A Powerful Conversation with Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, Ph.D., JD, CPA

Meet the Faculty: Angela Logan, Ph.D.

Angela R. Logan, Ph.D. is an Associate Teaching Professor and the St. Andre Bessette Academic Director of the Master of Nonprofit Administration at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. In her role as Academic Director, she provides leadership to the team that oversees both formats of the Master of Nonprofit Administration degree. As a member of the College’s Department of Management & Organization, she teaches core courses for both programs as well. Dr. Logan’s honors and distinctions include the inaugural Notre Dame Faculty Black Excellence Award (2023) and the MNAR Outstanding Professor Award (2023). Prior to joining the College in 2013, Dr. Logan had over 25 years of experience in higher education and philanthropy, with a particular focus in the areas of education and diversity.Over the course of her career, she has served as the Program Officer for Education at The Harvest Foundation (Martinsville, VA), the Director of the Bonner Scholars Program at Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH), and the Director of Multicultural Affairs and the Admissions Counselor/Coordinator of Multicultural Admissions at Defiance College (Defiance, OH).

Dr. Logan’s research focuses on the intersection of gender, race, and nonprofit and philanthropic leadership. A trained facilitator of Anti-Racism Study Circles, she also provides training on leadership, conflict resolution, stress and time management, and cultural sensitivity, both nationally and internationally, including to the IBM Research Global Internship Program in Beijing, China, and at the Young African Leadership Initiative Regional Leadership Centers in Nairobi, Kenya and Accra, Ghana. She has a movie credit to her name, appearing in the documentary The Business of Good: Young Africa Rising. She currently serves as President-elect for the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council and is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership. In her civic life, she serves as a board member of the Alumni Board of The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, is a board member of The CASIE Center and CDFI-Friendly, and is a Life Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, immediate past president of the South Bend Area (IN) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated and a sustaining member of the Charity League, an affiliate of the Association of Junior Leagues International. She is also an active member of South Bend City Church, serving as the Senior Advisor to the Lead and Executive Pastors, and as Communion Coordinator. She loves good dinner parties, traveling, and football.Dr. Logan is the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Philanthropic Studies from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

Meet the Speaker: Glenda Baskin Glover, Ph.D., JD, CPA

Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover serves as President of Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee, a position she has held since January 2013. Under her leadership as the university’s first female president, TSU has experienced a significant increase in enrollment, alumni fundraising, research dollars and academic offerings. 

Dr. Glover is a certified public accountant, an attorney, and is one of two African American women to  hold the Ph.D-CPA-JD combination in the country. Her past employment also includes high level  positions in the corporate sector as she is among few women to rise to the heights to serve on corporate  boards of publicly traded corporations. Currently, she serves as Lead Director of Pinnacle Financial  Partners. In 2022, President Joe Biden appointed Dr. Glover to serve as Vice Chair of the President’s  Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). 

Dr. Glover’s prior board experience includes The Student Loan Corporation- a publicly traded  subsidiary of Citigroup, First Guaranty Bankshares, and The Lenox Group, Inc. On these boards, she  served either as Financial Expert, Chair of the Audit Committee, or Chair of the compensation  Committee. Dr. Glover is a frequently sought keynote speaker on business and economics topics to  audiences around the country at national conventions, professional associations, and community groups. 

Her educational development began as a student at Tennessee State University, where she majored in  mathematics. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree, she pursued the Master of Business  Administration from Clark Atlanta University. She then completed her doctorate in business from  George Washington University, and later completed her law degree from Georgetown University. 

Dr. Glover is a member of several professional, civic, and non-profit organizations. She is also the  recipient of numerous awards and honors, and recently received the prestigious Thurgood Marshall  College Fund Education Leadership Award as the 2018 HBCU President of the Year. Glover was also  named to Essence Magazine’s 2019 “Woke 100” List of influential African American women change  agents and power players that also included First Lady Michelle Obama, and Gayle King of CBS This  Morning News. In 2013, she was named to Diverse Issues in Higher Education’s prestigious list as one  of the “Top 25 Women in Higher Education.” Dr. Glover also serves as the immediate past International  President of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. 

Dr. Glover and her husband, Charles, are the parents of two adult children, Attorney Candace Glover Datcher, and Dr. Charles Glover II. They are also the proud grandparents of Langston Emmanuel  Datcher, Lincoln Mathis Glover, Everett Miles Glover and the twins, Logan and Lena Datcher.

Black Alumni of Notre Dame

The mission of the BA of ND shall be to enhance the presence and experiences of African Americans across the Notre Dame family — students, faculty, administration, and alumni/ae.

The Black Alumni of Notre Dame traces its roots to a historic meeting in October 1985 when Fr. Ted Hesburgh, then University President, invited 25 black alumni back to the University. At the kick-off dinner of this three-day meeting, Fr. Ted asked the group to assist the University in the recruitment and retention of black students. Multiple sessions involving the administration, faculty and students were then held, the sum total of which presented a realistic picture of the admissions statistics, recruiting tactics, support systems and black student life on campus. At the conclusion of the gathering, the alumni drafted a set of seven recommendations which documented what the group saw as the primary issues that the University needed to address relative to the recruitment and retention of black students.

Item seven proposed that: “The Notre Dame Alumni Association should formalize a sub-committee of Black alumni to assist the University in:

• Increasing the African American student enrollment in both the undergraduate and graduate programs
• Enhancing the existing student support mechanisms
• Significantly increasing the number of African Americans on the teaching/research faculty and administration”

Of the seven recommendations, only one (regarding the use of merit-based scholarships to attract top black scholars) has yet to be implemented. Moreover, in keeping with its leadership traditions, and in response to the last recommendation, the Notre Dame Alumni Association supported and mentored the establishment of Black Alumni of ND as a recognized committee.

