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Now is the time to vote for Miss Howard, Leovina Charles, in the Ebony HBCU Queens competition!
Go to www.ebony.com/campusqueens/21 to vote!
We are so proud of our graduates! #HU family
Howard University Commencement 2012
Howard University’s 144th Commencement Convocation
Howard University will host its 144th Commencement Convocation on Saturday, May 12, at 10 a.m., on the upper quadrangle of the main campus.
The University will award honorary degrees to four distinguished leaders in the fields of communication, business, and the arts. This year’s honorees are musician and humanitarian John Legend, MSNBC host Chris Matthews, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and alumna Isabel Wilkerson, and Julieanna L. Richardson, a leader in preserving African-American oral history.
Vote for Leovina Charles, Miss Howard University to be an Ebony HBCU Queen!
Visit ebony.com/campusqueens and vote every day!
Since April 1975, EBONY magazine has featured HBCU campus queens, showcasing their talent, beauty and accomplishments. The magazine wants readers to vote for their favorite HBCU queen. The 10 queens with the most votes will be featured in the September 2012 issue. Be sure to vote for our own Miss Howard University, Leovina Charles. There are no limits on the number of times you can vote.
Vote early and often. Online voting begins on May 8, and ends at 11:59 p.m. CT, Sunday, May 31 . To vote, visit http://www.ebony.com/campusqueens
Graduation regalia pick-up is from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, May 7, to Friday, May 11, at the Howard University Bookstore (HUB). To view the graduation pick-up schedule for your school or college, please visit the HUB’s Web site at: http://www.bookstore.howard.edu/Website2/ApparelPages/GraduationCenter.html.
President Ribeau Announces New Policy on Commencement Participation
Howard University Community:
I am pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees has approved my recommendation to change the University’s Commencement participation policy.
Effective immediately, undergraduate students who require no more than six (6) academic credit hours to complete their degree requirements may participate in the May Commencement Ceremony and School/College Award Ceremonies if there is a reasonable expectation, as determined by the dean of their school or college, that they will be able to obtain the needed academic credits and satisfy any other degree requirements during the following summer or fall semesters.
The maximum of six (6) academic credit hours is firm and not subject to petition. Receipt of a “Dear Degree Candidate letter” or other official announcements, participation in the Commencement or School/College Award Ceremonies, or the appearance of a student’s name in the published Commencement Program does not constitute the award of a degree or any associated rights and privileges.
This new policy aligns Howard’s commencement and awards ceremony participation policy with those of its peer institutions. I thank the academic leadership, deans and faculty for their support and execution of this policy.
Sincerely,
Sidney A. Ribeau
President
I am pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees has approved my recommendation to change the University’s Commencement participation policy.
Effective immediately, undergraduate students who require no more than six (6) academic credit hours to complete their degree requirements may participate in the May Commencement Ceremony and School/College Award Ceremonies if there is a reasonable expectation, as determined by the dean of their school or college, that they will be able to obtain the needed academic credits and satisfy any other degree requirements during the following summer or fall semesters.
The maximum of six (6) academic credit hours is firm and not subject to petition. Receipt of a “Dear Degree Candidate letter” or other official announcements, participation in the Commencement or School/College Award Ceremonies, or the appearance of a student’s name in the published Commencement Program does not constitute the award of a degree or any associated rights and privileges.
This new policy aligns Howard’s commencement and awards ceremony participation policy with those of its peer institutions. I thank the academic leadership, deans and faculty for their support and execution of this policy.
Sincerely,
Sidney A. Ribeau
President
Congratulations are in order!
Michelle Spears has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Urdu during the summer of 2012 in India. She is among the approximately 575 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students who received a scholarship from the CLS Program in 2012 to study Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Indonesian, Japanese, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, or Urdu languages.
U.S. students will spend seven to ten weeks in intensive language institutes this summer in 14 countries where these languages are spoken. The CLS Program provides fully-funded, group-based intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences. Participants are expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship and apply their critical language skills in future professional careers.
For further information about the CLS Program or other exchange programs offered by the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, please visit http://www.clscholarship.org and http://exchanges.state.gov.
The Howard experience is different to every student. We asked students to send photographs of events or moments that enhanced and contributed to making their Howard experience great.
This photograph was taken as part of the campaign to bring awareness to the tragedy and political case of Trayvon Martin.
Love Anani, a student of the College of Medicine, wrote “To me this represents the power and responsibility that we as Howard students have when commenting on concerns of the African-American Community. It was one of the moments I will forever treasure.”
Do you have a snapshot that tells part of your Howard story? If so, email Ashley.Bayton@howard.edu!
Love Anani, a student of the College of Medicine, wrote “To me this represents the power and responsibility that we as Howard students have when commenting on concerns of the African-American Community. It was one of the moments I will forever treasure.”
Do you have a snapshot that tells part of your Howard story? If so, email Ashley.Bayton@howard.edu!
