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    COMMENCEMENT

    2025 COMMENCEMENT
    AND REUNION WEEKEND

    The 141st Morehouse College Commencement Exercises are scheduled for May 16-18, 2025 and our Reunion Weekend is scheduled for May 15-19, 2025.

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    Commencement Schedule

    The 141st Morehouse College Commencement Exercises will be held on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 9:00 AM in addition to other celebratory events held May 16-18, 2025. All dates and activities are tentative and subject to change.

    • Schedule of Events

      Schedule of Events

      ALUMNI RITE OF PASSAGE

      INDUCTION CEREMONY (King Chapel)

      Friday, May 16, 2025 | 4:00 PM

      The Morehouse College National Alumni Association Rite of Final Passage will induct new graduates into the alumni ranks. 

      PARENT’S PINNING CEREMONY (Forbes Arena)
      Friday, May 16, 2025 | 5:30 PM

      Ceremony for graduating seniors to honor their parents. Celebration with refreshments to immediately follow.

      BACCALAUREATE SERVICE
      Saturday, May 17, 2025 | 3:00 PM

      A stirring memorial message to the class of 2025, from the pulpit of Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel.

      COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
      Sunday, May 18 , 2025 | 9:00 AM
      Morehouse College, the nation’s only historically Black college dedicated to developing and educating men, will celebrate the class of 2025 with commencement on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 9:00 AM on Century Campus at Morehouse College.

    Schedule of Events

    ALUMNI RITE OF PASSAGE

    INDUCTION CEREMONY (King Chapel)

    Friday, May 16, 2025 | 4:00 PM

    The Morehouse College National Alumni Association Rite of Final Passage will induct new graduates into the alumni ranks. 

    PARENT’S PINNING CEREMONY (Forbes Arena)
    Friday, May 16, 2025 | 5:30 PM

    Ceremony for graduating seniors to honor their parents. Celebration with refreshments to immediately follow.

    BACCALAUREATE SERVICE
    Saturday, May 17, 2025 | 3:00 PM

    A stirring memorial message to the class of 2025, from the pulpit of Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel.

    COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
    Sunday, May 18 , 2025 | 9:00 AM
    Morehouse College, the nation’s only historically Black college dedicated to developing and educating men, will celebrate the class of 2025 with commencement on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 9:00 AM on Century Campus at Morehouse College.
    140th Commencement Reflections

    2024 Speakers & Honorees

    Morehouse College welcomed Joseph R. Biden, the 46th President of the United States of America, as its keynote speaker for the 140th Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 19, 2024, on the College's Century Campus.

    • President Joseph R. Biden

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      President Joseph R. Biden

      2024 Commencement Speaker

      Joseph R. Biden, the 46th President of the United States of America, will be our keynote speaker for the 140th Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 19, 2024.

      President Biden served as a senator from Delaware for 36 years before assuming the role of the 47th Vice President of the United States. Following his victory in the 2020 presidential primary election, President Biden was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States. He also served as chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee for 16 years, becoming widely recognized for writing and spearheading landmark legislation. President Biden also served as chairman or ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 12 years, playing a pivotal role in shaping U.S. foreign policy.

    • Rev. Reginald Sharpe, Jr. '13

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      Reverend Reginald Wayne Sharpe, Jr. '13

      2024 Baccalaureate Speaker

      The traditional baccalaureate service speaker will be Reginald W. Sharpe Jr. '13, senior pastor of the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois. Pastor Sharpe holds esteemed credentials as a charter member of the Academy of Preachers and an inductee into the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers. Additionally, he has contributed to academia as an adjunct professor in the Religion and Philosophy Department at the College.

      Since assuming leadership of Fellowship Chicago in December 2019, Pastor Sharpe has overseen remarkable growth, even amidst the challenges of the pandemic. Notably, he spearheaded #TheVirtualShip, a virtual extension of the church's ministry, engaging an average audience of 25,000 people weekly.

    • Dr. Michael L. Lomax '68

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      Dr. Michael L. Lomax '68

      2024 Honorary Degree Candidate

      Dr. Michael L. Lomax '68, a distinguished fundraising executive, author, educator, and the esteemed president and CEO of UNCF, will be honored with the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters for his dedicated leadership in leading the nation's largest private provider of scholarships and educational support to African American students. Under Lomax’s leadership, UNCF has raised more than $4 billion and helped more than 150,000 students earn college degrees. As a leading advocate of college readiness, UNCF enables 50,000 students to attend college through annual scholarships. 

      Dr. Lomax oversees the organization’s 400-plus scholarship initiatives, which award more than 10,000 scholarships a year. He also launched UNCF's Institute for Capacity Building, which supports member HBCUs in becoming stronger, more effective, and more self-sustaining.

    • Dorothy Cowser Yancey

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      Dorothy Cowser Yancey

      2024 Oil Painting Honoree  

      Join us in celebrating Dorothy Cowser Yancey, Trustee Emerita, Educator, and former President of Johnson C. Smith University, as our distinguished Oil Painting Honoree. Her dedication to education and leadership exemplifies the values we hold dear at Morehouse College.

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    President Joseph R. Biden

    2024 Commencement Speaker

    Joseph R. Biden, the 46th President of the United States of America, will be our keynote speaker for the 140th Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 19, 2024.

    President Biden served as a senator from Delaware for 36 years before assuming the role of the 47th Vice President of the United States. Following his victory in the 2020 presidential primary election, President Biden was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States. He also served as chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee for 16 years, becoming widely recognized for writing and spearheading landmark legislation. President Biden also served as chairman or ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 12 years, playing a pivotal role in shaping U.S. foreign policy.

    lReverend Reginald Wayne Sharpe, Jr.

    Reverend Reginald Wayne Sharpe, Jr. '13

    2024 Baccalaureate Speaker

    The traditional baccalaureate service speaker will be Reginald W. Sharpe Jr. '13, senior pastor of the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois. Pastor Sharpe holds esteemed credentials as a charter member of the Academy of Preachers and an inductee into the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers. Additionally, he has contributed to academia as an adjunct professor in the Religion and Philosophy Department at the College.

    Since assuming leadership of Fellowship Chicago in December 2019, Pastor Sharpe has overseen remarkable growth, even amidst the challenges of the pandemic. Notably, he spearheaded #TheVirtualShip, a virtual extension of the church's ministry, engaging an average audience of 25,000 people weekly.

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    Dr. Michael L. Lomax '68

    2024 Honorary Degree Candidate

    Dr. Michael L. Lomax '68, a distinguished fundraising executive, author, educator, and the esteemed president and CEO of UNCF, will be honored with the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters for his dedicated leadership in leading the nation's largest private provider of scholarships and educational support to African American students. Under Lomax’s leadership, UNCF has raised more than $4 billion and helped more than 150,000 students earn college degrees. As a leading advocate of college readiness, UNCF enables 50,000 students to attend college through annual scholarships. 

    Dr. Lomax oversees the organization’s 400-plus scholarship initiatives, which award more than 10,000 scholarships a year. He also launched UNCF's Institute for Capacity Building, which supports member HBCUs in becoming stronger, more effective, and more self-sustaining.

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    Dorothy Cowser Yancey

    2024 Oil Painting Honoree  

    Join us in celebrating Dorothy Cowser Yancey, Trustee Emerita, Educator, and former President of Johnson C. Smith University, as our distinguished Oil Painting Honoree. Her dedication to education and leadership exemplifies the values we hold dear at Morehouse College.

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