Oprah Winfrey, who has used her success as a talk show host and media entrepreneur to promote education, civic engagement, and charitable works, addresses graduates at Harvard’s 362nd Commencement on May 30, 2013 at Tercentenary Theatre. source Related Posts NCAA Double-A Zone Videos: Minority Coaches Aren't Hired Floyd Keith, executive director of the Black Coaches […]
Graduation season this semester has looked a lot different because of COVID-19 but it has not stopped members of Black fraternities and sororities from celebrating each other and their accomplishments. We at Watch The Yard have been getting thousands of submissions from D9 members who want to showcase their graduation pictures to the world so […]
Graduation season this semester has looked a lot different because of COVID-19 but it has not stopped members of Black fraternities and sororities from celebrating each other and their accomplishments. We at Watch The Yard have been getting thousands of submissions from D9 members who want to showcase their graduation pictures to the world so […]
Graduation season this semester has looked a lot different because of COVID-19 but it has not stopped members of Black fraternities and sororities from celebrating each other and their accomplishments. We at Watch The Yard have been getting thousands of submissions from D9 members who want to showcase their graduation pictures to the world so […]
Graduation season this semester has looked a lot different because of COVID-19 but it has not stopped members of Black fraternities and sororities from celebrating each other and their accomplishments. We at Watch The Yard have been getting thousands of submissions from D9 members who want to showcase their graduation pictures to the world so […]
Timothy Harrison didn’t have a ride to his graduation, tickets or cap and gown. However, that didn’t stop one of his co-workers at Waffle House in Center Point, Alabama from making sure he got to walk across the stage. Harrison has been working at Waffle House for a little over a month while finishing his […]
Timothy Harrison was set to graduate from Woodlawn High School in Alabama on May 27, but instead of preparing for the ceremony, he arrived at work. “I didn’t have a ride, I didn’t have tickets, and it was a plan that I couldn’t put together all the way,” Harrison told The Washington Post. Harrison, an […]
Commencement ceremonies are a time to celebrate the completion of an academic journey and oftentimes, students try to pull off a surprise as they walk across the stage. But during a graduation ceremony in North Carolina, the surprise came from a principal who showed off his vocal prowess that the student body, faculty and staff […]
Two Mississippi High School Co-valedictorian and Co-salutatorian Asked to Share Honors with White Students on Graduation Day Once White Parents Questioned Selection Process A high school’s decision to honor a co-valedictorian and a co-salutatorian alongside two other students that had already received the titles has caused controversy and claims of racism. Two Black students Ikeria […]
A Louisiana teacher had a great reson for standing in his socks during his school’s graduation ceremony. John Butler who teaches at Hahnville High School in Boutte, Louisiana gave a student Daverius Peters, the shoes off of his own feet according to Yahoo.com. “Daverius came up to me in a panic and he said, ‘Mr. […]