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2020
Winter Commencement
CREDO:
Excellence in Achievement
TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
2020 WINTER COMMENCEMENT
November Twenty, Twenty First & Twenty Second
Two Thousand Twenty
Health and Physical Education Building
Wheeler Avenue at Ennis Street
Houston, Texas
Credo: Excellence in Achievement
WINTER COMMENCEMENT 2020 1B OARD O F REG EN TS
Regent Albert H. Myres, Sr., Chairman
Liberty, Texas
Regent Marc C. Carter, Vice Chairman Regent Ronald J. Price
Houston, Texas Mesquite, Texas
Regent Pamela A. Medina, 2nd Vice Chair Regent Marilyn A. Rose
Houston, Texas Houston, Texas
Regent James M. Benham, Secretary Regent Mary Evans Sias
College Station, Texas Richardson, Texas
Regent Stephanie D. Nellons-Paige Regent Wesley G. Terrell
Houston, Texas Dallas, Texas
Student Regent Joseph R. Johnson
Sugar Land, Texas
O F F I C E RS O F AD MI N I STRATI O N
Kenneth R. Huewitt
Interim President
Heidi Smith Mario Berry
Chief of Staff Vice President for Information Technology
Kendall T. Harris Melinda Spaulding
Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs & Research Vice President for Advancement
Anita Lockridge Hao Le
Interim Vice President for Administration and Finance/ CFO General Counsel
Teresa McKinney Mary Young
Vice President for Student Services and Enrollment Services Chief of Police
Kevin Granger Yolanda Edmond
Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Senior Associate Vice President of Human Resources
O F F I C E R S O F ACAD EMIC AD MI N I STRATI O N
Joan R.M. Bullock Rockell Brown-Burton Azime S. Saydam
Dean, Thurgood Marshall Interim Dean, School of Communication Interim Dean, College of Science,
School of Law Engineering and Technology
Bernnell Peltier-Glaze
Gregory H. Maddox Interim Dean, College of Education Dianne Jemison Pollard
Dean, The Graduate School Dean, Thomas F. Freeman
George Klay Kieh, Jr.
Honors College
Needha Boutte-Queen Dean, Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland
Dean, College of Liberal Arts School of Public Affairs Janice L. Peyton
and Behavioral Sciences Executive Director of Libraries
Rashid Mosavin
and Museums
David Yen Dean, College of Pharmacy and Health
Dean, Jesse H. Jones Sciences LeWanna Hobbs
School of Business University Registrar
Our Mission
Texas Southern University is a comprehensive metropolitan university. Building on its legacy as an Historically Black
Institution, the University provides academic and research programs that address critical urban issues and prepare an
ethnically diverse student population to become a force for positive change in a global society.
2 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYT E X A S S O U T H E R N U N I V E R S I T Y IN TERIM P RESID EN T K E NNE TH R . H U E WITT
K
enneth “Ken” Huewitt currently serves as Interim President of Texas
Southern University. He was hired in 2017 as TSU’s Vice President
of Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer, overseeing
all financial functions of the university including Treasury & Budget,
Administration & Finance, Risk Management, the Controller’s Office, Procurement
Services, Facilities & Maintenance, and Building & Grounds.
During his time as CFO, the university’s investment rating (Moody’s) has improved
from ‘negative’ to ‘stable’ to ‘positive’ over a three-year period. A three-year strategic
Capital Expenditure Plan was developed and implemented, “days cash on hand”
more than doubled, and a negative reserve in 2016 was transformed into a healthy,
positive reserve.
Huewitt began his career as an auditor with the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development’s Office of Inspector General. He has held a variety of roles during his career including Senior Audit
Specialist for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Senior Associate for Coopers & Lybrand, and Regional Director of
Finance for The ServiceMaster Corporation.
After leaving ServiceMaster, he joined the Finance Team at the Houston Independent School District. Huewitt served
as the Controller focusing on Budgets, Payroll, Treasury, Food Services Accounting, General Accounting and Bond Fund
Accounting, as well as handling day-to-day operations of the Controller’s Office during his first 11 years with the district.
He went on to serve as Chief Financial Officer leading all the financial services functions of the district. He developed
and executed strategic plans and district-wide policies and programs related to the financial activities of HISD, impacting
215,000 students on 283 campuses, and overseeing a $1.8 billion general operating budget.
Huewitt was named Chief Financial Officer of the Year in 2015 by the Council of the Great Cities Schools. This national
honor is bestowed each year through the Bill Wise Awards Program to recognize Chief Financial Officers in urban school
districts who exemplify professionalism, commitment, integrity, strong leadership and advocacy for all students..
Huewitt holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Texas State University. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal
Auditor, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor and Chartered Global Management
Accountant. He is a member of several organizations including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Texas
Society of Certified Public Accountants, and The Institute of Internal Auditors. He served as Chairman of the Texas State
Development Foundation Board, member of the T-Association Board, and past-president of the Alumni Association Board.
While attending Texas State, he was a member of the back-to-back National Championship football teams in 1981 and
1982. In 2007, Ken was an inductee into the T-Association’s Hall of Honor, the highest honor for any athlete at Texas State.
He and his wife are the proud parents of two children.
WINTER COMMENCEMENT 2020 3A C O N C I S E H I S T O RY O F TE X A S SO U TH E R N U NIVE R SIT Y
T
exas Southern University, a special purpose
institution for urban programming, has a
history that dates back to 1927. The University
developed from several antecedents: extension
classes, a junior college, and a four-year private institution,
eventually becoming a state-supported institution of higher
education. Texas Southern became a state University
during the era of segregation when the State of Texas
denied entrance into the University of Texas Law School
to Heman Marion Sweatt, an African-American. The Texas
State Senate of the 50th Legislature passed Senate Bill
140 on March 3, 1947, providing for the establishment
of the institution, including a law school, to be located in
Houston. This bill was complemented by House Bill 788,
which called for the purchase of a 53-acre site to house the
campus. Thus, the Texas State University for Negroes was
born, which on became Texas Southern University on June
1, 1951.
Today, Texas Southern University offers bachelor’s,
master’s, and doctoral degree programs in the following
academic colleges and schools: the Thurgood Marshall
School of Law, The Graduate School, the College of
Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences, the Jesse H. Jones
School of Business, the School of Communication, the
College of Education, the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland
School of Public Affairs, the College of Pharmacy and
Health Sciences, the College of Science, Engineering and
Technology, and the Thomas F. Freeman Honors College.
