Lincoln University 2023 Commencement Program

Mission and Vision

Mission

Lincoln University, the nation’s first degree-granting Historically Black College and University (HBCU), educates and empowers students to lead their communities and change the world.

It does so by:

• Providing a rigorous liberal arts education featuring active and collaborative learning;

• Integrating academic and co-curricular programs with the University’s distinctive legacy of global engagement, social responsibility and leadership development; and

• Cultivating the character, values and standards of excellence needed to enable students to become responsible citizens of a global community.

Vision

Lincoln University will be a national model for both 21st century liberal arts undergraduate education and innovative graduate and professional programs.

Dear Lincoln University Graduates and Families:

On behalf of the entire Lincoln University family, I am pleased to extend sincerest congratulations to the Class of 2023. We are happy to gather today to celebrate and commemorate your achievements. I join all those who have provided support and assistance along the way including your family and loved ones, faculty, mentors, staff, fellow students, alumni, trustees and university supporters in applauding you for the hard work that has made your participation on this occasion possible.

We applaud your dedication and determination to earn a higher education degree. Your journey to this point took a detour in the spring of 2020. As with all detours, though they are sometimes difficult to navigate, if you follow the guidance and trust the process, you will ultimately reach your destination. What is important is that you made the extra effort it took so that you could be here today – successful in achieving your goal.

The administration, faculty and staff have worked hard to make your years as a student as robust and rewarding as possible both in and out of the classroom. We hope that your experiences throughout your matriculation at Lincoln, even those times of exceptional challenge and uncertainty, have shown you that you have the power within yourselves to overcome and achieve even in the face of hardship and adversity. We salute you for staying the course!

To the parents, guardians, families, and friends of the Class of 2023, I also extend a heartfelt “thank you” for entrusting us with the humbling responsibility of sharing in the personal and intellectual enhancement of these graduates. While they sit in the seats of honor and receive their treasured degrees, this graduation belongs to you as well. I know your support has been invaluable to their success.

Graduates, you are now and forever the sons and daughters of this great institution. Your alma mater is proud of your accomplishments. We believe that Lincoln has prepared you well for the world beyond the arches. It is now up to you to explore the possibilities that lay ahead. We wish you nothing but continued success as you depart to take on the world. Carry forward the Lincoln University legacy of excellence as you continue to Learn. Liberate. Lead!

Congratulations!

Brenda A. Allen ’81 President

A Legacy of Producing Leaders

Since its founding in 1854, Lincoln University, the nation’s first degree-granting Historically Black College and University (HBCU), has been internationally recognized for its commitment to excellence in scholarship and service by providing a rigorous, world-class liberal arts education. Lincoln University graduates have distinguished themselves in many fields, including medicine, science, theology, education, law, and the arts.

In addition to our more well-known graduates — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall ’30; poet and playwright Langston Hughes ’29; the first president of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe ’30; and the first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah ’39 — Lincoln University and its graduates have participated in the founding of eight U.S. universities and launched the model for what became the U.S. Peace Corps. Lincoln graduates also include the first African American bishop of the United Methodist Church, Roy C. Nichols ’41, and the U.S. Navy’s first African American female rear admiral, Lillian Fishburne ’71.

The University’s beginnings can be traced back with recognition to its founder, Presbyterian Minister John Miller Dickey; his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson; and the first two students, James Ralston Amos and his brother, Thomas H. Amos. Lincoln University was initially chartered as Ashmun Institute in honor of Jehudi Ashmun, the first governor of Liberia, and renamed Lincoln University in 1866 after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Since its inception, Lincoln has attracted an interracial and international enrollment from

the surrounding community, the region, and throughout the world. The University admitted women students in 1952 and formally associated with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1972 as a state-related, coeducational university. Lincoln University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Lincoln University has had 14 presidents in its distinguished history, with President Brenda A. Allen currently at the helm. They include Dickey (1854-56); John Pym Carter (1856-61); John Wynne Martin (1861-65); Isaac Norton Rendall (18651906); John Ballard Rendall (1906-24); William Hallock Johnson (1926-36); Walter Livingston Wright (1936-45); Horace Mann Bond (1945-57); Marvin Wachman (1961- 69); Herman Russell Branson 1970-85); Niara Sudarkasa (1987-98); Ivory V. Nelson (1999-2011); Robert R. Jennings (2012-14); and Brenda A . Allen (July 2017-present).

Lincoln University’s historic campus is located on 422 acres in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. The University operates an additional location at 3020 Market Street in Philadelphia.

Lincoln University remains committed to preserving its distinction as an intellectual and cultural resource for this region.

Order of Ceremony

PRESIDING

Brenda A. Allen, Ph.D. ’81 President, Lincoln University

PRELUDE

Lincoln University Concert Band

Dr. Adolph Wright, Director of University Bands

*PROCESSIONAL

Pomp and Circumstance No. 1

Composed by Edward Elgar / Arr. By James Ployhar Professor Charles Pettaway, organist

INVOCATION

Rev. Dr. Frederick T. Faison

Associate Vice President for Student Success, Health & Wellness, and University Chaplain

*ANTHEM

Lift Every Voice and Sing (verse 1)

Written by James W. Johnson / Music by John R. Johnson / arr. By Sarjeant

Lincoln University Concert Choir and Hannah Messerschmidt, accompanist

OPENING REMARKS

President Brenda A. Allen

GREETINGS

Gerald W. Bruce ’78 Chair, Board of Trustees

INTRODUCTION OF VALEDICTORIAN

Mahpiua Deas, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Faculty and Associate Professor of English

VALEDICTORY ADDRESS

Tiala Gabrielle Scott

MUSICAL SELECTION

Sing Out, My Soul by Marques Garrett

Lincoln University Concert Choir and Hannah Messerschmidt, accompanist Dr. Victoria Pitre, Director of Choral Activities

INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER

Patricia A. Joseph, Ph.D. Provost and Dean of Faculty

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

The Honorable Josh Shapiro

Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

MUSICAL SELECTION

Invocation and African Dance by Matt Conaway

Lincoln University Concert Band

Dr. Adolph Wright, Director of University Bands

Order of Ceremony

CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREES

Reading of the Citation

Mahpiua Deas, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Faculty and Associate Professor of English

Doctor of Humane Letters

The Honorable Josh Shapiro

Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Reading of the Citation

Teresa Powell, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor and Chair, Graduate Education Program, School of Adult and Continuing Education

