Brother Dr. Derrick Alridge received the Winthrop University’s Alumni Professional Achievement Award on Saturday, November 17, 2018. Brother Alridge, Psi Kappa Chapter, Fall 1983, received his B.A. ‘87 and Master’s degree ‘92, from Winthrop College. He earned his Ph.D. from Penn State University in 1997. Alridge was honored for his outstanding accomplishments in examining African-American education and history. The award recognizes an alumnus who has made significant contributions to his/her professional field while exemplifying high moral and business ethics. Currently, Brother Alridge is a professor in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, Director of UVA’s Center on Race and Public Education in the South. Alridge excelled as an educator and scholar. He is the founder and director of Teachers in the Movement, an oral history project that examines the contributions of teachers during the civil rights movement.