By Kenneth Mullinax/ASU

 

A recent graduate of Alabama State University has been selected as one of the prestigious Donald M. Payne International Development Fellows.

Trinity Brown (2023) was one of only 30 people selected from more than 800 applicants nationwide to receive the fellowship, explained Dr. Kennedy S. Wekesa, ASU’s associate provost for Academic Affairs.

 

"We are overjoyed, but not surprised, that such an outstanding Alabama State academic scholar, such as Ms. Brown, was tapped for this huge honor that provides up to $104,000 towards her graduate school studies and a position in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Foreign Service, after she completes her graduate school studies," Wekesa stated. "She is a native of Dayton, Ohio, and she graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in International Relations, Global Politics, and Foreign Policy. She was among our best and brightest undergraduate students."

 

 

ASU alumna Trinity Brown (contributed).

BROWN’S BACKGROUND

In addition to her stellar academic record at the University, Brown contributed her extracurricular time to a number of programs, including serving as a member of ASU's Student Government Association, having been elected by her peers as a student senator representing the University College. In addition, she served as the president of the Alpha Gamma Psi chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the nation’s premier political science honors society. Brown also  interned with the MIT-Wellesley Upward Bound Program as a tutor, mentor and teaching assistant. 

ABOUT THE PAYNE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

The USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program's purpose is to attract outstanding individuals who are interested in pursuing careers in the foreign service of the USAID. Individuals who work at the agency are on the front lines of pressing global challenges, addressing such issues as worldwide poverty, hunger, injustice, disease, environmental degradation, climate change, conflict and violent extremism. The Payne Fellowship offers its members a unique pathway to the USAID Foreign Service.

News media contact for ASU: Kenneth Mullinax, 334-229-4104.

 

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