2025 Commencement Program

Commencement Sunday, May 4, 2025 11:00 a.m.

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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.

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Dear Lincoln University Graduates and Families: I am pleased to extend sincerest congratulations to the Class of 2025!

I am proud to join all those who have provided support and assistance to you 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.

In particular, the university is proud of your class and its dedication and stamina as we returned to fulltime instruction after the COVID pandemic. Your determination to earn a higher education degree is commendable.

Though the obstacles were sometimes difficult to navigate, all of you found the capacity to focus and complete this portion of your life’s journey. Each of 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 vigorous and rewarding as possible both in and out of the classroom. We hope that your experiences throughout your matriculation at Lincoln have shown you that you have the power within yourselves to persevere, overcome, and succeed even at times when uncertainty and change sometimes cloud the way forward.

We salute you for staying the course!

To the parents, guardians, families, and friends of the Class of 2025, 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

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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. Peace Corps. Lincoln graduates also include the first African American bishop of the United Methodist Church, Roy C. Nichols ’41; the U.S. Navy’s first African American female rear admiral, Lillian Fishburne ’71; and the first female mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cherelle L. Parker ’94.

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 (186165); Isaac Norton Rendall (1865- 1906); 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 (201214); 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.

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Order of Ceremony PRESIDING Brenda A. Allen, Ph.D. ’81 President, Lincoln University PRELUDE Great Day arr. by Roland M. Carter Lincoln University Concert Choir Lloyd Mallory Jr., DMA Director of Choral Activities *PROCESSIONAL Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 Composed by Edward Elgar / arr. by James Ployhar Charles H. Pettaway Jr. Professor, Department of Music and University Organist INVOCATION Rev. Frederick T. Faison, Ed.D. 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 Lloyd Mallory Jr., DMA Director of Choral Activities and Toni Caldwell Hall Accompanist, Department of Music OPENING REMARKS President Brenda A. Allen GREETINGS Gerald W. Bruce ’78 Chair, Board of Trustees

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Order of Ceremony INTRODUCTION OF VALEDICTORIAN Mahpiua Deas, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Languages & Literature and Director of the Horace Mann Bond Honors Program VALEDICTORY ADDRESSES Jason Uriah China Iteoluwa Jesutoromo Ibitoye Tamia Rosamae Johnson Chinyere Obiageli Offor Praise Olalekan Osoname Fortune Omonagbe Pujan M. Patel MUSICAL SELECTION All Good Things will be Added Unto You

By Shelton Beckton Lincoln University Concert Choir Lloyd Mallory Jr., DMA Director of Choral Activities INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER Patricia A. Joseph, Ph.D. Provost and Dean of Faculty COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS The Honorable Wes Moore Governor of the State of Maryland MUSICAL SELECTION Abram's Pursuit

by David R. Holsinger Lincoln University Concert Band Adolph E. Wright, Ed.D. Director of University Bands

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Order of Ceremony CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREES

Reading of the Citation Dr. Larycia Hawkins Professor Department of Political Science and Director, Center for the Study of the Underground Railroad Doctor of Humane Letters The Honorable Wes Moore Governor of the State of Maryland

Reading of the Citation Dr. Marilyn Button Professor, Department of Languages and Literatures Doctor of Humane Letters Vincent O. Carter ’50 (Posthumously) Author and Artist

Reading of the Citation Dr. Cheri Phillips Assistant Professor, Department of Business and Entrepreneurial Studies Doctor of Humane Letters Donald Julian Reaves, Ph.D. Leader in Higher Education and Finance

Reading of the Citation Dr. Angelia Nelson Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Health Sciences Doctor of Humane Letters Myrtle Potter Biopharmaceutical Executive, Inventor, and Philanthropist

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Order of Ceremony

Reading of the Citation Dr. Mahpiua Deas Professor, Department of Languages & Literature and Director of the Horace Mann Bond Honors Program Doctor of Humane Letters Dr. Edmund W. Gordon Psychologist and Educator

Reading of the Citation Dr. Frances Kodena Assistant Professor, Department of History, Religion and Philosophy Doctor of Humane Letters Rev. Dr. Ethelyn Taylor Minister and Educator

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES AND CONFERRAL OF DEGREES Brenda A. Allen, President and Patricia A. Joseph, Provost 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. Frederick T. Faison University Chaplain +RECESSIONAL War - March of the Priests Composed by Felix Mendelssohn Charles H. Pettaway Jr. Professor, Department of Music and University Organist * Audience rises.

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Commencement Speaker ~ Honorary Degree

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa The Honorable Wes Moore Governor of the State of Maryland Wes Moore is the 63rd Governor of the state of Maryland. He is Maryland’s first Black Governor in the state’s 246-year history and is just the third African American elected Governor in the history of the United States.

Born in Takoma Park, Maryland, on Oct. 15, 1978, to Joy and Westley Moore, Moore’s life took a tragic turn when his father died of a rare but treatable virus when he was just three years old. After his father’s death, his family moved to the Bronx to live with Moore’s grandparents before returning to Maryland at age 14.

Moore is a proud graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy and College, where he received an associate’s degree in 1998, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Afterward, he went on to earn his bachelor’s in international relations and economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

While at Johns Hopkins, Moore interned in the office of former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke. Moore was the first Black Rhodes Scholar in the history of Johns Hopkins University. As A Rhodes Scholar, he earned a master’s in international relations from Wolfson College at Oxford.

In 2005, Moore deployed to Afghanistan as a captain with the 82nd Airborne Division, leading soldiers in combat. Immediately upon returning home, Moore served as a White House Fellow, advising on issues of national security and international relations.

In 2010, Moore wrote “The Other Wes Moore,” a story about the fragile nature of opportunity in America, which became a perennial New York Times bestseller. He went on to write other best-selling books that reflect on issues of race, equity, and opportunity, including his latest book “Five Days,” which tells the story of Baltimore in the days that followed the death of Freddie Gray in 2015.

Moore built and launched a Baltimore-based business called BridgeEdU, which reinvented freshman year of college for underserved students to increase their likelihood of long-term success. BridgeEdU was acquired by the Brooklyn-based student financial success platform, Equity, in 2018.

It was Moore’s commitment to taking on our toughest challenges that brought him to the Robin Hood Foundation, where he served for four years as CEO. During his tenure, the Robin Hood Foundation distributed over $600 million toward lifting families out of poverty, including here in Maryland.

