Alumni News

Emanie Montgomery has had an illustrious undergraduate experience so far. While attending the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, she was a cheerleader, a project manager for STEM Academy and the National Society of Black Engineers, and served as the freshman class president. She was additionally crowned Miss Purple of the Tau Sigma Chapter of Omega…

Segovia was recently accepted into the Minority Health Research Training Program at the University of Alabama – Birmingham. The training program is a part of UAB’s Department of Epidemiology, which studies the patterns and control of disease. This summer she will head to Cheongju, South Korea where she’ll complete her traineeship at the Chungbuk National…

During her fall and spring semester Kandace joined a UAMS program called the S.U.P.E.R Project, which partners with HBCU’s in Arkansas and aims to help more underrepresented students pursue health care careers. She is currently researching the decline of breastfeeding in the African American community in central Arkansas. Kandace is also incorporating extracurriculars and leadership…

Although she began her undergraduate career as an engineering student, Aisha Faiq has since decided to pursue a business degree instead at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Saunders School of Business.  Aisha isn’t just using her academic knowledge in class, but she’s applying it to her extracurricular activities, as well. She serves as the Senior Vice…

McKenzie graduated summa cum laude with departmental honors from Drake University in May 2022 with a BSBA in Accounting and a minor in leadership development. Before she graduated, she became a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and had the exciting opportunity to participate in the 2022 Central Regional Conference, which her chapter hosted….

Segovia Lucas is going above and beyond in her research, and the scientific community is definitely taking notice.  She recently completed a summer research project at Massachusetts General Hospital which focused on using wastewater data and a mobile healthcare van to offer COVID-19 testing in medically underserved communities that had disproportionate rates of COVID-19 infections….

We’re live on set with Cidney Davis, OWJEF class of 2021! Since beginning her undergraduate career, Cidney has not only starred in a documentary but also produced her own radio show, Cidney with the Sound.  But her extracurricular achievements aren’t hindering her academics in the slightest. In fact, Cidney made the dean’s list her freshman…

If there was a prime example of taking full advantage of all your undergraduate experience has to offer, Alex Borengasser would be your guy. Alex’s extracurricular involvements are plentiful and diverse. He’s a member of Princeton’s Conservation Society, Biotech Group, and Vegan Network, as well as Students for Prison, Education, Abolition, and Reform. On top…

Miss University of Central Arkansas 2022, Nia Kelley, took a bigger stage in June, competing in Miss Arkansas 2022. She sang the Queen of the Night aria from Mozart’s The Magic Flute, her performance making her the recipient of an impressive nine awards, totaling almost $12,000 in scholarships. She competed against 44 other contestants for…

Ashlyn Billingsley ’21 isn’t afraid of going the extra mile. Soon after receiving the OWJEF academic scholarship in 2021, Ashlyn committed to run cross country for Henderson State University. Since her time there, she’s dived headfirst into not only her studies and her sport, but also into other extracurriculars. But Ashlyn isn’t letting her busy…