Morehead State University’s Office of Student Activities, Inclusion and Leadership Development sponsored its 32nd Semi-Annual Rites of Passage recognition ceremony Friday, May 13, in Button Auditorium.
The purpose of the ceremony is to recognize and celebrate the scholastic achievement of minority and international students. Each student received a certificate and a special Kente stole.
Student performers under the direction of Jorian Johnson and Haley Clay provided musical selections. The keynote speaker for the spring celebration was Taunya Y. Jones.
Spring graduates who participated in the ceremony were:
Savannah Jo Anderson, Clarkson; Daveda Asberry, Lexington; Jasmine Amelia Barbee, Hillsboro; Brian Bryson, Cincinnati; Kameren Clark, Lexington; Darius Clay, Lexington; Corban Collins, High Point, North Carolina.; Ronald Blair Cooper, Los Angeles, California; Chamari R. Davis, Lexington; Natasha Diehl, Rockford, Illinois; Timothy Raynard Dysart II, Columbus; Anthony Elechi, New York, New York; Kady Fall, Cincinnati; JaiNai Fields, Bidwell, Ohio; Lyonell Emanuel Gaines Jr., Louisville; Shakira Kisa Hightower, Lexington; Shian Shontal Lee Jordan, Louisville; KyVonne Lackey, Lexington; Eric Pugh, Columbus; LaShayna Nicole Sawyers, Louisville; and Peggy Sowah, Accra, Ghana.
Additional information is available by calling the Office of Multiculturalism and Inclusion at 606-783-2071.