Special programs and projects include the NASA Research
Center, Center for Excellence in Urban Education, the Center
for Transportation Training and Research, the National
Center for Excellence in Petrochemical Transportation
Safety, the Center on the Family, the Center for Justice
Research, and the Mickey Leland Center for Environment,
Justice, and Sustainability. Today, Texas Southern
University is staffed by approximately 1,500 faculty and
support personnel. TSU enrolls more than 9,700 students,
representing ethnically and culturally diverse backgrounds.
4 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYWINTER COMMENCEMENT 2020 5
T H E S Y M BO LS O F CO MMEN CEMEN T
The academic costumes worn today originated in the universities of the Middle Ages. They varied in design
until they were standardized by the American Intercollegiate Commission in 1894. At that time, it was decided
that all robes would be black. In the last few years, many universities have decided to return to a distinctive
gown design. The traditional doctor’s gown has velvet panels down the front and three velvet bars on the
regular sleeves. The master’s gown does not have velvet and does not have long sleeves. The bachelor’s
gown is similar to the master’s, but has regular length, pointed sleeves. The hood can be the most colorful
part of the entire costume. Only the lining of the hood indicates the university by its color. The border of the
hood indicates the academic discipline in which the degree is earned. The color facing the hood, whether it
is black or some other color, indicates the following:
Architecture and the Fine Arts..........................Brown Library Sciences....................................Lemon Yellow
Arts, Letters, and Journalism.............................White Medicine............................................................ Green
Business...................................................Light Brown Music.................................................................... Pink
City Planning..............................................Blue-Violet Oratory.......................................................Silver Gray
Dentistry...............................................................Lilac Pharmacy............................................................ Olive
Economics...................................................... Copper Philosophy................................................... Dark Blue
Education....................................................Light Blue Physical Education................................... Sage Green
Engineering..................................................... Orange Public Health...........................................Salmon Pink
Geography......................................... Blue and Green Science..............................................................Yellow
Home Economics & Technology.......... Golden Yellow Social Work............................................ Citron Yellow
International and Public Affairs.............Peacock Blue Theology...........................................................Scarlet
Law....................................................................Purple
The most common head-piece (or cap) for the ceremony is the black, square, flat-topped or mortarboard
type with a gold or black tassel. It is called a mortarboard because it is shaped like the board of the mason
that holds the mortar. Large velvet Tam-o-Shanter style of headpieces, replaced the mortarboard in recent
years. Some of the velvet tams have brilliant colors, including bright blue.
The tassel on the doctor’s cap is usually gold and permanently fastened on the left side. The master’s cap has
a black tassel worn on the left. The bachelor’s cap has a black tassel worn on the right prior to graduation,
then moved to the left during the ceremony.
T E XA S S O U T H E R N U N I VERSI TY’S SYMBO LS AN D N O TATIO N S
¹Summa Cum Laude–Gold Fillet | ²Magna Cum Laude-Maroon Fillet | ³Cum Laude-Silver Gray Fillet | *Graduated August 2019 | **Will Graduate May 9, 2020 | HC
Honors College
6 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYThurgood Marshall
School of Law
(TMSLAW)
Friday, November Twentieth
Two Thousand Twenty
Six-Thirty in the evening
Health and Physical Education Building
Wheeler Avenue at Ennis Street
Houston, Texas
Our School of Law Mission:
The mission of Thurgood Marshall School of Law (TMSL) is to prepare a diverse group of
students for leadership roles in the legal profession, business, and government.
WINTER COMMENCEMENT 2020 7C O M M E N C E M E N T SP EAKER PA U LE T T E B R O W N
P
aulette Brown is the first woman of color to lead the American Bar
Association (ABA) in its history. Brown, the leader of this 400,000 voluntary
member organization, Brown was responsible for governance, advocacy
and serving as the voice and face of the ABA. Her presidential initiatives
resulted in seven major policies developed and approved by the ABA, having a long
lasting impact on diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and the justice
system. Brown is also a past president of the National Bar Association and currently
serves as the Chair of the Africa Council for the ABA’s Rule of Law Initiative. Brown
is a Partner and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Locke Lord LLP.
She is the co-author of “Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms” and
“Left Out and Left Behind: The Hurdles, Hassles and Heartaches of Achieving Long-
Term Legal Careers for Women of Color.” Brown is nationally recognized for her
dedication and efforts relating to diversity & inclusion, including the impact of implicit
bias and is a frequent speaker and educator on both. Brown has won numerous awards and honors, including the Margaret
Brent Award and three honorary doctorate degrees.
8 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYC O M M EN C EME NT – TH E O RD ER O F EX ERCISES
Presiding Dr. Joan R.M. Bullock, J.D.
Dean, Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Announcing of the Processional Dr. Darryl Singleton
Mr. LaRence Snowden
The Academic Processional University Concert Band
Pomp and Circumstance — comp. Edward Elgar
arr. Clare Grundman
The Great Coronation Hymn — comp. Oliver Holden
The Members of the Faculty
The Candidates for the Juris Doctor Degrees
The Officers of the Administration
The President’s Party
The National Anthem † — University Concert Band — lyr. Francis Scott Key
Lift Every Voice and Sing
— University Concert Band
Wrtn. James Weldon Johnson; Comp. John Rosamond Johnson
The Invocation † Emeka Duruigbo, J.D.
Professor of Law
The Greeting Dean Joan R.M. Bullock
The Welcomes Mr. Kenneth R. Huewitt
Interim President
Honorable Albert H. Myres, Sr.
Chairman, Board of Regents
The Introduction of the Dean Joan R.M. Bullock
Commencement Speaker
The Commencement Speaker Honorable Paulette Brown, J.D
Past President of the American Bar Association
The Presentation of the Candidates Dr. Kendall T. Harris
Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Joan R.M. Bullock
Dean, Thurgood Marshall School of Law
The Conferral of Degrees in Course Mr. Kenneth R. Huewitt
Interim President
The appearance of names on this program is presumptuous
evidence of graduation, but it must not in any sense be regarded
as conclusive. The diploma of the University, signed and sealed by
its proper officers, remains the official testimony of the possession
of the degree.
† Please Stand. †† Please remain in your seats until the Recessional is completed.
WINTER COMMENCEMENT 2020 9The Alumni Pledge Mr. Keith T. Scott ‘83
President, Texas Southern University
National Alumni Association
We, the alumni of Texas Southern University, pledge
ourselves to uphold the principles and ideals for
which she stands and to move forward with our
Alma Mater in the vanguard of its educational,
cultural, and economic progress.
The Dismissal Dean Joan R.M. Bullock
The Alma Mater † — University Concert Band — arr. Campbell Tolbert
The Recessional † † University Concert Band
Pomp and Circumstance — comp. Edward Elgar
arr. Clare Grundman
† Please Stand. †† Please remain in your seats until the Recessional is completed.