Doctor of Humane Letters

Steve Perry, Ph.D. Education Advocate and Leader, Author

Reading of the Citation

Jennifer McCarthy, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology

Doctor of Humane Letters

Kenneth M. Sadler ’71

DDS, MPA, MAGD, FACD, FADI, FICD Entrepreneur, Businessman, Community Leader

Reading of the Citation

Tedra Booker, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Physics

Doctor of Humane Letters

Ivory V. Nelson, Ph.D. Chemist, Educator, Scholar

POEM

Giovanni Casson ’23

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES AND CONFERRAL OF DEGREES

Dr. Brenda A. Allen and Dr. Patricia A. Joseph

INDUCTION INTO THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY

Charisse Carney-Nunes, JD/MPA ’88

President, Alumni Association of Lincoln University

CLOSING REMARKS

President Brenda A. Allen

*ALMA MATER

Words by A. Dennee Bibb, 1911

arr. By H. Johnson

Lincoln University Concert Choir and Concert Band

*BENEDICTION

Rev. Dr. Frederick T. Faison

+RECESSIONAL

Pomp and Circumstances No. 1

Composed by Edward Elgar / Arr. By James Ployhar Professor Charles Pettaway, organist

Commencement Speaker - Honorary Degree

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa

The Honorable Josh Shapiro

Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Josh grew up in Pennsylvania, watching his parents serve their community — his father was a pediatrician, and his mother was an educator. Their example inspired Josh to enter into public service, and from a young age, Josh recognized that standing up for others was how he wanted to spend his career.

After marrying his high-school sweetheart Lori and welcoming their first child, Josh returned to his hometown and successfully ran for State Representative. As Representative, Josh helped write and pass some of the toughest ethics laws in state history. His work earned him a reputation as a rare public servant willing to take on the status quo — “a blast of oxygen in the smoke-choked back rooms of quid-pro-quo Harrisburg.”

Then, as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania’s third-largest, Josh led a fiscal and ethical turnaround. Before he took office, Montgomery County had a $10 million budget deficit and an underfunded pension for county employees. Josh put the county back on solid financial footing, took early steps to combat the heroin epidemic, helped the first LGBTQ+ couples in Pennsylvania marry, and fired Wall Street money managers to save taxpayers and retirees millions.

In 2016, Josh successfully ran to be Pennsylvania’s Attorney General. As AG, he has restored integrity to an office badly in need of reform and taken on big fights for the people. He has proven to Pennsylvanians he can bring people together to solve tough problems, and is unafraid to enforce the law without fear or favor. Josh exposed the Catholic Church’s decades-long cover up of child sexual abuse, identifying 301 predator priests and thousands of victims — and spurring investigations across the United States. He forced an agreement between two of the Commonwealth’s largest insurance companies, protecting health care access for 2 million Pennsylvanians, and he has repeatedly gone to court to defend

Pennsylvanians’ reproductive rights and a woman’s right to choose. He has held more than 90 public officials, Republicans and Democrats alike, accountable for breaking the law. Working with law enforcement partners at the local, state, and federal level, he’s arrested thousands of mid- and high-level drug dealers while getting thousands of illegal guns off our streets.

During the 2020 presidential election, Josh protected the right to vote and defended Pennsylvania’s election result, winning in court dozens of times before and after Election Day. He continues to call out the dangerous lies that undermine our democracy and provide steady, strong, and competent leadership to protect voting rights in Pennsylvania.

In January 2021, Josh was sworn in for his second term as Attorney General. He’s arrested more than 6,000 drug dealers while investigating and suing pharmaceutical companies and the CEOs who knowingly perpetuated the crisis to line their own pockets. He’s standing up for everyday consumers, seniors who’ve been scammed, and students preyed upon by private lenders by obtaining over $328 million in relief to Pennsylvanians who have been ripped off. He is leading on criminal justice reform, bringing activists and law enforcement together to launch a new statewide police misconduct data-base, taking on employers who steal from Pennsylvania workers.

In November 2022, Josh made history as the highest vote-getter in Pennsylvania gubernatorial history. Alongside his running mate Austin Davis, Josh is ready to work with every Pennsylvanian to move our Commonwealth forward.

Josh and Lori live in Montgomery County with their three school age sons, and their eldest daughter attends the University of Pittsburgh.

Photo and Bio Courtesy of Office of the Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Honorary Degree

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa

Steve Perry, Ph.D.

Education Advocate and Leader, Author

Dr. Steve Perry’s life is marked by a commitment to improve the lives of those born into poverty under the knee of racism. He has used being born on his mother’s 16th birthday as his North Star.

A national leader in the education revolution, Dr. Perry is a change agent who is tireless in his pursuit to provide equal and competitive opportunities for children who otherwise would not have a voice. His mission is simple – to provide high-quality education with college-bound opportunities for children in poverty.

Dr. Perry’s commitment to excellence started as former principal of what U.S. news and World Report has cited as one of the top schools in the country, Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut. Capital Prep achieved the distinction of 100% of its first-generation high school graduates being accepted to four-year colleges every year since its first class graduated in 2006. This success led him to start Capital Preparatory Schools in 2012. His vision was to open schools that provide as many lowincome students/families with an educational experience that he considered a right, not just an opportunity. Partnering with Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2015, Dr. Perry began building a charter school network that is educating the nation’s neediest children. Guided

by this mission, Dr. Steve Perry founded and runs five schools in New York and Connecticut that have sent 100% of its low income, minority, first generation graduates to four-year colleges.

In addition to his leadership as Head of Schools of Capital One Preparatory Schools, Dr. Perry started a non-profit that worked with children who would go on to become the first in their families to go to college. He has led a homeless shelter in his hometown of Middletown, Connecticut, and has founded three school-choice parent advocacy groups. His passion, advocacy and commitment to provide educational opportunities for children of low-income families has also been showcased on FOX, CNN, MSNBC, TV One, and OWN networks, to Al Jazeera and South Korean TV. Dr. Perry’s counsel on topics ranging from education to supporting families has been sought out by Bishop TD Jakes, Iyanla Vanzant, and Oprah, as well as by governors and leaders of industry. He is the author of five books, including his best-selling “Push Has Come to Shove: Getting Our Kids the Education They Deserve – Even if it Means Picking a Fight.”

Dr. Steve Perry is focused on making a difference in the lives of those for whom opportunity is scarce.

“It’s not where you start that matters, it’s the difference you make along the way.”

Honorary Degree

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa Kenneth M. Sadler

DDS, MPA, MAGD, FACD, FADI, FICD Entrepreneur, Businessman, Community Leader

Dr. Kenneth Sadler earned a B.A. Degree from Lincoln University PA, a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Howard University College of Dentistry and completed his residency in the United States Army where he attained the rank of colonel serving as the Pacific Region Dental Commander (IMA). He also holds a master’s degree in public administration from Golden Gate University.

