8 NC State Education Doctoral Students Named 2019 DREAM Fellows

Eight doctoral students from the NC State College of Education’s Adult and Community College program attended Achieving the Dream’s annual conference as DREAM Fellows Feb. 19-21, 2019.

As DREAM Fellows, they observed the conference to take note of key concepts and trends relevant to advancing higher education presented at the three-day event.

The DREAM conference brings together policy-makers, investors, thought leaders and practitioners from colleges across the U.S. to discuss strategies for issues community college’s face like equity, increasing student success, increasing capacity for data analysis, program evaluation, and student-centered, data-informed decision-making.

DREAM Fellows provide Achieving the Dream with deeper feedback about the conference as well as detailed observations about emerging trends and issues that can enhance the organization’s work in student success.

The 2019 DREAM Fellows

• Jeffery Allen
  Dean of Enrollment and Outreach
  Vance-Granville Community College
• Keegan Anderson
  Business and Administration Chair
  Mayland Community College
• Erica Andrews
  Director of Counseling
  South Piedmont Community College
• Alain Ayangma
  Mathematics Instructor
  Wake Technical Community College
• Katie Bowman Culler
  Mathematics Instructor
  Surry Community College
• Micara Lewis
  Assistant Dean, Business and Education programs
  Coordinator, Work-Based Education
  Durham Technical Community College
• Jairo McMican
  Dean of Student Learning
  Central Carolina Community College
• Ashley Swing
  Director of Financial Aid Appeals
  Wake Technical Community College