While the Robin Hood Foundation is headquartered in New York City, Wes and his family never moved from their home in Baltimore. Moore has also worked in finance with Deutsche Bank in London and with Citigroup in New York. Moore and his wife, Dawn Flythe Moore, have two children – Mia, 12; and James, 10.

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Honorary Degree

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa Vincent O. Carter ’50 (Posthumously) Author and Artist Vincent O. Carter was an author, artist, and spiritual seeker whose life was shaped by intellectual curiosity, creative expression, and resilience. Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Carter graduated from Lincoln High School before being drafted into the U.S. Army, where he served in France. His military experience broadened his worldview and influenced his later works.

Carter attended Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in English and graduated in 1950. During his time at Lincoln, he was deeply involved in campus life, serving as editor of The Lincolnian, the student newspaper, and participating in Glee Club, Drama Club, and Philosophy Club. His peers described him in the yearbook as “not of this world…ever in the world of becoming rather than the world of being,” reflecting his continuous pursuit of intellectual and personal growth.

After completing his studies, Carter moved to Bern, Switzerland, seeking an environment more receptive to his creative work. He faced racial discrimination in the U.S., where his artistic talents were often dismissed. In Switzerland, he found greater freedom to express himself. It was there that he began writing his books, including The Bern Book (completed in 1957 and published in the U.S. in 1973), an autobiographical narrative about a Black foreigner living in Switzerland. The book observes the city of Bern, its inhabitants, and their reactions to his presence. A German translation was published in 2021. His second book, Such Sweet Thunder, tells the story of a boy growing up in segregated Kansas City in the 1920s and 1930s. Although completed in 1963, it wasn’t published until 2003.

Carter’s time in Switzerland also allowed him the freedom to explore drawing, painting, and sculpture, transitioning into visual arts later in life. He became a practicing Buddhist, and his spiritual practices influenced his personal life and creative work.

Vincent O. Carter’s life was marked by his pursuit of authenticity and creative freedom. His decision to move to Switzerland, his literary achievements, and his exploration of visual arts stand as a testament to his resilience and courage in seeking a life true to himself.

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Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa Donald Julian Reaves, Ph.D. Leader in Higher Education and Finance Donald Julian Reaves is a retired higher education leader with a distinguished record of achievements that spans nearly four decades. Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1946, he graduated in 1965 from the segregated public schools. With no higher education aspirations, Reaves drove an 18-wheel truck. That changed in 1970 when he met Deborah Ross, a college graduate, who insisted that he attend college. Enrolling at Cleveland State, Donald earned a bachelor’s degree in 1976, and graduate degrees from Kent State, a master’s in 1978 and a Ph.D. in 1981. He quit driving a truck in 1977.

In 1980 he joined the political science faculty at Northeastern University where he taught for 13 years.

Before joining Brown University in 1988 he was the deputy assistant commissioner for budget and costs at the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare. At Brown, Reaves served as budget director, vice president for finance, and executive vice president for finance and administration and CFO. In 2002 Reaves became vice president and CFO at the University of Chicago. Reaves was a trustee of Roxbury Community College, which serves the African American communities of Boston, and Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, experiences that prepared him for what came next.

In 2007 Reaves became Chancellor of Winston Salem State University (WSSU). His dream of leading an HBCU had come true, and he did so with the unshakeable belief that, unlike at Brown and Chicago, he could make a meaningful difference at WSSU. Chancellor Reaves’ highest priority was to improve academic outcomes. The curriculum was reformed, admission standards were raised, retention and graduation rates increased significantly, as did the number of students receiving degrees.

By virtually every meaningful measure, Reaves’ tenure at WSSU was transformative. In recognition the trustees inscribed his name on the new student activities center building. Donald retired in 2015 with an honorary degree from WSSU and the title of Chancellor Emeritus. Reaves also served as chair or lead director on the boards of financial services corporations, including Amica Mutual, the William Blair Funds, Bank Rhode Island, and others. He also served on numerous not-for-profit boards.

In 2024 the full story of his journey from truck driver to university chancellor was recorded in The History Makers Collection which is housed at the Library of Congress.

Reaves and Deborah Ross married in 1973. They have two children and four grandchildren. They live in Lakewood Ranch, Florida and in Massachusetts on Martha’s Vineyard.

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Honorary Degree

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa Myrtle Potter Biopharmaceutical Executive, Inventor, and Philanthropist Myrtle Potter is one of America’s foremost healthcare leaders and innovators. She has a track record of building and leading companies that deliver blockbuster drugs that help improve and extend the lives of patients. She is also renowned for advancing women and people of color to corporate c-suite roles and to the board rooms of American companies.

Potter recently served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chair of the Board for Sumitomo Pharma America, a multi-billion-dollar company she started by consolidating eight U.S. biotechnology companies.

Before this role she served as Chief Executive Officer for Sumitovant Biopharma, Inc., a global, multibillion-dollar biopharmaceutical company with five operating subsidiary companies that she also started.

Prior to these roles Potter worked at Roivant Sciences as Vant Operating Chair in the Vant Governance Office that she established. In this role she oversaw the operations of thirteen biotechnology companies and was a core part of the team which sold five of the companies for $3.2 billion to another party.

Prior to Roivant, Potter served as Chief Executive Officer of Myrtle Potter & Company, a healthcare advisory firm that she founded. Prior to this role she served at Genentech as Chief Operating Officer and later as President of Commercial Operations. Under her leadership Genentech sales grew to $5 billion. The company also achieved record sales and earnings growth for nineteen of twenty consecutive quarters and launched seven breakthrough products in five years, including Avastin™, the blockbuster cancer treatment.

Prior to Genentech Ms. Potter was President of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s U.S. Cardiovascular/ Metabolics business where she oversaw a $4 billion operation and 3500 employees who brought numerous multibillion-dollar medicines to market to benefit patients. Potter began her biopharmaceutical career at pharmaceutical giant, Merck, where she designed and started the company Astra-Merck, Inc. which, through a series of transactions, later operated as a part of AstraZeneca.

Potter is a graduate of the University of Chicago and has served as a trustee of the university since 2011. She also serves on the boards of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, Guardant Health and Opentrons Labworks (Chair), among others. She previously served on the boards of Amazon, Express Scripts, Axsome, and Insmed among others.

Ms. Potter’s business and leadership accomplishments have been recognized by BusinessWeek, Black Enterprise Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, FORTUNE Magazine, TIME Magazine, Forbes, Savoy, BlackDoctors.org, and Harvard Business Review. Potter and her husband have four adult children.

