Education Award at National Convention July 2008 – L-R: Sherlane Hill, President; Deborah Daniels, Past President; Pamela Moses-Snipes, Mathematics Leadership Academy Coordinator; Gladys Wilson, Education Chair; Pamela Bradsher, Vice-President
to Dr. Pamela R. Moses-Snipes, secondary mathematics education coordinator in the WSSU Department of Mathematics, and to Mathematics Leadership Academy (MLA), on the receipt of a $27,200 grant from the American Honda Foundation, through a collaboration on the grant with Dr. Denise Johnson, an assistant professor in the School of Education and Human Performance. The MLA, now in its third year, also received a National Education Award for a Distinguished Program at Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.’s 49th National Convention in Orlando, FL, in July.
The MLA focuses on the mathematics achievement of minority girls through the systematic provision of enrichment activities. The program also prepares its participants for leadership roles. The academy has had an enrollment of approximately 20-30 middle school students each year. Academy sessions have been held at WSSU one Saturday per month from 9 a.m. to 12 noon during the regular school year.