10 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYC A N D I D AT E S F O R T H E J U R I S D O C T O R D E G R E E I N T H E
THU RGOOD MARS HALL S C HOOL OF LAW
The Candidates will be presented by
DEAN JOAN R.M. BULLOCK, J.D.
C A ND IDATE S F O R J U R I S D O C TO R D E G R E E
SUMMA CUM LAUDE Ranjit Singh Lidhar CANDIDATES FOR JURIS DOCTOR
Paige Elizabeth Bostic * Morgin Ranee Ward * Tonya Renea Adams-Felder
Summer Justine Cevallos * Kiana Nichele Witcher * Ademiju Ashley Ade-Jagun *
Nnamdi Richard Ezenwa * Erica Nicole D’Elaine Young * Anica Raquel Alfaro *
Tinuade Victoria Familuyi * CUM LAUDE Erin-Audrey Davail Allen *
Andres Eduardo Guerra * Gerardo Angel Acevedo Bianca Adrienne Almaguer
Crescentia Nchang Guobadia * Derrick Ramon Baylor * Brittney Scené Archie *
Ebony Danielle Harris * KaieEssence Bodden * Brittney Olatokunbo Asaju *
Chelsey Sharna Erin Johnson * Chelsea D. Bosley * Ifeanyichukwu Anthonia Ashibyogwu *
Andre Carrel Mackey * Zari Ayana Brown * Amna Aziz *
A’renica Deshon Mumford * Shalisa Jennifer Brunson * Monique Marie-Louise Bailey *
Randy C. Paschal * Johari Ahmed Burnette * Nicole Frances Bancroft *
Jasmine Janet Rios * Destiny LaShay Ceasar * Justin Chandler Barlow *
Tiara Elise Seals * Lizeth Chapa * Hazel Elizabeth Batiste *
Tatum Rene Simpson * Re’Necia Sandrina Ihilani Coda * Kayla Ashley Berrios *
Mia J’Na Williams-Collings * Deja Rena Cutno * Jemario Bibbs *
Johnoie Antony Wright * Joshua De La Cerda * Nolan-Joseph Boudreaux *
Adrian Ulysses Zuniga * Wendi Royce Dodson * Richard Glenn Briggs *
MAGNA CUM LAUDE Tabitha Liyah Elder * Tiarra Janáe Brooks-Chatman *
Rigien Bagekany-Jackson * Nnenna U. Ezeji * Charity Jenae Bruce *
Scott Aaron Bernstein * Ronny Varughese George Miguel Angelo Cano *
Victoria Ann Carrizales * Christen Yvette Hill * Bryce Ervin Carpenter
Valarie Nicole Cortez * Lauren Ashley Kemps -Thibodeaux * Kanika Shanelle Childers *
Lauren Ashley Dorman Arturo Lima * Kristan Michael Childs *
Juana Esperanza Eburi Losoha * Joshua Keith McKenzie * Shuler China *
Morgan Mackenzie Foster * Ariana Tiana Mehdipour Abraham S. Chopin *
Morteza Benjamin Karimi Ronieshea Melissa Miller * Alexandra Guadalupe Cirlos
Rickelle Jacqueline King * Maurelle Armon Moore * Michelle Marie Clarington *
Jasmine Alycia Knight* Alejandra Munoz Torres * Jordan Imani Coleman
Emily Lechuga * Neelam Narendra Patel Gregory Donovan Lee Daniel *
Tyra Ren’ee Lovelace * Pedro Emmanuel Perez-Navejar * Nickolett Rolonda Daniels *
Jennifer Elena Mendoza * DaVisha Evon Pharms * Shaniecea Marie Dunham
Priscilla Mendoza * Wesley Joshua Pluviose-Philip * Bryce Shelby Evans *
Martha Onyinyechukwu Nweke * Kyra Riggins * Billy Joe Fair
Amanda Ijeoma Okoli * Daryl Keith Sherman II * Meiqi Feng
Alexis Chisom Okonkwo * Amber Michelle Simpson * Renee M. Flores*
Terry Henderson Peden, Jr. * Simran William Singh Chelsea Migyon Foster
Stephanie Monique Pimentel Darmeisha Janae Slay * Gerardo Luis Garcia
Rezzin Ezra Pullum * Christiana Valadez * Marcos Joaquin Garcia, IV. *
Yesenia Rios Michelle Marie Villagomez Brianna Karina Garza *
Rana Dorette-Bratcher Robinson * Jelicia Lashay Walker * Joshua William Gaskins *
Alexandria C. Scott * Ambria Monaye Senona Wilmore * Leah Dawn Gentry *
¹Summa Cum Laude–Gold Fillet | ²Magna Cum Laude-Maroon Fillet | ³Cum Laude-Silver Gray Fillet | *Graduated May 18, 2019 | **Will Graduate August 9, 2019 | ***Will Graduate May 16, 2020 | HC
Honors College
WINTER COMMENCEMENT 2020 11Veisha Keree Godfrey-Phelps * India Randle * Antoinette E. Taylor * Maribell Gomez * Victor N. Rivera * Renee Dieu Taylor Beatrice Adrianna Gonzales * Michelle B. Rivera * Samuel Lee Terry * Mariah Breanne Grayson * Andrew Kavon Robertson * Adetinuke Thomas * Domonick Akeem-Isaiah Gregory * Rebeccah Rosebush * Seve W. Thomas * Adrian Candelario Guardiola Danielle A. Saenz * Shawn M. Ticer * Malik Raheem Hannah Tayler L. Salter * Alberto Daniel Trevino Derrick Jerome Harris * Dominique N. Sandoval * Adolfo Trevino Huziafah Ali Hashmi Baron A. Sauls * Erika C. Veal * Dominique Maori-Terrae Hawkins * Alexandra T. Schooley * Victoria Alexis Villalobos Briana Shanice Head * Sasha Seyvani * Ambrosia D. Voss * Alisha Monet Heard * Kahlil R. Shanks * Natasha Shiree Walker * Alaina Amber Henderson * Jeremy H. Sims * Brian Steven West * Pablo Antonio Hernandez * Malcolm Sinkfield * Terrance DeMarkus White * Kyna Hill-Dominique Rawls * Steven J. Smith * Epimenio Ysass, Jr. * Peyton Brooke Hopkins * Jazmine A. Smith * Jaylin Raichelle Jackson * Connor J. Smith * MA STER O F L AW Jessica Brion Jefferson * Jeremy B. Smith * LAW IMMIGRATION Joske Nicole Jenkins * Stephanie Sneed * Juan Carlos Alvarenga * Lynda Demetria Jetton * Alexis C. St.John * Yessica Lizeth Bustamante Bhavesh Rajendra Jokhaker Girraud Stephens * Emile Aide Edokpayi * Christopher John Joseph * Anthony R. Stewart, Jr. * Bernardo Martin Falcon Nia Anyse Keys * Matthew S. Stubbs * Xenophobe Ella Fedison * Minh A. Kolenda Andrea M. Swanson * Venkateswara Reddy Kasu * Jerry Lytel Lavespere Crystal Di’or Taylor * Janette Leao Peres * Sandra Lee * A’Lyssah La’nese Lee * Jasmine Jane Lewis * Charles Lewis, Jr. * Genail Shanice Logan * Lizbeth Lopez Reyes * Jessica Shavone Lowery * Adrian Manuel Lozano * Ivette Macedo * Patrisia Z. Marquez * Marissa Marshall * Jeffery C. Mathews * Zohra Mavani * Sean C. McLaughlin * Anita Sasha Mehdipour Eugenia Mendez * Kendrick Mitchell * Jim Banque Narvios Miguel A. Nogueras * Zain U. Nomani Brenda T. Odufuwa * Tobechukwu M. Ofuani* Giovanni C. Padilla * Ryan L. Ramirez * Monisha K Randhawa * 12 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
College of Liberal Arts
& Behavioral Sciences
(COLABS)
Saturday, November Twenty-First
Two Thousand Twenty
Nine o’clock in the morning
Health and Physical Education Building
Wheeler Avenue at Ennis Street
Houston, Texas
Our College of Liberal Arts & Behavioral Sciences Mission:
The mission of the College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences is twofold: (a) to offer students of
varied scholastic levels access to higher education by providing the academic foundations necessary
for accessing educational programs at the university and (b) to prepare competent professionals and
leaders capable of contributing effective service and developing solutions to the problems of the state,
nation, and the world, especially in urban environments.