He was elected to the Omicron Kappa Upsilon national honorary dental fraternity, the Dental equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa, and is also a fellow of the American and International Colleges of dentistry as well as the Academy of Dentistry International and a Master of the Academy of General Dentistry.

Dr. Sadler is also a member of the American and National Dental Associations, North Carolina Dental Society Board of Trustees, Old North State Dental Society, Academy of General Dentistry, and is former lecturer at Howard University’s College of Dentistry and a recipient of Howard’s Distinguished Alumni Award.

During his (48 year) career in general dentistry, Dr. Sadler was the managing partner of a large-scale dental practice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina after serving as a vice president for Novant Health. He continues to serve the profession as an examiner for licensure of dentists.

Dr. Sadler has served in leadership positions in local, state and national organizations including the Boy Scouts of America, Forsyth Technical Community College, Winston-Salem State University, Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, WinstonSalem Forsyth County Community Appearance Commission, Forsyth County Facilities and Pollution Control Financing Authority, the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority, American Academy of Dental Group Practice (AADGP)

and Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare (AAAHC). He was the first African American board member and president of AADGP and AAAHC. His service has garnered many professional and personal awards and honors, including The Lifetime Achievement Award from the Winston-Salem Chronicle.

While attending Lincoln University, he served as the Student Director of Intramural Sports and was a member of the fencing and track teams for which he received Letters. He also served as president of the Pan Hellenic Council. A life-long supporter of his alma mater, Dr. Sadler is a former chair of the Lincoln University Board of Trustees, a recipient of the Lincoln First Award, the Special Distinguished Service Award, and the Alumni Medal of Distinction. He is also an Emeritus Trustee.

Dr. Sadler is a life member of the American Legion, the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, the American Association of Dental Boards and the Lincoln University General Alumni Association. He is also a member and a past Sire Archon of the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity Gamma Kappa Boule, and a member of the minority owner group of the National Basketball Association’s Charlotte Hornets, and Truist Bank Local Advisory Board.

Dr. Kenneth Sadler lives in Lewisville, North Carolina where he has served 24 years on the Lewisville Town Council including four years as Mayor Pro-Tempore. He was instrumental in the Incorporation of the Town in 1991 and a member of the Charter and Interim Councils.

He is married to Brenda Latham-Sadler, MD, Vice Chief Academic Officer for Advocate Health and Wake Forest University School of Medicine where she is a clinical professor. They have two sons Jackson L.E. Sadler, DDS and Raleigh D.S. Sadler.

Honorary Degree

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa

Ivory V. Nelson, Ph.D.

Chemist, Educator, Scholar

Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Dr. Ivory V. Nelson served in many capacities as an educator and an administrator. He also served in the US Air Force from 1951-1955 and in the Korean War from the ages of 17-18. His duties as a Radio Operator included monitoring the radio traffic of the Russians and Chinese. He achieved the rank of Staff Sargent and had a Top Secret Cryptographic clearance.

Dr. Nelson’s career in higher education includes working as a professor of Chemistry, the department chair, assistant dean, VP of research, and acting president at Prairie View A & M University, Texas. In 1983, he became the first African American to serve as the Executive Assistant to the Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System. Dr. Nelson was the first African American to assume the role of the Chancellor of the Alamo Community College System in San Antonio, Texas. He was also the first African American president of Central Washington University.

Dr. Nelson served as the twelfth president of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania from 1999 - 2011. During his tenure at Lincoln, he increased student enrollment and secured $325 million in private and public funds for campus construction and renovations. In November of 2010, the Lincoln University Board of Trustees unanimously passed a resolution that approved the naming of the newly constructed science building in his honor. Subsequently, the building, which opened in 2009, was named the “Ivory V. Nelson Center for the Sciences” in recognition of his significant contributions to advancing the legacy of Lincoln University, particularly for his role in making vast improvements to the campus infrastructure.

Over the course of his career, Dr. Ivory V. Nelson has been involved in many public service activities and received many honors and awards. He served on the President’s Board of Advisors

on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Education, and the NCAA III President’s Council, among others. He received a Fulbright lectureship, was conferred the title of President Emeritus by Central Washington University, and received the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Education Leadership and Educational Excellence Award, among other honors and awards.

While at the University of Kansas, Dr. Nelson’s academic honors included induction into Phi Beta Kappa honorary society, Phi Lambda Upsilon honorary chemical society and the society of Sigma Xi for scientists. He was also inducted into Kappa Delta Phi education honor society, Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Phi Sigma physics honor society.

Dr. Nelson is the author of eleven technical publications in the field of analytical chemistry, a chapter in one book and a chapter in a monograph. He is listed among the world’s top scientists in a book entitled, Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century. The Central Washington University Foundation honored Dr. Nelson by establishing a $50,000 Ivory V. Nelson endowed Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry and the Board of Trustees of CWU passed a resolution in August 1999 conferring on him the title of President Emeritus.

Dr. Nelson earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary education, chemistry from Grambling State University (1959), and he has the distinction of being the first African American to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree in analytical chemistry from the University of Kansas (1963).

He is married to Patricia Ann Nelson, Ed.D. They have four children.

Academic Regalia

The pageantry of commencement exercises dates from the Middle Ages and the traditions of Europe’s first universities. The origins of academic attire are obscure, but the ordinary dress of the scholar, whether student or teacher, was the dress of a cleric. The gown appears to be an adaptation of the robe of a priest or friar; the hood and the mortarboard evolved from the cowl and skullcap worn by monks and friars. The gowns, hoods, and caps are different for each degree level - bachelor, master, and doctoral.

GOWN

The bachelor’s gown is a yoked, closed-front garment with long, pointed sleeves. The master’s gown can be worn open or closed and has long sleeves, usually closed but slit above the elbow to allow the forearm to protrude. Gowns for the bachelor’s and master’s degrees are untrimmed. The doctoral gown has full, bell shaped sleeves and is trimmed with velvet panels down the front with three velvet bars on each sleeve. Although black velvet is proper trimming for all doctoral gowns, the color of the velvet panels and bars is sometimes varied to indicate the academic discipline in which the degree was earned. For the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree, the dark blue color is used to represent the mastery of learning and scholarship in any field and is not intended to represent the field of philosophy.

