Sigrid Solomon to be honoree at AAARC Black History Month program Feb. 21
Sigrid Solomon
By Jennifer West
Sigrid Solomon, Vice President/Chief Student Affairs Officer & Dean of Students of Wilmington College, will be the honoree when the African American Awareness Research Council (AAARC) and the Highland County District Library present their annual Black History Month program on Saturday, Feb. 21.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Sigrid holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, a Masters in Adult Education from East Carolina University, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Ashland University. She has worked in higher education since 1993 at numerous colleges and universities; North Carolina State University, North Carolina Wesleyan College, Emory & Henry College, Southern Vermont College and now at Wilmington College. She has an impressive list of volunteer services.
At Wilmington College, Sigrid is known for fostering meaningful relationships with students, building inclusive campus communities and ensuring that every individual feels welcomed, supported and valued.
She reaches out beyond her professional responsibilities to welcome students into her home for meals, conversation and encouragement. Her colleagues describe her as an accomplished and transformative leader with extensive experience in institutional growth, fiscal management and effective supervision.
She values her family time with her sons and granddaughter, her partner, and former foster children and a wide circle of friends.
• The 2026 program will feature a speech by the Rev. Nigal Felder of Shorter Chapel AME Church in Greenfield. The Rev. Felder is an Ordained Itinerate Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and a graduate of Wilberforce University and Payne Theological Seminary. He also enjoyed a career in broadcast news at CNN and NBC News in Atlanta, Georgia and Washington D.C.
He is married to the Rev. Lindoria B. Felder, and is father of two daughters and a son and has 5 grandchildren.
The 2026 AAARC Scholarship recipients will also be recognized.
The program will feature musical selections. Everyone is welcome.
The 2026 Black History Month program will be held at the Hillsboro Church of the Nazarene, 8250 U.S. Route 50, at 1 p.m.
The AAARC would like to thank all the donors who made these scholarships possible and the church for allowing the use of their building.
Below is Nigal Felder.