WINTER COMMENCEMENT 2020 13C O M M E N C E M EN T SP EAKER PA ME LA E LLIS
P
amela Ellis is Director of Residential Services at the Houston Area Women’s
Center (HAWC). She has worked as a HAWC advocate for survivors of
domestic and sexual violence for over thirty years, the last 11 in her current
position where, with a team of 40 advocates, she runs the 120-bed HAWC
Shelter. Pamela works actively to create and maintain a therapeutic environment
where survivors can begin their healing journeys in a safe, trauma-informed space
that includes whole-person wellness programs, economic empowerment and legal
services, and childcare and enrichment programs.
Ms. Ellis’s advocacy journey with HAWC begin in 1987 after a ‘not-sure-this-is-
for-me first year in college, age 18. Those first few years at HAWC – starting as a
receptionist and then, as she trained and learned on the job, moving into roles with
more responsibility, taught Pamela so much about the impact of violence on the
minds, bodies and spirits of survivors. And while training at HAWC was awesome,
the call of her unfinished college degree grew louder. So, in 2006, Ms. Ellis returned to Houston Community College, this
time, a bit older than 18, still not sure about what she wanted to be when she grew up. After speaking with a close friend
from Texas Southern University, and learning about the TSU Social Work program, Pamela finally felt sure about what she
wanted to study to support her deep commitment to anti-violence work and where: the undergraduate social work program
at TSU.
Pamela Ellis proudly persisted though the challenges of being employed and a full-time returning adult student, graduating
in 2010. Degree in hand, Pamela kept up the momentum, enrolling in the University of Houston Graduate School of Social
Work, and earning her MSW in 2012.
Maya Angelou, the brilliant poet and wise woman, said, “All great achievements require time.” For Pamela Ellis, earning
her Bachelor’s of Social Work at TSU and Master’s of Social Work at U of H did require time management and lots of
late-nights, studying. Earning both degrees remains a great achievement, one that guided her thinking, broadened her
understanding, and allowed her to do her best work – with family, in the community, in the workplace – even better.
One final note – in additional to her tireless advocacy in support of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, Pamela Ellis
is a singer and can often be heard spreading joy through song at her church each Sunday, at formal and informal gatherings
and sometimes in the corridors of HAWC Shelter.
14 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYC O M M EN C EME NT – TH E O RD ER O F EX ERCISES
Presiding Dr. Needha Boutte-Queen, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences
Announcing of the Processional Dr. Darryl Singleton
Mr. LaRence Snowden
The Academic Processional University Concert Band
Pomp and Circumstance — comp. Edward Elgar
arr. Clare Grundman
The Great Coronation Hymn — comp. Oliver Holden
The Commencement Chief Marshal
The Members of the Faculty
The Candidates for the Masters Degrees in the Graduate School
The Candidates for the Baccalaureate Degrees of the
College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences
The Officers of Administration
The President’s Party
The National Anthem † — University Concert Band — lyr. Francis Scott Key
Lift Every Voice and Sing — University Concert Band
Wrtn. James Weldon Johnson; Comp. John Rosamond Johnson
The Invocation † Dr. Darryl Singleton
Instructor of Music
Interim Director, Ocean of Soul Marching Band
The Greeting Dean Needha Boutte-Queen
The Welcomes Mr. Kenneth R. Huewitt
Interim President
Honorable Albert H. Myres, Sr.
Chairman, Board of Regents
The Introduction of the Dean Needha Boutte-Queen
Commencement Speaker
The Commencement Speaker Ms. Pamela Ellis, MSW
Director of Residential Clients Services,
Houston Area Women’s Center
The Presentation of the Candidates Dr. Kendall T. Harris
Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Needha Boutte-Queen, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Gregory H. Maddox
Dean, The Graduate School
† Please Stand. | †† Please remain in your seats until the conclusion of the Recessional.
WINTER COMMENCEMENT 2020 15The Conferral of Degrees in Course Interim President Mr. Kenneth R. Huewitt
The appearance of names on this program is presumptuous
evidence of graduation, but it must not in any sense be regarded
as conclusive. The diploma of the University, signed and sealed by
its proper officers, remains the official testimony of the possession
of the degree.
The Alumni Pledge Mr. Keith T. Scott ‘83
President, Texas Southern University
National Alumni Association
We, the alumni of Texas Southern University, pledge
ourselves to uphold the principles and ideals for
which she stands and to move forward with our
Alma Mater in the vanguard of its educational,
cultural, and economic progress.
The Dismissal Dean Needha Boutte-Queen
The Alma Mater † — University Concert Band — arr. Campbell Tolbert
The Recessional † † University Concert Band
Pomp and Circumstance — comp. Edward Elgar
arr. Clare Grundman
† Please Stand. | †† Please remain in your seats until the conclusion of the Recessional.
16 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYCA N D I DAT E S F O R TH E MA STE R ’ S DE G R E E I N T H E
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
The Candidates will be presented by
DEAN GREGORY H. MADDOX, PH.D.
