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Rebecca Armstrong-English '04 named Alumni Relations director
Rebecca Armstrong-English '04
For Immediate Release
December 21, 2020
NEW ORLEANS — Rebecca Armstrong-English ‘04 has been named the director of the Office of Alumni Relations at Dillard University. A people-centric leader, Armstrong-English graduated from Dillard in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts in mass communication.
After graduating, Armstrong-English gained extensive work experience in the television, entertainment, and non-profit industries. The St. Louis, Missouri native held key roles in the education field that focused on students and families having access to high-quality education. Most recently, Armstrong-English help found a middle school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She served as the founding director of operations. In the role, Armstrong-English was responsible for human resources, finances, family outreach, and vendor relations with direct responsibility for a $1.3 million annual budget and a staff of 20 team members.
“I'm pleased to welcome Rebecca back to her Dillard home,” Adrian Guy Anderson, assistant vice president of Development and Alumni Relations shared. “I do not doubt that she will be a value add to alumni programming and offer new and exciting perspectives about alumni engagement.” This is Armstrong-English’s second tour at Dillard. She previously worked for the University's Enrollment Management and Alumni Relations divisions. Armstrong-English has a Master of Liberal Arts and a paralegal certificate from Tulane University and a Master of Business Administration from Capella University. Armstrong-English is a proud member of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
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Profile on Ruth Simmons' success at Prairie View
Board Chair Jones leads Maryland HBCU lawsuit to final stages
AD Barnes discusses career and Minority Opportunities Athletic Association membership
History professor Baham among historians to explore renaming some of New Orleans'
public schools
Alumnus Daigle tapped to be medical director in Chicago
Alumna Stacey Holman: “Know where you end, when someone begins”
Gary Clark talks super PAC backing Karen Carter Peterson
President Kimbrough shares "weekly wisdom" with Inside Higher Ed
President Kimbrough talks college hazing on the Scott Sands Show
Dillard Business announced as one of Intelligent.com's best business management programs
Psychology program coordinator Dr. Sean Gibbs serves as panelist on mental health
with Jefferson Performing Arts Society
Art professor Bernstein profiled as co-house of in-house coronavirus talk show
Enrollment management VP Page named to NACAC commission to reform college admissions
Student engagement and leadership director Courtney Williams earns one of Gambit's
Frontline People Awards
Gary Clark on Second Congressional District race
Alumna Quibulah “Quib” Graham named Orlando Health's director of diversity and minority
business development
Profile on alumnus Edward Agyekum Kufuor
Big Easy Magazine: Louisiana’s HBCUs Have a Lasting Impact
Alumna Ruth Simmons to deliver principal address at Harvard
Alumna Sylvia Taylor continues impact on local community with new business
Dillard part of Sodexo's $1M scholarship program
Board of Trustees chair, alumnus Michael D. Jones' historic HBCU settlement
Collins on Republicans and Cassidy censure
Collins discusses Trump acquittal on Turkey's A News
The importance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Sheen Magazine profiles alumna Meme Kelly
Alumna Samella Lewis awarded College Art Association's highest honor
Alumna Dr. Jessica Harris named SIUE's first vice chancellor for equity, diversity
and inclusion
Dr. Kristen Broady presents at Hamilton Project's "Rethinking Workforce Development"
VP Barnes visits the "RAISE Podcast" to talk about his career in advancement and his
work at Dillard
President Kimbrough appears on "The Tammi Mac Late Show" on Fox Soul to talk HBCUs
Esmail discusses increase in crimes happening in broad daylight with WVUE-TV
AD Barnes announces sports leadership academic for teen girls
Alumna, Judge Sheva Sims, to serve on the Louisiana Commission on Justice System Funding
