Formed in 2019, the Black Leadership Alumni Council (BLAC), which was established to promote, advance, and facilitate the engagement of black alumni and students at The University of Akron.
Featured above are leaders of BLAC along with the first scholarship recipient, Keira Britt, a freshman from Cleveland Heights, Ohio majoring in Biology. This group was recognized at halftime of the men's basketball game against Kent State in 2025.
BLAC Endowed Student Scholarship
Student Membership Application
President
Towanda Mullins
BST ’88, AAS ’90
Vice President
Pamela Valentine
BSA ’78
Immediate Past President
Eufrancia Lash
BA ’96
Malcom Bello
BA '19
Cynthia Blake
AAS ’80
Harold Booker
BSE '79
Kiesha Butler
AAB '02 BSIM '05
Richard Nickerson
BS '19
Charles Parnell
BSE '79
Jason Render Jr.
BA '21
Vikki (Sales) Shadie
AAB ’84
Sharon Crawford
AA '10, BA '12, MAE '20
Kevin Waklatsi
BA ' 11
Ariana (Williamson) Wagner
BA ’20, BSN ’20
Dr. Linda Woodard
BSME ’83
Kellie Glenn
BSIM ’90
Andrea Hodge
BSCE ’19
Erikah Jackson
BSME ’20
Larry McElrath
BSBA ’90
Jonathan Pope
BAE ’19
Director, Alumni Relations
Michelle Banis
Ex-Officio Member/ Council Liaison
mnb33@uakron.edu
Assistant Vice President, Alumni Relations
Willy Kollman
Ex-Officio Member/ Council Liaison
mnb33@uakron.edu
Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer
Dr. Sheldon Wrice
Ex-Officio Member / Council Liaison
swrice1@uakron.edu