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Volume 70, Issue 7
Seminar Focuses on Women’s Empowerment BY TAYLOR JEAN LEWIS DIGEST STAFF WRITER
Angela Rye visited Southern University on Saturday, March 10th as the special guest speaker for the second annual Empowerment Seminar. The Empowerment Seminar was put on by Southern University’s Office of Student Life. The event started with a luncheon honoring Angela Rye. Members of the Southern University Student Government Association, seminar volunteers, and the members of the Office of Student Life were present. Angela Rye is the Principal and CEO of IMPACT Strategies, a political advocacy firm in Washington, D.C. She is also a rather popular NPR Political Analyst and a CNN Political Commentator, known for her sharp knowledge and her viral “clapbacks.” Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Rye took after her father by entering into the political world. At the beginning of her presentation, she mentioned that her father named her after political author and activist, Angela Davis. Rye spent plenty of time discussing politics and debates with her father, family, and friends growing up. He knew that she would follow in his footsteps, developing into the strong-minded individual that she is today. She did not give a speech or presentation like most guest speakers would, but instead tried something that she had never done before. There were two chairs set up on the stage of the Royal Cotillion Ballroom, and in the place of a speech, Rye performed a self-interview. One of the questions she asked herself was, “So you talk most often about work woke, most normal people say ‘stay woke’, but you say ‘work woke’. I want to understand what that means particularly as we talk about how we advance the community. What is ‘work woke?’” Rye replied, “I am a Christian, so I think that working woke comes out of faith without works is dead. So, we talk about staying woke. I just wonder what happens after you stay woke.” Often times the term “stay
Attorney Charles Jones, Sr., former Louisiana State Senator for District 34, delivering his speech at Convocation during Founders’ Day on March 7, 2018. (Leah Williams/DIGEST)
Southern University Founders’ Day 2018
“Southern University: A Global Trailblaze Celebrating the Value and Power of Historically Black Colleges and Universities”
Following, the Community Prayer Brunch and Convocation took place at the F.G. Clark Activity Center at 10 A.M. The day ended with Wednesday March 7th the Southern University a symposium at the Southern University Law System celebrated it’s 138th annual Founders’ Center at 2 P.M. Southern had the pleasure of having Attorney Day in the F.G Clark Activity Center. The events for Founders’ day began at 8:30 am and former Louisiana State Senator District with the annual pilgrimage led by the Southern 34 Charles Jones share about the makings of University Laboratory School to the Clark Southern. “African American political leaders… gravesites overlooking the Mississippi River at P.B.S. Pinchback, T.T. Allain, and Henry Dumas proposed founding a higher education institution the back of the campus. BY ARAINA AKINS DIGEST STAFF WRITER
for persons of color.” The convocation consisted of special guest speakers and the attorney that fought in the U.S. Department of Justice vs. The State of Louisiana case also known as the “Consent Decree”. With the Consent Decree, Southern was promised “enhancement” funds to upgrade physical resources, construct new facilities, and establish new academic programs to better serve See FOUNDERS’ DAY page 3
The Last Stroll: Spring 2018 Commencement on the Way BY BRIA GREMILLION DIGEST EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Approximately 600 graduates will obtain their diplomas from Southern University Baton Rouge, inclusive of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree candidates during the spring 2018 commencement ceremony. This spring’s ceremony will take place on May 11 inside the F.G. Clark Activity Center, beginning at 10 A.M. To ensure participation in the commencement ceremony, graduates are asked to arrive
promptly at 8 AM, dressed in cap and gown. The university requests that ladies wear dark shoes and dresses. Gentlemen should wear a dress shirt, preferably with a white collar and tie with dark pants and dark dress boots or shoes. In preparation of the big day, the University Bookstore will be hosting Grad Prep Days on March 20 and 21 from 10 am until 4 pm. Graduates will be able to order official Southern University personalized graduation announcements, purchase a custom cap and gown, order an official
Southern University ring and purchase a custom SU diploma frame. All graduates will also have the opportunity to take a free formal cap and gown portrait that will be included in The Jaguar Yearbook. Girls are asked to come with makeup, hair and nails groomed. Guys must come clean shaven. Shirts, ties, caps, and gowns will be provided by the photographer. To ensure that all requirements have been met to obtain a degree in their selected field of study, Enrollment Services Coordinator, Johlana Turner advises seniors to
get an early start on the check out process. She also recommends that students visit the advisors within their departments to ensure that all degree requirements have been fulfilled. “I was always told that my catalog is my bible...that’s your guide through school,” stated Turner. She reveals that the biggest debacle she has seen seniors face upon attempting to complete their See THE LAST STROLL page 3
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