Everett to Receive Top WSU Alumni Award
Junetta Everett has been selected as the 2024 Wichita State University Heritage Gala Alumni Achievement Awardee. Established in 1955, the Alumni Achievement Award is the highest honor given to Wichita State University alumni.
Everett was selected for her outstanding professional achievement and her significant contribution to society-at-large. Everett retired after a successful career as a Dental Insurance Executive, but she also developed a reputation as a leader in the community. She rose through the ranks to become the first African-American female president of the Greater Wichita Chamber of Commerce.
The award will be presented at the Heritage Gala dinner on Tues., Oct. 29.
Dr. Zelia Wiley Receives Full Professor Status at Kansas State University
Dr. Zelia Wiley has been elevated to the status of full tenured professor at Kansas State University. She is the first African-American to be elevated to the status in the university’s Department of Agriculture.
Wiley earned her Bachelors and Masters of Science in Agricultural Education, Economics and Human Resources from Prairie View A&M University (TX) and completed her Ph.D. at the Pennsylvania State University in Agriculture and Extension Education.
Dr. Marjorie Williams Announced as 2025 Inductee into UMKC Starr Women’s Hall of Fame
Dr. Marjorie Williams was announced as one of seven members in the newest class of inductees to the University of Missouri-Kansas City Starr Women’s Hall of Fame, established a decade ago to recognize the extraordinary accomplishments of women who have helped shape the Kansas City region and beyond, showcases a major multitude of firsts:
Dr. Williams was the first African American superintendent of the Hickman Mills Schools District. Dr. Marj founded The Marste Group, a consulting firm that serves school districts and businesses nationwide and co-founded and continues to be involved in the Sisters’ Circle Fund-Greater Kansas City. Williams also mentors women of color in doctoral program through the national organization, Societas Docta.