The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning will celebrate Black History Month by naming the 2015 Diversity Educator of the Year, honoring university faculty and staff and a community leader on Wednesday [Feb. 18] at 9 a.m. in the IHL Board Room, which is located in the Universities Center at 3825 Ridgewood Road in Jackson.
Honorees from 91´«Ã½ are Lakiesha N. Williams, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and Leslie Burger, assistant Extension professor in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture.