Dr. Tracie Lowe
Media Contact: Emily Mercer;
EMercer@DallasCollege.edu
For immediate release — Oct. 11, 2024
(DALLAS) — Dallas College leaders Dr. Tracie Lowe and Royce Nwankwo received acceptance into the 2024 cohort of the National Council on Black American Affairs (NCBAA) Carolyn Grubbs Williams Leadership Development Institute.
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2024 Leadership Development Institute (LDI) is designed to equip African American education professionals with the skills necessary for future executive leadership roles in higher education.
Valuing the power of connecting with others, Lowe, the Dallas College dean of student success research, said the LDI’s program is designed to build a network of people who walk your career journey with you.
“This opportunity provides a week of intensive time dedicated to training, learning new things and speaking to people who are at different institutions around the world, allowing us to hone our skills together,” she said. “I am so thankful for the investment that Dallas College is making in their personnel to create leaders and for the people who see a vision in me that I can’t yet see — it motivates me to keep moving forward.”
Royce Nwankwo
For Nwankwo, Dallas College’s director of virtual student services, this opportunity is a perfect fit for both his personal and professional development. Starting his career at Dallas College in the mailroom and working his way up to a leadership position, he now uses his free time buried in books or lost in a podcast about how to become a better leader.
“You feel unstoppable whenever you can have a method or strategy to life, work and success — and that’s what gets me psyched about leadership,” he said. “I couldn’t pass up this opportunity to learn more and grow my skills and professionalism. I am definitely grateful for my supervisors for thinking about me for this program and having confidence that I’m ready to take on something like this.”
Lowe and Nwankwo will join the cohort as self-proclaimed “partners in barrier busting,” using the opportunity to tag team what they learn and bring their lessons back to Dallas College to continue its mission of transforming lives and communities through higher education.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the LDI, taking place in Hartford, Conn., from Oct. 13-19. Lowe, Nwankwo and other education leaders of this year’s cohort will receive a week’s worth of coaching and professional development from consultants and select faculty from across the country.
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