During the 2018 cookout, the HBCU Alumni Council acknowledged the scholarship recipients of the UNCF Northern Ohio Scholars Program (5 freshmen & 5 upperclassmen), the Joyce Robertson Terrell Memorial Scholar and the Anthony H. Brown HBCU Arts Scholar. In addition to the scholarships, totaling $18,000, many of the registered students will receive a footlocker/trunk filled with toiletries and other dormitory room needs, care packages and gift cards.
UNCF Northern Ohio Scholars Program - 2018 High School Graduates - Freshman ($1,000.00)
- Kendall Wood - Morehouse College (John Hay School of Science & Medicine)
- May'Lan Brisker - Xavier University (Cleveland School of the Arts)
- Janiyah Spears - Howard University (Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy)
- Jermyn Brock, Jr. - Lane College (John R. Buchtel Community Learning Center)
- Ariona Jackson - Central State University (Cleveland School of the Arts)
- Jalyn Dickens - Howard University (Rising Sophomore - Major: Biology)
- Shami-Iyabo Mitchell - Spelman College (Rising Senior - Major: Biology)
- Ashley Ingram - Bethune-Cookman University (Rising Senior - Major: Accounting)
- Taylor Wynne - Bethune-Cookman University (Rising Sophomore - Major: Education)
- Jasmine Walker - Central State University (Rising Senior - Major: Environmental Engineering)
- Ebenie Ford - Central State University (Rising Senior - Major: Education)
- Kayla Stone - Bethune-Cookman University (Rising Sophomore - Major: Mass Communication)
ROMONA ROBINSON
Honorary Chair
Lincoln University (Missouri)
Romona Robinson is an eight time Emmy award winning anchor, speaker and author of A Dirt Road to Somewhere.
She is one of the most respected and admired journalists in northeast Ohio and was inducted into the Press Club of Cleveland's Journalism Hall of Fame in 2016. She is winner of the prestigious Edward R Murrow Award along with her station, WOIO-TV 19, where she serves as primary anchor. She received EWAW's 2017 Alpha Woman Award, given to women who exemplify power in their field and uses it to empower women.
Her tireless work in the community with children, women and diversity issues, has earned her many prestigious awards. The YWCA's Women of Achievement, The Diversity in Media Award and many more. For 20 years, she has served as Honorary Chair of the Komen Race for the Cure. She's most proud of creating Romona's Kids in 1990, a program to highlight and encourage children to realize their full potential.
With over 30 years of broadcast and speaking experience, Romona has also traveled the country covering and interviewing presidents and world leaders. In 2011, she garnered an exclusive interview with President Barack Obama. Romona has gained the trust of viewers for her integrity and unbiased reporting and is known and loved throughout northeast Ohio for her community service and powerful and very real message as a motivational speaker..
Romona earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcast Journalism from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. Romona credits LU for providing her with an excellent education that provided the skills and requirements she needed for a long and successful career.
Honorary Chair
Lincoln University (Missouri)
Romona Robinson is an eight time Emmy award winning anchor, speaker and author of A Dirt Road to Somewhere.
She is one of the most respected and admired journalists in northeast Ohio and was inducted into the Press Club of Cleveland's Journalism Hall of Fame in 2016. She is winner of the prestigious Edward R Murrow Award along with her station, WOIO-TV 19, where she serves as primary anchor. She received EWAW's 2017 Alpha Woman Award, given to women who exemplify power in their field and uses it to empower women.
Her tireless work in the community with children, women and diversity issues, has earned her many prestigious awards. The YWCA's Women of Achievement, The Diversity in Media Award and many more. For 20 years, she has served as Honorary Chair of the Komen Race for the Cure. She's most proud of creating Romona's Kids in 1990, a program to highlight and encourage children to realize their full potential.
With over 30 years of broadcast and speaking experience, Romona has also traveled the country covering and interviewing presidents and world leaders. In 2011, she garnered an exclusive interview with President Barack Obama. Romona has gained the trust of viewers for her integrity and unbiased reporting and is known and loved throughout northeast Ohio for her community service and powerful and very real message as a motivational speaker..
Romona earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcast Journalism from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. Romona credits LU for providing her with an excellent education that provided the skills and requirements she needed for a long and successful career.
