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Honors Convocation TUESDAY, MARCH TWENTY-THIRD THURSDAY, MARCH TWENTY-FIFTH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY-ONE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY-ONE ELEVEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING ELEVEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING LAWLESS MEMORIAL CHAPEL “Dillard encompasses an atmosphere of great familiarity and a love for the cultivation of the mind through higher education. In my short time here, Dillard has given me lifelong friends, provided me with once in a lifetime experiences, and granted me mentors whose wisdom will guide me for all my life to come.” Jared Ingram, Class of 2023 When I arrived on Dillard’s campus in 2017, I was merely a shell of who I am today. My growth can be attributed to the knowledge, experiences, friendships, and mentorships that I have gained during my time here. Most importantly, I have learned that when challenges arise they work to my advantage because I can’t grow being stagnant. My gratitude to my university runs so deep because I will graduate in May knowing that I am prepared for the next phase of my life. Precious Richardson, Class of 2021 FAIR DILLARD WILLIAM STUART NELSON & FREDERICK D. HALL Fair Dillard, Fair Dillard, Gleaming white and spacious green, Flaming love and learning’s light, We love thy every blade and tree. Teach us each day, each passing We love thy breathless days, thy hour. nights serene, A deep’ning love for beauty, truth Thy halls where men are men and and right. free. Source of all nobleness and pow’r. Arise, O sons and daughters, hail And, through the joyous day, the thy queen, dreaded night, And pledge for aye, thy loyalty. Forever guide, Alma Mater! Forever guide, Alma Mater! 4 Dilard University ORDER OF EXERCISES Tuesday, March 23, 2021 INVOCATION Kaila Love ‘23 Thompson/Cook Honors Program Student Advisory Council Chaplain INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER Indya Lusk ‘21 Thompson/Cook Honors Program Student Advisory Council President ADDRESS Dorian Williams, Ph.D. Interim Dean, College of Business PRESENTATION OF HONOREES Yolanda W. Page, Ph.D. ’91 Vice President for Academic Affairs Ebony C. Turner, Ph.D. Interim Dean, University College Terrica Watkins, M.A.,NCC Thompson/Cook Honors Program, Coordinator CLOSING Walter M. Kimbrough, Ph.D. University President ALMA MATER Fair Dillard Music: Frederick Douglas Hall Words: William Stuart Nelson BENEDICTION Rev. Herbert Brisbon, III University Chaplain 5 Dilard University ORDER OF EXERCISES Thursday, March 25, 2021 INVOCATION Kaila Love ‘23 Thompson/Cook Honors Program Student Advisory Council Chaplain INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER Indya Lusk ‘21 Thompson/Cook Honors Program Student Advisory Council, President ADDRESS Eartha L. Johnson, Ed.D. ‘80 Dean, Faculty and Student Academic Services PRESENTATION OF HONOREES Yolanda W. Page, Ph.D. ’91 Vice President for Academic Affairs Ebony C. Turner, Ph.D. Interim Dean, University College Terrica Watkins, M.A., NCC Thompson/Cook Honors Program, Coordinator CLOSING Walter M. Kimbrough, Ph.D. University President ALMA MATER Fair Dillard Music: Frederick Douglas Hall Words: William Stuart Nelson BENEDICTION Blair Condoll, Esq. Assistant Professor of Political Science 6 Dilard University DORIAN WILLIAMS, PH.D. INTERIM DEAN, COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Dorian Williams is a na- publications and presentations. tive of Brookhaven, Miss., As an academic leader, he is responsible for de- with a strong belief in the veloping innovative ways to enhance the academic value of educating the next experience for students by preparing them for the generation of global lead- emerging global business market. He is a member of ers in business, especially numerous organizations such as the American Eco- those from HBCUs. He nomic Association and the Association of Social and has served in higher educa- Behavioral Scientists where he serves as second vice tion for the last five years as president. In this capacity, he is responsible for the a professor and currently continued promotion of scholarly research in areas serves as the Interim Dean that affect minorities as well as encouraging partici- of the College of Business. His current research in- pation amongst students and professionals within terest centers around labor economics and issues the areas of social and behavioral science. His great- surrounding higher education with a strategic fo- est accomplishment is that he is the husband of Ke- cus on African Americans and minority groups. His nyatta Williams and the father to Kieran Williams research stream includes numerous peer-reviewed and De’Naejah Williams. EARTHA L. JOHNSON, ED.D. ‘80 DEAN, FACULTY AND STUDENT ACADEMIC SERVICES Dr. Eartha L. Johnson serves as dean for education and values the experiences her stu- of Faculty and Student Academic Ser- dents share with her once they have persevered to vices and previously served as the in- complete graduate school. Dr. Johnson is a New terim dean of the College of Arts and Orleans native, educator and civic leader. She is Sciences (COAS). She is a tenured a graduate of Texas Southern University with a Associate