1. Features
Friday, Sept. 25, 2015
Page 6
The Tangerine
Bria Hilliard
Asst. Feautres Editor
UC to host Women of Color
alumni event
“The only thing that
separates women of color from
anyone else is opportunity,”
Viola Davis said at the 2015
Emmy Awards show.
It is no secret that women
of color are often looked down
upon as not good enough or
discriminated against because
of how their name is spelled
on their resume. It is no
secret that more often than
not, these women are just as
qualified as any other person
who applied for that same job
or internship.
Upon graduating college
or even getting promotions
within their career, women
of color often face obstacles
that go unseen by other races
and genders. These obstacles
include having trouble
finding employment, being
overlooked for managing
certain accounts within their
field or even being admitted
into graduate schools, just to
name a few.
Utica College is making
“a bold move for tomorrow”
by opening up the discussion
to a panel of successful UC
alumni who are women
of color in an event called
“Leading by Example: An
intergenerational alumni
event for women of color”.
This event was created to give
the women of UC a better look
at the many opportunities
life after college can bring.
It is an event where women
of the Utica College campus
will meet successful women
who also have walked the
paths of this campus and have
the opportunity to create
new connections and even
mentorships.
The event is co-chaired by
UC alumnae Ci Ci Holloway
’79 and Professor Emerita of
Journalism Kim Landon ’75.
Holloway is the assistant
vice president of human
resources at Lincoln Financial
Media. She graduated with a
bachelor of science in business
administration. She also has
over 20 years of experience
in major entertainment
companies within Viacom
such as MTV Networks,
Nickelodeon, Showtime, and
more.
Landon taught Public
Relations and Journalism
for 33 years, retiring in
2012. Landon graduated
with a bachelor’s degree
in Journalism from Utica
College in 1975. She received
her master’s in newspaper
journalism from Syracuse
University and reported for
several newspapers in Central
New York.
“We are very much hoping
that this is the beginning of a
series of events that become a
built-in part of Homecoming,”
Landon said. “We want to be
sure that there is a reason for
these alumni to come back to
Homecoming and recognize
that there is a segment of
homecoming really geared
towards their needs. Not just
the needs of the alumni of
color, but simply because the
issues become different.”
UC reached out to a
number of alumni across all
majors to invite them to the
event as well as give them
the opportunity to become
panelists of the event. This
year’s panel will feature:
Ericka Bennett ’00,
associate general council of the
Roswell Park Cancer institute,
former Public Relations-
Journalism major.
Lourdes Miranda ’94,
G’02, senior associate at
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
criminal justice major and
economic crime management
graduate.
Doris Rice ’68,
Rheumatologist, former
biology major.
Treesa Salter ’88, director of
program operations at Tricare
Regional Office North, nursing
major.
Nancy Scott ’75, president
of Powertek Corporation,
former Journalism major.
Patricia (Mensah) Owusu-
Asiedu ’04, marketing program
manager at Freddie Mac,
former Public Relations major.
Theresa Pauling ’80, chief
counsel of immigration and
customs enforcement of the
US Department of Homeland
Security, social work major.
Hon. Michele Woodard ’76,
former New York State Supreme
Court justice, 10th Judicial
District-Nassau English major.
These women are returning
to UC to tell their stories as an
inspiration to the women of
color on the UC campus.
The event will take place
in the Library Concourse on
Friday, Oct. 2, from 1-4 p.m.
This is a free event and all
women are encouraged to
attend and join the discussion.
There will be mentoring
sessions between alumni and
currents students Saturday
morning.
Join the discussion on
the Utica College Alumni/
Student Mentoring Program
LinkedIn page at utica.edu/
linkedin-woc and register for
the Leading by Example event
on the homecoming page at
www.utica.edu/homecoming.