By Quintessa Williams
Michigan’s first and only HBCU, Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design, is looking to expand it’s team after reopening in 2021. On Wednesday via Instagram, PLC announced their plans to hire an Academic Compliance Manager to help the college “steward well over their mission and vision.”
“Our mission is to activate the creative ability in everybody by removing the limits of the classroom providing access to one of a kind education,” the college account stated.
“If you thrive on the synergy of project management, uncovering educational compliance nuances, and have a creative flare – we need YOUR help.”
The main function of Lewis College of Business was to supply opportunities in higher education for qualified applicants. The college offered educational preparation in Liberal Arts and three career areas: Business Administration, Computer Information Systems, and Office Information Systems.
The academic programs at Lewis have traditionally combined theoretical and practical methods of instruction. During the past 70 years, over 2,500 students have graduated from Lewis College, and close to 27,000 students have attended this institution.
Simply put, Lewis borrowed $50, that ended up helping thousands.
After losing it’s accreditation in 2007, LBC officially closed it’s doors in 2015. However, the college became the first HBCU to reopen, rebranding itself as Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design in 2021. Through the efforts of Dr. D’Wanye Edwards, founder of PENSOLE Footwear, PLC was reinstated with an emphasis on design in addition to business.
In 2021, Edwards described the Lewis college historically as “a critical source of economic impact for the city’s Black community.” By focusing on design, Edwards said, the college “would offer a different education than what’s found at other HBCUs.”
“This is a need we have,” he said to dozens of people gathered on the original site of the Lewis College of Business. “We’re going to do this together.”