The Graduate School of Texas Southern University is the major academic unit for advanced study and research within the university. The
basic objectives of The Graduate School are (a) to preserve and disseminate its existing knowledge and (b) to seek new knowledge offered
through profession-focused graduate degrees in the humanities, the sciences, and various professional areas of graduate studies.
M A S TE R OF S C IEN C E PSYCHOLOGY MA STER O F SCIE N C E
Kentira Lacey* HUMAN SERVICES AND CONSUMER
ENGLISH
Aaron Nicholas Smith* SCIENCES
T’Kia Jasmine L Cooper
Chidiebere Timothy Uzoewulu* Barbara L. Roberts
LaShonne Rena Harris
Ermelinda Nancy Reece* SOCIOLOGY Mariah Evette Stewart
Auvonnie E Alexander* Althea Marie Taylor *
Amir Iqbal Sheikh**
Jasmin Cook
HISTORY
Ana Gisela Esparza
Linda Bocanegra*
Ebony Ikea Petersen*
Shynita Lynnette Reese
William Queenan
Mark Spivey*
Vanessa Dwan Verner*
Lisa LaDawn Williams*
CA N D I DAT ES FO R TH E B A C H E LO R ’ S DE G R E E
The Candidates will be presented by
DEAN NEEDHA BOUTTE-QUEEN, PH.D.
BAC H E L O R OF S C IEN C E Filmon Teama Beyene Tamika A. Hubbard *
ART Makeeda J. Blackshear * Ashley M. Irish *
Dreana Tarissa Booker ** 1 Quinton Chase Brigham Jalessa Ronnell Jacob
Charles Patrick Howard * 2 Ryan Kade Caldwell Breana Denise Jiles *
Christopher M. Lewis * 1 Justin Michael Cooper 2 Kaila B. Johnson *
Klo Lay Pla 1 Donnie Lanell Corley Quatera Victoria Limbrick **
Jawon Steptoe * 1 William Michael Cunha Weiner Taressa Lincoln
Tarmarick Williams * Ke’lenn La Jon Davis Brittnee Mariah Matya *
Deandra Adele Durham ** 1 Jarrett Anthony McDaniel * 2
ENGLISH Eden Ewing ** Kira Mitchell
Sidnie O Holmes LaTanya Sue Ferguson ** Mildren Marigny Montgomery *
Tasia Fredericka Ledet 1 Akeem Stafon Fontenot Thurman Tyrone Morbley
Taylor Danielle Smith * 1 Delois A. Foster Keundria Morgan
Vicki Nicole Taylor * 1 HC Terry G. Olliver
James William Walls * VALEDICTORIAN - SPRING 2020
Erick Anthony Garcia * 3 Ikenna Dave Onwuasoanya *
Pauleaner Patez Williams Drendel C. Phillips-Boutte *
GENERAL STUDIES Precious S. Hamilton Jordan Marie Philpott *
Dajon Adams * Corey Brian Harvey Breanna Shantell Pinkston
Christopher Lawrence Allen * Tarvis Davon Hayes Lester Charles Powers * 1
Kamaya S Ambrose Ty’era Nichole Henderson * Jason Michael Robinson
Michael Adebambo Badejo Jermecia L. Herrington * Ciera Déangelique Rochell
Roceal Jones Baker Kenny Nelson Hill 2 Xavier Eduardo Rodriguez
Julia M. Banks * Reginald Holbert Lauren E. Shavers
Saran K. Batiste Shunlundria Deann Holland Averi J. Steen
¹Summa Cum Laude–Gold Fillet | ²Magna Cum Laude-Maroon Fillet | ³Cum Laude-Silver Gray Fillet | *Graduated May 2020 | **Graduated August 2020 | HC
Honors College
WINTER COMMENCEMENT 2020 17Clinton Tates * Daeja De’shawn Kavanaugh * Yesenia Monae Majia *
Jarryl Oshea Taylor * Jessyca N. Lee Da’Tavia I. Martin
Katina N. Thomas * Darlene Bernette Lewis ** Maria Jose Martinez
Kheranie Faith Wagner Suwen Lin * 1 Erykah Dominique Minniefield *
Sedrick T. Walker * Anthony Joshua Mathis * Elo Okolie
DeShonda N. Washington Rasheedah Syneria McClain * Dawneshia Monique Patterson *
Devin Thomas Williams ** Claneisha Lattice Morris Dahlia Kara-Denise Reynolds
Dashia Shamyra Wilson * Morgan Mouton Adelene Ruiz * 1
HISTORY Chloe Kullman Murray * Sonjianique Marie Sias *
Jared T. Brooks * Precious Latasha North * 2 Konterria Sibley **
Jermiah C. Crawford ** Sheila Nneoma Paschal * 2 Kywanna Mona Tatman **
Cody Lee Dean * Robyn M. Person Sierra Brenae White * 2
Briana Nicole Grant Jordan Richardson * SOCIOLOGY
Aaron Lee Henry ** Rakayla Mychelle Robertson Mone Marchelle Branch 1
Alicia Marie Nelson Yennifer Saucedo Cedriana Brinae Brokenberry
Nicholas Anthony Rodriguez Joshua Lloyd Thomas ** Jazmine S. Deblaw
Nia Phylecia Stone Regine Dominique Thomas Ashley Nicole Dorsey *
Derrick G. Van-Ess * Alexis D. Johnson *
MUSIC
Terren Neshel Vinson * 1 Shatora Nicole-Dawson Jones *
Nestor Andres Acosta Lopez * 3 Aliyah Ranay White
Antonette L. Anderson Marcus Wayne Joseph * 1
Arielle Monae Williams 1
Chondra J. Brown ** Hali Lurshawn Williams SPANISH
Darius Leon Clay * Ahlexus Jimeiah Williams Alex Melton 1
Shane Michael Emilien * Zarria Avanti Wilson 1 Daniel Perez
Whitney Howard * 2 Alice Alexus Young THEATRE
Mercedes Jackson 1 Brandy Nicole Casey
Timothy Lea SOCIAL WORK VonJanaé Monique Durio *
Jose M. Navarrete 1 Jasmine Christine Anderson Troysha Breana Giggans
Tony Earl Wright * Marcus D. Bell * 3 Jeremy Rashad Henry * 1
PSYCHOLOGY Jabrea Monisha Carruthers Ashley B. Howze 1
Hawa Haji Abdi Carla Dionne Cobb * Tashandra Poullard *
Aleecia Diane Bell * LaToya Cherise Cross Ashley Arnelle Worthy * 2
Annette Mbabazi Bizimana ** 1 Ngole Ajebe Ejedepang-Koge * Kristal Janaé Youngblood
Keith Christopher Burleigh 1 Tarice Ellisor-Lloyd * 1
Kennisha Marquette Camble * Brianna Rochelle Fields * B ACH ELO R O F SCIE N C E
Mircle Monshay Carter * 2 Bishop Lelan Otis Fleming * HUMAN SERVICES AND CONSUMER
Kierra Alexis Colquitt 1 Jonai Fullard * SCIENCES
Malik Hakim Craven ** 1 Tiamoya Cyneé Greer * Raven Lachristy Allen
Calandra Dearmon Christopher-David Gros Bileah V. Brown 3
Robert Ikenna Echebiri * 1 Chelsea Le’Ann Irvin Keiarrah Quantrice Fleeks * 2
Brianna Alyce Edwards Deanna N. Jackson *1 Jessica DeAnn Hoskins *
Trina Marie Ester * Trenice Dashay Jiles * Tyra Rashell Ned **
Trina Marie Ester * Brenda Delores Jones * Francisca Naa Atswei Osabu-Kle *
Jesus Flores ** Kaelah Danielle Jones ** Deasia Veal Roberts *
Emani Angel Gasper * 1 Katarrin M. Lacey * Emelia Adjoa S. Baiden *
Tiara Harvey 1 Kristopher Leduff * Ny’liah Middle Washington
