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ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL SPRING COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES MAY 12, 2018 10:00 A.M. TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY GENERAL DANIEL “CHAPPIE” JAMES CENTER FOR AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND HEALTH EDUCATION SPEAKER: BARRON M. WITHERSPOON SR. ’85 GLOBAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR INDUSTRY AFFAIRS, PROCTER & GAMBLE Tuskegee University Institutional Profile Marked by more than a century of tradition since its founding by Booker T. accredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET), Washington in 1881, Tuskegee University is known not only for being among the major accrediting body for the engineering sciences. Also, its chemistry the nation’s premier historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), but program is one of only a few at HBCUs approved by the American Chemical for its openness to all. Its mission has always been service to people, not merely Society. Furthermore, its dietetics program is approved by the American education for its own sake. Stressing the need to educate the whole person, Dietetic Association and its food science program is approved by the Institute that is, the hand and the heart as well as the mind, Washington’s school was of Food Technologists. soon acclaimed—first by Alabama and then by the nation—for the soundness and vigor of its educational programs and principles. Tuskegee’s Heritage Its programs serve a student body numbering more than 3,000 students that Enhancing Tuskegee’s academic offerings is the General Daniel “Chappie” James is coeducational as well as racially, ethnically and religiously diverse. With a Center for Aerospace Science and Health Education, which honors America’s strong orientation toward disciplines that highlight the relationship between first black four-star general who was a Tuskegee University graduate, and education and workforce preparation in the sciences, professions and technical houses the nation’s only HBCU-based aerospace science engineering program; areas, Tuskegee University also emphasizes the importance of the liberal arts as College of Veterinary Medicine’s media center, featuring contemporary video a foundation for successful careers in all areas. services, intra-school communications, audio/visual, graphics, photography and document production; the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, a state- An independent and state-related institution of higher education, Tuskegee of-the-art hotel and meeting facility for educational, business and cultural University is the only private land-grant university in the state of Alabama. It events; and the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research is located in Tuskegee, Alabama, which is 40 miles east of the Alabama State and Health Care, a distinctive research, teaching and outreach program that Capitol in Montgomery, 20 miles west of the city of Auburn, and within driving addresses issues of ethics and public policy in the treatment of people of color distance of Birmingham and Atlanta. The university employs approximately 900 and rural Americans in health care. Our Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) faculty and staff. Its physical footprint includes more than 100 major buildings programs have graduated more African-American generals and admirals than and structures, and encompasses 5,000-plus acres of forestry, which in total are any university in the U.S., including the military service academies. valued in excess of $500 million. Adding to the university’s educational and cultural environment are the TUSKEGEE’S ACADEMICS Booker T. Washington Monument, “Lifting the Veil,” which honors the university’s founder; George Washington Carver Museum (named for Academic instruction occurs in five colleges and three schools:the Andrew F. the distinguished botanist and inventor who worked at Tuskegee), Brimmer College of Business and Information Science; College of Agriculture, which preserves his tools and handiwork; Tuskegee Archives, a chief Environment and Nutrition Sciences; College of Arts and Sciences; College of center for information on the challenges, culture and history of black Engineering; College of Veterinary Medicine; Robert R. Taylor School Americans since 1896; National Center of Academic Excellence in of Architecture and Construction Science; School of Education; Information Assurance for 2012-17; a Center of Excellence for and School of Nursing and Allied Health. Graduate Research on Nano-Biomaterials; and Tuskegee Airmen’s instruction leading to master’s degrees is offered in Plaza, commemorating the historic feats of America’s seven of the eight colleges and schools. Doctoral first black pilots who were trained at Tuskegee degrees are offered in four of the five colleges. University. The university is also home to the Legacy Museum, where archives of U.S. News and World Report and the historical records from the U.S Public Wall Street Journal both currently rank Health Service Syphilis Study are Tuskegee University fourth nationally featured. among HCBUs. In its “Regional Universities South” category, U.S. News ranks Tuskegee Tuskegee University was the first HBCU designated as a first among Alabama HBCUs, second among Registered National Historic Landmark (April 2, 1966), and regional HBCUs, and 24th among all regional the only HBCU designated a National Historic Site (Oct. 26, public and private institutions. 1974)—a distinction administered by the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Following the service The university is accredited by the Commission on of its founding president, Booker T. Washington, from Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges 1881 until his death in 1915, the institution has been and Schools (SACS). In addition, nationally guided by the leadership and vision of six subsequent accredited academic degree programs include presidents: Dr. Robert R. Moton (1915-35), Dr. Frederick architecture, business, clinical laboratory D. Patterson (1935-53), Dr. Luther H. Foster (1953-81), Dr. sciences, education, engineering, nursing, Benjamin F. Payton (1981-2010), Dr. Gilbert L. Rochon (2010-13) occupational therapy, social work and and Dr. Brian L. Johnson (2014-17). Currently, Tuskegee veterinary medicine. Tuskegee is the University is under the leadership of Interim only independent HBCU with four President Dr. Charlotte P. Morris, who began her engineering programs nationally term of service on July 1, 2017. 2 Tuskegee University 2018 Spring Commencement Exercises CommencementSaturday, May TwelfthProgramme Two Thousand and Eighteen Ten o’clock in the Morning Tuskegee University Presiding Charlotte P. Morris, Ph.D. Interim President THE PROCESSIONAL…….......Theme from “Pomp and Circumstance” (March No. 1) ........................... Edgar Elgar THE INVOCATION ............................................................................................... Gregory S. Gray, Ph.D., M.Div. Dean of the Chapel (Audience may be seated) THE GREETINGS ...................................................................................................................... John E. Page, J.D. Chair, Tuskegee University Board of Trustees Austin Victoria Turk ’18 2017-18 President, Student Government Association Nicholas Griffin’18 2017-18 President, Senior Class RECOGNITIONS ............................................................................................................. Interim President Morris ANTHEM ........................................................ God, and God Alone .............................................. by Phil McHugh Tuskegee University Golden Voices Concert Choir Wayne A. Barr, D.M.A., Director THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEAKER................................................................... Interim President Morris THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS ...................................................................Barron M. Witherspoon Sr. ’85 Global Vice President for Industry Affairs Procter & Gamble THE SPIRITUAL .............................................The Battle of Jericho ......................................arr. by Moses G. Hogan Tuskegee University Concert Choir Wayne A. Barr, D.M.A., Director 3 THE CONFERRAL OF THE HONORARY DEGREE .................................................... Interim President Morris Doctor of Laws Fred David Gray THE CONFERRAL OF ACADEMIC DEGREES ............................................................. Interim President Morris Tejinder Sara, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Doctor of Philosophy Master of Science Bachelor of Architecture Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Science THE RECOGNITION OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS United States Army ........................................................................................................Lt. Col. Rusty G. Rhoads United States Air Force ........................................................................................................Lt. Col. Bryan T. Gray United States Navy ........................................................................................................Capt. Willie D. Billingslea ADMINISTERING OF GRADUATES’ ALUMNI OATH ....................................................................Burt Rowe President, Tuskegee National Alumni Association, Inc. THE ALMA MATER ................................................................................by Paul Laurence Dunbar/N. Clark Smith Audience THE BENEDICTION ..............................................................................................................................Dean Gray THE CHORAL RESPONSE ..............................................................................Tuskegee