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Two Women of Power Will Deliver FAMU’s Fall Commencement Speeches

Posted on December 11, 2017

The first female and 117th bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Vashti McKenzie and alumna and Allstate Insurance Executive Cheryl Harris will address Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) fall 2017 graduates. Approximately 630 FAMU graduates will be cheered on by family, friends, faculty, staff, alumni, and other guests during two ceremonies.

Harris will speak on Friday, December 15 at 6 p.m., at the Alfred Lawson Jr. Multipurpose Center and Teaching Gymnasium. McKenzie will deliver her message in the Lawson Center on Saturday, December 16 at 9 a.m.

Described as an “electrifying preacher,” McKenzie’s historic election in 2000 was the first time in the A.M.E. Church’s 213-year history that a woman had obtained the level of Episcopal office. McKenzie is an author, documentary producer and the presiding prelate of the 10th Episcopal District.

Harris is a graduate of FAMU’s School of Business and Industry and serves on the FAMU Foundation Board of Directors.  She oversees Allstate’s Supplier Diversity Program and was recently named one of Black Enterprise’s “Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America” in 2017.
On December 15, the following schools and colleges will confer degrees upon 274 graduates: 

  • FAMU-FSU College of Engineering 
  • School of Allied Health 
  • School of Architecture and Engineering Technology 
  • School of Business and Industry 
  • School of the Environment 
  • School of Nursing 
  • School of Journalism & Graphic Communication 

On December 16, the following colleges will confer degrees upon 357 graduates: 

  • College of Agriculture and Food Sciences 
  • College of Education 
  • College of Law 
  • College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 
  • College of Science and Technology 
  • College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
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