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Michael Burnett Miller
Michael is an innovator, motivator and someone who has dedicated his life to serving others. Michael has been working in higher education for over 20 years. He started out as a peer advisor at Malc...ver másMichael is an innovator, motivator and someone who has dedicated his life to serving others. Michael has been working in higher education for over 20 years. He started out as a peer advisor at Malcolm X College in 1991, which was the starting point for his ability to assist and provide educational services to individuals who wanted to further their education. He gave students the proper tools to transfer over to a baccalaureate institution. Most of his experience in education has been in one of the City Colleges of Chicago.
Even though Michael Miller truly believes, he has found his calling in assisting people with furthering their education he also had other talents and interest. After earning an Associate of Arts degree at Malcolm X College, and working on the award winning Malcolm X Press newspaper he went on to earn a B.A. Degree in radio broadcasting at Columbia College in Chicago. During this time, he also became active in the National Association of Black Journalist (NABJ). While being a part of this organization he acted as a mentor to kids who were inspiring to be journalists. Michael has written many articles, which have been published in newspapers in the Chicago land area on issues that affect the lives of African Americans, and other ethnics groups.
Michael’s accomplishments continue to evolve. He has sat on advisory committees regarding education, and has done several presentations around the mid western region on topics such as” Why do black males avoid a postsecondary education.” He has sat on Malcolm X College president’s scholarship committee in a media capacity. He is also a motivational speaker for people who are down on there luck, and have lost hope. He is very fashionable, and has graced the runway for several African shows during Kwanzaa Celebration. He recently modeled in the House of Duvall cat walking explosion for charity; an event to help raise money for sick children. He also wrote his first fiction book called When My Season Comes, and others then after such as When My Season Comes 11, Truth About America’s Educational System, What a Woman Wants, The Children are The Future, and currently his sixth book titled, The Skin Game.
He continues to serve the community as a mentor to those who are less fortunate. Michael worked for one of the federally funded TRiO programs born out of the civil rights movement in 1960. The program he worked for is called the Educational Opportunity Center, which is one of the Trio programs established in 1972 during the higher education amendments. This is a program that target adults who are 19 years of age or older from low-income families and first generation college students. That position took him on several conferences, and he wrote proposals to present at a few. In addition, out of this program he coordinated and founded a symposium and called it “HIS DAY”, which encouraged African American males to go on to college, and take charge of their lives as leaders in their community. He currently works for Harold Washington College, which is one of the City Colleges of Chicago. He is an Admissions Specialist.ver menos