WASHINGTON, D.C. – Walter M. Kimbrough – the former president of Dillard and Philander Smith University, a prominent figure in HBCU advocacy, and HBCU Campaign Fund‘s (HCF) Most Dominant HBCU Leader alum – will deliver the opening keynote at the 2024 Annual Meeting for the Minority Serving – Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (MS-CC), May 29-31, in Washington, D.C. The opening keynote address will occur at 9:15 a.m. ET on Thursday, May 30, at the Mayflower Hotel.

The MS-CC Annual Meeting are gatherings of peers, practitioners, community-builders, advocates, and leaders from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), tribal colleges and universities (TCUs), Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs), and the broader community of minority-serving institutions (MSIs).

It is a once-a-year opportunity to come together and create a space where HBCUs and TCUs lead the conversation around sustainable campus-level IT capabilities for data-intensive education and research programs.

Cited for being distinguished as one of The Ten Most Dominant HBCU Leaders of 2018 by the HBCU Campaign Fund, Kimbrough is a renowned scholar on fraternities and sororities and a thought leader on HBCUs and Black men in college. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, Fraternity Inc., and author of Black Greek 101: The Culture, Customs and Challenges of Black Fraternities and Sororities.

Kimbrough has garnered frequent recognition for his leadership. In 2010, he earned a coveted spot on Ebony Magazine’s Power 100 list. Three years later, he was honored among The Grio 100: History Makers in the Making. In the subsequent years, he was celebrated as the HBCU Male President of the Year by HBCU Digest, while also being recognized by TheBestSchools.org as one of the 20 Most Interesting College Presidents.

College Cliffs included Kimbrough among their 50 Top U.S. College and University Presidents in 2020. His alma mater, Georgia State University recognized him with the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2021.

Kimbrough earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia, his master’s degree from Miami University in Ohio, and a doctorate in higher education from Georgia State University.

Registration is now open. To learn more and secure your spot, visit the event website.

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