List of Alcorn Commencement celebrities grows, Omarosa Manigault to attend (2760 hits)
he Reverend Omarosa Manigault, former star of the “Apprentice” and fiancée of the late Oscar-nominated star of “The Green Mile”, Michael Clarke Duncan will attend Alcorn’s 2013 Commencement Convocation. Alcorn announced in March that Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League – the nation’s largest civil rights organization, will deliver the 142nd Commencement Convocation remarks on Saturday, May 11 at 8:30 a.m. in the Davey L. Whitney HPER Complex. The Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees will be presented to Morial during the ceremony.
During the Commencement Convocation President M. Christopher Brown II will bestow five President’s Honorarii Alcornite Societatis Awards. The awards are given in recognition of an individual’s “distinguished service within their profession, discipline or other human endeavor.” Selection requires sufficient evidence of both “the knowledge and character emblematic of Alcornites, as well as a demonstrated interest and commitment to the University,” explained President Brown.
Recipients include renowned attorney and leader Milton C. Davis; public servant Jimmy Hammock; a gifted educator and 24th National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Cynthia M.A. Butler-McIntyre; community servant Frenchye Harper Latham; and lifelong Lorman resident Jesse Morris, Jr.
The 2013 Baccalaureate Ceremony is scheduled for Friday, May 10 at 3:00 p.m. in the Oakland Memorial Chapel featuring the BishopMillicent Hunter, founder and senior pastor of The Baptist Worship Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Recording artist Chrystal Rucker will perform during Commencement week activities. Over the years, she has become known for her spine-tingling renditions of Judy Garland’s “Over the Rainbow”. Choreographer, educator, and performing artist, Michelle Gibson will also entertain graduates and guests during commencement week.
On Wednesday, May 8, Mr. Darryl R. Matthews Sr., executive director of the National Medical Association, will serve as the guest speaker at the School of Business Pinning Ceremony at 11:00 a.m.; Dr. Boyce Courtney Williams, senior vice presidentfor NAFEO, will keynote the School of Education & Psychology Teacher Induction Ceremony at 2:00 p.m.; and at 5:00 p.m. Dr. Adena Williams Loston, 14th president of St. Philip’s College, will address Graduate Studies graduates.
Ceremonies begin at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 9, featuring Mr. Karis T. Gutter, deputy under secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, as the speaker for the School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences Congratulatory; Dr. Debra A. Toney, immediate past president of the National Black Nurses Association,will speak to graduates of the School of Nursing at 1:00 p.m.; Dr. Orlando L. Taylor, president of the Washington, DC Campus of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology,is slated to address graduates of the School of Arts and Sciences at 3:00 p.m.; and Dr. Jim Rosenblatt, dean of Mississippi College School of Law, will be the guest speaker at the International and Multicultural Student Congratulatory at 6:00 p.m.
The Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony will be held on Friday, May 10 at 9:00 and Colonel Paul L. Williams will be the guest speaker.
For a detailed schedule of events, including event locationsclick here.
Families and friends who cannot attend the ceremonies will be able to watch a live stream at and target=_blank>www.alcorn.eduand individuals on campus can watch on ASU TV 13.
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