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The Reginaldo Howard Leadership Program
In April 2024, the Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship transitioned into the Reginaldo Howard Leadership Program. The Reginaldo Howard Leadership Program will honor “Reggie” Howard’s legacy by supporting Black academic excellence, intellectual community, and leadership on campus through an intentionally designed series of engagement opportunities. The Office of University Scholars and Fellows and the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture will partner in administering this new program that seeks to continue inspiring and supporting Black undergraduate students in becoming engaged, confident, and connected leaders in the Duke community and beyond. Details on this program will be forthcoming.
Although new merit scholarships for the Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship will not be awarded, philanthropic support previously allocated for this program will go toward supporting current Reggie Scholars through their graduation, the new Reginaldo Howard Leadership Program, and need-based financial aid. The new program will be open to all Duke undergraduates and will not include a competitive selection process as was required for the previous scholarship program. This scholarship honors Reginaldo “Reggie” Howard, the first African American President of the Associated Students of Duke University and an A.B. Duke Scholar. He was tragically killed in an automobile accident during his sophomore year in 1976, but his ambition and commitment to helping others lives on.
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Spotlight on Gabriel Bostick
Gabriel Bostick was recently named as one of two closing speakers for the 2024 Unity in Diversity celebration event. When asked how his past informs his future, Bostick said, "My past reaffirms some of what is possible in the future; in other words, if l've walked through it, pursued it, or accomplished it before in my past, my future gains confidence that it can be done again in the future and maybe even done better!"