In honor of their parents, the offspring of two graduates from Alabama State University have launched a scholarship for the historically black college or university.
The late Warren L. Davis, III, and his wife, Dr. Tyna D. Davis, have been supporters of the HBCU that educated them for a long time. Now, their legacy will carry on at the university through an endowment scholarship established in their name.
After their father passed away in 2024, Dr. Wartyna Davis and her brother, Dr. Warren L. Davis, IV, chose to pay tribute to their parents at the school they graduated from.
“We know that Alabama State is a gem in the state of Alabama and has produced some of the most incredible graduates and alums. We wanted to find a way to honor our parents that is consistent with their lives and invest in the future of ASU students. That’s what their whole career was about—investing in young people,” Dr. Wartyna Davis in a press release stated. “ASU graduates are transforming lives across the country. So, it’s important that we keep investing in the institution.”
“When Dad passed, it all crystallized at that moment as if to say instead of flowers, as a community, let’s all invest in something that will keep moving and keep giving as we move forward,” Wartyna Davis added.
Davis said: “Our parents valued education. We were blessed to have intellectually curious parents who instilled that curiosity in us. Our parents majored in math and science, and we thought supporting students in these majors might help them reach their personal goals.”
His father earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from ASU, and his mother earned a bachelor’s degree in science.
Tyna Davis was a member of the first graduating class of Arizona State University’s PhD degree program in educational leadership policy and law. latter on, her husband became a devoted educator himself, working as a principal for a number of schools in his latter years.
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Tyna Davis remarked that her children remembered to give back so that future generations may obtain an education, which was a historic gift from her children. She played an important role in education policy in Alabama before she retired in 2013.
“The university does a great job preparing its students for careers, and it is so important that we give back, when possible, so other people can have the same opportunities we had,’ she stated.
The scholarship has collected around $20,000 of its $25,000 target. You can make donations here.