HOOD

The hood is worn around the neck and drapes down the back. It varies in length from three feet for the bachelor’s hood to four feet for the doctoral hood. Only the doctoral hood shall have panels at the sides. The hood is lined with the official color or colors of the college or university conferring the degree. Thus, the hoods of graduates of Lincoln University are orange and blue. The edging of the hood is velvet or velveteen and may be either black or the color that corresponds to the academic discipline. Lincoln University uses white for the Bachelor of Arts, gold for the Bachelor of Science and the Master of Science degrees, light blue for the Master of Education, citron for the Master of Arts, and drab for the Master of Business Administration.

TASSEL

An integral part of the headdress, the tassel varies widely in its use and color. The doctor usually wears a gold tassel, although black is acceptable. Tassel colors often correspond to the color of the academic discipline. At Lincoln University, the school colors, orange and blue, are used for the tassel.

CAP

The mortarboard cap is generally recommended. The soft tam is reserved for the doctoral degree.

COLORS

Although there is variation among different universities, the following colors are common: science - gold; educationlight blue; the arts and humanities - white; human services and social work - citron; business administration - drab.

MEDALLION

The ceremonial medallion, worn by the University president during Commencement and other academic ceremonies, features the Lincoln University seal. The name of each Lincoln University president is inscribed on an individual plate around the chain.

MACE

The ceremonial mace is a highly ornamented staff of metal and wood that is carried by the marshal ahead of the president and platform-party dignitaries during Commencement and other academic ceremonies to represent authority. Lincoln University’s mace features the University seal. The practice dates back to the medieval times when knights carried maces during processions for kings.

School of Adult and Continuing Education

MASTER’S DEGREE CANDIDATES

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES

Business Administration - Finance

Dosse Akpeko**

David M. Elliott Sr.*

Temiwande Craig Esho

Rhoda N. Howard**

Teia N. Miller**

Shanae Ann Odoms*

Krystal S. Prince*

Alice Y. Robinson Ross**

Brittany K. Smith

Business Administration - Human Resources Management

Bridget Alston*

Walter E. Copeland II**

Michelle R. Green*

DeJiah Jefferson**

Kiara M. Jones*

Terri L. Joseph**

Nathanael J. Ozeck*

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Early Childhood Education

Dominique Latonya Bright

Mercedes J. Fleet**

ArenRenae Hamer

Jayda A. Hubbard

Chanel Payne

Early Childhood Education and Special Education

Hiwot Adilow

Aliyah Halimah Elijah**

Jacqueline E. Jackson

Stephanie Melissa Latimore

Robin S. Mathis

Crystal M. McKinney

Tatiana A. Williams

Trainer, PA

Delaware County, PA

Lagos, Nigeria

Philadelphia, PA

Harrisburg, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Lancaster, PA

Harrisburg, PA

Newark, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Chicago, IL

Reisterstown, MD

Coatesville, PA

Ardmore, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Glenolden, PA

Phoenix, AZ

Staten Island, NY

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Chester, PA

School of Adult and Continuing Education

Educational Leadership

Sheila D. Bonilla

Durrell L. Burns

Danielle Harrigan

Newark, NJ

Harrisburg, PA

Harrisburg, PA

Harrison Q. Johnson Philadelphia, PA

Leslye I. Lloyd

Ariel Briana Peterson

Karen Pinckney**

Philadelphia, PA

Pittsburgh, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Carl Jameel Young   Philadelphia, PA

DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING AND HUMAN SERVICES

Human Services

Shyeah S. Bragg-Taylor**

Monica C. Brown**

Benita Carol Dixon**

Brianna Dixon**

Philadelphia, PA

Camden, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Adriane K. Jackson** Peekskill, NY

Judene E. Jimenez**

Philadelphia, PA

Harold Mo Lloyd** Annapolis, MD

Yuanae S. Madison** Claymont, DE

Dominique M. Mason** Philadelphia, PA

Monica Lynn Mason** Philadelphia, PA

Javonda K. McWhorter** Woodbury, NJ

Tanya Denise Smith** Philadelphia, PA

Laura Ann Stevens**

Kennett Square, PA

Taylor Joanne Timothy** Yeadon, PA

Teralynn Turner** Philadelphia, PA

Tamara Williams-El**

Philadelphia, PA

School of Adult and Continuing Education

BACCALAUREATE DEGREES

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES

Management

Alysha L. Boone

Cheryl Denise Carter**

Kendalle Kristina Freeman

Audria I. Miller**

Kim Denise Selby

Sheirce Lacoty White

Philadelphia, PA

Upper Marlboro, MD

East Stroudsburg, PA

Harrisburg, PA

Norristown, PA

Philadelphia, PAA

DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING AND HUMAN SERVICES

Human Services

Shawn D. Anderson

Latisha L. Bradley**

Tiffany M. Chism

Dyeisha Ann Colbert

Philadelphia, PA

Galloway, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Janice Denise Cooper Sumter, SC

Jose Helberto Deleon Philadelphia, PA

Nija C. Dennis Philadelphia, PA

Nicole Denise Ellis**

Troye C. Johnson

Mary Elizabeth Kremer*

Kidada McCullough

Aaron J. Miller*

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Bensalem, PA

Kelli Monique Morris** Philadelphia, PA

Herbert Parsi**

Brittany Powell-Hobson**

Dara E. Prescott

Janea Alicia Shubert

Marisol E. Tackett

Jason Tadlock

Jasmine T. Wilkerson

Jahmal Wongus

Cherry Hill, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Harrisburg, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Kennett Square, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Baccalaureate Degree Candidates

THE COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

Biology

Niambe Thuraia Bacon

Saraya Julie Ann Mildred Baker

Indirah S. Clark

Carrie Jan Crespina

Shareefah Dejean**

Kingsolomon Adeyeye Ehinola**

Grant Michel Fleming

Amaya Nicole Foran**

Faith Shavon Hayes - Holloman

Elicia R. Hunter**

Jasmin Nicole Lewis

Ryan Davan Lewis

Nia Martin

Mario E. Mitchell

Adachukwu C. Njoku**

Reed Alexander Rankin

Cheyenne Johnay Riley**

Bianca Camilla Valcourt

Zaria Monae Willis-Boggs*

Environmental Science

Nyabingi Harrison Michie

General Science

Siani M. Boykin

Kassandra Lynette Echevarria**

Amber Nicole Himmons*

Philadelphia, PA

Pottstown, PA

Newark, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Pemberton, NJ

Lagos, Nigeria

Harrisburg, PA

North East, MD

Brooklyn, NY

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MD

Queens, NY

Philadelphia, PA

Lagos, Nigeria

Pittsburgh, PA

Capitol Heights, MD

Philadelphia, PA

Norristown, PA

Pittsburgh, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Lincoln University, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Baccalaureate Degree Candidates

