Linwood Jones and Zanshe Thompson - HBCU S.T.E.M Graduates

Show Notes

Statistics concerning African Americans in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields show a clear need for growth. Black and white students across the country intend to pursue STEM degrees at similar rates, but black students in any STEM field struggle to achieve comparable representation in degree attainment. The increasing amount of African Americans studying and working in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields is revolutionary. Largely due to the efforts of the USA's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), African Americans are entering their STEM degrees better equipped to thrive in college, to graduate, and to find successful careers. 

Dr. Odell Glenn interviews two graduates of HBCU's, namely, South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, SC and North Carolina A& T in a civil engineering technology student who graduated from South Carolina State University and a now Ph.D. candidate who graduated from North Carolina A&T in Greensboro, North Carolina.  Mr. Linewood Jones received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering technology. He now has several years of experience in the field. He tells us of not only his experience but values the university and gives solid advance to others on pursuing goals and dreams.  Ph.D. candidate Zanshe Thompson is a graduate of both Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, and North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, North Carolina with a B.S. in chemical engineering. she too shares her journey, speaks well of her university, and empowers others.