Varying Viewpoints

In this episode, we invited Michael Sorrell, President of Paul Quinn College, a Historically Black College, to join us. President Sorrell talks to Proctor Institute Executive Director Marybeth Gasman about his journey toward becoming president of Paul Quinn, his transformative efforts to restructure higher education so as to better serve the needs of under-resourced students and communities, and how other institutions can implement similar changes.

In this episode, we invited Evan Marlbrough, Vote Everywhere Ambassador for the Andrew Goodman Foundation and Student President for the Young Democrats at Georgia State University, to join us. Evan talks about his experience as a student voting rights activist on campus and his involvement with the Andrew Goodman Foundation as an outlet for advocating for increased student voting on campus. As a student leader, Evan encourages students to become more democratically engaged and seeks to educate young people on the power and value of their voice in policy implementation and change.

Listen to this episode to learn more about Evan’s journey in advocating for voting rights on campus and gain some insight on why student voting advocacy is essential on college campuses.

In this episode, we invite Marcheta Evans, President of Bloomfield College, an institution that is dually designated as a Predominately Black Institution (PBI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). President Evans talks about her road to becoming president of Bloomfield, the factors that have influenced her interest in leading the 150-year institution, and some of the initiatives she plans to enact as president.

Listen to this episode to learn more about President Evans' journey to becoming the first Black woman to be president of PBI/HSI Bloomfield College.