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES

Accounting

Sean Carmant

Jim’mya Renee Davis

Xaire Sheon Givens-Fennell

DéJa Juan Griffith

Amyre Marquese Jones

Nasim A. Richards

Finance

Zaiyanna I. Anderson

Guadalupe Monserrat Baeza Frazier**

Reed Aaron Smith

Kyle Lowell Wanamaker**

Information Technology

Cobree Lynae Hooper

Dashon T. Mockabee

Samari N. Savoy

Joshua J. Williams

Management

Dawson Shamar Aime

Elliott Napier Chavous

Evan P. Chavous**

Ayanna Elois Deshields

Cobree Lynae Hooper

Selinas Chriselle Hughes

Jemel S. Kaba

Raven A. Keener

Martin Kinsey

Aliyah Safiyyah Majid-Todd

Nasiim Jabari Moses

Nya Stokes

Jordyn Kaylah Sutton

Winston L. Taylor

Nia Simone Thomas

Terrence U. Thompson

Korey D. Williams

Elmont, NY

Washington, DC

Ambler, PA

Mount Vernon, NY

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Harrisburg, PA

West Grove, PA

Queens, NY

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Pittsburgh, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Lawrenceville, NJ

Silver Spring, MD

Silver Spring, MD

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Sandy Ground, Anguilla

New Castle, DE

Detroit, MI

Atlanta, GA

Queens, NY

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Baltimore, MD

Silver Spring, MD

Brooklyn, NY

Harlem, NY

Brooklyn, NY

Baccalaureate Degree Candidates

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Tiala Gabrielle Scott

John Stallworth

Chemistry

Gros Islet, Saint Lucia

Philadelphia, PA

John Stallworth Philadelphia, PA

Engineering Science

Dorion Willis Brown

Gerald Eugene Hairston III**

Justice Ray

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Computer Science

Rodiat Bolaji Ayinde

Dane Nicolas Bleiler

Edward Donell Campbell II

Jamilah A. Davis**

Frank Dwayne Holmes III

David I. Knight

Marlo Montez Harold Maddox**

Jada Danielle Martin

Selena Mulet

Jasmine Mosea Rowland

Malachi Jamin Rashad Steven

Kaiyen A. Thompson

Kraig A. Wilson

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SCIENCE

Health Science

Daphney Alexandra Alexis**

Aniyah Zaya Alston

Bridgett Anderson

Mariah Chante Bagley

Daquan Bard**

Paige Alexandra Bethune

DeAndre A. Bowens

Josiah Keith Bowles

Dyshay C. Burnett

Glenn Parker Butler Jr

Philadelphia, PA

Roselle, NJ

New Kensington, PA

Lagos, Nigeria

Lincoln University, PA

Bethlehem, PA

Deptford, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Upper Marlboro, MD

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MD

Philadelphia, PA

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MD

Willingboro, NJ

Broward County, FL

Philadelphia, PA

Pittsburgh, PA

Oxon Hill, MD

Philadelphia, PA

New Castle, PA

Rock Hill, NY

Plant City, FL

Philadelphia, PA

Greenburgh, NY

Baccalaureate Degree Candidates

Health Science, continued

Myles Anthony Coston

Kaila Hazel Crawford

Bryanni L. Davis

Lamiah D. Davis**

Quenida Lillie Dunbar

Shakira Edwards

Deja C. Felder

Imani J. Foster

Taheerah R. Grady

Cheyenne Rene Johnson

Sheldon Louis Johnson

Chanyia A. Kirkland

Shakeema Leake**

Kianna A. Lee

Weedline Y. Limas

Doniqueka Keashia Louden**

Darrylynn Diona Manuel

Shalae J. Matthews

Nakacee Gabryelle McNab

Aliya R. Perrin

Ajah Mone’t Pinckney

Carrin T. Randall Rincon

Tyshawn J. Raymond

Brianna B. Thompson

Najerrei Patriciah Thompson

Jonathan J. Tribble

Kaz’Minah Mo’nay Turner

Moniece Walker**

Andre M. Williams Jr.

Na’Dajah Nicole Williams

Philadelphia, PA

New York, NY

Harlem, NY

Pittsburgh, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Newark, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Teaneck, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Waldorf, MD

Pittsburgh, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Toco, Trinidad

Brooklyn, NY

Baltimore, MD

Passaic, NJ

Brooklyn, NY

Freeport, NY

Bowie, MD

Philadelphia, PA

New York, NY

Trenton, NJ

Coatesville, PA

Hackensack, NJ

Baltimore, MD

Atlantic City, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Cheltenham, PA

Baltimore, MD

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, PAN-AFRICANA STUDIES, PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

History

Ismael Muadin Berry

Pan-Africana Studies

Dajah Angel Burrows

Fajr Dudley

Religion

Marc F. Williams Jr.**

Sicklerville, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Baccalaureate Degree Candidates

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE

English Liberal Arts

Dajah Angel Burrows

Otieno T. Diallo

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Natasha Danay Faulks Philadelphia, PA

Ayana Nicole Harris

Shanarose Quizia Hartie

Amaris Amanda Marks

Solomon Kincaid Murphy

Marcus Gustave Pierre*

Taylor Renee Richardson

Taishane J. Stewart

Liberal Studies

Rashaun Gerald*

Spanish

Giovanni Lucille Shamir Casson

Kayla T. Jackson

Tamia Aliyah Lawrence

Tiala Gabrielle Scott

DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATIONS

Mass Communications

Sky Alexander-Ciriaco

Jailyn D. Anderson

Christopher Hamilton Brown

Swedesboro, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Beltsville, MD

Fords, NJ

Baltimore, MD

Philadelphia, PA

Linden, NJ

Dover, DE

Lawrence, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Gros Islet, Saint Lucia

New York, NY

Philadelphia, PA

New Castle, DE

Drew Anthony Darby Union, NJ

Phillip Benisrael Divon

Asha Dara Adia Gunter

Denae S. Guy

Christopher Alfonso Houston*

Tahira L. King

Garrison Q. Kearse

James S. Koluboi

Nikia Renee Lites

Omar Q. Long

Christopher J. Lowery

Destin J. Marshall

Taliah Kiana Matthews

Chanell Faith McClain

Collingdale, PA

Westbury, NY

Brooklyn, NY

Baldwin, NY

Philadelphia, PA

York, PA

Levittown, PA

Delaware County, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Washington, DC

