Articles About Wilberforce University

• Wheeling Gaunt receives honorary degree from Wilberforce University

  By Cheryl DurgansMay 16, 2023

  

  Yellow Springs philanthropist and businessman Wheeling Gaunt was awarded an honorary degree posthumously by Wilberforce University at the college’s commencement on Saturday, May 6.

• Alyce Earl Jenkins— Recognized for service, teaching

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 7, 2019

  

  “Sometimes when I’m feeling down, I come in here and think, well, I did make a contribution to different communities at different times,” Alyce Earl Jenkins said in an interview last week. That’s quite an understatement.

• Story Chain connects incarcerated parents with their children

  By Matt MindeSeptember 13, 2018

  

  Krista Vandyke was a participant in Story Chain, a program that gives inmates the opportunity to read to their children from the confines of incarceration. 

• Stories of amazing African Americans

  By Audrey HackettFebruary 16, 2017

  

  Learn about notable African Americans from the Miami Valley in a local history talk at the YS Community Library this Tuesday, Feb. 23, 6–7:30 p.m. Presented by the National Afro-American Museum in Wilberforce.

• Two Reverend Jacksons to speak at Wilberforce graduation

  By Lauren HeatonMay 1, 2014

  

  Wilberforce University will host Bishop Reginald Jackson and Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr., who will speak at the 2014 commencement ceremonies Saturday.