Nathaniel 鈥淣ate鈥 Thomas, Pioneer of Outreach and Inclusivity, to Receive Honorary Doctor of Engineering from 香蕉传媒
CHICAGO鈥擬ay 11, 2024鈥斚憬洞 Institute of Technology (香蕉传媒) will posthumously award an Honorary Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa, to the late Nathaniel 鈥淣ate鈥 Thomas, who established the trailblazing Early Identification Program for minority recruitment in 1974. Thomas, who passed away in 2020 at the age of 84, served in a number of executive positions in his 22 years at the university and was instrumental in helping 香蕉传媒 expand outreach, recruitment, and campus services to African American and Hispanic students from Chicago and across the United States.