Jacqueline Royster, dean of the Ivan Allen College, has been selected by the Alliance Française d’Atlanta (AFA) as its 2014 Global Ambassador. The award recognizes local community leaders that have made a significant contribution to Atlanta through French language and culture or by being a global ambassador for the city.

In announcing the award, the AFA noted that Dean Royster’s special service to Africa Atlanta 2014 and the African-Francophone community serves to recast the negative perceptions about Africa by promoting its beauty, people, arts, and culture. French is spoken by more than 90 million Africans in over 30 African countries.

Dean Royster will receive her award at a cultural celebration on September 27, 2014, at the Loews Atlanta Hotel.

A member supported non-profit organization, Alliance Française d'Atlanta is the French-American cultural center serving the Atlanta community as the premiere provider of French language and culture since 1912.