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Honorary Degree

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa Dr. Edmund W. Gordon Psychologist and Educator Edmund W. Gordon is the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology, Emeritus at Yale University, Richard March Hoe Professor, Emeritus of Psychology and Education, at Teachers College, Columbia University, and Director Emeritus of the Institute for Advanced Study (former Institute Urban and Minority Education - IUME) at Teachers College, Columbia University. Professor Gordon’s distinguished career spans professional practice, scholarly life as a minister, clinical and counseling psychologist, research scientist, author, editor, and professor.

He has held appointments at several of the nation’s leading universities including Howard, Yeshiva, Columbia, City University of New York, and Yale. Additionally, Gordon has served as visiting professor at City College of New York and Harvard University. From July 2000 until August, 2001, he was Vice President for Academic Affairs and Interim Dean of Faculty at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Gordon has been recognized as a preeminent member of his discipline.

He is an elected Fellow of various prestigious associations including the American Psychological Association, American Society of Psychological Science, the American Association for Orthopsychiatry, and Fellow and Life Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

In 1979 he was elected member of the National Academy of Education and in 2017 he was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among his most recent honors are: being named Honorary President of the American Educational Research Association in 2021, the Edmund W. Gordon Chair for Policy Evaluation and Research created by the Educational Testing Service to recognize his lasting contributions to developments in education including Head Start, compensatory education, school desegregation, and supplementary education. In 2005 Columbia University named its campus in Harlem, NY the Edmund W. Gordon Campus of Teachers College, Columbia University.

Between 2011 and 2013, Gordon served as the organizer and chair of the Gordon Commission in the Future of Assessment in Education. Gordon has been named one of America’s most prolific and thoughtful scholars. He is the author of more than 400 articles and 25 books.

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Honorary Degree

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa Rev. Dr. Ethelyn Taylor Minister and Educator Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rev. Dr. Ethelyn R. Taylor graduated from the Philadelphia High School for Girls in 1951. She began her higher education at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music as a piano major before transferring to Lincoln University in 1953 on a Senatorial Scholarship. At Lincoln, one of only three female students on campus, she studied under Dean McRae and did volunteer work in the office of Dr. Horace Mann Bond.

In 1955, after her husband, Herbert Taylor, graduated from Lincoln University, the couple moved to Washington, D.C., where Ethelyn continued her education at Howard University’s School of Music while working as a secretary at Howard’s School of Medicine. In 1959, they moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Education from Calvin College in 1963 and taught in the public school system for two years.

Returning to Philadelphia in 1965, Ethelyn became the organist and choir director at the Reeve Memorial Presbyterian Church, where her husband pastored. She taught in the Philadelphia School system from 1966 to 1990. She also spent 11 years training student teachers at the University of Pennsylvania and pursued graduate studies at both Temple University and Penn. She later studied theology at Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, earning a Master of Divinity degree in 1992.

Ordained in 1994, Ethelyn served as pastor of the Oxford Presbyterian Church for 30 years, retiring in 2023.

A lifelong leader in the Presbyterian Church, Ethelyn held numerous roles at the Presbytery, Synod, and General Assembly levels, becoming the first African American female pastor to lead the Presbytery of Philadelphia as its moderator in 2003-2004. She has mentored over 18 seminarians from Princeton, Lutheran and Eastern Theological Seminaries. Honored with multiple awards, Ethelyn received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Eastern University/Palmer Seminary in 2022. She is the proud mother of two daughters, Juliana Taylor and Marilou Watson, and four grandchildren.

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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; education - light 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 medieval times when knights carried maces during processions for kings.

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School of Adult and Continuing Education MASTER’S DEGREE CANDIDATES

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES Business Administration - Finance Kenneth Elijah Barrow** Steven William Blunt** Anthony G. Copeman Jr.* Bryan Exum** Denée A. Holbrook* Mona Lisa Myers** Taylor Milan Norman** Afeez Orisunmibare Oloko Brendan Paul Roberts** Adriona Michelle Smith** Marcus E. Steel II** Eunide Merline St-Fleur* Joseph J. Warrick Jr.** Luther K. Wood

Willingboro, NJ Philadelphia, PA New York, NY Chester, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Epe, Lagos, Nigeria Wilmington, DE Mooresville, NC Toledo, OH Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA

Business Administration - Human Resources Management Elias Pere Ajuwa* Kendalle Kristina Freeman** Tenika Sharmaine McGinnis Jackson* Kristy Love Matlock* Edwin Roberto Santana Sr.*

Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria East Stroudsburg, PA Detroit, MI Elkins Park, PA Bronx, NY

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Early Childhood Education Montez E. Brown** Rachel Victoria Tharpe*

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Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA

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School of Adult and Continuing Education

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Early Childhood Education and Special Education Norland E. Bailey** Ceani Natalia Beaden** Phylicia Stephanie Danielle Branch Nakia L. Brown Quadrese M. Glass Arielle O. Harding Ciera T. Hussey Matthew Cardell Jefferson Jr. Porsheia A. Lake Thomasina Lee Monique L. McNeely** Sojourner Truth Parks Jazmine Madison Stevenson Moses Varney Togbah** Jabarie Waters Britney N. Wilson-Penny** Karen L. Worrell

Coatesville, PA Steelton, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Park Ridge, NJ Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Washington, DC Atglen, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA

Educational Leadership Aaricka Alexandria Brownn Yasmeain Nijia Hill Tanika Hines** Satira Kennae Holiday Eugene Lett Jr. Jacyra A. Moore** Kalima Ruby Skief** Talya L. Watson** Tiffany Joyce Williams

Philadelphia, PA Collingdale, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Lansdowne, PA Cheltenham, PA Yeadon, PA

Special Education Patrina Natalie Clarke-Stewart Nisa Jabbar-Bey Cahlin Louis Spearman

Philadelphia, PA Wilmington, DE Philadelphia, PA

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School of Adult and Continuing Education

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES Human Services Shawn D. Anderson Sr. Nya Monáe Bell** Latisha L. Bradley** Larisha-Nichole Aleska Capers LaNier Chantal Lewis** Haziz R. Nelson** Sierra Jasmine Pace-Pinckney** Miracle A. Porter** Jason Tadlock** Linquoia Walker**

Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Galloway, NJ Abington, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA

