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News SREB News Release

Harriette Scott is new SREB Vice President of Postsecondary Education

Harriette Scott has joined the Southern Regional Education Board as vice president for postsecondary education.

In this role, Scott leads SREB’s postsecondary programs, including the Academic Common Market and the State Doctoral Scholars Program, education data services and state authorization reciprocity agreements.

News Grant Announcement

Doctoral Scholars Program to use grant for scholars’ professional development

The SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program will use a $2,000 grant to fund professional development opportunities for current program scholars. 

The SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program, which supports underrepresented Ph.D. students who aspire to become college faculty, was awarded a grant from the Wright-Hayre Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation, following a recommendation by Dr. Delores Wright.

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Dr. Jason C. Mizell

2022 Bob Belle Service Grants Awarded

Congratulations to the 2022 SREB alumni winners of the Bob Belle Service Grant Awards. The award is another way the SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program seeks to empower program graduates to make a difference in their communities. The grant supports projects that encourage and prepare the next generation of potential doctoral students. All projects must encourage students to explore opportunities that further their educational goals and aspirations.

News SREB News Release

SREB Doctoral Scholars Program’s leader will receive presidential service award

Ansley Abraham, the longtime director of the Southern Regional Education Board’s Doctoral Scholars Program, will receive the nation’s highest honor  for mentors who help to expand the nation’s talent in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Abraham is among the 15 recipients of this year’s Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.

News SREB News Release

SREB Doctoral Scholars Program founding director to receive lifetime achievement award

Image of Dr. Ansley AbrahamAnsley Abraham, the founding director of SREB’s acclaimed program to increase the number of underrepresented Ph.D. graduates and college faculty of color, will be awarded the 2021 Arthur A. Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award.

The award will be given by the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity during the association’s 47th Annual National Conference and Awards Ceremony in October.