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TRANSFORMING WORLD CITIZENS INTO NATIONAL AND GLOBAL LEADERS AT BREWTON-PARKER COLLEGE

Abstract

Georgia's private Christian colleges offer more than pathways to credentials and degrees. Brewton-Parker College (BPC), Mount Vernon, GA, has been offering the Students' Undergraduate Research Experience Program (BPC-SURE) to her students since 1996. The SURE Program serviced ethnically diverse populations of students from underrepresented groups, providing students for graduate programs, operating as engines of economic development. The present paper summarizes the long-term impact and aspiration of the BPC-SURE Program at the national and the international levels, and recognizes two successful women of color, alumni of BPC; today are serving as national and international leaders: (i) Dr. Michelle Samuel-Foo is a 2000 summa cum laude graduate of BPC. She went on to earn both an Ms. in Agronomy and a PhD in entomology from The University of Georgia. Earlier, she served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Department of agriculture's (USDA), National Institute of Food and Agriculture, which was the lead extramural funding arm of USDA. In this role, she provided leadership for research, education and economics projects at over 100 land grant universities in the United States. Recently, Dr. Samuel-Foo has joined the USDA Forest Service as Associate Deputy Chief for Research and Development (ii) Ms. Rajyeshwari Ghosh is a 2001 graduate of BPC. She went on to pursue graduate studies while working in Citigroup, Wall Street, PwC India, and KPMG India in the areas of finance, technology and consulting. In 2018, she has founded the Quantum Holistic Advisory Services, providing opportunities to equitable livelihood for small and home-based businesses, artisans and crafts people in her communities. Her work has been recognized by Modern Work Award in Germany, was certified by Good Market in U.K. and was awarded the Best Social Impact Award by Calcutta Management Association.

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