BACCALAUREATE DEGREES DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES Human Services James Junior Bowman** Marsha Charetta Brown Yavonka Bryant** Tiffinie S. Carter Jason Uriah China Mark Anthony Crowder** Regina Diane Eskridge** IndiyaSiddiyqa Frazier Nyasia L. Gardiner** Sinyon Linette Hargust** Dawn Tyesha Isom January Tamia Jefferson Kristina Lane Alecia Ayanna Miller** Brandon Ruff Sr. Valencia Lynn Thompkins Latiffa Zakkiyyah Welch**

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Kennett Square, PA Philadelphia, PA Lindenwold, NJ Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Camden, NJ Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Secane, PA Philadelphia, PA

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Baccalaureate Degree Candidates THE COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

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Biology Folasade B. Adeyiga Astaree Meshelle Broadway-Springette Rachel Destiny Christina Brown Nephtalie Charles A'niyah Janae Christmas Francheska Jada Couyoute Cailyn Nicole Dove Mikyla Christine Grant Tyrique A. Grant** William B. Harris Jr. Damyron Anthony Harvey Chinemere Nnenna Ihejirika Isaiah Justin Johnson Jaida Denise Lumpkin Jamal Fernando Maloney Jr.** Elizabeth McDaniel Daja Lashawn Moultrie Aniyah Kalari Oxendine Alexis J. Reed Delonte Amari Scarborough Lotanna Claire Udoye*

Coatesville, PA Pittsburgh, PA Nassau, The Bahamas Brooklyn, NY Philadelphia, PA Hillside, NJ Annapolis, MD Philadelphia, PA Newark, DE Clifton Heights, PA Philadelphia, PA Sharon Hill, PA East Stroudsburg, PA Middletown, DE Dothan, AL Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh, PA Lancaster, PA Bronx, NY Washington, DC Washington, DC

Environmental Science Gabriel Kofi Bedford Shekinah Lynia Vann*

Oakland, CA Philadelphia, PA

General Science Jaelyn M. Brodie Camren D. Jones Queda Tena Martin Sasha Simone Price Cai'asia S. Taylor

Baltimore, MD Philadelphia, PA Brooklyn, NY Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA

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Baccalaureate Degree Candidates

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES Accounting Sydney Immanuel Brooks Jude Mputu Butumbi Ramata Diallo Shaniyah Ellison* Jeremiah D. Fofie Jayda N. Green Javier S. Hall-Soto Rickelme R. Harper** Clement Fiyinfoluwa Julius Lamir Lawrence Widman

Detroit, MI Philadelphia, PA New Castle, DE Prospect Park, PA Willingboro, NJ Pittsburgh, PA Burlington, NJ Middletown, DE Abeokuta, Nigeria Philadelphia, PA

Finance Khari J. Black Maison A. Burton Torrie Kay Carter* Jelani-Malachi Muallim Hall Akaya M. Henry-Riley Grace N. Jean-Baptiste** Pujan M. Patel Raja Wakil Rothwell** Kyia Nicole Smith Taylor L. Snowden Makhi Semaj Williams

Newark, NJ Frederick, MD Baltimore, MD Roosevelt, NY Philadelphia, PA Long Island, NY Cherry Hill, NJ Philadelphia, PA Houston, TX Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA

Information Technology Kevin Carter Jr.** Phaedra C. Peal**

Chester, PA Philadelphia, PA

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Baccalaureate Degree Candidates

Management Dante K. Anglin** Amaree Lynette Armstrong Tiana Bennett* Brian K. Black Khari J. Black Yalani Monet Carmichael Imani Aliya Carter* Ayanna E. Deshields** Blue Josie Ferdinand Leah Ciara Freytas Ethan Elijah Garita Kaniya A. Goodman Kenneth Lattimore Jr. Mehki Kevin McClam Antonio Kevin Prioleau** Cesar A. Roscoe Peter P. Sorber Kayla Morgan Stephenson Zahna D. Stribling Emmanuel O. Toha Issa M. Traore* Kenneth A. Watson** Austin Jared Wilson**

Brookhaven, PA Toledo, OH Orange, NJ Philadelphia, PA Newark, NJ Brooklyn, NY Philadelphia, PA Willingboro, NJ New York, NY Union, NJ Trenton, NJ Chester, PA Los Angeles, CA Washington, DC Atlanta, GA Union, NJ Trenton, NJ Burlington, NJ Willingboro, NJ Newark, NJ Philadelphia, PA Newark, DE Jersey City, NJ

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

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Folcroft, PA Nassau, The Bahamas Mbaise, Imo, Nigeria

Chemistry Nicole M. Williams*

Long Island, NY

Chemistry - Forensic Science Xavia Tarae Pough

Philadelphia, PA

Engineering Science Mikayla Araminta Clements** Andrew Jesse Moreland**

Bowie, MD Philadelphia, PA

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS Mass Communications Miguel Antonio Agramonte III Thyago Hector Alvarez Jaleel Baako** Dwayne A. Davis Jr. Rontay Warren Dunbar Oseremen Etua Ebataleye Tahaj Z. Francis Cannon I. Grinage Johnnie Hightower* Wesley Martin Hogan Reginald J. Hudson Angel M. Hunter Asia Hill Khaliya I. Jernigan** Zahki R. Jimerson Tamia Rosamae Johnson Kirsten Kinard Talia Shabli Lavender Dayonna Sole Looney** Malik M. Malloy Jordan Istafa Marshall Semaj E. Mills** Sade Elyse Mitchell Vivica L. Mitchell Saaniya Murray Kyrah L. Page Maya A. Pollard Eusebio Jordan Refuse Jr. Vincent C. Ricciardi Hunter Terrell Dah'mear Lamar Triplett Danielle Lynn Vignovich DeWarren Asaad Watkins Jr. Roosevelt L. Wright

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Castiac, CA Lancaster, PA Queens, NY Upper Marlboro, MD Easton, PA Upper Darby, PA Philadelphia, PA Brooklyn, NY Springfield, PA Washington, DC Bronx, NY Lansdowne, PA Philadelphia, PA Pittsburgh, PA Chester, PA Philadelphia, PA Winston-Salem, NC Lancaster, PA Philadelphia, PA Washington, DC Central Islip, NY Philadelphia, PA Neptune, NJ Wyandanch, NY Brooklyn, NY Pittsburgh, PA Philadelphia, PA Brooklyn, NY Queens, NY Washington, DC Elkton, MD New Castle, PA Somerset, NJ Philadelphia, PA