Rhonda Yvonne Henley Geana S. Lewis * Asia Tiera White *
Kala Renae Jones 3 Alexis Lewis ** Geselle Adriana Zuniga * 1
¹Summa Cum Laude–Gold Fillet | ²Magna Cum Laude-Maroon Fillet | ³Cum Laude-Silver Gray Fillet | *Graduated May 2020 | **Graduated August 2020 | HC
Honors College
18 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYBarbara Jordan-Mickey Leland
School of
Public Affairs
(SOPA)
Saturday, November Twenty-First
Two Thousand Twenty
Twelve O’clock in the afternoon
Health and Physical Education Building
Wheeler Avenue at Ennis Street
Houston, Texas
Our Barbara Jordan – Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs Mission:
The Barbara Jordan – Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs is to serve as an urban focused community
of learning dedicated to educating professional who will plan and administer environmentally healthy and
sustainable communities at the local, state, national and international levels of society.
WINTER COMMENCEMENT 2020 19C O M M E N C E M E NT SP EAKER A MB E R NE W MA N
A
mber joined the Boys & Girls Clubs of Brazoria County in September
2016 as Chief Executive Officer. She is responsible for ensuring that
Boys & Girls Clubs meets its overall strategic and operational objectives.
Prior to joining BGCBC, she was with The Houston Food Bank serving
as the assistant development director, donor services.
She has nearly two decades of experience in the non-profit sector and her
professional career has focused on fundraising, community development, economic
development and education development. She holds a bachelor’s degree from
Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and holds a Master’s degree from Texas
Southern University in Public Administration with a focus in Non-Profit sector. Amber
sits on the board of directors for Brazoria County Hispanic Chamber, Board Chair for
Texas Southern University Advisory Committee for Barbara Jordan/ Mickey Leland
School of Public Affairs, HISD Superintendent Advisory Committee, Dillard University
Alumni former President and current Parliamentarian, BISD Leadership Council. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority Incorporated and former board member for the Pink & Green Charitable Foundation and Global 11. She sat on the
Presidential Alumni Committee for Texas Southern University, Brentwood Baptist Church Scholarship Board, The St. John
Missionary Baptist Church fundraising committee which was founded by freed slaves in 1869, and advisory board member
for Sideline Serve and a member of Off the Field - National Football Player Wives Association and Threads.
The Newman Family Philanthropic activities include working with the relief effort during and after Hurricane Harvey and
Katrina, feeding the homeless at the Salvation Army, working with Boys & Girls Club of Brazoria County, volunteering at
the Blue Triangle, District K “Klean it up, Green it up” campaign for Council Member Larry Green, NFL Youth Organization,
Houston Football Preps Second Chance Camp, Houston Texans Youth Camps, Helping in supporting our servicemen and
women in Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait and Afghanistan.
Amber is a professional public speaker. She has spoken at the Houston Black Realtors luncheon, Houston Women’s
leadership conference, Houston Business Journal Biz Women conference, Delta Sigma Theta Teen Panel, Greater Mt. Zion
Teen Panel, James Harden Lucky 13 panel and Texas Alliance of Black school educator’s banquet. Amber is also a professor
she teaches a nonprofit course at Brazosport College.
Amber has received numerous awards such as 2020 Nonprofit of the Year Brazoria County Hispanic Chamber, Top 40
Under 40 2019- Dillard University, 2019 Links Power Couple Award, 2019 Facts Newspaper Unsung Hero, Houston Business
Journal 2018 Women Who Mean Business, 2018 Houston Business Journal Most Admired CEO, Top 50 Black Professionals
2018-DMARS, Top 30 Influential Women 2018- DMARS, Houston Business Journal 2017 & 2018- Bizwomen Mentor, Women
in Power 2017- The Facts, Community Award -2017, Houston Black Realtor Association, Black Women in Power -2017,
Houston Defender, and Community Award 2015- Phoenix Women. Amber is married to LeMarcus Newman and have three
children Zachry, Amai and Lathan Newman. Her goal as CEO is to level the playing field for all the youth she serves.
20 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYC O M M EN C EME NT – TH E O RD ER O F EX ERCISES
Presiding Dr. George Klay Kieh, Jr., Ph.D.
Dean, Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs
Announcing of the Processional Dr. Darryl Singleton
Mr. LaRence Snowden
The Academic Processional University Concert Band
Pomp and Circumstance — comp. Edward Elgar
arr. Clare Grundman
The Great Coronation Hymn — comp. Oliver Holden
The Commencement Chief Marshal
The Members of the Faculty
The Candidates for the Doctor of Philosophy Degrees
The Candidates for the Masters Degrees in the Graduate School
The Candidates for the Baccalaureate Degrees in the
Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs
The Officers of Administration
The President’s Party
The National Anthem † — University Concert Band — lyr. Francis Scott Key
Lift Every Voice and Sing — University Concert Band
Wrtn. James Weldon Johnson; Comp. John Rosamond Johnson
The Invocation † Rev. Charles Gilford
Pastor of the New Vision Fellowship Church
Houston, Texas
The Greeting Dean George Klay Kieh, Jr.
The Welcomes Mr. Kenneth R. Huewitt
Interim President
Honorable Albert H. Myres, Sr.
Chairman, Board of Regents
The Introduction of the Dean George Klay Kieh, Jr.
