With 32 college acceptances already under his belt, CRSM senior Joshua Davis was one of the students featured in a Chicago Tribune/Lake County News Sun March 25 story. Josh was attending an event promoting historically Black colleges and told the reporter: “I want to be around successful people who look like me.”
Davis was one of more than 200 high school students who attended Waukegan Township’s HBCU Experience during Spring Break at Waukegan High School’s Washington campus to learn about educational opportunities at the country’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU).
Davis, a College Bound Opportunities scholar who is president of the Student Ambassadors and the National Honor Society and vice president of CRSM’s Black Student Union, said he plans to attend a historically Black college or university, though he has yet to decide which one. “I feel it is a place where I will feel at home,” Davis said.
Through his Corporate Work Study job, Davis works as a background credit investigator at Discover Financial Services and plans to pursue a career in cyber security. His top choice so far is Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, a private co-educational liberal arts institution.
Davis, whose GPA is 3.54 and is the oldest of three from Zion, said the most important lesson he has learned at CRSM is “to make connections and don’t be afraid to ask for help. I was a struggling student my freshman year, but I learned that all the teachers are here to give you moral support and help you reach your potential.”