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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Computer Science Oluwapelumi Michael Adekunle Feranmi Paul Adepoju** Jahuan N. Blackwell Amelia Jashmin Crawford Tanisha Mary Phimerlus Hyppolite** Iteoluwa Jesutoromo Ibitoye Brandon Anthony Isaacs Tovi Q. Mack Okechukwu John Nnuji-John Chinyere Obiageli Offor Osoname Fortune Omonagbe** Samuel Oseni Valerie Wonderful Otutu Ravyn Leigh Pleasants Ogowarifaa Temitope Princewill** Marshall Roberson

Baltimore, MD Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria Poughkeepsie, NY Bronx, NY Union, NJ Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria Queens, NY Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Nsukwa, Delta, Nigeria Ososo, Edo, Nigeria Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria Apo, Abuja, Nigeria Richmond, VA Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria Charlotte, NC

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SCIENCE Health Science Asiyah Rae Abdullah Taylor Alea Allen Edjanea Brianna Anderson Jefry M. Azcona** Aiden Champion Bailey Mya Livonne Barnett Ann Marie Berry-Grant Makaylah Alisse Black Richelle E. Blue Taylor Monet Julianna Brice Taylor J. Brown Tyneah K. Brown Victoria Brown Jaibreon Lillian Bunyon-Nelson Angeline Emily Cadichon Delainey E. Carpenter NiYell I. Clifford Janelle K. Cooper 22

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Philadelphia, PA Willingboro, NJ Philadelphia, PA Trenton, NJ Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY New Castle, DE Wilmington, DE New Castle, DE Brookhaven, PA Waldorf, MD Philadelphia, PA Nassau, The Bahamas Philadelphia, PA Union, NJ Pittsburgh, PA Pottstown, PA Newark, NJ

Baccalaureate Degree Candidates

Health Science, continued Kaley Alyse Croom** Sydney N. Davis Dominique Michelle Duvil Aaliyah M. Ellis Zoe Mila Febo Imani M. Francis Jayda Avion Goodwin Aniya Shadae Green Zidani Dane' Hunt** Denyzha Monah Hunter Morshay L. Jackson Sierra Alexis Jarvis Tyshani Chanè Jenkins Daejarie Monique Jones* Kevyn Mattison Jones Heaven Monae Lewis Cate S. Liskey** Atasia Nevaeh Little Salayya S. Martin Jaelyn Saneeyah McCarter Kurtrina Amani McDowell Brianna Leilani McKenzie** Naomi Michelle Miller Ayanna N. Mitchell Breanna Denae Mitchell Kai Yvonne Moore Onjelay Arie Nixon* Adowa K. Ofori-Opoku Praise Olalekan** Sijya Deyon Parker Dalen T. Payne-Washington Ricky Taylor Perez Saniyyah T. Ray Irlynn Monae Richardson Nasya Monae Robinson Shantelle J. Rose** Melanie Aniyah Simmons Kaila Tyemera Smith Kylah Jade Smith

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Pittsburgh, PA Harrisburg, PA Valley Stream, NY Philadelphia, PA Brooklyn, NY New York, NY New York, NY Baltimore, MD Aldan, PA Newark, NJ Philadelphia, PA Irvington, NJ East Orange, NJ Bronx, NY Baltimore, MD Pittsburgh, PA Richland, PA Pittsburgh, PA Newark, NJ Philadelphia, PA Brooklyn, NY Teaneck, NJ White Plains, MD Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Pottstown, PA Staten Island, NY Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria Baltimore, MD Pittsburgh, PA Queens, NY Philadelphia, PA Pittsburgh, PA Philadelphia, PA Washington, DC Bronx, NY New Castle, DE Bloomfield, NJ 23

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Health Science, continued Laila Nicole Snyder Quianna R. Sumpter Jayannah S. Tribble** Calah N. Walton Taylore Faith Webber* Mariah Latrice Webster** Mia Whetstone Kantrayle L. Williams Eryca Khynnedi Winder Crae Menique Wise

Easton, PA Old Bridge, NJ Philadelphia, PA Harrisburg, PA Brooklyn, NY Detroit, MI Elizabeth, NJ Harrisburg, PA Baltimore, MD Philadelphia, PA

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION History Jeninya Aaliyah Holley Terence Walker Raspberry Nia Nkenge Smith**

Jersey City, NJ Spring Hope, NC Brooklyn, NY

Philosophy Amir R. Gerald

Washington, DC

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE English Liberal Arts Kenneth Hawkins Fenner Jr. Grace J. Quiah Evelyn Angelica Rodriguez

Baltimore, MD Philadelphia, PA Cochranville, PA

Spanish Katia Ayala-Morales Kevyn Mattison Jones

Oxford, PA Baltimore, MD

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS Mathematics Iteoluwa Jesutoromo Ibitoye Chinyere Obiageli Offor

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DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

Music Amiri C. Bell Natrona Nancy Burroughs

Nyack, NY Philadelphia, PA

DEPARTMENT OF PAN-AFRICANA STUDIES Pan-Africana Studies Jeninya Aaliyah Holley Nia Nkenge Smith**

Jersey City, NJ Brooklyn, NY

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Science Tea H. Brown Leilani M. Bryant Hashone M. Carry Jr. Danielle E. Green* Kaliyah J. Greene Makenzie Kali Hanks Marquis E. Jemmott Zion Demetri Mackey* Drake Mitchell Smith Kyia Nicole Smith Asia Janee Tilghman

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Glen Mills, MD Farell, PA Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh, PA Baltimore, MD Los Angeles, CA Brooklyn, NY Philadelphia, PA Odenton, MD Houston, TX Downingtown, PA

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DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN SERVICES Human Services Howard Alvin Bonner Katia Ayala-Morales Kyler R. Burgin** Aniyah Adrionna Rain Capers Bakir J. Cleveland Janaie A. Coates Sariyah Colter Garrett Davis Makir I. Davis Caiya J. Edwards-Walker** Brandon Christopher Frierson Camryn L. Harrell Atiya Kai Hone Najai T. Jones Davon Noel Lilly Monai Zaniyah Lomax Haley Jordyn Loper Kimmbley M. McBean Abigail Starr Momo** Ciani Hope Montgomery Ahzeem Quadree Moore Joie Edele Narcisse* Evanchris Djabetey Narh** Leshay Roland Monet L. Taylor Ronald E. Thomas III Sierra-Rae Monet Thompson Jayden Rainier Turner Dimon J. Turnipseed** Kaniyah E. Warren Rahmir David Watson Avarie Nichelle Young Rowan Aria Zellars*

