The president of the TCU Graduate Student Senate, Leslie Ekpe, was recently highlighted in the Forbes article Black Women are Leading Student Governments with Intention.

“Being the first Black woman to serve as the GSS president is truly an honor,” she said. “I do not take it lightly.” 

She praised leadership for their openness.

“The Chancellor — Victor J. Boschini, Jr., who has been an integral part of my growth, has an open-door policy and has truly made it his duty to establish a relationship with me as the president, in order to understand the needs of graduate students,” she said.   

Likewise, Boschini spoke highly of Ekpe.

“I think she has virtually limitless potential as an educational leader,” he said.

Read the entire article in Forbes and more on Leslie Ekpe on TCU News.