TASSEL TO TASSEL
FOUNDER AND COLLEGE TRANSITION STRATEGIST
  • Creating and executing a web-based college readiness and navigation program to help college freshmen (and their parents) successfully navigate the first year
  • Content delivery includes college readiness workshops, blog, and internet radio/podcasts

About Me

Course and workshop content to engage learners in the educational process.

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NOrth Carolina A&T State University
Assistant director, Aggie Impact Scholars Program (AISP)
  • Planned and redesigned summer bridge to improve post-secondary transition for students entering the university
January 2011 - August 2012

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Workshop Facilitation

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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CHARLES dREW sCIENCE sCHOLARS
  • Day-to-day oversight of 4-person staff executing comprehensive academic support program for 250+ students
  • Developing retention initiatives while advising, mentoring, and teaching undergradaute students
  • Representing program to campus while collaborating with other units to deliver services

Meeting students where they are to identify strengths and develop action plans.

Professional Experience

July 2012 - Present

Education

Professional Skills

College Transition Strategist

Today, I am educated, usually self-assured and stepping out on my own to provide a service that I know is needed based on my experiences as a teacher.  I am also a first-generation college student who's made mistakes and I know first-hand the impact of making decisions without fully understanding the long-term consequences.


I have spent many years learning lessons - both voluntarily and the hard way - and know that first-year college students need help. I don't have all the answers, but I do have some.  I am committed to helping young adults successfully make the shift from high school to college when, for the first time, they are in charge and their decisions can have lasting future impact.

We should work together. Shoot me a message today!

Advising/Coaching/Mentoring

Teaching

Ph. D. Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

M.S. Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University

​B. S. Electrical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University

Quick Facts

August 2012 - July 2016
HOMETOWN: Greensboro, NC
CURRENT HOME: Greensboro, NC
DEGREE: Ph.D., Education
EDUCATOR I'D MOST LIKE TO EMBODY: Carol Malloy, Ph.D.

Dedra Eatmon, Ph.D.

Over a decade of teaching experience developed a variety of instructional delivery methods.