Professor of Psychology, Co- doctorate in educational counseling and a mas- Director of the Center for Teaching, ter’s degree in clinical/community psychology. Learning and Academic Technology: She was the inaugural member of the Univer- CTLAT, and the NYU-FRN Faculty sity Scholars Program and served as Miss Dillard Research Network Liaison. Her areas University. of expertise and research include: vio- lence against women, men and youth; accultura- Dr. Johnson is an alumna of Walter L. Cohen tion of Jamaican immigrants; student retention; Senior High School graduating as salutatorian. and faculty development. While at Dillard, she She has done further study at Harvard University has served as Assistant Dean COAS, Director of with the Mind, Brain and Education Institute Academic Testing, Director of University Coun- and is a Salzburg Fellow where her research em- seling, University Counselor, Director of the phasis centered on internationalizing curricula Freshman Program, and Coordinator of Student that embraces the multicultural climate in uni- Retention. She is a member of Delta Sigma The- versity systems. ta Sorority, Inc., Dr. Johnson is a drum major 7 Dilard University ACADEMIC HERALDRY he history of traditional academic dress is traced to the 12th century when Oxford University was founded and to the medieval European universities of the 14th century. Although European universities follow varied patterns in cut and color of gown and type Tof head dress, academic dress at American colleges and universities is fairly standardized. The traditional academic gown is usually black. The pattern varies with the degrees held. The bachelor’s gown has a simple design, with long, pointed sleeves as its distinguishing mark. The master’s gown has oblong sleeves with the rear cut square and the front featuring a cutaway arc. The most elaborate academic costume is the doctoral gown, with velvet panels down the front and three velvet bars across the sleeves. The velvet is usually black, but it may be a color designating the subject to which the degree pertains. The hood of the doctoral gown features velvet trimmings, the width of which designates the level of the degree. The color of the hood indicates the major field of study, and its lining identifies the institution that granted the degree. Dillard’s doctoral gown is navy blue with front panels and four cobalt blue chevrons trimmed in metallic gold. The following colors are associated with the various academic disciplines: Agriculture Maize Music Pink Arts, Letters, Humanities White Nursing Apricot Commerce, Accountancy, Optometry Sea Foam Green Business Drab Oratory Silver Gray Dentistry Lilac Pharmacy Olive Green Economics Copper Philosophy Dark Blue Education Light Blue Physical Education Sage Green Engineering Orange Podiatry, Chiropody Nile Green Fine Arts, including Public Administration, including For- Architecture Brown eign Service Peacock Blue Forestry Russet Public Health Salmon Pink Journalism Crimson Science Golden Yellow Law Purple Social Work Citron Library Science Lemon Theology Scarlet Medicine Green Veterinary Science Gray 8 Dilard University DANIEL C. THOMPSON/ SAMUEL DUBOIS COOK HONORS PROGRAM “DILLARD UNIVERSITY IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, BUT IT IS ALSO A CULTURE” - DR. DANIEL C. THOMPSON he philosophy embedded in, “we learn not for school, Dr. Thompson was also a renowned author, whose works but for life,” forms the foundation of belief for the covered many aspects of African American life. The books: T Daniel C. Thompson/Samuel DuBois Cook Honors “A Black Elite: A Profile of Graduates of UNCF Colleges” Program at Dillard University. This philosophical basis (1986), “Sociology of The Black Experience” (1974), declares the program’s dual commitment to nurturing “Private Black Colleges At The Crossroads” (1973), “The the intellectual potential of highly Negro Leadership Class” (1963), “The motivated students and to providing Eighth Generation” (1959), are scholarly a moral and ethical framework “Dillard University is a living works meant to convey certain components for responsible social activism in testament to the of the African American experience a multicultural, global context. creativity, vitality, nobility and consisting of changes measured in time, sexism, sociological The Daniel C. Thompson/Samuel power of the human spirit.” shifts, and DuBois Cook Honors Program is social class dedicated to producing graduates —Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook status. who excel, become world leaders, are broadly educated, culturally aware, and concerned with improving the human condition. Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook Using a highly personalized, learning- led Dillard University centered approach, Dillard as President from 1974- University Honors students 1997. A native of Griffin, will meet the competitive Georgia, Dr. Cook received demands of a diverse, his B.A in history from global, and technologically Morehouse College in 1948, an advanced society. M.A. from Ohio State University in 1950, as well as, a Ph.D. in 1954, both in political science. Dr. Daniel C. Thompson His teaching experience includes positions at Atlanta was a longtime staple at University, Duke University, and UCLA.