LeMoyne-Owen College
LeMoyne-Owen College provides a transformative experience educating students for urban-focused leadership, scholarship, service and professional careers.
Its mission is to be an exemplary historically black college providing an excellent liberal arts education that transforms urban students, institutions and communities.
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Roderick Smothers Jr. Named New Director of Athletics
LeMoyne-Owen College has appointed Roderick Smothers Jr., an experienced HBCU athletic administrator as the new Director of Athletics effective July 1. Smothers Jr. will spearhead a new era for LOC athletics and advance recruitment, operations, and athletic performance throughout the Division II program.
Smothers Jr. brings a strategic vision to advance the college’s athletics in recruitment, structural improvements, institutional growth, staffing, and enhancing the student-athlete experience.
“I am a strong advocate for HBCUs and amplifying the need to inspire the next generation of athletic administrators,” said Smothers Jr. “I look forward to working alongside the staff in our collective mission to advance athletics and ensure our student-athletes are on the path to becoming the next leaders.” >>Read More
From First-Generation College Student to Future Dentist with UNCF’s Support
E’Miaya Lewis from Memphis, TN, was recently awarded the Wilma Warburg Scholarship and the Goldman Sachs HBCU Scholarship, administered by UNCF. The first-generation college student recently graduated with a degree in biology from LeMoyne-Owen College, a UNCF-member institution.
She credits UNCF for supporting her through the college experience. Her family was not familiar with the college process. “Taking the school route was a new and different path for my family to understand,” Lewis shared. “UNCF has truly lived up to its motto, ‘A mind is a terrible thing to waste®.’” >>Read More
LeMoyne-Owen College Announces Three Valedictorians for Class of 2026
LeMoyne-Owen College (LOC), the fifth oldest historically Black college (HBCU) in the U.S., is proud to announce three valedictorians for the class of 2026.
Marley Freeman, from Jackson, Mississippi; Tadiwanashe Rukasha, from Mutare, Zimbabwe; and Ashanti Stewart, from Friendship Pen, Saint Thomas, Jamaica; have reached the top of their class and graduates with a 4.0 grade point average. >>Read More
I had been a student before, but at LeMoyne-Owen I became a scholar... they took the light that was within me, and helped me manifest it.
Derrick Woods Class of 2016
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