Dwight D. Eisenhower Fellowship Program Recipients
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) competition is designed to stimulate interest among students attending a minority-serving institution of higher education or community college to conduct transportation-related research, pursue transportation-related degrees, enter the transportation workforce and enhance the scope and diversity of knowledge of the transportation community throughout the United States.
The DDETFP program provides funds for students to pursue associate, bachelor, master and doctoral degrees in transportation-related fields. The awards are granted based on merit considering academic records, class standing, GPA, transcripts, transportation work experience and personal recommendations.
2023 - 2024 Recipients
The 2023 DDETFP Local Competition was conducted on May 5th, 2023 at NC A&T State University. The results of the competition will be posted here once announced by the Federal Highway Administration.
2022 - 2023 Recipients
N.C. A&T students Anusha Neupane and Keshawn Johnson received grants totaling $18,500 from the prestigious DDETFP. The awards were procured under the recommendation of N.C. A&T Transportation Institute director Rongfang (Rachel) Liu, Ph.D., and program manager Nicholas Allen, M.A.
The funds contributed to 2022-23 academic school year tuition assistance, a stipend and expenses for the 102nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, which took place virtually and in-person in January in Washington, D.C. Neupane and Johson took first and second place, respectively in the DDETFP Local Competition hosted by NC A&T's Transportation Institute. The competition's judging panel comprised Dr. Arim Park, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management; Suzette Morales, Federal Highway Administration Planning & Environment Specialist (Divisions 7 - 9); Taft Kelly, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Regional Field Administrator; and Venktesh Pandey, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering; and Dr. Liu.
Neupane is a Civil Engineering student in her junior year.
Johnson is a Supply Chain Management and Marketing major in his senior year.
2021 - 2022 Recipients
N.C. A&T students Brandon Daye, Aliyah McCray ’21 and Kendal Tidwell received grants totaling $22,500 from the prestigious DDETFP. The awards were procured under the recommendation of N.C. A&T Transportation Institute and Center for Advanced Transportation Mobility (CATM) Director Maranda McBride, Ph.D., and program manager Nicholas Allen.
The funds contributed to 2021-22 academic school year tuition assistance, a stipend and expenses for the 101st Transportation Research Board annual meeting, which took place virtually and in-person in January in Washington, D.C. Daye, McCray and Tidwell are marketing and supply chain management students in the Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics. Daye is also studying agribusiness and food industry management in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences..
A Thurgood Marshall College Fund Leadership Scholar, Daye, of Burlington, North Carolina, is president of the Student Food Advisory Board, development coordinator of the Leadership Engagement and Development Staff, chair of the Get Out to Vote and Excitement Workgroup for the University Civic Engagement Coalition, chair of the Campus Life Committee and senator for the College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences for the Student Government Association. He is an active member of The Village Mentoring Inc., Men on the Move, NAACP, Supply Chain Aggies and Toastmasters International.
McCray, of Raleigh, North Carolina, is a first-year MBA student who earned her B.S. in supply chain management in May of 2021. She has been a member of the Blue and Gold Marching Machine throughout her time at A&T and was a CATM Transportation Scholars Award Recipient for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years. She is in the University Honors Program (UHP) and served on the executive board for the NCAT Association for Supply Chain Management, focusing on marketing and recruitment. She is working as a graduate assistant for the Deese College Department of Accounting and Finance, completing a one-year co-op at Centric Brands as a distribution bypass supply chain intern and will intern with the Corning Life Sciences Division this summer.
A recipient of the Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics Scholarship in 2020, Tidwell, of Indianapolis, is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society, Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Society, the Chancellor’s List and UHP. She served as an Aggie Ambassador and as treasurer for the freshman class in the 2018-19 academic year.
2020 - 2021 Recipients
N.C. A&T students Amanda Gray, Aliyah McCray, Felicia Park, Miles Staton and Erica Thompson received grants totaling $34,500 from DDETFP. The awards were procured under the recommendation of N.C. A&T Transportation Institute and CATM Director Maranda McBride, Ph.D., and program manager Teresa McBride.
The funds provided 2020-21 academic school year tuition assistance, a stipend and costs to participate in the 100th Transportation Research Board annual meeting, which was held virtually in January 2021.
At the time, Gray, McCray, Park and Staton were supply chain management students in the Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics, while Thompson was a civil engineering student in the College of Engineering.
Gray, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was the first person from the maternal side of her family to attend college. As the child of an ex-convict, Gray never thought she would be a successful student studying business at A&T. After having a son at 19, she aspired to improve her life, enhance her career options and change the socioeconomic status of her family for generations to come.
McCray, of Raleigh, North Carolina, has been a member of the Blue and Gold Marching Machine throughout her time at A&T. She was in the University Honors Program and was a CATM Transportation Scholars Award Recipient for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years. She also served on the executive board for the NCAT Association for Supply Chain Management, focusing on marketing and recruitment.
Park, of Seat Pleasant, Maryland, is originally from Georgetown, Guyana. With a 4.0 GPA, she was a member of Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society, Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honors Society and the Caribbean Student Association.
Miles Staton, of Greensboro, was a United Negro College Fund Best Buy Scholar and plans to graduate in 2022.
Thompson, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as Miss Senior in the Student Government Association and secretary of the American Society of Civil Engineering. She was also the secretary and treasurer of Tau Beta Pi, an engineering honor society.
2019-2020 Recipients
Tyler Huggins, Joseph Smith, Kiana Williams
2018-2019 Recipients
Kayla Jefferson, Gregory Stewart, Patrick Stanley
2017-2018 Recipient
Malik Norwood
