WASHINGTON – Howard University leads with 12 finalist nominations in the 2019 HBCU Awards, including nominations for College of the Year, Male President of the Year, Best Student Government Association and Best Board of Trustees. Presented by HBCU Digest, The HBCU Awards is the first and only national awards ceremony honoring individual and institutional achievement at historically black colleges and universities throughout the United States.

"It is fitting for Howard University to lead this year's sterling panel of nominees,” says HBCU Digest Founding Editor Jarrett Carter. “They had an extraordinary academic year highlighted with several individual and collective accomplishments that represented the best of America's flagship historically black institution, and the spirit of the HBCU mission at large. The Howard community and the District of Columbia should take great pride in HU's work this year."

The 2019 HBCU Awards will be held on Friday, August 2 at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in downtown Baltimore, Maryland.The winners are selected by a panel of previous winners, journalists, HBCU executives, students and alumni for the merit of accomplishment and for generating positive coverage for HBCU campus communities.

“It is an honor to receive 12 nominations in the 2019 HBCU Awards. HBCUs produce many of the best and brightest scholars and these nominations reflect the hard work of our students, faculty, staff and alumni to embody Howard University’s mission of Truth and Service,” says President Wayne A. I. Frederick.

Howard’s full list of finalist nominations includes:

Best Research Center– Howard University Data Science and Cybersecurity Center

Best Business Program – Howard University School of Business

Best Social Work Program – Howard University School of Social Work

Best Student Newspaper – The Hilltop

Best SGA– Howard University Student Association

Female Student of the Year – Jaylin Paschal, immediate past editor of The Hilltop

Female Faculty of the Year – Keneshia Grant, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science

Alumna of the Year – Ezinne Kwubiri, H&M head of Inclusion and Diversity, North America

Alumnus of the Year – Charles D. King, MACRO founder and CEO

Male President of the Year – Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., MBA

Board of Trustees of the Year – Howard University Board of Trustees

HBCU of the Year – Howard University

Founded in 1867, Howard University is a private, research university that is comprised of 13 schools and colleges. Students pursue studies in more than 120 areas leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University operates with a commitment to Excellence in Truth and Service and has produced four Rhodes Scholars, 11 Truman Scholars, two Marshall Scholars, one Schwarzman Scholar, more than 70 Fulbright Scholars and 22 Pickering Fellows. Howard also produces more on-campus African-American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the United States. For more information on Howard University, visit www.howard.edu.

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Media Contact: Alonda Thomas, alonda.thomas@howard.edu