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Adena Williams Loston

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Adena Williams Loston
Dr. Adena Williams Loston
14th President of St. Philip’s College
Assumed office
2007
Personal details
Born1952[1]
Mississippi
Alma materB.S. Alcorn State University, 1973,
M.Ed. Bowling Green State University, 1974,
Ph.D. Bowling Green State University, 1979
ProfessionEducator

Adena Williams Loston (born 1952) is the 14th president of St. Philip’s College. She was installed as the new president in ceremonies on March 1, 2007.[2]

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Education

Loston earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Alcorn State University in 1973. She received her Master of Education and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Bowling Green State University in 1974 and 1979 respectively. She also attended the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University in 1996.[3][4]

Career

Loston has taught as an associate professor at Georgia State University and an instructor at Arkansas State University and Houston Community College. She also taught as an adjunct instructor at the University of Houston–Downtown and Texas Southern University.[5]

She then was the Dean of Vocational Education, Budgets and Facilities, and Dean of Professional Programs at Santa Monica College, the Executive Dean/Provost in the El Paso Community College District, and ultimately as the President of San Jacinto College South, in Houston, Texas.[6] She became the second president of San Jacinto College South and the first African-American president in the District.[7]

Loston then was the director of education and special assistant for Suborbital and Special Orbital Projects Directorate for the Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility and Chief Education Officer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. Her initial appointment at NASA was as the associate administrator for education on October 28, 2002, and prior to joining the agency, she served as the NASA Administrator’s senior education advisor starting in September 2002.[8]

On October 26, 2023, President Joe Biden appointed Dr. Adena Williams Loston a Commissioner for the Presidential Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans.[citation needed]

Awards and honors

Loston has been recognized with several awards,[9][10] including:

References

  1. ^ "News Radio 1200 WOAI - San Antonio's News, Traffic and Weather".
  2. ^ "St. Philip's College to get $5.4 million grant". 19 September 2012.
  3. ^ "NASA - Chief Education Officer 
     Dr. Adena Williams Loston"
    .
  4. ^ iamalcorndev (2023-05-09). "Golden Class Notable Alums: Dr. Adena Williams Loston". Alcorn State University. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  5. ^ "Masters Leadership Program » Speakers Biography". Archived from the original on 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  6. ^ "Our History - SJC Through the Years | San Jacinto College | Teaching the Houston Community". Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  7. ^ "Our History | San Jacinto College | Teaching the Houston Community". Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  8. ^ "NASA Transformation Structure Released - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Press release | LegiStorm".
  9. ^ "NASA - Chief Education Officer 
     Dr. Adena Williams Loston"
    .
  10. ^ "Masters Leadership Program » Speakers Biography". Archived from the original on 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2016-05-13.

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