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Clinton, MD Oxford, PA Queens, NY Severn, MD Newark, NJ Newark, NJ Brooklyn, NY Elmira, NY Philadelphia, PA Jersey City, NJ Philadelphia, PA Pittsburgh, PA New Brunswick, NJ Coatesville, PA Queens, NY York, PA Middletown, DE Brooklyn, NY Union, NJ Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Piscataway, NJ Baltimore, MD Woodlyn, PA Drexel Hill, PA Englewood, NJ Queens, NY Philadelphia, PA Brooklyn, NY Newark, NJ Philadelphia, PA Reading, PA Pittsburgh, PA

Baccalaureate Degree Candidates

Psychology Dalecia Amaya Ashley Anazha Monet Baskerville Asia Z. Bey Aleafa Fatima Brooks Per'rys Calisa Brown Tia T. Brown Aniyah Adrionna Rain Capers Aisha Ashley-Anne Carrington Kataijah Dayona Council Aalayia Davis Imani D. Davis Carmen Morgan Delaney Kevine L. Dupree Jr. Ebony I. Edwards Anyssa Jaelin Fields Shayla T. Freeman Shaelyn Di'nese Greene Jordan Jeremiah Hall Janae Andrea Hassim Briana LaShea Hatcher Melissa Mareena Herbert Salai S. Hoyle Jesse Kimahri Jackson Tah'Diyah Ameena Jackson Laila Janaé Johnson Jordyn Michai Jones-Branham Aleah L. Langley Tamia D. McCoy Cortney J. Obasi Brianna Ashanti Reid Yahkirah Shalisha Robins Alexis Robinson Latanya Denise Salters Jazmin Monique Savage** Talia J. A. Simpson Amir Donell Smith Cailin A. Stringer Reanna Zyna Toon Stephana Williams Olivia M. Wright Kayla McKenzie Young

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Englewood, NJ Chester, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Baltimore, MD Newark, NY Severn, MD Reisterstown, MD Aliquippa, PA Hatfield, PA Union, NJ Middle Island, NY Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Long Branch, NJ Wilmington, DE Philadelphia, PA Baltimore, MD Pittsburgh, PA Newark, NJ Queens, NY Philadelphia, PA Washington, DC Philadelphia, PA Lansdowne, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Baltimore, MD Kansas City, MO Queens, NY Dickinson, TX Scranton, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Elkins Park, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Brooklyn, NY Springfield Gardens, NY Atco, NJ Boston, MA 27

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DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE Criminal Justice Kiah M. Benjamin Askyla Bryanna Bennett-Banks Ally Renee Cheatham Jazlynn N. Church Rayonna N. Clayton Samantha Marie Cockrell** Caleb Coles Malik D. Davis Alyssa E. Florence* Samir Raheem Green Angelo G. Greene Jr. Christian James Alexander Hill Jada A. James J'Ayana Jenkins Marvin Samuel Latortue Antonia D. Lindsay Trésean A. Maurice Ida Rose Korotoum Moore Imani D. Muhammad** Alexis Robinson Anyia Lynae Shanks Zahira A. Sills Ashanta Monique Smith Arian J. Speight-Wertz Kayla S. Taylor Tairaye R. Tedder Samia Ashley Thomas** Antonio M. Totten Cheyenne Simone Townsley Jayda Marie Truss Gabrielle A. Veecock** Semaj Amirah Walker Kairi N. Webster Alleeya S. Wilson

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Baltimore, MD Brooklyn, NY Bushkill, PA Wilmington, DE Philadelphia, PA Washington, DC Upper Darby, PA Baltimore, MD New York, NY Philadelphia, PA Willingboro, NJ Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Washington, DC Brooklyn, NY Queens, NY Elmont, NY Bear, DE Pittsburgh, PA Scranton, PA Nottingham, MD Richmond, VA Darby, PA East Stroudsburg, PA Baltimore, MD Red Lion, PA Garnerville, NY Wesley Chapel, FL Bronx, NY Trenton, NJ Brooklyn, NY Philadelphia, PA Chester, PA Lodi, NJ

Baccalaureate Degree Candidates

Sociology April Lannice Brown Jayla R. Etheridge Khiya Nykole Punter** Quameir D. Robinson Drew C. Stephens D'Nashia Nacole Townsend Latiffa Zakkiyyah Welch**

Philadelphia, PA East Stroudsburg, PA Orlando, FL Camden, NJ Roselle, NJ Camden, NJ Philadelphia, PA

DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS Visual Arts London Tarae Banks Asia Nile Bonds Kanesha L. Bowden Sai-Aja A. Bradley-Cross Jayana Unique Frances China Nasir J. Folk Kamani S. Johns Embrasia Parker Freddie Young Jr.

* August 15, 2024 graduate

Pittsburgh, PA Baltimore, MD Philadelphia, PA Harrisburg, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Chester, PA Chicago, IL Trenton, NJ

**December 15, 2024 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.

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Latin Honors SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Feranmi Paul Adepoju

Cate S. Liskey

Gabriel Kofi Bedford

Atasia Nevaeh Little

Kiah M. Benjamin

Monai Zaniyah Lomax

James Junior Bowman

Haley Jordyn Loper

April Lannice Brown

Jaida Denise Lumpkin

Marsha Charetta Brown

Sade Elyse Mitchell

Rachel Destiny Christina Brown

Katia Ayala-Morales

Natrona Nancy Burroughs

Okechukwu John Nnuji-John

Hashone M. Carry Jr.

Chinyere Obiageli Offor

Jason Uriah China

Joan Chiemenam Ojukwu

Jayana Unique Frances China

Praise Olalekan

Caiya J. Edwards-Walker

Osoname Fortune Omonagbe

Jayda N. Green

Samuel Oseni

Kaliyah J. Greene

Valerie Wonderful Otutu

Jeninya Aaliyah Holley

Pujan M. Patel

Iteoluwa Jesutoromo Ibitoye

Ogowarifaa Temitope Princewill

Chinemere Nnenna Ihejirika

Brandon Ruff Sr.

Laila Janaé Johnson

Ashanta Monique Smith

Tamia Rosamae Johnson

Kaniyah E. Warren

Clement Fiyinfoluwa Julius

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Oluwapelumi Michael Adekunle

Makenzie Kali Hanks

Amaree Lynette Armstrong

Sinyon Linette Hargust

Amiri C. Bell

Janae Andrea Hassim

Asia Nile Bonds

Akaya M. Henry-Riley

Kanesha L. Bowden

Melissa Mareena Herbert

Sydney Immanuel Brooks

Asia Hill

Taylor J. Brown

Grace N. Jean-Baptiste

Yavonka Bryant

J'Ayana Jenkins

Maison A. Burton

Kamani S. Johns

Tiffinie S. Carter

Kevyn Mattison Jones

Amelia Jashmin Crawford

Jamal Fernando Maloney Jr.

