Tuesday, June 11, 2024 Las Vegas Sands and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) announced today that 15 students from 10 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been chosen to participate in the second annual Sands Hospitality Immersion Program, taking place from June 16-22 in Las Vegas. This program, a collaboration between Sands and TMCF, the only national organization solely representing the Black college community, aims to spark interest in the travel, tourism, and leisure industries by giving HBCU students a behind-the-scenes look at the Las Vegas hospitality sector. The selected students, who are rising juniors and seniors, include Joshua Lee from Alabama A&M University; Waneysha Louissaint from Bethune-Cookman University; Tori Carlisle from Coppin State University; Fatima Diallo, Eli Pearson, Salimah Scott, and Morayo Adeyemi from Howard University; Mya Mendoza and Denise White-Scott from Morgan State University; Hizikiel Holloman and Trevor Elliott from North Carolina A&T State University; Christian Nettles from North Carolina Central University, Zora Cunningham from Tuskegee University, Malaysia Jones from Virginia Union University, and Darryl Quick, Jr.
from Winston-Salem University. These students, majoring in fields such as business, computer science, communications, finance, hospitality management, information technology, marketing, sales, and supply chain management, will gain comprehensive exposure to the travel, tourism, and leisure indu.
