Renata is Graduate Student of the Year AND “Willing and Abele” Student of the Year
Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, Duke University
Graduate Student of the Year: honored for their outstanding work in specific Graduate/Professional Schools and for their commitment to Black communities and Black scholarship.
Zaire McPhearson (MFA, Graduate School)
Kirsten Simmons (Medical & Divinity School)
Jakaela Davis (Divinity School)
Nathaniel S. Neptune (Medical School)
Dionna Gamble (Medical School)
Nicholas Hastings (Medical School)
Jewel Scott (School of Nursing)
Morine Cebert (School of Nursing)
Renata Poulton Kamakura (Nicholas School)
Danielle Bembry (Law School)
Graduate & Professional “Willing and Abele” Student of the Year goes to a graduate student that has demonstrated an intangible quality which uplifts the Black community and is engaged in various leadership and/or civic activities on campus or in the Durham community. This individual demonstrates vision, dedication, academic excellence and has excelled at communicating and motivating others to rally around their cause. This student of the year will have made a continuous and inspiring impact and will be held in high regard by his or her peers.
Chavis Jones, (Law School)
Morine Cebert (School of Nursing)
Jewel Scott (School of Nursing)
Renata Poulton Kamakura (Nicholas School of the Environment)
Rheaya Willis (School of Medicine)
Gwenaelle Thomas (Neurobiology)
Kirsten Simmons (School of Medicine)