The Joyce Russell Kente Awards

Join us on April 21
The Joyce Russell Kente Awards Ceremony celebrates the academic excellence and achievements of our Black/African-American USF students and Tampa Bay community leaders.
Event Details
Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 11 a.m.
Bryan Glazer Family JCC
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This year we will celebrate Dr. Julius Wayne Dudley and Dr. Kevin Sneed as our 2022 Joyce Russell Kente Community Leader recipients and Dr. Adrianne Wilson as our 2022 Joyce Russell Kente Alumni Award recipient.

From left: Dr. Julius Wayne Dudley, Dr. Adrianne Wilson and Dr. Kevin Sneed.
All proceeds from the event benefit students on all USF campuses through the Dr. Israel "Ike" Tribble Jr. Endowed Scholarship, Black Faculty Association Endowed Scholarship, Institute on Black Life Study Abroad Scholarship and the Ruth and Jerry Bell Endowed Scholarship.
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History of the Joyce Russell Kente Awards
The Kente Award was created in 2000 by the USF African American Advisory Committee to strengthen the relationship between the university and the African-American community. The award recognizes USF faculty, employees, alumni and African-American community members whose contributions have had a positive impact in the African-American community.
Joyce Russell worked as Hillsborough County's African-American Liaison and joined the African American Advisory Committee in 2000. She was elected president of the committee in 2004 and served three terms as its president before retiring in 2011. Under her leadership, the Kente Award grew in stature and the Dr. Israel "Ike" Tribble Jr. Scholarship was endowed. In 2012, former USF president Judy Genshaft presented Joyce Russell with the Kente Award, along with the honor of naming the award the Joyce Russell Kente Award.
Past Joyce Russell Kente Award Recipients
2021
Justice Peggy Quince
Vincent Jackson ’16
2019
Dr. Ernest Boger ’65
Robert P. Blount III
2018
Anddrikk Frazier
William Packer Sr. ’70
2017
Delano Stewart
Institute on Black Life
2016
Bernard Batson
Senator Arthenia Joyner
2015
Honorable Edwin “Ed” Narain
Chloe Coney
2014
Clinton Paris
John Scrivens
2013
Dexter Frederick
Honorable Lesley Miller Jr.
2012
Dr. Samuel Wright
2011
Dr. Thelma Benton
2010
James McDaniel
Felecia Wintons-Taylor
2009
Paulette Walker
Carolyn House Stewart ’74
2005
Neil Armstrong
Trent Green
Ruth Hall
Brian Lamb ’98
O. Geofreey Okogbaa
2004
Robert “Bob” Davis ’82
Sonja Garcia
Oscar Horton
Wali Shabazz
Dr. Brenda Townsend
2002
Gloria Anthony ’73
Dr. Richard Briscoe
Dr. Glenn Cherry
Joyce E. Latson
Dr. Cheryl Rodriguez ’93
Dr. Aaron Smith

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