAACP. The W.E.B. Du Bois Higher Education Award is bestowed to individuals or organizations that promote or advocate higher education for African-Americans. The guest speaker during the Du Bois Award ceremony for Dr. Loston was Ambassador Andrew Young.

With 5,000 members, the Washington, D.C.-based National Alliance of Black School Educators furthers academic success for the nation’s children---particularly children of African descent. Alliance members improve both the educational experiences and accomplishments of African-American youth through the development and use of instructional and motivational methods that increase levels of inspiration, attendance and overall achievement. Approximately 4,000 people attended the Alliance’s recent conference in Atlanta. (SPC photo by Patrick Evans)

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1) St. Philip’s College; and 2) National Alliance of Black School Educators; and 3) W.E.B. Du Bois

About St. Philip’s: St. Philip’s College was founded in 1898 by Bishop James Steptoe Johnston of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church of the West Texas Diocese. Today, St. Philip’s is a multi-campus institution of the Alamo Community Colleges and serves a semester enrollment of nearly 10,000 credit and more than 5,000 continuing education students. St. Philip’s is a Historically Black College and Hispanic Serving Institution and is the only college in the nation that carries this dual designation. As “A Point of Pride in the Community,” St. Philip’s is among the oldest and most diverse community colleges in the United States.