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Two Beaumont Independent School District graduates –– Mexli Flores and Blake Wilson –– have been awarded the Nancy Evans Memorial Scholarship.

On Friday, June 17, three ����APP C100 members –– Chidi Orakpo, DeShaun Bell and Whyrlincea Hooks –– made their way to Hollywood, Florida, to present their case study to company executives at the annual 100 Black Men of American, Inc conference. With Chidi Orakpo as chapter president, the group competed head-to-head with C100 chapters from Florida A&M and Xavier University ultimately snagging first place with a near perfect score for their presentation.

The ����APP Lead program, a certificate program that strives to help students gain transferable skills for their future careers and unlock their maximum potential while at ����APP, is now accepting applications for its fall cohort.

����APP alumni around the globe are making a difference, asking important questions, breaking down barriers, making discoveries, solving problems and doing work that matters. Check out our social buzz feed to see what some of our Cardinals in the classroom have been up to for the month of June.

In the newest building of the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, community members along with ����APP President Jaime Taylor and Beaumont City Mayor Robin Mouton gathered to see the newest exhibit, Cawley’s: From Machining to Automation, on June 11.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, a law firm based in Kansas City, Missouri, and ranked as the 87th largest firm in the United States, has tapped ����APP alum and Walmart In-House Counsel Veronica Hayes Gromada '96 as partner in the firm’s Product Liability Litigation Practice.