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Tella Babajide wins Winslow Sargeant Doctoral Award

Mr. Babajide Tella has been named the recipient of the 2023-2024 Winslow Sargeant Doctoral Award by the Ronald W.

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Statement from Dr. Elsie L. Scott, Director, The Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center on the Death of U.S. Representative John Lewis

I am truly saddened by the news of the passing of Rep.

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Howard University Gate

April 17 2020

To Our Friends and Associates:

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January 9 2020

Dear Howard University Community,

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By Dr. Elsie L. Scott, Director, Ronald W. Walters Leadership & Public Policy Center, Howard University

Rep.

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Statement from the Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center, Howard University on the Passing of Representative Elijah Cummings

We were deeply saddened to receive the news of the passing of Rep. Elijah Cummings. Mr.

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Howard University Gate

Remembering Ronald W. "Ron" Walters, Ph.D. (July 20, 1938 – September 10, 2010) - American Author, Speaker and Renowned Scholar of African-American Politics

It has been nine years since Dr.

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In Memoriam of Ronald V. Dellums

Ronald V. Dellums served as the first Visiting Fellow at the Ronald W.

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Howard University Gate

Scholar in Residence

During the spring and summer of 2016, the Ronald W. Walters Center hosted its first scholar-in-residence, Dr.

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Ronald Walters Scholarship

Zha’Mari Hurley, a 3.77 GPA graduate from Jersey City, NJ, was selected by the Ronald W.

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Howard University Gate

Walters Center Student Assistants Receive Degrees

Nicolette C.

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Young African Leaders Institute (YALI) Mandela Fellowship Program

Howard University was selected as one of the host sites for the YALI Mandela Fellow Program for the third straight ye