Kaley Alyse Croom

Alecia Ayanna Miller

Mark Anthony Crowder

Vivica L. Mitchell

Aalayia Davis

Saaniya Murray

Garrett Davis

Brianna Ashanti Reid

Oseremen Etua Ebataleye

Evelyn Angelica Rodriguez

Regina Diane Eskridge

Melanie Aniyah Simmons

Ethan Elijah Garita

Jayda Marie Truss

Tyrique A. Grant

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Latin Honors CUM LAUDE

Miguel Antonio Agramonte III

Imani D. Muhammad

Thyago Hector Alvarez

Cortney J. Obasi

Richelle E. Blue

Kyrah L. Page

Howard Alvin Bonner

Sijya Deyon Parker

Kyler R. Burgin

Xavia Tarae Pough

Aniyah Adrionna Rain Capers

Grace J. Quiah

Delainey E. Carpenter

Vincent C. Ricciardi

A'niyah Janae Christmas

Irlynn Monae Richardson

Dwayne A. Davis Jr.

Zahira A. Sills

Imani D. Davis

Kyia Nicole Smith

Ramata Diallo

Nia Nkenge Smith

Mikyla Christine Grant

Taylor L. Snowden

Danielle E. Green

Kayla S. Taylor

Jelani-Malachi Muallim Hall

Reanna Zyna Toon

Zahki R. Jimerson

Jayannah S. Tribble

Najai T. Jones

Gabrielle A. Veecock

Heaven Monae Lewis

Mariah Latrice Webster

Davon Noel Lilly

Eryca Khynnedi Winder

Kurtrina Amani McDowell

Olivia M. Wright

*HONORS Dawn Tyesha Isom Kristina Lane Valencia Lynn Thompkins DeWarren Asaad Watkins Jr.

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 final cumulative average of 3.60 to 3.79 shall graduate magna cum laude. Those meeting the same conditions with final cumulative average of 3.80 or higher shall graduate summa cum laude. *Graduating seniors who have earned less than 60 credits from Lincoln University and who have attained a final cumulative average of 3.40 or higher shall graduate with honors.

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Distinctions

THE HORACE MANN BOND HONORS PROGRAM Howard Alvin Bonner Delainey E. Carpenter Ramata Diallo Chinemere Nnenna Ihejirika Atasia Nevaeh Little Vivica L. Mitchell Cortney J. Obasi Pujan M. Patel Eryca Khynnedi Winder

PRE-LAW CERTIFICATE Hashone M. Carry Jr. Samantha Marie Cockrell Makenzie Kali Hanks Tea H. Brown Leilani M. Bryant Ally Renee Cheatham Rayonna N. Clayton Samir Raheem Green J'Ayana Jenkins Zion Demetri Mackey Cortney J. Obasi Zahira A. Sills Ashanta Monique Smith Kyia Nicole Smith Drake Mitchell Smith Asia Janee Tilghman Gabrielle A. Veecock

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Honor Societies

ALPHA KAPPA DELTA INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY Malik D. Davis Zahira A. Sills Ashanta Monique Smith Kayla S. Taylor

ALPHA MU GAMMA NATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE HONOR SOCIETY Katia Ayala-Morales Kaliyah J. Greene Kevyn Mattison Jones Clement Fiyinfoluwa Julius Grace J. Quiah Evelyn Angelica Rodriguez

BETA BETA BETA NATIONAL BIOLOGICAL HONOR SOCIETY Rachel Destiny Christina Brown Cailyn Nicole Dove Tyrique A. Grant Chinemere Nnenna Ihejirika Jamal Fernando Maloney Jr. Daja Lashawn Moultrie Joan Chiemenam Ojukwu Delonte Amari Scarborough

PI GAMMA MU INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Nya Monáe Bell LaNier Chantal Lewis Sierra Jasmine Pace-Pinckney

KAPPA DELTA PI INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION HONOR SOCIETY Phylicia Stephanie Danielle Branch Montez E. Brown Nakia L. Brown Patrina Natalie Clarke-Stewart Quadrese M. Glass Arielle O. Harding Tanika Hines Satira Kennae Holiday Ciera T. Hussey Nisa Jabbar-Bey Porsheia A. Lake Thomasina Lee Jacyra A. Moore Kalima Ruby Skief Jazmine Madison Stevenson Moses Varney Togbah Talya L. Watson Tiffany Joyce Williams Britney N. Wilson-Penny Karen L. Worrell

CHI ALPHA EPSILON NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Kanesha L. Bowden James Junior Bowman Marsha Charetta Brown Tiffinie S. Carter Jason Uriah China Mark Anthony Crowder Regina Diane Eskridge Sinyon Linette Hargust January Tamia Jefferson Tovi Q. Mack Alecia Ayanna Miller

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Honor Societies

PI SIGMA ALPHA NATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE HONOR SOCIETY

PSI CHI INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY HONOR SOCIETY

Hashone M. Carry Jr. Kaliyah J. Greene Makenzie Kali Hanks Kyia Nicole Smith

Aniyah Adrionna Rain Capers Aalayia Davis Carmen Morgan Delaney Jordan Jeremiah Hall Kayla McKenzie Young

SIGMA BETA DELTA INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, AND ADMINISTRATION Graduate

Steven William Blunt Anthony G. Copeman Jr. Bryan Exum Kendalle Kristina Freeman Denée A. Holbrook Kristy Love Matlock Afeez Orisunmibare Oloko Brendan Paul Roberts Edwin Roberto Santana Sr. Adriona Michelle Smith Marcus E. Steel II Joseph J. Warrick Jr. Luther K. Wood

Undergraduate

Amaree Lynette Armstrong Sydney Immanuel Brooks

SIGMA TAU DELTA INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY Ally Renee Cheatham Samantha Marie Cockrell Kataijah Dayona Council Malik D. Davis Kaliyah J. Greene Asia Hill Grace J. Quiah Evelyn Angelica Rodriguez Zahira A. Sills Jayda Marie Truss Semaj Amirah Walker Kaniyah E. Warren 34