Commencement Speaker
The Commencement Speaker Ms. Amber Newman
Chief Executive Officer
The Boys and Girls Club of Brazoria County, Texas
The Presentation of the Candidates Dr. Kendall T. Harris
Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. George Klay Kieh
Dean, Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs
Dr. Gregory H. Maddox
Dean, The Graduate School
† Please Stand. | †† Please remain in your seats until the conclusion of the Recessional.
WINTER COMMENCEMENT 2020 21The Conferral of Degrees in Course Interim President Mr. Kenneth R. Huewitt
The appearance of names on this program is presumptuous
evidence of graduation, but it must not in any sense be regarded
as conclusive. The diploma of the University, signed and sealed by
its proper officers, remains the official testimony of the possession
of the degree.
The Alumni Pledge Mr. Keith T. Scott ‘83
President, Texas Southern University
National Alumni Association
We, the alumni of Texas Southern University, pledge
ourselves to uphold the principles and ideals for
which she stands and to move forward with our
Alma Mater in the vanguard of its educational,
cultural, and economic progress.
The Dismissal Dean George Klay Kieh, Jr.
The Alma Mater † — University Concert Band — arr. Campbell Tolbert
The Recessional † † University Concert Band
Pomp and Circumstance — comp. Edward Elgar
arr. Clare Grundman
† Please Stand. | †† Please remain in your seats until the conclusion of the Recessional.
22 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYC A N D I D AT E S F O R T H E D O C T O R O F P H I L O S O P H Y D E G R E E I N T H E
BA R B A R A JORDAN- MICKEY LE LAN D S C HOOL OF PUBLI C AF FA I R S
The Candidates will be presented by
DEAN GEORGE KIEH, PH.D.
DOCTO R O F PH ILO SO PH Y
Obinna Paschal Ezeihuoma** Devonte Cortez White
Administration of Justice Administration of Justice
B.A., University of Uyo; M.S., Texas Southern University B.S., Florida State University; M.S., Florida A&M University
Dissertation: Copycat Suicide Terrorism: The Case of Boko- Dissertation: An Exploratory Examination of Violent Crime in
Haram in Nigeria the National Football League
Advisor: Dr. Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe Advisor: Dr. Howard Henderson
Olaotan Abike Oduola **
Urban Planning and Environmental Policy
B.S., Obafemi Awolowo University; M.S., Texas Southern
University
Dissertation: Socioeonomic Vulnerability and Impact of
Flooding on Low Income Neighborhoods: A Case Study
Analysis of Houston, Texas, New Orleans, LA, and Miami, FL
Advisor: Dr. Lalita Sen
CA N D I DAT ES F O R TH E MA ST E R ’ S DE G R E E I N T H E
BA R B A R A JORDAN- MICKEY LE LAN D S C HOOL OF PUBLI C AF FA I R S
The Candidates will be presented by
DEAN GREGORY H. MADDOX, PH.D.
The Graduate School of Texas Southern University is the major academic unit for advanced study and research within the university. The
basic objectives of The Graduate School are (a) to preserve and disseminate its existing knowledge and (b) to seek new knowledge offered
through profession-focused graduate degrees in the humanities, the sciences, and various professional areas of graduate studies.
M A S TE R OF PU BLIC Richard Wayne Galvan James Patterson Talbot **
ADM I N I S T RAT ION John Anthony Garcia ** Anthony J Williams *
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Marcus Wayne Hicks ** Ryan Ellison Woods **
Destiny C. Anaele * Jhanne Hooker **
MA STER O F SCIE N C E
Kimberly Andrews Minkailu Jawandor *
Donald Edward Jenkins ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Tamyra Benjamin *
Demetrius T. Johnson Edwin Chi Awasom *
Andreau Jamese Berry *
Adam Kolenc Tomesha Michelle Bailey
Shamiya Shuntâ Latrece Blake
Kimberly Rochelle Lacey * Juan Stacey Thomas Castillo
David Blaylock **
Justin Jamaal Lee * Chiyere Nneka Emeka*
Janine E. Celestine Raven Symone Hicks
Kristan Michael Childs * Matthew Carl Lodge
Letisha Mason * Joelanda Delsrae Jenkins-Lane*
Deontre LaMar Clayton ** Deona Johnson
Ambur Beverly Cotton * Kendrick Mitchell *
Larry Marquis Murchison * Kayla Joseph
Olivia Monique Cunningham * Sa’Bria N. Kimble
Kyrbi Amelia Davis Raul David Reyes **
Tylor Dupree Lighten
Ama Edoh Adzale Ebony E. Rhodes
Ihscesce B. Lucas *
Naya Farrell Destynee Charday Roberson *
MaryAnn Robinson
Nia Renaa Flye Tamla DeShun Simmons
Samquita R. Rubin *
Ebony Jharae Fowler * Arva C. Smith *
Sylvester Talbert *
Demetrius R. Franklin Marion Marie Spann **
Demontrey Rashaad Terrell *
Latrice Dena Gallow * Allyson Gail Stansberry *
Elesha Shant’e Williams *
¹Summa Cum Laude–Gold Fillet | ²Magna Cum Laude-Maroon Fillet | ³Cum Laude-Silver Gray Fillet | *Graduated May 2020 | **Graduated August 2020 | HC
Honors College
WINTER COMMENCEMENT 2020 23CA N D I DAT ES FO R TH E B A C H E LO R ’ S DE G R E E
The Candidates will be presented by
DEAN GEORGE KIEH, PH.D.
