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First Female Marching ‘100’ Drum Major And ‘Million-Dollar Scholar’ Among FAMU Fall Commencement Graduates
The Florida A&M Univer- sity (FAMU) Marching “100”s first female drum major, Cori Bostic, and “Million-dollar Scholar,” Emmanuel Blake Daw- son will be among the more than 630 graduates at the fall 2019 commencement cere- monies.
Bostic, from Lithonia, Georgia, graduates from the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication (SJGC) with a Bachelor of Science Degree in broadcast journalism. In August 2018, she made history by becom- ing the first female drum major of the 70-year-old band. Bostic plans to attend medical school.
Dawson graduates summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Sup- ply Chain Management from the School of Business and Industry (SBI). He has been hired by Deloitte Consulting to work as a strategy and op-
CORI BOSTIC ...FAMU’s First Female Drum Major
eration business analyst in San Francisco, California.
In 2016, as a high school senior, Dawson of Louisville, Kentucky, gar- nered national headlines when his academic prowess earned him more than $1 million in scholarship offers. His 4.2 high school GPA and 28 ACT score earned him full rides to three universities, as well as five-digit financial aid
EMMANUEL BLAKE DAWSON ...“Million Dollar Scholar”
offers from eight other uni- versities. His total scholar- ship offering of $1,002,836 earned him the title, “The Million-Dollar Scholar.”
There will be two com- mencement ceremonies. At 6 p. m. Friday, Dec. 13th, the ceremony will feature 273 students from the School of Allied Health Sciences, the FAMU-FSU College of Engi- neering, School of Architec-
CARLA HAYDEN, PH.D. ...14th Librarian Of Congress ...Guest Speaker
ture and Engineering Tech- nology, SBI, School of the Environment, School of Nursing, and SJGC.
At 9 a. m. Saturday, the 360 students from the col- leges of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Education, Law, Pharmacy and Pharmaceuti- cal Sciences, and the Colleges of Science and Technology and College of Social Sci- ences, Arts and Humanities
will hold their commence- ment ceremony. The ROTC Commissioning ceremony will take place during the Saturday ceremony.
Tallahassee native, Carla Hayden, Ph.D., the first woman and first African American to be named Li- brarian of Congress, will be the speaker for both cere- monies at the Lawson Multi- purpose Center and Teaching Gymnasium, 1800 Wahnish Way.
Hayden was born in the FAMU Hospital. Her father Bruce Hayden, Ph.D., taught in the FAMU music department, while her mother, Colleen Dowling Hayden, was a teacher in the John G. Riley Elemen- tary School. Hayden is the 14th Librarian of Congress.
The clear bag policy will be in effect at both com- mencement ceremonies. Doors open two hours before each event.
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