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Board of Trustees 2024-2025 Officers Mr. Gerald Bruce ’78 – Chair Mr. James W. Jordan ’88 – Vice Chair Ms. Jalila Parker – Secretary* Mr. Henry Lancaster II ’76 – Parliamentarian

Ex Officio Trustees Honorable Josh Shapiro, Governor* Dr. Carrie Rowe, Acting Secretary of Education** Dr. Brenda A. Allen ’81, President Trustees Mr. Robert L. Archie Jr. ’65 Mr. Steven Board ’81 Mr. Owen Cooks Mr. Van Corbin ’81 Ms. Lorella Dicks ’80 Mr. William F. Dunbar ’05 Dr. Tanya I Garcia Mr. Michael Hancock ’88 Dr. Tiffany L. Harrison ’08 Ms. Lisa MB Johnson ’85 Dr. Mary Johnson-Osirim Ms. Nandi Jones-Clement ’94 Mr. Steven Kenric Lewis ’94

Dr. Wilbert LaVeist ’88 Mr. Bertram L. Lawson II ’98 Mr. Everett Love ’94 Ms. Tamara May ’89 Mr. John “JP” Petty III ’09 Dr. Rodney S. Ridley ’87 Dr. Charmaine Spence Rochester Mr. Jose Sabastro Ms. Sandra F. Simmons Ms. Jayla Turner, Student Mr. Kevin E. Vaughan Dr. Corey D.B. Walker

Emeritus Trustees Dr. William E. Bennett ’50 Dr. Walter D. Chambers ’52 Dr. Theodore Robb Dr. Kenneth M. Sadler ’71 Faculty Representative Dr. Karen Baskerville Governor’s Representative* Secretary of Education’s Representative**

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President’s Cabinet President Brenda A. Allen, Ph.D.

Provost and Dean of Faculty Patricia A. Joseph, Ph.D. Vice President of Student Success and Dean of the College Dorcas L. Colvn, Ed.D. Vice President of Finance and Administration Wilbourne Rusere, M.S.A. Vice President of General Counsel and Secretary Venus D. Boston, Esq. Vice President of Human Resources Jake Tanksley, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Interim Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Executive Director of the Lincoln University Foundation of Pennsylvania and Director of Athletics & Recreational Services Harry O. Stinson III, MS-SA Vice President of School of Adult and Continuing Education Edison Freire, M.Ed. Vice President of Facilities & Program Management Yeda Auten Arscott, PMP Associate Vice President of Student Success, Health and Wellness and Chaplain, Director of Religious Activities Frederick T. Faison, M.Ed., M.Div., Ed.D. Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management Maya Mapp, M.Ed. Deputy Chief Information Officer Mel Fenner, MBA, Ph.D. Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety Marc R. Partee, M.S. Deputy Athletic Director Joshua Dean, M.S.S. Interim Chief of Staff RaVonda Dalton Rann 36

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Acknowledgements Candidate Announcers

Dr. Nora Lynn Gardner Dr. Gervais Gnaka

Marshals Dr. Linton Williams, Head Marshal

Dr. Nora Lynn Gardner

Dr. Susan Safford, Lead Faculty Marshal

Dr. Thomas Gluodenis

Dr. Oladipo Aina

Dr. Gervais Gnaka

Ms. Marion Bernard Amos

Dr. Tara Harper

Ms. Brandi Berry

Dr. Yvonne Hilton

Dr. Tedra Booker

Ms. Terri Joseph

Dr. Dafina Diabate

Ms. Jernice Lea

Ms. Yoli Echevarria

Dr. Michael Lynch

Ms. Crystal Faison

Dr. Marlayne Manley

Ms. Natasha Faison

Mr. Anthony Ruffin

Dr. Bouchaib Falah

Ms. Leonie Waters

Dr. Carla Gallagher

Dr. Sam Williams

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Acknowledgements Commencement Coordination

Ms. Yeda Arscott

Ms. Jernice Lea

Ms. Marion Bernard Amos

Ms. Renee LeClerc

Ms. Valerie Berry

Ms. Caprice Love

Mr. Mario Bowler Sr.

Dr. Michael Lynch

Mr. Alan Box

Dr. Lloyd Malloy Jr.

Ms. Diane M. Brown

Dr. Marlayne Manley

Ms. Destiny Chambers

Ms. Annette Matthews

Mrs. Lorna Chambers

Ms. Maria McGill

Mrs. Lyndsay Christia

Ms. Jennifer McKaughan

Ms. Renee Clark

Mr. Justin McKenzie

Ms. RaVonda Dalton-Rann

Ms. Jackie McNeil

Dr. Maphiua Deas

Ms. Waineen Morgan

Ms. Tina Dischinger

Ms. Diane Neikam

Mr. Brian Dubenion

Mr. Antonio Ortega

Ms. Yoli Echevarria

Mr. Marc R. Partee

Rev. Dr. Frederick T. Faison

Ms. Theresa Pepe

Mr. Mel Fenner

Mr. Charles Ricketts

Dr. Dana Flint

Ms. Shari Rose

Ms. Cecila Gatheca

Mr. Fred-Rick Roundtree

Ms. Tonya Gibbs

Ms. Maria Sanchez

Ms. Angela Grove

Ms. Nancy Smith

Ms. Donna Hess

Mrs. Tiffani Smoot

Ms. Nancy Hicks

Ms. Sandy Sweet

Mrs. Pamela Higgin

Ms. Baeti Tucho

Dr. Yvonne Hilton

Ms. Soortuu Tucho

Mrs. Althea Holton

Ms. Dee VanSant

Dr. Harrison Johnson

Ms. Leonie Waters

Dr. Patricia A. Joseph

Dr. Adolph Wright

Ms. Tynae Lamb

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Anthem 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 or our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won.

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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 mightiest 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.

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Lincoln University Campus Emergency Procedures Lincoln University is excited to welcome you to our beautiful campus. Your safety is a priority, please read the emergency plan below to help better prepare you for commencement.

Evacuation Should the need arise to evacuate the area all participants should immediately exit the venue following instructions provided via the public address system or event staff and emergency responders.

Shelter You may need to take shelter during a severe weather event. During an incident requiring individuals to take shelter, visitors will be directed to locations and/or buildings closest to the area. Instructions will be provided via the public address system or event staff and emergency responders.

Mobility Impairments Persons with mobility impairments who need assistance evacuating will be assisted by event staff and emergency responders.

Medical Emergencies Call 484-365-7211 if assistance is needed for medical emergencies.

For more information on campus safety, go to: www.lincoln.edu/public-safety/

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Liberate.

Lead.

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