Catonsville, MD

Philadelphia, PA

Baccalaureate Degree Candidates

Mass Communications, continued

Sameillia J. McFarlane

Shamarri Demond Moss

Malcolm M. Murray**

Kanyinsola R. Oladejo

Chelsea Taylor Scruggs**

Kari Denise Simpson**

Amir Stevens

Daniel Nii Teiko Tackie**

Nia Turner

Romika Grace Volcy

Siya Jamie William-West

Troy Anthony Wilson

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

Mathematics

Camryn Janae Briscoe

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

Music

Brandi Anjeanette Washington-Bacchus

Rai’Chel L. Irving

Drucilla Delaney Lindsay

DEPARTMENT OF NURSING

Nursing

Olamide Esther Afolabi

Emma Taquasia-Ciara Bell

DeQuacia Leashun Catlin

Aniyah Zikieyaah Coleman-Willis

Keianndra M. Currie

Tamia D. Ellison

Samuel Babatomiwa Faturoti

Elizabeth Gomez

Demetria Irwin

Ty’shae N. Johnson

Kenyonon Josephine Kpou

Eberechukwu H Nwanegwo

Sage Polee

Cassidy Renee Raysik

Jordyn Michelle Kelly Sanders

Mount Vernon, NY

Cleveland, OH

Bronx, NY

Jersey City, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Brookhaven, PA

Valley Stream, NY

Willingboro, NJ

West Chester, PA

Valley Stream, NY

Baltimore, MD

Mount Pocono, PA

Baltimore, MD

Concord, NC

New Castle, DE

Rocky Mount, NC

Lagos, Nigeria

Brooklyn, NY

Havre De Grace, MD

Philadelphia, PA

Trenton, NJ

Brooklyn, NY

Philadelphia, PA

Pittsburgh, PA

Coatesville, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Bristol, PA

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MD

Oxford, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Baccalaureate Degree Candidates

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Political Science

Cydeana Jamilla Collins

Megan Naana Asiedua Dakwa**

Raven Allure Johnson

Dayona Nicole Joseph

Tamia Aliyah Lawrence

Jerrell S. Lord

Ydeline Michel

Mariah Smith*

Damera T. Taylor

Brooklyn, NY

Gaithersburg, MD

Philadelphia, PA

Coatesville, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn, NY

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MD

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN SERVICES

Human Services

Blake Beasley**

Angelique M. Benjamin

Xela Ihyanne Bethea

Zahrion Blue*

Keon Bradley

Amaya J. Carter

Cyonnie Aigner Certain

Xavier A. Fountain

Chanelle Six Gasway

Noel Nyia Gordon

Abrielle Janae Gregory

Jabril Holley

Nyasia L. Ingram

Brianna Megan Lynin Jackson

Domique Latonya Jones

Sierra D. Jordan

Bernard T. Lightsey Jr.

Raquel Lachelle Moses

Julian Thomas Murray

Khi-Lee D. Myers

Busayo Olasunkanmi

Angelique Q. Reaves

Imani Lynae Ross

Lauren Sarah Smith

Elijah K. Snell

Jayla C. Spann

Nyairr Messey St. John-Johnson

Drew C. Stephens

Harrisburg, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Brooklyn, NY

Princeton, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Neptune, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn, NY

Warminster, PA

Washington, DC

Camden, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Brooklyn, NY

Philadelphia, PA

Pittsburgh, PA

Harford County, MD

Rockville Centre, NY

Newark, NJ

Horsham, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Coatesville, PA

Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn, NY

Newark, DE

Roselle, NJ

Baccalaureate Degree Candidates

Human Services, continued

Alexiya L. Sutton

Tamia A. Taylor

Amaya Leigh Townsend

Elmira, NY

Cleveland, OH

Port Jervis, NY

Bria Simone Wadley Lanham, MD

Psychology

Jania L. Campbell

Trinity L. Clark**

Taylor L. Copeland

Jailyn Madison-Hilda Garcia

Tiana Gerald

Sunni L. Gunn*

Shalilya Shanae Henry

Nia Joy Howard

Jamal S. Hughes Jr.

Ajanae S. Irby

Eliza Mae-Dixie James*

Teyah Johnson

Jasmine Skye Kane

Aynisha Raéana Macklin

Shanelle McClean

Destiny Elizabeth Schoolfield**

Marjay L. Smith

Fabiola St. Luc

Maniya N. Thompas

Brooke Allison Tillman

Anyah Ciani Walker**

Brooklyn, NY

Trenton, NJ

Upper Marlboro, MD

Bronx, NY

Willingboro, NJ

Brooklyn, NY

Norristown, PA

Harrisburg, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Newark, NJ

Williamstown, NJ

Upper Darby, PA

Garner, NC

Philadelphia, PA

Oviedo, FL

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Irvington, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Brooklyn, NY

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Anthropology

Larisha Nichole Aleska Capers**

Nelida M. Ornelas-Rosales

Criminal Justice

Jeanette Bernard

Talin Patricia Bottino**

Jalen M. Bryant

Kemaria Nyree Burgess

Jordan Mandela Byard**

Nasirah Sky Colding

Morgan Crosby

Abington, PA

Oxford, PA

Lancaster, PA

Philadelphia, PA

York, PA

Brooklyn, NY

Philadelphia, PA

Brooklyn, NY

Baltimore, MD

Baccalaureate Degree Candidates

Criminal Justice, continued

Simone N. Daniels Philadelphia, PA

Ivione Davis-Wilson

Abingdon, MD

India Kishona Elliott Scott Philadelphia, PA

Destiny Jazmane Francois Brooklyn, NY

D’Ivyyon J. Garris Philadelphia, PA

Chanel Rasheema Gifford Queens, NY

Justin L. Gowan Brooklyn, NY

Maelease H. Harvey New York, NY

Nicholas D. Hinson-McNeil Bronx, NY

Kayla A. Holley Philadelphia, PA

Kinte’sha L. Hopkins-Bailey York, PA

Kayla T. Jackson Lawrence, NJ

Christopher Koron Johnson Philadelphia, PA

Jazzmyn P. Johnson Philadelphia, PA

Ramesha L. Mackall Baltimore, MD

Jabria A. McCauley Baltimore, MD

Leon Lamar Mcknight Philadelphia, PA

Isaiah Miles Accokeek, MD

Tyra E. Mitchell Brooklyn, NY

Sierra M. Noisette Mount Vernon, NY

Kyler Purdie Philadelphia, PA

Isaiah Rogers West Hempstead, NY

Kristen Evanna Schenck Baltimore, MD

Naje D. Scott Brooklyn, NY

Kaylah A. Simmons Jersey City, NJ

Lauryn C. Steverson* Queens, NY

Trevon P. Sutton* Chicago, IL

Wendell R. Thomas Brooklyn, NY

Johneka Antionette Thompson Burlington, NJ

Cedric Ulysse Laurel, DE

Holsen Ulysse Laurel, DE

Romika Grace Volcy Valley Stream, NY

Shanyah Ciona Walker Brooklyn, NY

Junniel O. Williams** Queens, NY

Tyler Damion Williams Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Sociology

