As part of a new initiative, IRT Executive Director LaShawnda Brooks will be selecting an alumni book to read each month. She encourages all alumni to share in this endeavor providing commentary on the book in the comments section below.
Several IRT alumni met up while attending the 2024 UNCF/Mellon Programs Conference this past October. The conference theme was Preparing Scholars to Transform the Academy in a Time of Rapid Social and Technological Change. IRT current students and alumni took part in panel discussions as part of the conference agenda and also talked about their experiences with the IRT.
Did you attend? Have any pictures to share from the event? Please let us know in the comments section below.
Endia Hayes, IRT ’16 (on the left) sat on a panel discussion
entitled, Scholars Transforming the Academia.
Happy Halloween from IRT!
The start of the school year is one of my favorite times of the year. The energy and buzz, the excitement, and the anticipation of a fresh start. Of course, we all love the summer. And this summer, I had the pleasure of witnessing my first full summer workshop. I am thankful to the tremendous faculty and staff, who work tirelessly to support our students.
Our Interns and Associates are inspiring. After observing your growth throughout the workshop as well as the advising process, we are all rooting for you.
Another reason why I love the new school year is that it allows us to reflect on our past learnings, and put them immediately into action. These are lessons for all of us. As a staff, we are excited to support 130+ Scholars in their graduate admissions process. Further, we are grateful for our alumni, and we are preparing to launch an alumni networking site this fall.
As we reflect on our previous year, we look forward to our new class. We are excited by your ideas and dedication throughout this process. I am eager to continue to meet all of you and to continue to support the IRT. Together, we can work to ensure that this new school year will be a great one.
Institute for Recruitment of Teachers 
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