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Toby Jenkins graduated with a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Communications (emphasis in Public Relations and Event
Planning)
from the Honors College at the University of South Carolina.
She received her Masters in College Student Personnel Administration
from the University of Maryland, College Park and completed her
doctoral study in Educational Policy and Leadership/Social Foundations
of Education. Her masters program focused on multicultural student
services and
and her doctoral research focused on understanding how young generations of people of color define and use their culture in a contemporary world. Dr. Jenkins came to Penn State from
the University of Maryland where she worked within Student Affairs
as an advisor to the student program board within the student
activities/student life office, Academic Affairs as Assistant
Director of the Nyumburu Cultural Center, and within the College
of Education conducting research assessment and creating mentoring
outreach programs to local K-12 schools within the Institute
for Urban and Minority Education.
In 2000, Jenkins created the Joint Service
Project, bringing together college students, faculty, and staff
in service efforts within the black community and in 2001 created
the Vision Cultural Mentoring Initiative providing college mentors
to local high school students of the African Diaspora. Both programs
received honors from President George W. Bush and the Governor
of Maryland. She has served as faculty advisor to several student
organizations including the Black Student Union, Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Inc., The Black Explosion Student Newspaper,
and Sisters in the Struggle. Dr. Jenkins past professional experiences,
research interests, and studies have taken her to Greece, Spain,
Norway, Italy, Morocco, Egypt, Russia, Belgium, Turkey, South
Africa and various parts of the West Indies. Additionally, she
worked with students from over 40 countries as the resident life
director for the Johns Hopkins University Office of Summer Programs.
In the past, she has worked for the Coca Cola Company as an experiential
marketing account executive, Oscar Mayer foods as a media spokesperson
and Bank of America in community relations. Toby Jenkins’ professional
memberships include the American College Personnel Association,
The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators,
The American Association of Higher Education, and Board of Directors
for Words, Beats & Life, Inc. a hip hop culture collective
and nonprofit organization.
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