Dr. Michael D. Dailey '84 Provost and Vice President Division of Academic Affairs Presiding
GOLDEN CLASS AND ACADEMIC PROCESSIONAL “War March of the Priests” (from Athalie by Felix Mendelssohn) Mr. Gordon D. Ford Jr. '19 Guest Organist
THE SUMMONS TO CONVOCATION
Mr. Gordon D. Ford Jr. '19 Guest Organist
Dr. Phillip H. Clay, Jr. '99 Associate Professor of School of Education, Interim/Acting Director of Graduate Studies
MUSICAL INTROIT ENTRANCE OF PRESIDIUM PLATFORM
Mr. Gordon D. Ford, Jr.
WELCOME TO FRANKFORT
Mr. Layne Wilkerson Mayor, City of Frankfort
PROVOST WELCOME
Dr. Michael D. Dailey '84
WELCOME
Ms. Drew McEachin 97th Miss Kentucky State University Mr. LaTrae Redrick 33rd Mister Kentucky State University
THE OCCASION
Ms. Tammi Dukes '94 Chair, Kentucky State University Board of Regents
THE HERITAGE ANTHEM “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (by James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson/Arr. Roland Carter)
INVOCATION
Dr. Patricia Griffith Accompanist
Reverend Leslie Wayne Whitlock Pastor, First Corinthian Baptist Church Frankfort, KY