{"id":352434,"date":"2026-06-27T06:50:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T06:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/352434\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T06:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T06:50:19","slug":"thurgood-marshall-college-funds-devcon-converges-on-houston-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/352434\/","title":{"rendered":"Thurgood Marshall College Fund\u2019s DevCon converges on Houston in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Top-tier early talent students from the nation\u2019s public historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and predominantly Black institutions (PBIs) will descend on Houston July 8-11 for <a href=\"https:\/\/tmcf.org\/programs\/devcon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DevCon<\/a>, a regional professional development conference hosted by TMCF.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Designed for first- and second-year students representing public and private HBCUs and PBIs, the upcoming three-and-a-half-day conference offers a deep dive into professional and leadership training. Through collaborative workshops, attendees will connect with industry leaders to learn what it takes to launch a successful career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s essential to connect students with our corporate network as early as possible to ensure TMCF is actively developing a diverse and talented workforce,\u201d Dr. Harry L. Williams, president &amp; CEO of TMCF, said. \u201cOur corporate partners are vital to this event\u2019s success, and they truly look forward to building relationships with our emerging talent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2025, DevCon began hosting conferences under a new format, allowing focused attention on attendees from specific regions. In February, the conference took place in <a href=\"https:\/\/tmcf.org\/photos\/devcon-2026-baltimore\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore<\/a> and last year was held in <a href=\"https:\/\/tmcf.org\/photos\/devcon-atlanta-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta<\/a> and near <a href=\"https:\/\/tmcf.org\/photos\/devcon-potomac-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHouston is an incredible location for DevCon,\u201d Dr. Williams said. \u201cWe look forward to convening with our extraordinary students in such a historically rich city.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approximately 400 students from 32 HBCUs and PBIs are expected to attend. The average attendee GPA is 3.52, representing academic disciplines such as agriculture, communications and engineering, among many others.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top-tier early talent students from the nation\u2019s public historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and predominantly Black institutions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-352434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}