Commencement
10 a.m. Ceremony | College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Michael D. Dailey '84
Provost and Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs
Presiding
PRELUDE
Mr. Gordon D. Ford, Jr. '19
PROCESSIONAL
Order of Procession of the University
President
Provost
Commencement Speaker
Board of Regents
Platform Guests
Grand Marshal
President's Cabinet
Faculty
Professional and Administrative Staff
Candidates for Graduation
Registrar
WELCOME
Provost Dailey
SELECTIONS
For all those who can, please rise and remain standing
“The Star-Spangled Banner”
(by Francis Scott Key/Arr. Natasha Brown)
“Lift Every Voice and Sing”
(Lyrics by James Weldon Johnson
Music by J. Rosamond Johnson)
THE SUMMONS TO CONVOCATION
Dr. Patrese Nesbitt
Assistant Professor of Exercise Science
INVOCATION
Pastor Kilen Gray
Associate Pastor, Congregational Care,
Bates Memorial Baptist Church