Reinell A. Thomas-Myers
Reinell A. Thomas-Myerss is director of the Minority Teacher Recruitment Program in the Department of Education at South Carolina State University.
Education
- BS-Business Administration-SC State University-1983 Minor-Accounting
- Master of Education-Technology Education-Lesley University-2000
Background
Thomas-Myers has served SC State for more than 25 years. She had served as program manager (administrator) for the South Carolina Program for the Recruitment and Retention of Minority Teachers (SC-PRRMT) at SC State from 2009.
Prior to serving as program manager, she served as the SC-PRRMT lead staff member for administering the program’s two forgivable loan initiatives — the EIA Forgivable Loan Program and the African American Teacher Loan Program, which brought more than $700,000 to the university annually.
Her other employment experiences include counselor for Gear-Up, Department of Education, SC State; accounting tech, Department of Business and Finance, SC State; co-lead for Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity Grant, Department of Education, SC State; and accounting tech, Department of Finance, Denmark Technical College.
She continues to provide the University follow-up on SC-PRRMT graduates’ careers as teachers, guidance counselors, and superintendents.
She serves on various University Committees at SC State University. She is a life member of the South Carolina State University National Alumni Association and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
Hobbies & Interests
Sports enthusiast, traveling with family and friends, and planning special events.