Posts Tagged ‘Morehouse Graduation’
Morehouse 2019 graduates are shocked, relieved and inspired by being debt-free
Already feeling the achievement of breaking generational curses and conquering the daily mental challenges of being a Black male college student, many of the members in Morehouse College’s class of 2019 are still in shock after billionaire businessman Robert F. Smith announced that he will pay off their student loan debt. Smith’s gift is a game…
Read MoreVan Jones tells Morehouse College class of 2017 to shrink their egos
Sunday, May 21, Morehouse College, the nation’s largest liberal arts college for men, celebrated more than 300 members of the class of 2017. Van Jones, a CNN political correspondent and former White House policy adviser to former President Barack Obama, was the guest speaker for the institution’s 133rd Commencement Ceremony. Morehouse College Interim President Bill Taggart shared…
Read MoreMorehouse College’s Dr. Tobe Johnson bestowed professor emeritus, Vulcan Award
Morehouse College presented degrees to more than 300 graduates on Sunday, May 21, 2017 at King Chapel. Also, Dr. Tobe Johnson, professor and chair of the Morehouse College Political Science Department retired after 59 years. Johnson attended Morehouse at age 16, and that was the beginning of a more than 60-year-long relationship with the institution. He graduated Morehouse College…
Read MoreFather and son duo graduating from Morehouse College; President Obama to speak
When Dorian Joyner, Jr.’s dad mentioned that he would be seeing him on the campus of Morehouse College, the freshman assumed his dad was coming to campus for a visit and to spend the day with him; however, Dorian Joyner, Sr. had actually enrolled to finish his degree. The elder Joyner initially attended Morehouse from…
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