Reggie Jarrell to Speak at
Southwestern College Honors Convocation
Winfield, Kan., April 19, 2022 — Reggie Jarrell, instructor of
communications at Southwestern College, will be the featured speaker at
Southwestern College’s annual Honors Convocation Thursday, April 21, at 4 p.m.,
in the Richardson Performing Arts Center. There is no admission charge
and the public is welcome to attend.
The title of his presentations is “Build your Bridge.”
Although this is a
traditional main campus program, professional studies learners who qualified
for the Dean’s Honor Roll for fall 2021 will be recognized on the printed
program. Students will be recognized for a variety of honors and awards,
including the announcement of the 2022 Masterbuilders. The honor of
Masterbuilder is given to graduating seniors who best typify the spirit of
Southwestern.
Jarrell has worked as a pastor, lawyer, communications professional, and
university professor. He has recently had a book published, “31 Days
(Nights): Memoir of Living Black in America.” The book is a collection of
snapshots in the form of essays that allows the reader to see the scenes from
the world that he experiences.
His professional experience includes teaching at St. Ambrose University
in Davenport, Iowa; Southern University in New Orleans; and Alcorn State
University in Lorman, Miss., as well teaching at two community colleges in Iowa
and Illinois.
His legal experience includes work as an assistant public defender, Rock
Island County, Illinois, and staff attorney, Prairie State Legal Services, Rock
Island.
His communications experience includes but is not limited to the
following: television production staff, Family Radio, Oakland, Calif.;
newspaper staff reporter, The Moline Publishing Company, Moline, Ill.; and
television news reporter, WHO-TV, Des Moines, Iowa. He has also worked as a
janitor and shoe salesperson.
His ministry experience includes serving as interim pastor, Progressive
Baptist Church, Davenport, Iowa.
He has earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Iowa College
of Law in Iowa City, Iowa; master of divinity degree from the American Baptist
Seminary of the West in Berkeley, Calif.; master of science degree in mass
communication and journalism at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa; and a
bachelor of arts degree in communication from The American University in
Washington, D.C. Jarrell recently completed work on a doctor of ministry degree
from The Berkeley School of Theology, formerly American Baptist Seminary of the
West.
