Alumni NCCU Alumna Tressie McMillian Cottom '09 Honored with Prestigious MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Grant' Tressie McMillian Cottom, Ph.D., ’09 was announced today, Oct. 6, 2020, as one of 21 MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius Fellows.’ She earned a bachelor’s degree in English and political science from NCCU.
