Stevenson named officer of national organization
November 12, 2008
Starkville, Miss.— The National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA) has appointed Dr. Tommy Stevenson, assistant dean of diversity programs and student development, at the Bagley College of Engineering to the organization’s president elect leadership position.
According to the non-profit organization’s Web site, NAMEPA is a national network of educators and representatives from industry, government and nonprofit organizations. Serving at the national level, Stevenson will ensure that the organization’s members provide retention programming and professional development to 28,000 students enrolled at universities across the nation.
“The NAMEPA organization opened its doors 30 years ago. Since then the enrollments of underrepresented students in engineering programs have tripled,” said Amy Freeman, NAMEPA president and assistant dean of engineering diversity at The Pennsylvania State University. “It will be my honor to serve by Dr. Stevenson’s side as we provide recruitment and retention services to community colleges, high school advocacy programs, as well as helping minority students focus on graduate school and other professional development opportunities.”
In his role as assistant dean at the BCoE, Stevenson works to recruit minority students and oversees programs that enhance their experiences while here at Mississippi State. He actively supports the National Society of Black Engineers, Increasing Minority Access to Graduate Education and the Society of Women Engineers.
A native of Brooksville, Miss., Stevenson first joined the Bulldog family as a student. He received his bachelor’s in industrial technology in 1992, which he has supplemented with a master’s in education administration and a doctorate in higher education administration from Mississippi State University and Bowling Green State University respectively.