Palmer visits "Tina on Tech" podcast to discuss Black history
President Kimbrough chats with Black Enterprise about HBCUs' legacy, culture and weathering
the pandemic
Collins weighs in on impeachment process with WVUE-TV
Dillard, one of nine institutions across the nation included in Black small business
assistance program
Collins discusses new local police records management system with The Lens
President Kimbrough among 13 college presidents honored by AAC&U and Cengage
Spencer Jones '23 discusses being inspired, as an HBCU student, by Kamala Harris with
WDSU-TV
Collins discusses Trump supporters' reactions to Biden inauguration
Event celebrating Black White House culinary professionals to benefit Ray Charles
program
Baham weighs in on WVUE-TV about historic nature of Kamala Harris' inauguration
VP Page expresses thoughts, excitement about Kamala Harris on WWL-TV inauguration
day
Esmail discusses heightened security at presidential inauguration
Center for Racial Justice director discusses the state of Martin Luther King Jr.'s
dream with WWL-TV
Condoll discusses rifts in Republican Party
Baham participates in Jefferson Performing Arts Society panel discussion about Paul
Robeson
Chief Medical Officer Hébert to participate in panel discussion about vaccines and
the Black community
Business Insider profiles alumna Broussard and historic accomplishment
Coraniquejuanae Jackson '23 featured in hometown L'Observateur
Collins provides insight about Capitol Building takeover
Collins on recorded Trump phone call to overturn Georgia's certified election results
Collins comments on electoral college vote
Alumna Kelly Nash among "1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America"
Alumnus G. Larry Lawrence appointed to ProPetro Board of Directors
Palmer discusses local chefs' struggles with Washington Post
Collins comments on Trump's refusal to accept Electoral College presidential results
Dillard among local HBCUs receiving support from pro athletes
President Kimbrough talks "all things HBCUs" on Bakari Sellers' podcast
HBCU Digest: "Dillard Breaks Giving Tuesday Fundraising Record"
Cador '21 reflects on fall 2020 with WWNO-FM
Kaylan Tanner named one of Seventeen's 2020 Voices of the Year
Several proposed New Orleans street renamings for Dillard, Straight alumni and Albert
Dent
Esmail talks nature of increased crime in city with WVUE
Collins discusses Cedric Richmond leaving Congress for White House with WVUE
Alum Ryan Banks puts on virtual L.O.C.A.L.S' Music Festival
Alum and Broadway star Kyle Banks puts on free virtual show to increase diabetes awareness
Alum Ashle Mitchell celebrated as "Yardrunner" by Nike
Collins: Election results show near 50 percent turnover at Criminal District Court
Condoll breaks down Louisiana's Amendment 7 on WDSU prior to November 3rd election
Urban studies and public policy junior Gentry featured in 2020 HBCU Digest Honors
Poetry Rooted in History: Brenda Marie Osbey
Alumnus James Williams named U.S. Venture's president of U.S. Lubricants Division
Mustapha quoted by Forbes regarding women and work during COVID-19
Collins on Democrats and Amy Coney Barrett
Alumnus Carl Stewart delivers keynote for University of Notre Dame law school
Enrollment Management VP Page on advising students for financial aid
Alumna Paramore named executive director of Travelers Aid Society of Greater New Orleans
Dallas Weekly chats with President Kimbrough regarding the Black community and vaccinations
Senior Smith featured as "young superstar" by Charles Koch Foundation
Atty. Kimbrough: "Black hair has always been policed in this country"
Collins: Coney Barrett nomination would be a "source of pride" for Louisiana
A.D. Barnes on the "Straight to the Point" sports show
Collins analyzes La. secretary of state's absentee voting tutorial
Alumna Leyte Winfield on HBCUs' preparing Black students for careers in science
Palmer, one of New Orleans Magazine's "People to Watch"
Alumnus Baker discusses how the Louisiana Weekly gives context to the Black experience
in news
Saloy discusses resilience through words in the wake of Hurricane Katrina
Alumnus Floyd Wilson Jr. discusses 47-year-old police bill of rights with The Washington
Post
The New Orleans Tribune recounts legacies of Straight College's Walter L. Cohen and
James Madison Vance Jr.
