Dominique Whyte fondly recalled that an electrical and electronic technology teacher in her Mandeville, Jamaica, high school gave her a supportive push towards the study of chemical engineering.
Today, as a chemical engineering major, Whyte will be a valued rarity when she graduates from Manhattan College in 2025. Powered by the encouraging atmosphere at the college, and the lasting support from high school, she is well on her way to making her mark in the traditionally male-dominated field.
“At Manhattan College there isn’t any bias based on gender,” the Jamaica-born college sophomore told David Koeppel in the Manhattan College article, “Chemical Engineering Student Wants to Break Negative Stem Stereotypes. “So, the same opportunities that are available to men are also available to women. It’s an equal playing field at the school.”
With an interest in sustainable energy and development, Whyte is researching ways to remove sulfur from fuel, supported by a $55,000 grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund. The research is important because elevated sulfur levels in fuels can adversely affect the world’s environment, including her Jamaica homeland.
This summer, before the start of her junior year, she’ll be interning with Air Products chemical company. Whyte learned of the internship opportunity by attending a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) industry career fair at the college last fall.
A ‘REALLY SPECIAL’ ACTIVIST
“Frontline warrior” and “somebody that was really special” were among the ways family, friends, and admirers remembered the late anti-racism activist Ruth “Carol Taylor” Legall at a recent memorial service at Brooklyn’s Jubilant Pentecostal Holy Church in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Boston-born Taylor, who died May 12 at the age of 91, had a lengthy list of achievements to her credit — among them was being the first Black flight attendant of any gender in the United States, in 1958….
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