Terance Shipman, Tuskegee University- c/o 1992, Elementary Education
Name : Terance Shipman
HBCU : Tuskegee University
Graduation Year : 1992
Major : Elementary Education
Email : t.shipman@att.net
Where are you from? Who introduced you to HBCUs?*
I’m from Decatur, Georgia. My father was a famous women's basketball coach at Tuskegee. His 1982 team played in the first Division 2 National Championship game.
Why did you choose an HBCU over a pwi?*
I had no choice. My father was at Tuskegee coaching. I was the third generation to go to Tuskegee. My grandmother, dad, aunt, and sister all went there.
What is the story of your "experience" at Your HBCU given its heralded status as a stellar and prestigious institution?*
Tuskegee is so unique. To walk around the same campus my family members did. I even went to class in some of the same buildings. Buildings that students built.
To make friends with people from all over the world. They all wanted to come to Tuskegee.
"First time" experiences at your HBCU?*
The football games at Tuskegee are the best. The student body is the 12th man. Homecoming week was an experience in itself. It got better each year I was there.
There was nothing like being around a sea of black people.
Who are the professors that have impacted your life in and out of the classroom? How did they do that?*
Dr. Frank Toland. Had a profound impact on my life. He was one of the leading Black historians in the country. I wasn’t a history major, but took every history class I could under him.
My love for Black history came from taking his classes. He had the only class in the country about African American scientists and inventors at the time.
What is your major? and Why did you choose it?
Elementary education. I wanted to make a big impact on children’s lives.
What to date has been your proudest moment @ Your HBCU?
I have attended and graduated from three HBCU’s. Tuskegee University 92’, Hampton University 94’, and Clark Atlanta University 13’.
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- Notable Alumni: William A. Campbell - 1937 - Member of the Tuskegee Airmen who rose to the rank of Colonel** Ralph Ellison - Scholar, author of Invisible Man** The Commodores - 70s R&B band whose members met while attending Tuskegee** Tom Joyner - 1971 - Radio host whose daily program, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, is syndicated across the United States and heard by over 10 million radio listeners.** General Daniel "Chappie" James - 1942 - US Air Force Fighter pilot, in 1975 became the first African American to reach the rank of four-star General** Lonnie Johnson (inventor) - Inventor of the Super Soaker, former NASA aerospace engineer** John A. Lankford - 20th century architect** Danielle Spencer - Television actress best known as Dee from the 1970s TV show What's Happening!!** Dr. Ptolemy A. Reid 1955 - Prime Minister of Guyana (1980–1984)** Rich Boy - Rapper** Lionel Richie - R&B singer, Grammy Award winner** Herman J. Russell - 1953 - Founder and former president and CEO of H. J. Russell Construction Co., the largest minority owned construction company in the US** Betty Shabazz - Wife of Malcolm X** Jake Simmons Jr. - 1919 - Oil broker and civil rights advocate** Keenen Ivory Wayans - Actor, comedian, and television producer** Elizabeth Evelyn Wright - Educator and humanitarian, founder of Voorhees College*
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