COMMENCEMENT CONVOCATION PROGRAM Melva K. Wallace , Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer Presiding
Graduation Jubilation................................................................................................. Sylla Music African Drummers
Prelude................................................................................................................................ Stephen Burnaman, DMA Professor of Music
Orchestra Processional (remain seated) “War March of the Priests”.............................................Felix Mendelssohn Huston-Tillotson University Philharmonic Orchestra arr. Theo Moses/rev. Julius Seredy Dr. William Oliver, Conductor . Invocation......................................................................................................................................Ckyra Anthony, ’25 Graduating Senior “Lift Every Voice and Sing”*.....................................................................J. Rosamond & James Weldon Johnson The Huston-Tillotson University Concert Choir arr. Roland Carter . Conductor, Dr. Marcus Rhodes, D.M.A.; Piano, Stephen Burnaman, DMA
Greetings from the Board of Trustees.......................................................................Bishop Robert E. Hayes, Jr., ’69 Vice Chair, Huston-Tillotson University Board of Trustees
Greetings from the Faculty.........................................................................................................Debra Murphy, Ph.D. Professor of Pyschology
Introduction of the Speaker...................................................................................................Melva K. Wallace, Ph.D.
Speaker.................................................................................................................................Rev. Dr. Vanessa Monroe
“Only What You Do For Christ Will Last”.....................................................................................Raymond Rasberry . Huston-Tillotson University Concert Choir . arr. Moses Hogan/Joseph Joubert Dr. Marcus Rhodes, conductor Tribute to the Class of 1975 and 2000............................................................................................Kaiya S. Perry, ’25 Graduating Senior Presentation of Candidates for Degrees................................................................................Melva K. Wallace, Ph.D. Archibald Vanderpuye, Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Michael Hirsch, Ph.D., Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Rohan Thompson, Ph.D., Dean, School of Business and Technology Assisted by Earnestine J. Strickland, Enrollment Services, B.A., ’86 .
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