Program - Continued

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

Provost Dailey

INVOCATION Rev. Dr. C.B. Akins, Sr. Pastor Emeritus First Baptist Bracttown

MUSICAL SELECTION Ms. Zania Tutwiler '24 Help Us To Love Soloist by Tori Kelly ft. The Hamiltones

Ms. Elsie F. Medlin '74 Golden Class Member

HISTORY OF KSU

GREETING FROM THE STUDENTS OF KSU

Ms. Aury Rios-Alcantara 2024-2025 President Student Government Association

ALUMNI GREETING

Mr. Barry Johnson '94 KSUNAA President

FORMER PRESIDENT'S REMARKS

Dr. Mary E. Sias 16th President of KSU

GREETINGS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH Dr. Aaron Thompson President Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education

Dr. Aaron Thompson President Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education

Representative Bobby McCool 9th District

Senator Gerald A. Neal '67 33rd District

MUSICAL SELECTIONKSU Concert Choir
Trad. Irish MelodyMs. Maya Abdul-Ahad, Violin
Be Thou My VisionDirector McCutchen, Director
Words by Mary E. Bryne (1880-1931)
Arr. Dr. Keith McCutchen