Niles Bennett Baltimore, MD

Nydira A. Burton* Philadelphia, PA

Ivan Mertilus* Revere, MA

Nelida M. Ornelas-Rosales

Oxford, PA

Baccalaureate Degree Candidates

DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS

Visual Arts

Matthew Adrain Andrews

Jordan Cinque Clark*

Whitney Kani McQueen

Kania H. Pollock

Lonnie John Stevens

Washington, DC

Cherry Hill, NJ

Newark, DE

Queens, NY

Wilmington, DE

Danaesha Ajonay Williams Pittsburgh, PA

* August 15, 2022 graduate

**December 15, 2022 graduate

PROGRAM NOTES

As final requirements cannot always be completed by the time this program is printed, these lists of degree and prize recipients are tentative. The student’s transcript is the official record of the university.

Latin Honors

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Olamide Esther Afolabi

Paige Alexandra Bethune

Larisha Nichole Aleska Capers

Kingsolomon Adeyeye Ehinola

Asha Dara Adia Gunter

Ayana Nicole Harris

Cobree Lynae Hooper

Amyre Marquese Jones

Dayona Nicole Joseph

Tamia Aliyah Lawrence

Jabria A. McCauley

Cheyenne Johnay Riley

Jasmine Mosea Rowland

Tiala Gabrielle Scott

Marisol E. Tackett

Troy Anthony Wilson

Latin Honors

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Rodiat Bolaji Ayinde

Mariah Chante Bagley

Latisha L. Bradley

Cydeana Jamilla Collins

Nija C. Dennis

Nicole Denise Ellis

Samuel Babatomiwa Faturoti

Grant Michel Fleming

Tiana Gerald

Xaire Sheon Givens-Fennell

Selinas Chriselle Hughes

Kayla T. Jackson

Jazzmyn P. Johnson

Teyah Johnson

Raven A. Keener

Kenyonon Josephine Kpou

Mary Elizabeth Kremer

Jada Danielle Martin

Solomon Kincaid Murphy

Nelida M. Ornelas-Rosales

Dara E. Prescott

Jayla C. Spann

Malachi Jamin Rashad Steven

Jason Tadlock

Sheirce Lacoty White

Korey D. Williams

Latin Honors

CUM LAUDE

Angelique M. Benjamin

Jeanette Bernard

Josiah Keith Bowles

Kemaria Nyree Burgess

Giovanni Lucille Shamir Casson

Cyonnie Aigner Certain

Evan P. Chavous

Indirah S. Clark

Bryanni L. Davis

Lamiah D. Davis

Avery F. Ekwi

D’Ivyyon J. Garris

Nia Joy Howard

Nyasia L. Ingram

James S. Koluboi

Ramesha L. Mackall

Aliyah Safiyyah Majid-Todd

Shanelle McClean

Kidada McCullough

Tyra E. Mitchell

Adachukwu C. Njoku

Sierra M. Noisette

Brittany Powell-Hobson

Tyshawn J. Raymond

Cassidy Renee Raysik

Jordyn Michelle Kelly Sanders

Elijah K. Snell

Maniya N. Thompas

Kaz’Minah Mo’nay Turner

Romika Grace Volcy

Brandi Anjeanette Washington-Bacchus

Na’Dajah Nicole Williams

Tyler Damion Williams

*HONORS

Shawn D. Anderson

Tiffany M. Chism

Jamilah A. Davis

Shalilya Shanae Henry

Troye C. Johnson

Audria I. Miller

Kelli Monique Morris

Graduating seniors in good standing who have earned at least 60 credit hours from Lincoln University, and who have attained a final cumulative average of 3.40 to 3.59 shall graduate cum laude. Those meeting the same conditions with a final cumulative average of 3.60 to 3.79 shall graduate magna cum laude. Those meeting the same conditions with a final cumulative average of 3.80 or higher shall graduate summa cum laude.

*Graduating seniors who have earned less than 60 credits from Lincoln and who have attained a final cumulative average of 3.40 shall graduate with Honors.

Distinctions

THE HORACE MANN BOND HONORS PROGRAM

Niambe Thuraia Bacon

Saraya Julie Ann Mildred Baker

Paige Alexandra Bethune

Taylor L. Copeland

Cobree Lynae Hooper

Dayona Nicole Joseph

Tamia Aliyah Lawrence

Taylor Renee Richardson

Cheyenne Johnay Riley

Alexiya L. Sutton

Najerrei Patriciah Thompson

Romika Grace Volcy

Troy Anthony Wilson

Honor Societies

ALPHA KAPPA DELTA INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Jeanette Bernard

Kayla T. Jackson

Ramesha L. Mackall

Nelida M. Ornelas-Rosales

ALPHA MU GAMMA NATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE HONOR SOCIETY

Dajah Angel Burrows

Ayana Nicole Harris

Solomon Kincaid Murphy

BETA BETA BETA NATIONAL BIOLOGICAL HONOR SOCIETY

Niambe Thuraia Bacon

Saraya Julie Ann Mildred Baker

Indirah S. Clark

Grant Michel Fleming

Jasmin Nicole Lewis

Reed Alexander Rankin

Cheyenne Johnay Riley

Tiala Gabrielle Scott

KAPPA DELTA PI INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION HONOR SOCIETY

Hiwot Adilow

Sheila D. Bonilla

Durrell L. Burns

Mercedes J. Fleet

Destiny Victoria Frazier

Danielle Harrigan

Jayda A. Hubbard

Jacqueline E. Jackson

Robin S. Mathis

Ariel Briana Peterson

PI GAMMA MU

INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Shyeah S. Bragg-Taylor

Monica C. Brown

Brianna Dixon

Judene E. Jimenez

Harold Mo Lloyd

Dominique M. Mason

Monica Lynn Mason

Javonda K. McWhorter

Tanya Denise Smith

Laura Ann Stevens

Taylor Joanne Timothy

SIGMA BETA DELTA

INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, AND ADMINISTRATION

Graduate

Dosse Akpeko

Bridget Alston

Walter E. Copeland II

David M. Elliott Sr.

