A&M Planning Grad Receives ACSP Fellowship

Continuing Research on Homelessness
Moriah Smith, native of Brewton, Ala., has been selected to receive the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship. ACSP officially recognized the fellows on Monday, January 31, a plus for Alabama A&M University’s Department of Community and Regional Planning.
She enrolled at AAMU in August 2018 after transferring from Alabama Coastal Community College. Smith received the 2020 APA Outstanding Student Award for her excellent academic achievement in the urban planning program at AAMU. She is also the first student of the new accelerated MURP 4+1 program established in the Fall of 2019 semester, described by program coordinators as “the type of student for which the MURP 4 +1 program was created.” She continued to excel in her graduate courses and completed her MURP degree in December 2021.