Dr. Marilyn Kern-Foxworth  has been named president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.  Kern-Foxworth is a professor at Florida A&M university and the first African American female to hold the position. Kern-Foxworth earned a bachelor's in speech communication from Jackson State University, a master's in  mass communication from Florida State University and a doctorate in mass communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dr. Milton D. Slaughter, research professor of physics at the University of New Orleans, has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society. Election to fellowship is peer recognition for outstanding contributions to the field of physics. Slaughter is cited for "creating effective programs that attract and educate minority and female physics students and involve historically Black colleges and universities in forefront research." He earned a bachelor's and a doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of New Orleans.

Dr. H. Patrick Swygert, president of Howard University in Washington, D.C., has been selected by The Washingtonian magazine as one of 17 honored in 1999 as "Washingtonians of the Year." Swygert was chosen because of his leadership in revitalizing the city's historic LeDroit Park community, a neighbor to the university. Swygert earned both his bachelor's and juris doctorate from Howard University.