2021 Annual Duthoy Scholarship Winners Announced

Each year at this time, William Howard Taft University offers the Duthoy Scholarship Program to ensure passionate educators have opportunities to earn graduate degrees.

This year, Taft University received an overwhelming number of excellent, well-qualified applicants for the scholarship program. Our process for selecting winners involved consideration of prior education, contributions to public service, demonstrated passion for the field of education, and perceived financial need.

We are excited to announce the winners of this year’s scholarships:

Full Scholarship:

Clevell Roseboro

Mr. Roseboro is a U.S. Army veteran, who as a Diversity Scholar, went on to become the youngest dean of an academic library system in the United States.

75% Scholarship:

Kenyah Koonce-Miller

Ms. Miller is an education entrepreneur who is the founder of a charter school whose prior experience included improving the proficiency rates for one of the lower performing districts within New York City.

50% Scholarship:

Selena Mell

Ms. Mell is a successful educational leader who oversees a small school division in a northern rural community in Manitoba with limited literacy supports, low academic readiness and high poverty rates.

Janet Walsh-Davis

Ms. Walsh-Davis is a Territorial Education Officer in Jamaica who is in charge of school supervision for both independent and public schools. One area of her focus is to train school leaders in the implementation and management of School Improvement Plans.

All of our scholarship winners are able to choose from our three Doctor of Education (EdD) concentrations: Leadership & Administration, Educational Technology, and Charter School Administration.

We congratulate all of our 2021 Duthoy Scholarship winners and wish them the best of luck with their programs!