Graduation is a big deal and we’re so excited to celebrate all the 2015 grads! Listen to the audio player to hear our graduation shout outs…
It’s graduation season and AV asked our listeners to share advice they wished they would’ve heard when they crossed the stage. Listen to the audio player to…
Christian Crawford prays for a women facing a medical emergency at the Clay-Clarkville High School graduation in Alabama, May 2015. At the graduation ceremony for Clay-Chalksville High School in Jefferson County, Alabama, last week, departing graduate Christian Crawford led the crowd in prayer while a woman in attendance was experiencing a medical emergency. The […]
First Lady delivers address at Oberlin commencement. (Source: Oberlin College) “I want to congratulate the Oberlin Class of 2015! You all have worked so hard to make it to this moment,” said Mrs. Obama. First Lady Michelle Obama delivered the commencement address at Oberlin College Memorial Day. This year Oberlin College celebrates 50th anniversary of […]
The charter school has garnered national recognition for providing minority students with the academic skills necessary to be “college bound.” Last spring, 240 students had college acceptance letters in their hands before receiving their diploma. An accomplishment that Mayor Rahm Emanuel considers to be phenomenal. The Chicago mayor delivered a moving speech at the 2014 […]
Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington had three short words to offer graduates of Dillard University. “Number one,” he said slowly and resolutely. “Put. God. First!” In Washington’s commencement address at Dillard University this past A Saturday, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the actor declared “Put God first in everything you do.” Responding to loud cheers, […]
According to new data from the Department of Education, graduation rates for Black and Hispanic students increased by nearly four percentage points from 2011 to 2013, outpacing…
Seniors gearing up for graduation at Howard University can breathe a little easier now; the Mecca is implementing a new practice that will surely lower…
She’s come a long way from the girl ridiculed by people throughout social media and who was even asked by defense attorney Don West if she…
“NewsOne Now” host Roland Martin loves to offer his words of wisdom every week on the radio and TV One. Well, last week, he gave…
Grace Bush accomplished an extremely rare task. Not only did she graduate from college at 16, but she did so before her high school graduation! The Florida teen earned her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Florida Atlantic University, a week before she’s set to receive her high school diploma. At 13 Bush enrolled in the […]
In protest of his school district’s new policy banning religious prayer at school events, valedictorian Roy Costner IV ripped up his pre-approved speech and instead chose to recite the Lord’s Prayer at his graduation ceremony in South Carolina this past weekend Costner took the stage at Clemson’s Littlejohn Coliseum on Saturday to speak to those […]
