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About Dallas - Fort Worth Tuskegee Alumni Club (DFWTAC):
The Dallas - Fort Worth Tuskegee Alumni Club (DFWTAC) provides year-round support to students, alumni, Tuskegee University, and the DFW metroplex. Throughout the year, DFWTAC provides financial support for students; hosts fundraising events to assist in student, Tuskegee University, and TNAA support; provides social and professional networking opportunities to local alumni; promotes local alumni business; promotes Tuskegee University through regular participation in metroplex career fairs, and serves the DFW community through volunteer service activities.
About Tuskegee University:
Tuskegee University is a private, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama. The campus is designated as a National Historic Site, the only college or university campus in the nation to be designated as such. The university was home to scientist George Washington Carver, World War II's Tuskegee Airmen, and American educator, author, orator, and first Principal Booker T. Washington.
Tuskegee University offers 43 bachelor's degree programs, 17 master's degree programs, and 5 doctoral degree programs. Number one producer of African-American aerospace science engineers in the nation. Tuskegee is a leading producer in the country of African-American engineering graduates in Chemical, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering; the top producer of African-American Ph.D. holders in Materials Science and Engineering in the U.S.; and the largest producer of African-Americans with baccalaureate degrees in Math, Science, and Engineering in Alabama. Tuskegee University is the only historically black college or university (HBCU) with a fully accredited College of Veterinary Medicine that offers a Doctoral Degree and produces over 75% of the African-American veterinarians in the world.
#1, "Best Colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities" (Alabama), U.S. News and World Report, September 2019
#3 Among nation's best Historically Black Colleges and Universities, U.S. News and World Report September 2022
#4 Among the nation’s best Historically Black Colleges and Universities, U.S. News and World Report. September 2020
#4, "Best BSW Programs in Alabama," SocialWorkDegree.org, August 2019
#5, "Best Master's in Environmental Science Degree," OnlineSchoolsReport, Jan. 2020
#5, "Best Computer Science and IT Colleges in Alabama," ComputerTrainingSchools.com, Sept. 2019
The Dallas - Fort Worth Tuskegee Alumni Club (DFWTAC) is one of the 80 chapters of the Tuskegee National Alumni Association (TNAA). As part of the Southwest Region of National Alumni Associations, DFWTAC is composed of Tuskegee University alumni and associates who reside and work in the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex. We are business professionals, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, and proud alumni of Tuskegee Institute/Tuskegee University.
The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Tuskegee Alumni Club is to foster a sense of community among Tuskegee University alumni in the DFW area while upholding Tuskegee University's values of scholarship, leadership, and service. We strive to ensure that the spirit of Tuskegee lives on in the DFW community.
The purpose of the Dallas - Fort Worth Tuskegee Alumni Club is to promote and encourage support for the general goals and objectives of the Tuskegee National Alumni Association; encourage participation in and support of Tuskegee University, TNAA, and Southwest Region activities; and improve alumni support for Tuskegee University through fundraising, educational information and services, student recruitment, student aid, leadership and local alumni unity of purpose.
We have 3 standing scholarship opportunities for students. The scholarship amount awarded is contingent upon funds raised during DFWTAC's fiscal year.
1) DFWTAC Scholarship - this merit-based scholarship is awarded to DFW area graduating seniors who will be incoming freshmen at Tuskegee University in the upcoming semester.
2) Dora Joyner Legacy Scholarship - this need-based scholarship is awarded to current students experiencing a crisis that could adversely affect their enrollment, semester completion, or graduation.
3) Semester Book Scholarships - this merit-based scholarship is awarded in the Fall and Spring semesters to current students who need assistance paying for books, fees, and supplies required for the semester.
In addition to awarding scholarships, we offer emergency financial assistance to students, provide semester care packages, and support and assistance to students who contact DFWTAC. Our greatest need is for additional funds to match the increasing requests for financial assistance from our students.
Organization name
DALLAS - FORT WORTH TUSKEGEE ALUMNI CLUB
Causes
Community Improvement, Education - Higher Ed
Operating Budget
Less than $100,000
Counties Served
Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Rockwall, Tarrant
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American
BIPOC Leadership
Board Chair
Address
1309 Ashbrook Drive