Dr. Millicent Borishade has spent nearly thirty years doing the work that others find too hard, in the communities that others overlook, and getting results that others said were not possible.
Before she ever stood in front of a classroom, Dr. Borishade made a commitment to serve.
Dr. Millicent Borishade has spent nearly thirty years doing the work that others find too hard, in the communities that others overlook, and getting results that others said were not possible.
Before she ever stood in front of a classroom, Dr. Borishade made a commitment to serve. As a member of the Illinois Army National Guard during her undergraduate years at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, she balanced the demands of military training and academic life simultaneously. That discipline, learning to show up regardless of circumstance, to be accountable to something larger than herself, and to lead under pressure, shaped the educator and executive she became.