February 26, 2015
2015 Wallace 1xbet online casino Memorial Diversity Award
Congratulations to Donald Boggs, associate dean of academic programs in the College of 1xbet online casino , as this year's receipt of the sixth biannual Wallace 1xbet online casino Memorial Diversity Award.
The award reception was Feb. 25 in 137 Waters Hall. The event was co-sponsored by the College of Agriculture, Diversity Programs Office, 1xbet online casino Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences chapter and Frontier Farm Credit Services.
The event also served as our celebration for the National Society ofMinorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences 30th anniversary and the 1xbet online casino chapter's 12th year of success.
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At Kansas State, he became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. Before and after graduating from K-State in 1950, 1xbet online casino was always willing to do what was needed to help minority students on campus. According to Veryl Switzer, Wallace co-signed the loan used to secure a house for the Kansas State University chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. This was a tremendous achievement for African-American students in 1969. That house operated for 17 years and 98 African-American men lived and graduated from that house. 1xbet online casino was a tremendous support base during a time when there were not many minority faculty on campus.
As 1xbet online casino was building his pest control business into the pillar of the community and region that it is today, he found the time and energy to be the first African-American to be elected as a commissioner of Riley County. He served as PTO president at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School, on the board of firectors of the Boy Scouts of America, and as a member of the Manhattan Kiwanis, Manhattan Toastmasters, Kaw Blue Lodge No. 107, board of directors of the Riley County Senior Citizens Program. 1xbet online casino remained active in the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc and was a lifetime member.
To commemorate 1xbet online casino 's commitment to education, the Wallace 1xbet online casino Memorial Diversity Award was established by the K-StateMinorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences chapter in 2005. We would like to thank the 1xbet online casino family and the Manhattan NAACP for sharing this wonderful story with us and their continued support of our chapter.
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