A CELEBR ATION OF EXCEL L ENC E C
SENIORS DAY
Crown Forum
A CELEBR ATION OF EXCEL L ENC E
THURSDAY, APRIL FOURTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TWO AT ELEVEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING BANK OF AMERICA AUDITORIUM MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
MOREHOUSE C OLLEGE
Program Petite Belle Live in London England, 1964
Prelude
Opening Prayer
composed by: Art Farmer
Donovan Bailey ’22
The Occasion
Robert Wallace Jr. ’22
An Epilogue for Morehouse Brothers
Illya E. Davis ’89
Director for Freshmen and Seniors’ Academic Success
Introduction of Speaker
Musical Selection
Hoopin’
by Kenneth Brown II and Derick Butler Accompaniment: Derrick Butler, piano | Akil Shaw ’23, bass | Akeal Evans ’22, drums
Sage Reflections to Seniors
Ryan Womack-Dawson ’22
Kenneth Brown II ’22 trumpet
Dr. Adria Welcher, SP’99
Associate Professor and Academic Program Director for Sociology Director of General Education
Introduction of Speaker
Musical Selection
Footsteps
by Kenneth Brown II and Derick Butler
Matthew McLaughin ’22
Kenneth Brown II ’22 trumpet
Sage Reflections to Seniors Dr. Lance Shipman Young Associate Professor and Former Department Chair Chemistry Department
Closing Prayer
College Hymn Dear Old Morehouse SENIORS DAY - CROWN FORUM
Donovan Bailey ’22
J.O.B. Moseley ’29
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SENIORS DAY SPEAKERS
Adria N. Welcher, Ph.D.
Adria N. Welcher is an associate professor and academic program director in the Sociology department and director of general Education at Morehouse College. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Spelman College; a Master of Arts from Stanford University; a Master of Arts from University of Michigan; and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Emory University. Her primary research interests are race and class inequalities in educational outcomes and residential choices. Specifically, she focuses on the experience of black middle class families. Her two most recent publications explore colorblind racism and race and class discrimination in educational contexts. She has written on the experiences of black middle class families and their residential choice options in Atlanta. In addition, Dr. Welcher has published on general strain theory.
Dr. Lance Shipman Young
Lance Shipman Young is an associate professor and and former chair of the Department of Chemistry at Morehouse College. He has served as a visiting scientist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, and as Lewis-Sigler Institute Fellow at Princeton University. Dr. Young has long been an advocate for curriculum reform geared toward more successful engagement of students in both the classroom and in the laboratory and has spearheaded several funded initiatives aimed at the total development of undergraduates in STEM. He has served as an educational consultant for institutions seeking science education reform at the undergraduate level, including Clark Atlanta University, the University of the Virgin Islands, and North Carolina Central University, and he has extensive experience in training, development, and implementation related to Peer Led Team Learning (PLTL). Young has published several papers in the area of protein biochemistry and structural biology. Since joining the faculty at Morehouse in 2003, he has mentored over 100 Morehouse students in his research laboratory who have
gone on to successfully pursue terminal degrees in graduate and professional programs following their graduation. Dr. Young is a proud 1995 graduate of Morehouse College, and he received a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. He served as a first postdoctoral fellow at Emory University School of Medicine. SENIORS DAY - CROWN FORUM
Dear Old Morehouse Dear old Morehouse, Dear old Morehouse; We have pledged our lives to thee; And we’ll ever, yea forever, Give ourselves in loyalty. True forever, true forever, To old Morehouse may we be; So to bind each son the other Into ties more brotherly. Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit, Make us steadfast, honest, true, To old Morehouse, and her ideals, And in all things, that we do.
2022 Senior Class Council Bryson Hill ’22 President
Matthew McLaughlin ’22 Treasurer
Robert Wallace Jr. ’22 Student Justice
Jahsave Brooks ’22 Vice President
Amoz Hunterv’22 Secretary
Carlos Taylor ’22 Class Representative
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