Alabama State University News April 4, 2018 Alumni Couple Honored by the University of Georgia Alabama State University alumni Drs. Johnny and Rubye Coleman-Sanders are being honored by the University of Georgia. ***** Dr. Johnny Sanders and wife Dr. Rubye Coleman-Sanders, who were honored for establishing an education scholarship fund at ASU, are being recognized by the University of Georgia's College of Education for their career achievements and leadership at that school. The couple graduated from Alabama State University with bachelor's degrees in teacher education and was honored in December by ASU President Quinton T. Ross Jr. for creating the "Dr. Johnny Sanders, Jr., and Dr. Rubye Coleman-Sanders Teacher Education Scholarship Fund" which will provide financial support for a first-generation under-represented junior or senior undergraduate student who has been admitted to the teacher education program in the ASU College of Education. Now, the University of Georgia (UGA), where each received a doctorate degree in education, is awarding each of them with a Distinguished Alumni Award for their "service, contributions and accomplishments," which have brought "distinction and honor" to the UGA College of Education. The Sanders are among six UGA graduates being honored with this award. About the Sanders Dr. Johnny Sanders, Jr., is an award-winning educator who dedicated 33 years of his life to the fields of secondary and higher education as an educator/administrator. He retired from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S. C., in 2008, as a "Professor Emeritus" of counseling and development in the College of Education. He was the first African-American male to be tenured as a full professor at Winthrop University. Sanders has served as a consultant and lecturer on the local, state, regional, national and international levels during his exemplary career. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Dr. Rubye Coleman-Sanders retired after more than 30 years of service in the field of education from Lander University in Greenwood, S.C., in 2004, as a full professor in the School of Education. She has served as a consultant and lecturer on the local, state, regional, national and international levels during her distinguished career. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org/ sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org%3cmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/