Английская Википедия:Dorothy Cowser Yancy

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use shortened footnotes Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Dorothy Cowser Yancy (born April 18, 1944) is an American academic, professor, and administrator. Her contributions to academia established her legacy of scholarship among African-American women. During college, Yancy participated in civil rights organizations, earned several degrees, including a Ph.D. in political science, and completed the Fulbright Program. She went on to teach at the School of Social Sciences at Georgia Institute of Technology, becoming the first African-American to become a tenured full professor. She left Georgia Tech in 1994 to become the president of Johnson C. Smith University, in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2009, Yancy became the 14th president of Shaw University and was elected to the position again in 2011 as the 16th president. She received many awards and honors for her dedication to higher education.

Early life

Dorothy Cowser Yancy was born on April 18, 1944, and raised alongside her 3 siblings on their family-owned farmШаблон:Sfn in Cherokee County, Alabama, to parents Howard Cowser and Linnie Bell Covington Cowser.Шаблон:Sfn Her parents did not complete school, but they encouraged all of their children to get college degrees.Шаблон:Sfn After graduating from the segregated Hatcher High School in 1960, Yancy matriculated to Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) in Charlotte, North Carolina.Шаблон:Sfn

While attending JCSU, she was an active member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the Student Government Association.Шаблон:Sfn Yancy also joined Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first historically African-American Greek-lettered sorority.Шаблон:Sfn In addition to these groups, she was a participant in the civil rights movement in North Carolina, attending protests in the area.Шаблон:Sfn

Originally intending to become a research chemist, Yancy would later discover a passion for historyШаблон:Sfn and go on to receive a Master of Arts in History from the University of Massachusetts in 1965, while studying to receive a management development certificate from Harvard University.Шаблон:Sfn In 1978, she earned her Ph.D. in political science from Atlanta UniversityШаблон:Sfn on the same weekend as her daughter's kindergarten graduation.Шаблон:Sfn

Career

Yancy served as instructor of history at Albany State College in Albany, Georgia, from 1965 to 1967. She continued teaching history at Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia, as an instructor from 1965 to 1967.Шаблон:Sfn From 1971-1972, Yancy served as director of the Afro-American Studies program at Barat College in Lake Forest, Illinois.Шаблон:Sfn In 1972, Yancy moved to the Georgia Institute of Technology where she served as professor of History, Technology and Society and in the School of Management.Шаблон:Sfn Yancy became Georgia Tech's first African-American full professor.Шаблон:Sfn In 1988 and 1990, she assisted with labor delegations for the Soviet Union as well as Europe.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1994, Yancy became interim president at Johnson C. Smith University,Шаблон:Sfn making her the university's first woman president. At JCSU, she helped rebuild Biddle Hall and raised over $145 million for the university, which contributed to her recognition as a financial champion for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Yancy also started the technology program and in 2000 testified before Congress about technology's importance in higher education.Шаблон:Sfn Through her work, applications to JCSU increased,Шаблон:Sfn and the United Negro College Fund Technology Initiative was able to lease laptops, computer servers, and hardware for the university through the IBM ThinkPad program.Шаблон:Sfn As of 2003, the only historically black institution in the IBM ThinkPad program was Johnson C. Smith University.Шаблон:Sfn

Yancy became the first female member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association board (CIAA) and served as its first woman president.Шаблон:Sfn She compared her work in the CIAA to being a member of a basketball team where she and the other members must work together for the board to function.Шаблон:Sfn

Yancy retired from JCSU in 2008 and began to work with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service as an arbitratorШаблон:Sfn and as a consultant in higher education.Шаблон:Sfn Yancy appeared before the Committee on Education and Labor on March 13, 2008, to discuss HBCUs, in particular Johnson C. Smith University, and the importance of university funding from the government.Шаблон:Sfn In 2009, Yancy became the 14th president of Shaw University and was named to that position again in 2011, after a tornado damaged the campus.Шаблон:Sfn During her final tenure at Shaw, she helped the school get five accreditation reviews.Шаблон:Sfn

In 2017, she was appointed as senior adviser to the Morehouse College interim president, Harold Martin Jr. by the Morehouse Board of Trustees.Шаблон:Sfn Yancy also worked at the Florida Public Employee Relations Commission as Special Master, being the first African American to serve in this position.Шаблон:Sfn Throughout her career, she has written more than 40 articles for academic journals such as the Journal of Negro Education and the Labor Studies Journal.Шаблон:Sfn

Honors

Throughout her career, she has garnered multiple awards and honors.Шаблон:Sfn Yancy received Outstanding Teacher of the Year from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1985.Шаблон:Sfn In 1988, Newsweek on Campus named her one of the six best teachers in the United States.Шаблон:Sfn Yancy was honored in 1980 and 1987 as Who's Who Among African American Women.Шаблон:Sfn In 2001, the U.S. Department of State honored Dr. Yancy for being an African American Fulbright Scholar Alumna, after she completed the exchange program in Singapore.Шаблон:Sfn One year later in 2002, she was inducted into the Delta of Georgia Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.Шаблон:Sfn

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Skyline view of Johnson C. Smith University where the Dorothy Cowser Yancy Hall is located.

Yancy received the Honorary Alumni Award by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association in 2011.Шаблон:Sfn In 2013, she received the Dr. Dorothy I. Height Leadership AwardШаблон:Sfn and was listed in the Hall of Fame in Education in "The Atlanta Tribune". The following year she received the Co-Founders Links Award of the 39th Links Assembly.Шаблон:Sfn In 2015, WSB-TV recognized her as "a pioneer in higher education".Шаблон:Sfn That same year, an information technology building at JCSU was named after her.Шаблон:Sfn During a CIAA tournament in 2018, Yancy was recognized by CIAA commissioner, Katrice A. Albert, for her contributions to education and the community.Шаблон:Sfn

Personal life

During her time in high school, Yancy was a member of the varsity basketball team.Шаблон:Sfn In 1974, she married Robert James Yancy, who she divorced 25 years later.Шаблон:Sfn She has one daughter named Yvonne, her namesake.Шаблон:Sfn Yancy now owns the family farm she was raised on and leases it to her brother.Шаблон:Sfn In her spare time, she loves to garden, cook, and travel.Шаблон:Sfn

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