{"id":16030,"date":"2023-03-16T10:35:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T15:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=16030"},"modified":"2023-03-23T14:52:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T19:52:17","slug":"alumni-spotlight-dr-latonia-collins-smith-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/alumni-spotlight-dr-latonia-collins-smith-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Spotlight &#8211; Dr. LaTonia Collins Smith &#8217;14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. LaTonia Collins Smith &#8217;14, a graduate of our Higher Education Leadership program, is the 21st President of Harris-Stowe State University, and is the first African-American female president of the university. Harris-Stowe is the only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the St. Louis region. Watch the video below to learn more about Dr. Collins Smith and her time at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½, and how she leverages her experience in social work and public health at Harris-Stowe.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O5KsUCUAkVc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And enjoy this episode of the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ StoryCast, our storytelling podcast, featuring Dr. Collins Smith.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/maryville-storycast\/embed\/episodes\/Dr-LaTonia-Collins-Smith-e210ecb\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/ed\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ School of Education<\/a> page to learn more about our various programs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharing-default-minimal post-bottom\"><div class=\"nectar-social default\" data-position=\"\" data-rm-love=\"0\" data-color-override=\"override\"><div class=\"nectar-social-inner\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"nectar-love\" id=\"nectar-love-16030\" title=\"Love this\"> <i class=\"icon-salient-heart-2\"><\/i><span class=\"love-text\">Love<\/span><span class=\"total_loves\"><span class=\"nectar-love-count\">0<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class='facebook-share nectar-sharing' href="#" title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-facebook'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='twitter-share nectar-sharing' href="#" title='Share this'> <i class='fa icon-salient-x-twitter'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='linkedin-share nectar-sharing' href="#" title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-linkedin'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='pinterest-share nectar-sharing' href="#" title='Pin this'> <i class='fa fa-pinterest'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Pin<\/span> <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. LaTonia Collins Smith &#8217;14, a graduate of our Higher Education Leadership program, is the 21st President of Harris-Stowe State University, and is the first African-American female president of the university. 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