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2000s

“TerrenCe J” JenKins ’04 is the From hosting to acting in
Thurgood Marshall College Fund worldwide box office hit films to
(TMCF) National Ambassador. penning his first literary work,
Jenkins has shown skill and
TMCF is the nation’s largest versatility in a number of different in memOriam
organization exclusively arenas. After seven years of hosting
representing the black college BET’s “106 & Park,” as the former
community (publicly supported co-anchor of the international
HBCUs and PBIs). Through program “E! News,” as a producer alumni
scholarships, capacity building and host for “Miss USA 2016” and Nakia D. Allen ’05
and research initiatives, “Miss USA 2017,” and as an actor in Jacqueline Hopkins Alston ’78
innovative programs and strategic box office hits such as “Think Like Cory WeaThers ’06, deputy Odie L. Bullock Jr. ’76
partnerships, TMCF is a vital a Man,” “Think Like a Man Too” and chief engineer for United William Burns ’57
resource in the K-12 and higher “The Perfect Match.” Jenkins is one Kingdom Military Flying Training Jean H. Charlton ’80
education space. The organization of the most recognizable faces in System (UK MFTS) at Lockheed Adrien Forbes ’92
is also a source for top employers Hollywood. Martin, won the 2019 The Linda Pamela W. Glover ’73
seeking top talent for competitive Gooden Legacy Black Engineer Vernon E. Hedrick ’76
internships and good jobs. Jenkins is a former TMCF of the Year Award (BEYA) for W.H. Land ’62
To date, the organization has scholarship recipient who Managerial Leadership at the Kevin Mckoy ’03
awarded more than $300 million participated in related STEM Global Competitiveness Jeffrey A. Nixon ’86
in such assistance to its students programming as a student at Conference. The national award Maxine F. Riley ’71
and member-schools. TMCF N.C. A&T. He recently served as honors the best and brightest Sadie Lee Brown Smith ’56
distributes 98 percent of its a presenter at the TMCF 31st African-American professionals Gloria Jean McCollum Swann ’52
awards exclusively to HBCUs and Anniversary Awards Gala and working in STEM fields. Willia J. Turner ’44
PBIs, which is more than any other hosted the 2019 NAACP Image Clayton Washington ’58
organization that supports the Awards. The UK MFTS is a more than Spencer E. White Jr. ’54
black college community. $500 million program within the Devaki N. Williams ’00
Lockheed Martin Rotary and
Mission Systems business area. In sTudenT
his role, Weathers is responsible Daniel Atherton, junior
for engineering and technology
scope, cost and schedule faCulTy & sTaff
performance. He has worked at Wendy Green, library technician
Lockheed Martin for 11 years.
10,000 alumni donors, fy 2017-2018 Sharon Hoard, director of
Weathers mentors STEM students leadership and engagement
and regularly volunteers with K-12
and professional organizations in
his local Orlando community.
Weathers earned his master’s
in industrial and systems
engineering at N.C. A&T.

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