Watch The Yard has learned exclusively from the the White House that President Biden will speak at Howard University’s commencement ceremony on May 13th. The 155th Commencement Convocation on the main campus of Howard University’s Upper Quadrangle at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 13, 2023. According to the White House, President Biden’s visit to Howard comes on […]
Spelman College, the historically Black women’s liberal arts college located in Atlanta, Georgia, has announced its keynote speaker and honorary degree recipient for the 2023 Commencement Ceremony. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, will address the graduating class on as the […]
(BPRW) Award-winning Journalist Roland Martin Named 2022 Fall Commencement Speaker (Black PR Wire) JACKSON, Miss. – Jackson State University (JSU) is pleased to announce award-winning journalist Roland S. Martin as the commencement speaker for the ceremony on Friday, December 9th at 10 a.m. CT in the Lee E. Williams Athletics and Assembly Center. Martin is the host and managing editor of […]
Hailing from Portsmouth, Virginia, Elliott has sold more than 30 million records in the United States, has won four Grammy Awards, eight MTV Video Music Awards, two American Music Awards, six BET Awards and won the Billboard Women in Music award for Innovator. Source link Related Posts Jackson State University Receives $1 Million from FedEx […]
It was recently announced that Vice President Kamala Harris and Birmingham Mayor, Randall Woodfin will headline Tennessee State University’s 2022 Spring Commencement in May. Vice President Harris is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha and Mayor Woodfin, the youngest ever elected mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, is a Spring 2002 initiate of the Alpha Rho Chapter of Alpha Phi […]
Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick, Howard University’s President, announced the graduating class of 2022 will have Henson as their 154th commencement speaker. “It is with great pleasure that the Howard University community will welcome alumna Taraji P. Henson back home to deliver the 2022 Commencement address,” Dr. Frederick said. “An accomplished actress and fierce champion for […]
Actress and TV writer Issa Rae spoke to the graduating class at her alma mater on Sunday, breaking down why the lines from Webbie, Boosie and Foxx’s “Wipe Me Down (Remix)” are words to live by. When she graduated from Stanford University in 2007, Rae and her friends performed the Wacky Walk, a school tradition […]
NFL quarterback and N.C. State University alumnus Russell Wilson will return to the school this spring as a commencement speaker for the 2021 graduation ceremonies. A news release from the university on Monday said Wilson will attend two in-person ceremonies scheduled on May 14 and 15. Both ceremonies will also be streamed live. “We are honored to […]
North Carolina A&T University has tapped two-time Emmy Award-winning actor Sterling K. Brown to be the commencement speaker for their commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 9. The university announced Tuesday that Brown, who is famous for his role as Randall Pearson in NBC’s Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated drama series “This Is Us” will deliver a […]