SU Honors Associate Tackles New Position

As of 2016, Southern University program associate and recruiter for the Dolores Margaret Richard Spikes Honors College, Eric G. Pugh, was selected as the new national secretary for the National Association of African American Honors Programs (NAAAHP). Pugh will represent Southern University as Secretary of NAAAHP for two consecutive years.
“This is a great honor, and I will uphold my duties and responsibilities as secretary. In addition, I will work with the other executive officers to make sure that we continue to have this organization represent academic excellence throughout the United States,” said Pugh.
According to www.naaahp.org, NAAAHP is a national academic nonprofit organization that provides honors students with opportunities to present scholarly research, network, debate, and compete academically each year at its annual conference. Moreover, students are instructed in the ways of leadership and service by participating in community service, cultural enrichment, and the annual career and graduate school expos. The annual conference brings together Honors students, faculty, staff, and professionals from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), and Predominately Black Colleges and Universities (PBCU), in an intellectually stimulating environment that promotes academic achievement and appreciation of African American culture.
The purpose and objectives for this year’s conference are listed as follows: develop, enhance, and support Honors program in all HBCUs and PBCUs, stimulate and encourage community service and leadership as one of the highest aims, advocate the funding of Honors programs by federal and state agencies, as well as by private philanthropic foundations and organizations, facilitate the enrollment of African-American students into graduate and professional schools, promote a curriculum that fosters a life-long disciplined approach to knowledge and scholarship through inquiry and exploration and the develop an undergraduate educational environment that promotes scholarship, knowledge, and an appreciation of African-American culture as a mirror for understanding other great world cultures.
According to NAAAHP president and Interim Dean of the Honors College at Tennessee State University (TSU), Dr. Coreen Jackson, the conference featured faculty and student professional development seminars, a director’s roundtable, a graduate school/career fair, and casual, interpersonal sessions with colleagues and peers.
For more info, visit www.naaahp.org.