Leigh Beeson
UGA Today
It’s been over 30 years since Shirley Mathis McBay first went to Capitol Hill with an urgent message.
She implored members of Congress to take action to increase the numbers of minorities and women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
And she didn’t mince words.
“In the search for knowledge in science and engineering, the worst intellectual crime one can commit is to prejudice one’s results, to prejudge how something will turn out. However, this is precisely what we are doing when we fail from elementary school to graduate school to encourage women and minorities to enter the fields of science and engineering,” McBay told the congressional panel, titled “Reclaiming Human Talent.”
UGA commemorating the 60th anniversary of desegregation
December 16, 2020
A series of spring semester events will celebrate the progress of integration
On Jan. 9, 1961, Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes made history when they became the first Black students to attend the University of Georgia. This Jan. 9, 2021, will mark the 60th anniversary of that historic day. The entire university community plans to celebrate with events scheduled throughout the spring semester.
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter-Gault at the inaugural namesake lecture. (Photo by Rick O’Quinn/UGA)
“The celebration of this milestone and the courage of Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Hamilton Holmes inspires us to continue striving toward an inclusive and welcoming campus for all. UGA is a much better institution thanks to the contributions of these two groundbreakers,” said President Jere W. Morehead.