News From Huston-Tillotson University

Thursday, June 17, 2021 | Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette, President

HT Campus To Welcome Students Back For

In-Person Instruction In August

Campus Reactivation Plans On-Going For

Fall Semester Reactivation

The countdown has commenced for the return of our Huston-Tillotson University students, faculty, and staff to in-person instruction resuming in Fall 2021.

Since March 2020, the HT family has been separated due to the outbreak and on-going affects of the coronavirus.

As we have continued to monitor latest developments and evolving science, HT is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our campus community to return as one.

Click here to read about our on-going efforts to reactivate campus safely beginning August 18.

In-Person Commencement Convocation Set For August 7

Huston-Tillotson University’s 2021 Commencement Convocation will be held in person on Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 9 a.m. on the Athletic Field, located at 900 Chicon Street. The occasion marks the return to an in-person graduation event for the first time since 2019, as the 2020 commencement exercises were postponed due to the pandemic.

The convocation will recognize graduating classes of 2020 and 2021, including honors students from both classes, as well as the Golden Classes of 1970 and 1971.

Appropriate protocols and safety measures will be in place, with event parking on Chalmers Avenue. The ceremony will also be video streamed live.

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HT Freshman Spotlighted In Apple Pre-Ed Scholars Program

HT Freshman Hillary-Rhys Richard III, HT class of ’24, a music education major from Dallas, Texas, was spotlighted as an Apple Pre-Ed Scholar, The Apple Pre-Ed Scholars Program, housed within Huston-Tillotson’s 100 African American Male Teacher Initiative provides scholarship support to high-achieving incoming HT freshmen who intend to pursue a career in the K-12 education system.

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Urban Cultural Fest Comes to HT Campus Labor Day Weekend

Huston-Tillotson University has partnered with the Urban Music Festival to create a new Labor Day Weekend experience on the HT Campus.

The Urban Cultural Fest will be held on campus Friday - Sunday, September 3-5. And while similar elements of the Urban Music Festival remain, this year's event has expanded the brand to include Afrocentric aspects of culture to help all to better understand how we arrived to our cultural existence.

Live music will continue to be a major part of the festival, but we will endeavor into other cultural markers such as ethnic dance, ethnic food, ethnic clothing, ethnic visual arts, spoken word in order to reveal the diversity of Afro-centric culture.

Friday the HT campus comes to life kicking off the family-friendly weekend, featuring art exhibits, a vendor showcase, spoken word performances, and live music.

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HT Joins With Paul Quinn College, Wiley College To Create Safe Harbors Consortium to Provide Scholarships

For Twin Cities Students

Over the past year, the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota (Twin Cities) region has experienced several senseless tragedies and unprecedented levels of political and civil unrest. In direct response, three Texas Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have partnered to create the Safe Harbors Consortium to specifically invite students from the Twin Cities region to enroll for the impending Fall 2021 semester.

Recognizing the need for an educational experience that supports not only students’ academic needs, but their mental health and emotional needs, Austin-based Huston-Tillotson University, Dallas-based Paul Quinn College, and Marshall, Texas-based Wiley College have formed the Safe Harbors Consortium, which awards scholarship funds for students from the Twin Cities region.

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Fears Selected as the Inaugural Research Intern In HT Public Leadership Project

The Congregational Church of Austin, United Church of Christ recently announced their commitment to provide financial support for Huston-Tillotson University student, Kennedy Fears.

The political science major from Dallas, Texas was selected as a Research Assistant Intern in support of HT’s newly created Public Leadership in Faith and Social Justice Traditions (Public Leadership) project.

Fears’ summer internship is supervised by Dr. Robert M. Ceresa, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Huston-Tillotson University.

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HT Receives $25,000 Grant To Support AusPREP Program from Austin-based National Instruments

Huston-Tillotson University received a $25,000 grant to support the AusPREP program.

HT was one of six 2021 grantees by National Instruments who share the company’s commitment to increase access to STEM education for underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students

AusPREP is a pre-freshman engineering program committed to educating students through learning modules such as problem solving, physics, probability and logic.

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HT Student-Athletes Virtually Attend NBA All-Star Game

HT student-athletes Savannah Garza and Waseem Ali were selected to represent the University at the 2021 NBA All Star game in a virtual event hosted by the NBA.

Garza (c/o '22) of the women's volleyball team and Ali (c/o '23) of the men's basketball team were a part of the virtual experience as the league highlighted and paid tribute to HBCU's during the game.

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HT Athletic Director Carroll Highlighted by Austin FC

HT Athletic Director Dr. Monique Carroll was featured by the new Austin FC soccer team during Black History Month.

Carroll is the first Black female AD in the history of the University. Hailing from New Boston, Texas, Carroll has been an NCAA Division I athlete at her alma mater, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, and in a number of HBCU athletic departments en route to her current leadership role at HT.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

2021

Sat. Aug. 7 Commencement Convocation

Honors Convocation

Class of 2020 & 2021

Golden Class of 1970 & 1971

Mon. Aug. 23 Fall Semester Begins

Fri. - Sun.

Sept. 3-5 Urban Cultural Fest

Fri. Oct. 22 Charter Day Observance

Mon. Dec. 6 Last Fall Class Day

Tue.-Fri.

Dec. 7-10 Final Exams

Mon.-Fri.

Dec.20-Jan. 2 Campus Closed

2022

Mon. Jan. 10 Spring Semester Begins

Fri. Apr. 29 Last Spring Class Day

Mon.-Thur.

May 1-4 Final Exams

Fri. May 6 Honors Convocation

Sat. May 7 Commencement Convocation

Class of 2022

Golden Class of 1972

ALUMNI RELATIONS

Are you an alumnus/alumna? We'd love to hear from!

Contact Chris Cutkelvin, the Director of Alumni Relations, at 512-505-3074 or via email at gccutkelvin@htu.edu. OR schedule a virtual meeting with Chris by clicking here. www.calendly.com/htualumniaffairs

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