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Mamiella Chavis-Brown graduated with an Associate in Arts degree��from LMC in 1977, followed by a bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s College. She��went to work for the South Bend Community School Corporation, teaching everything��from gifted programs and bilingual/multicultural programs to Kindergarten through��12th grade. She eventually made the move into counseling before her retirement in��2000.

Mamiella says of LMC, ”By the time I entered St. Mary’s, I was well prepared.��Everything I learned at �黨�ǿ�mv – fine arts, liberal arts, the sciences –carried me all of the way through my master’s degrees.”

Mamiella is a long-time member of the League of Women Voters, the Women’s��International League for Peace and Freedom, NAACP, the Urban League and Writers��for Peace to Nicaragua. She has won numerous awards from these organizations��and others for her extraordinary record of service. She was honored with the Rosa��Parks Award by the City of South Bend during their Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.��celebration, and with the 2008 Humanitas Award by St. Mary’s College.

The Clarence Beckwith Distinguished Alumni Award was presented to Mamiella Chavis-Brown in 2010.