Black Alumni of ND was officially founded as a committee of the Alumni Association in June 1989. That weekend hosted the first reunion where over 100 Black Alumni participated in the development and acceptance of its by-laws and election of its first set of officers. Ben Finley ’60, Herman Hooten ’72 and Richard Ryans ’79 are recognized as the founders of Black Alumni of ND. The group adopted the mission to enhance the presence and experience of blacks across the Notre Dame family; alumni/ae, students, faculty and administration. Additional reunions were convened in 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2021 (virtual). Future reunions will be held triennially. The next one is scheduled to take place in 2024.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first African American graduate of Notre Dame, Frazier L. Thompson ’47, the Black Alumni of Notre Dame selected 50 African American graduates for recognition as Distinguished Black Exemplars in May 1997. An additional 50 African American graduates were selected as Honorable Mentions.

Under its mission statement, Black Alumni of ND conducts a set of unique programs that have resulted in the establishment of an effective and on-going black alumni network; professional and geographical mentoring for the incumbent student body; provision of ethnic support to local club’s Alumni Schools Committee; active recruiting for faculty and administrative job openings; support to graduate school minority student recruiting; and provision of support to the Alumni Association’s quest for cultural diversity. Black Alumni of ND is also proud of having served as the benchmark for the establishment and organization of the Hispanic Alumni of Notre Dame and the Asian-Pacific Alumni of Notre Dame.

Black Alumni of ND and its sister minority networks have been organized in recognition and appreciation of the cultural differences that make up our University. Specifically, they recognize the asset value embodied in our differences. When properly cultivated, these differences result in a vibrant, heterogeneous University family whose students and alumni value cultural diversity for the multiple perspectives it offers to our daily business, academic, social and spiritual challenges and to the richness it brings to our lives.

We are ND!

Experience the Event

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Thursday, August 31, 2023 7:00 pm

What will the seat of power look like in the future? Angela Logan, Ph.D., St. Andre Bessette Academic Director of the Master of Nonprofit Administration Program at the Mendoza College of Business and Glenda Baskin Glover, Ph.D., JD, CPA, President of Tennessee State University sit down for a fireside chat about a new framework of business leadership. Their conversation will kick off a weekend celebration marking the first time in program history the Irish will face a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) when the Tigers make their trip to South Bend for the Irish’s 2023 home opener. This event is the first in the ThinkND series Powerful Conversations where Logan and Black women who lead organizations will discuss the importance of race, gender, and faith to the work of leadership. Powerful Conversations is co-sponsored by Mendoza College of Business, the Office of the Provost, the Office of Institutional Transformation, the Notre Dame Initiative on Race and Resilience, Notre Dame Research, and the Black Alumni of Notre Dame.

We will welcome Dr. Glover to campus on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 7:00 pm at the Smith Ballroom at the Morris in for a special in-person ThinkND evening, open to all. For those interested in joining us virtually, view the live stream on this page on the day of the event. Either way, be a part of this historic moment in Notre Dame’s story!

To register to receive emails about this event and others in the ThinkND Powerful Conversations series, please visit our registration page.

NDWorks Podcast - Tennessee State at Notre Dame

Notre Dame hosts Tennessee State in our domestic football home opener Saturday, Sept. 2. This will be the first time the two schools meet on the football field and the first time Notre Dame’s football program will compete against a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). 

JP Abercrumbie serves as executive associate athletics director for culture and engagement. She is responsible for stewardship of a culture of inclusive excellence in Notre Dame Athletics, including leading diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. She talks with Internal Communications Director Jenna Liberto about the rich traditions and similar origin stories represented at both universities as well as the opportunities presented by this matchup beyond the football game.  

Visit Experience ND to explore the ways you can take part in the events leading up to and during TSU-ND weekend, which include the opportunity to hear from Tennessee State University President Glenda Baskin Glover. She joins Angela Logan, the St. Andre Bessette Academic Director of the Master of Nonprofit Administration Program at the Mendoza College of Business, for a discussion about a new framework of business leadership. This event is the first in the ThinkND: Powerful Conversations series in which Logan and Black women leaders will discuss the importance of race, gender and faith to the work of leadership. 

Join colleagues and campus visitors for a moderated tour of the spotlight exhibit, “Football and Community at Historically Black Colleges and Universities” in the Rare Books & Special Collections department of the Hesburgh Libraries. Curator Greg Bond, sports archivist and sports subject specialist for Hesburgh Libraries, will introduce the exhibit and answer any questions. The exhibit tour will be accompanied by an open house featuring additional items and objects on display from the Joyce Sports Research Collection related to the history of HBCU football and the history of African American athletes.

Tennessee State University & the University of Notre Dame

Curious about the game logo? There’s a lot of meaning behind what you see. Explore what it means and how it brings two outstanding universities together in the video below.

On September 2, 2023, Notre Dame hosts Tennessee State in football. The historic game represents the first time Notre Dame plays an HBCU (Historically Black College and University). This animation tells the origin story of the logo used in association with the game and events taking place during the weekend. The mark uses TSU and ND branded colors to represent the distinctions between both institutions and the school pride displayed by each community. The letterforms face off with each other similarly to how each team will meet on the field of play. U for University is a common element between both institutions and is the union point for the mark. It also has the dual meaning of referring to “You” the audience, alumnus, consumer or participant. Both sides of the mark share the center U to represent the ties that bind these institutions in common. The letterforms contain inner shapes that hint at pathways or roads, suggestive of progress and connection or a “path to the future”. In Together Irish terms: “Our progress must persist.”