Dillard School of STEM, an example of "empowering success"
Collins talks to The Lens about local wedding venue's COVID-19 restrictions violations
President Kimbrough quoted by Los Angeles Times about Kamala Harris VP nomination
Ray Charles director Palmer talks Black chefs, program with Gambit
Alumna Benjamin awarded 2020 Laurel Award for Dedication to Community Service
A.D. Barnes talks leadership advancement as a Black woman with WGNO-TV
President Kimbrough joins local university presidents for equity in higher education
discussion
Sigur discusses Apple, Dillard coding partnership
Alumna Friedman to host "Chicago Tonight: Black Voices"
Dallas Weekly profiles alumna and banking executive Cassandra McKinney
For HBCUs, the coronavirus pandemic hits especially close to home
Film student Peters "chases his passion"
President Kimbrough on how COVID-19 will change higher education
Collins: Mayor's new texting service could be providing valuable data
Broady discusses Black families' struggles during pandemic with The New York Times
Esmail on Dixie Beer name change
DU junior battling COVID-19: "Don't let your guard down"
Lumina Foundation: "Dillard University students rise to the challenge"
Significance of Juneteenth - Dr. Eva Baham
Chief Medical Officer Hébert hosts video series on sickle cell anemia
Alumna Alves named Bradford & Barthel LLP chief diversity officer
Esmail talks race relations on Juneteenth
Alumna McNeal first African American woman on American Express's executive committee
The Washington Post quotes President Kimbrough on president's HBCU claims
Broady one of 19 Black economists celebrated on Juneteenth
Esmail discusses "pivotal shift in societal views on race"
Collins: Renaming Jefferson Davis Parkway a sign of city council being "responsive
to the will of the people"
Esmail: Policing policies terminology needs to be more "forceful"
Alumna Roberts named Xavier Exponential director
Alumnus Atwood brings Houston its first hip hop museum
President Kimbrough on COVID-19's exacerbating inequities in higher education
Alumna Fleming named Florida SouthWestern State College dean of education
Dean Broady talks BLS jobs report on #RolandMartinUnfiltered
Words matter for college presidents, but so will actions
President Kimbrough discusses Black college graduates' COVID, civil unrest struggles
Esmail: Harmony between NOPD, protesters influenced by several factors
President Kimbrough discusses future of HBCUs in New Orleans with the Kresge Foundation
Alumna Kopylov named to Posse Foundation national board
Alumna Domingue-Glover talks actors' struggles amid COVID-19
Palmer: New Orleans restaurants "essential to our community"
VP Barnes on police brutality and racism in the wake of George Floyd's death
Alumna Astasia Williams talks life as Washington Redskins social media manager
Reflections in Black: Dillard alumna Samella Lewis
HBCUs after COVID-19: Sheen exclusive with President Kimbrough
Esmail discusses COVID-related financial difficulties for low-income workers
President Kimbrough talks fall 2020 amid COVID-19 with The Atlantic
Saloy comments on roots of jazz funerals as COVID-19 silences tradition
Alumna, DU 40 Under 40 recipient Mitchell selected MyNewOrleans.com Top Female Achiever
Hebert, Lesen, Fos named to COVID task force
Fos, Lesen discuss COVID racial disparities with columnist Sutton
AD Barnes discusses future of college athletics, institutions amid COVID
Columnist Sutton on COVID disparities: "Lesen...tried to warn us."
Alumnus Raj Smoove's online DJ sets create social connection
Hébert: "Protect La.'s vulnerable African Americans"
Lesen visits "CBS Evening News" to discuss COVID disparities
Nursing, Community Relations make PPE donations
Lesen: COVID disparities "produced by policy"
Environmental journalism professor cites Lesen
La. Budget Project cites Lesen
AD Barnes featured as P.O.W.E.R.ful women series
Collins discusses governor's COVID federal disaster declaration
Food Studies featured in USA Today's agriculture issue
Hébert: 10 things for African Americans to protect themselves from COVID
SAFE Fund featured example of how HBCUs try to minimize student debt
President Kimbrough examines Trump's claim to have saved HBCUs
Report: HBCUs produce higher income, more prosperity for students
President Kimbrough: "Missouri effect" part of HBCU enrollment increase
Alumnus Lynn leverages Facebook employment to help small businesses
AD Barnes on athletics' post-Katrina return: "Hiring, trust and relationships are
everything."
Report: HBCUs produce more upwardly mobile graduates than PWIs
Alumna Bolden recognized by National AfterSchool Association
AT&T donates $250,000 to College of Business
Kimbrough joins star-studded panel at Essence Fest to discuss HBCUs' helping close
nation's economic divide
President Kimbrough featured on MyNewOrleans.com in style
University receives $1.25M for STEM research
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