Congratulations Candidates for the Spring 2024 Commencement!
Congratulations Candidates for the Spring 2024 Commencement!
Alabama State University will hold its in-person 2023 Spring Commencement Exercises on Friday, May 3, at 8:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. at the ASU Stadium.
The keynote speaker for both ceremonies is Catherine Coleman Flowers, founding director
of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Catherine Coleman Flowers is an internationally recognized environmental activist, MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, and author. She has dedicated her life’s work to advocating for environmental justice, primarily equal access to clean water and functional sanitation for communities across the United States. Founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice (CREEJ), Flowers has spent her career promoting equal access to clean water, air, sanitation, and soil to reduce health and economic disparities in marginalized, rural communities.
Flowers sits on the Board of Directors for the Climate Reality Project, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the American Geophysical Union, as well as serving as a Practitioner in Residence at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. In 2021, her leadership and enthusiasm in fighting for solutions to these issues led her to one of her most notable appointments yet — Vice Chair of the Biden Administration’s inaugural White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. In 2023, she was recognized as one of TIME’s "100 Most Influential People" worldwide and featured on Forbes’ "50 Over 50" list.
As the author of “Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret,” Flowers shares her inspiring story of advocacy, from childhood to environmental justice champion. In the book, she discusses sanitation and its correlation with systemic class, racial, and geographic prejudice that affects people across the United States. She and her work have been profiled by CBS’s 60 Minutes, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, PBS Newshour and more.
COMMENCEMENT SCHEDULE
THE 8:45 A.M. CEREMONY
A ceremony will be held to honor graduates of the following colleges:
The Golden Class of 1973
The Harold Lloyd Murphy Graduate School
The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
The College of Education
The College of Visual and Performing Arts
The University College
THE 1:45 P.M. CEREMONY
A ceremony will be held to honor graduates of the following colleges:
The Harold Lloyd Murphy Graduate School
The College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
The Percy J. Vaughn, Jr. College of Business Administration
The College of Health Sciences
Graduate degrees from the Harold Lloyd Murphy Graduate School will be awarded during both Convocations in accordance with the graduate degree offerings of each college.
COMMENCEMENT INFORMATION
Tickets will not be necessary for the Spring 2024 Commencement Ceremony. Tickets will only be necessary in case of inclement weather, which might cause the ceremonies to be moved to the Dunn-Oliver Acadome. If the ceremony is moved, no guests will be allowed entry without a valid ticket.
Please note that the University will be enforcing its Clear Bag Policy. Also, each person must have their temperature checked before entering the venue, which is done to safeguard all who attend from the coronavirus.
For more information, visit https://www.alasu.edu/_qa/Commencement.php.
View Commencement Live-stream at Youtube.com/bamastate1867
News media contact: Kenneth Mullinax, 334-229-4104.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Catherine Coleman Flowers is an internationally recognized environmental activist, MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, and author. She has dedicated her life’s work to advocating for environmental justice, primarily equal access to clean water and functional sanitation for communities across the United States. Founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice (CREEJ), Flowers has spent her career promoting equal access to clean water, air, sanitation, and soil to reduce health and economic disparities in marginalized, rural communities.
Flowers sits on the Board of Directors for the Climate Reality Project, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the American Geophysical Union, as well as serving as a Practitioner in Residence at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. In 2021, her leadership and enthusiasm in fighting for solutions to these issues led her to one of her most notable appointments yet — Vice Chair of the Biden Administration’s inaugural White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. In 2023, she was recognized as one of TIME’s "100 Most Influential People" worldwide and featured on Forbes’ "50 Over 50" list.
As the author of “Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret,” Flowers shares her inspiring story of advocacy, from childhood to environmental justice champion. In the book, she discusses sanitation and its correlation with systemic class, racial, and geographic prejudice that affects people across the United States. She and her work have been profiled by CBS’s 60 Minutes, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, PBS Newshour and more.
COMMENCEMENT SCHEDULE
THE 8:45 A.M. CEREMONY
A ceremony will be held to honor graduates of the following colleges:
The Golden Class of 1973
The Harold Lloyd Murphy Graduate School
The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
The College of Education
The College of Visual and Performing Arts
The University College
THE 1:45 P.M. CEREMONY
A ceremony will be held to honor graduates of the following colleges:
The Harold Lloyd Murphy Graduate School
The College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
The Percy J. Vaughn, Jr. College of Business Administration
The College of Health Sciences
Graduate degrees from the Harold Lloyd Murphy Graduate School will be awarded during both Convocations in accordance with the graduate degree offerings of each college.
COMMENCEMENT INFORMATION
Tickets will not be necessary for the Spring 2024 Commencement Ceremony. Tickets will only be necessary in case of inclement weather, which might cause the ceremonies to be moved to the Dunn-Oliver Acadome. If the ceremony is moved, no guests will be allowed entry without a valid ticket.
Please note that the University will be enforcing its Clear Bag Policy. Also, each person must have their temperature checked before entering the venue, which is done to safeguard all who attend from the coronavirus.
For more information, visit https://www.alasu.edu/_qa/Commencement.php.
View Commencement Live-stream at Youtube.com/bamastate1867
News media contact: Kenneth Mullinax, 334-229-4104.