Michelle R. Green

Rhoda N. Howard

Kiara M. Jones

Terri L. Joseph

Teia N. Miller

Krystal S. Prince

Alice Y. Robinson Ross

Undergraduate

Jim’mya Renee Davis

Xaire Sheon Givens-Fennell

Cobree Lynae Hooper

Aliyah Safiyyah Majid-Todd

Audria I. Miller

Sheirce Lacoty White

SIGMA TAU DELTA

INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY

Rodiat Bolaji Ayinde

Dajah Angel Burrows

Tiana Gerald

Ayana Nicole Harris

Tyra E. Mitchell

Solomon Kincaid Murphy

Taylor Renee Richardson

Troy Anthony Wilson

Board of Trustees 2022 - 2023

Officers

Mr. Gerald W. Bruce ’78 - Chair

Mr. James W. Jordan ’88 – Vice Chair

Ms. Jalila Parker – Secretary*

Mr. Henry M. Lancaster, II ’76 – Parliamentarian

Ex Officio Trustees

Honorable Josh Shapiro, Governor

Dr. Khalid N. Mumin, Acting Secretary of Education

Dr. Brenda A. Allen, President

Mr. Robert A. Allen ’80

Robert L. Archie, Jr. ’65, Esquire

Mr. Steven Board ’81

Mr. Owen Cooks

Mr. Van Corbin ’81

Honorable Andrew E. Dinniman

Mr. William F. Dunbar ’05

Mr. Michael J. Hancock ’88

Ms. Lisa MB Johnson ’85

Ms. Nandi Jones-Clement ’94

Mr. Steven Kenric Lewis

Trustees

Rev. Dr. Frances E. Paul ’79

Dr. Charmaine Spence Rochester

Mr. Jose Sabastro

Dr. Kate M. Shaw**

Ms. Sandra F. Simmons

Mr. Drake Smith, Student Trustee

Mr. Kevin E. Vaughan

Dr. Corey D.B. Walker

Mr. Joseph V. Williams ’68

Mr. Gregory Works

Faculty Representative

Dr. Karen Baskerville

Emeritus Trustees

Dr. William E. Bennett ’50

Dr. Walter D. Chambers ’52

Dr. Theodore Robb

Dr. Kenneth M. Sadler ’71

*Governor’s Representative

**Acting Secretary of Education’s Representative

President’s Cabinet

President

Brenda A. Allen, Ph.D.

Provost & Dean of Faculty

Patricia A. Joseph, Ph.D.

Vice President for Finance & Administration

Charles T. Gradowski, CPA

Interim Vice President for Student Success & Dean of the College

Dorcas L. Colvin, Ed.D.

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Tiffany Lee, Ph.D.

Vice President for Human Resources

Jake Tanksley, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

Vice President for Institutional Advancement & Executive Director, Lincoln University Foundation

Ava Willis-Barksdale, M.Ed.

Interim Director of Athletics & Recreational Services

Joshua Dean, M.S.S.

Director of Public Safety

Marc R. Partee, M.S.

Chief Information Officer

Justin McKenzie, M.S., M.B.A.

Associate Dean of Faculty & Associate Professor of English

Mahpiua Deas, Ph.D.

Associate Vice President for Student Success, Health and Wellness

Frederick T. Faison, M.Ed., M.Div., Ed.D.

Chief of Staff

Diane M. Brown, M.H.S

Acknowledgements

Candidate Announcers

Dr. Nora Lynn Gardner

Dr. Gervais Gnaka

Marshals

Dr. Dana Flint, Head Marshall

Ms. Marion Bernard-Amos

Ms. Brandi Berry

Dr. Tedra Booker

Ms. Maxine Cook

Ms. Yoli Echevarria

Ms. Natasha Faison

Dr. Carla Gallagher

Dr. Thomas Gluodenis

Ms. Yeda Arscott

Ms. Marion Bernard-Amos

Mr. Mario Bowler Sr.

Mr. Alan Box

Ms. Diane M. Brown

Ms. Shari Burruss

Ms. Lorna Chambers

Ms. Renee Clark

Ms. RaVonda Dalton-Rann, Consultant

Dr. Maphiua Deas

Mr. Brian Dubenion

Rev. Dr. Frederick T. Faison

Dr. Dana Flint

Mr. Gerard Garlic

Dr. Gervais Gnaka

Dr. Yvonne Hilton

Ms. Jernice Lea

Dr. Christine Limb

Dr. Michael Lynch

Dr. Marlayne Manley

Dr. Susan Safford

Ms. Leonie Waters

Dr. Linton Williams

Commencement Coordination

Ms. Angela Grove

Ms. Donna Hess

Ms. Deborah Johnson

Dr. Patricia A. Joseph

Ms. Jernice Lea

Ms. Renee LeClerc

Ms. Caprice Love

Dr. Michael Lynch

Dr. Marlayne Manley

Ms. Annette Matthews

Ms. Maria McGill

Ms. Jennifer McKaughan

Mr. Justin McKenzie

Ms. Jackie McNeil

Mr. Antonio Ortega

Mr. Marc R. Partee

Ms. Annie Phanthayoum

Ms. Victtoria Pitre

Ms. Lyndsay Raymond

Mr. Charles Ricketts

Mr. Fred-Rick Roundtree

Ms. Sandy Sweet

Ms. Amy Taylor

Ms. Dee VanSant

Ms. Leonie Walters

Dr. Adolph Wright

Lift Every Voice and Sing

James Weldon Johnson (1871 – 1938)

Lift every voice and sing, till earth and Heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of liberty; Let our rejoicing rise, high as the list’ning skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won.

Alma Mater

A. Dennee Bibb, 1911

Dear Lincoln, Dear Lincoln, To Thee we’ll e’er be true. The golden hours we spent beneath The dear old Orange and Blue, Will live for e’er in memory, As guiding stars through life; For thee, our Alma Mater dear, We’ll rise in our might. For we love ev’ry inch of thy sacred soil, Ev’ry tree on thy campus green; And for thee with our might

We will ever toil

That thou mightest be supreme. We’ll raise thy standard to the sky, Midst glory and honor to fly. And constant and true

We will live for thee anew, Our dear old Orange and Blue. Hail! Hail! Lincoln.

The Graduating Class of 2023 - Autographs

The Graduating Class of 2023 - Autographs

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