BAC H E L O R OF ART S BACH EL O R O F SCIENCE Wilmeika Marie Powells 1
POLITICAL SCIENCE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE Krystl D. Rattler
Salem Saad Al Ahbabi * Daisy Anchondo * 1 Mona P. Rhodes **
Summer Anderson * Henry Alexander Bautista * 2 HC Rebeca Patricia Rodriguez **
Alexandria Lyniece Barnaba Robyn M. Brooks Jared Ross *
Rosemary Cleofas * 2 Deisire L. Bufford Ellis D. Salahuddin * 1
Jeremiah Antwan Cooper * Taylor D. Burns * Jaquan Marquise Spann **
Natalie Guzman 2 Jasma Nicole Davis ** Mia Janae Tezeno
Dari Lavondria Hester ** Amber Uneishia Gilbert Jasmine Teairra Threatt **
Kernard D. Jones * Michael James Harris Nakeya Nakeis Washington
Alexis S. Lowe * 3 HC Jessica Yevette Herron * 1 Nakeya Nakeis Washington
Justin Ezebuola Ndamati * 1 Tinisha Hickerson 2 Brandee Nicole Shari White
Ruth Nnang Ntutumu 1 Markus Rashaad Holmes Yasmine Bigia Wicker
Isaac Oluwadayo Omisore ** Arbranique TaShai Johnson JyQuala Wooley *
Eric Quintana * Keria Michelle Kindle EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND
Blair Robinson Adam M. Landry HOMELAND SECURITY
Letitia Andrea Russell * 2 Juan K. Marcel D’Nae Latrice Jules * 2
Javonte Shakir Simmons * Minnie Lee Martin Kevin Porter *
Briah Monét Tillis * Christelle Fabiola F. Nintcheu Kamango *1
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Isaac P. Tillman Kiana Lanae Nolden *
Collette T. Conner-Johnson
Jaloni L. Williams * 1 Angelica O. Olunkwa *
Ro’byn Alexandrea Gabriel *
Jasmine Kenyetta Williams * Latoya M. Ozain 1
Ashley Monique Jackson
Morgan A. Payne *
Gayle L. Mitchell *
Ariana C. Pearl **
Patrick Wayne Robicheaux
Teannia Dasnina Peavy
¹Summa Cum Laude–Gold Fillet | ²Magna Cum Laude-Maroon Fillet | ³Cum Laude-Silver Gray Fillet | *Graduated May 2020 | **Graduated August 2020 | HC
Honors College
24 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYJesses H. Jones
School of Business
(JHJSOB)
Saturday, November Twenty-First
Two Thousand Twenty
Three o’clock in the afternoon
Health and Physical Education Building
Wheeler Avenue at Ennis Street
Houston, Texas
Our Barbara Jordan – Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs Mission:
The Barbara Jordan – Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs is to serve as an urban focused community
of learning dedicated to educating professional who will plan and administer environmentally healthy and
sustainable communities at the local, state, national and international levels of society.
WINTER COMMENCEMENT 2020 25C O M M E N C E M E NT SP EAKER JO H N SC R O G G INS
J
ohn Scroggins currently serves as Senior Vice President of Commercial
Lending and Community Development Lending at Allegiance Bank of
Houston. He has over 39 years of banking experience having served as
President and CEO of Unity National Bank of Houston and in senior and
executive management positions with Wells Fargo Bank, Prime Bank and First
City National Bank of Houston. Mr. Scroggins earned his B.S. from Texas Southern
University and received his MBA from Texas Southern University and University
of Houston with a concentration in Banking and Finance. Mr. Scroggins is also a
graduate of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at SMU.
Mr. Scroggins is a member of the Jesse H. Jones School of Business Advisory
Council at TSU and will serve as the Executive in Residence for the Future Bankers
Leadership Program for one year. He served on the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC).
26 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYC O M M EN C EME NT – TH E O RD ER O F EX ERCISES
Presiding Dr. David Yen, Ph.D.
Dean, Jesse H. Jones School of Business
Announcing of the Processional Dr. Darryl Singleton
Mr. LaRence Snowden
The Academic Processional University Concert Band
Pomp and Circumstance — comp. Edward Elgar
arr. Clare Grundman
The Great Coronation Hymn — comp. Oliver Holden
The Commencement Chief Marshal
The Members of the Faculty
The Candidates for the Masters Degrees in the Graduate School
The Candidates for the Baccalaureate Degrees in the
Jesse H. Jones School of Business
The Officers of Administration
The President’s Party
The National Anthem † — University Concert Band — lyr. Francis Scott Key
The Invocation † Dr. Carlton Perkins
Professor of Accounting
The Welcomes Mr. Kenneth R. Huewitt
Interim President
Honorable Albert H. Myres, Sr.
Chairman, Board of Regents
The Welcomes Dean David Yen
The Introduction of the Dean David Yen
Commencement Speaker
The Commencement Speaker Mr. John Scroggins, MBA
Senior Vice President of Commercial Lending and Community
Development Lending at Allegiance Bank of Houston
The Presentation of the Candidates Dr. Kendall T. Harris
Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. David Yen
Dean, Jesse H. Jones School of Business
Dr. Gregory H. Maddox
Dean, The Graduate School
† Please Stand. | †† Please remain in your seats until the conclusion of the Recessional.
WINTER COMMENCEMENT 2020 27The Conferral of Degrees in Course Interim President Mr. Kenneth R. Huewitt
The appearance of names on this program is presumptuous
evidence of graduation, but it must not in any sense be regarded
as conclusive. The diploma of the University, signed and sealed by
its proper officers, remains the official testimony of the possession
of the degree.
The Alumni Pledge Mr. Keith T. Scott ‘83
President, Texas Southern University
National Alumni Association
We, the alumni of Texas Southern University, pledge
ourselves to uphold the principles and ideals for
which she stands and to move forward with our
Alma Mater in the vanguard of its educational,
cultural, and economic progress.
The Dismissal Dean David Yen
The Alma Mater † — University Concert Band — arr. Campbell Tolbert
The Recessional † † University Concert Band
Pomp and Circumstance — comp. Edward Elgar
arr. Clare Grundman
† Please Stand. | †† Please remain in your seats until the conclusion of the Recessional.
28 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYCA N D I DAT ES F O R TH E MA ST E R ’ S DE G R E E I N T H E
JESSE H. JON E S S C HOOL OF BUS I N E S S
The Candidates will be presented by
DEAN GREGORY H. MADDOX, PH.D.
The Graduate School of Texas Southern University is the major academic unit for advanced study and research within the university. The
basic objectives of The Graduate School are (a) to preserve and disseminate its existing knowledge and (b) to seek new knowledge offered
through profession-focused graduate degrees in the humanities, the sciences, and various professional areas of graduate studies.
M AS TE R OF BUS IN ES S Devonte B. Franklin Marcus R. Ricks
Tiffany LaSha Goodman Jonathan Robinson *
ADM I N I S T RAT ION
Loveless J. Green Jr. ** Bobby Wayne Russell
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Nalleli Grimaldo ** Adetinuke Thomas
Ayomide Chukwuemeka Adeseun * Justine Tiffany Hall ** Adneli Nadia Togonbe **
Ernest Chinedu Agu * Shameka Lockhart Henton * Elijah O. Wachara *
Richard Agyapong ** Nataisa J. Holmes William Rashad Washington *
Salma Khalid Al Omran * KeMartia D. Jenkins * Quana Joanne Washington **
Aurelia Arredondo Shannon Lanette Jones Brittany Pauletta Williams
Joshua Michael August ** Angela Marie Jones Glenroy A. Wilson *
Jacquelyn M. Brock ** Hayam Eissa Koriry **
Jason Robin Lawson
MA STER O F SCIE N C E
Imani Simone Buttram
Jose Luis Cabreja Christopher Rapheal London ** MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Marlyn M. Campa Lachele Niteach McCullough ** Zuhair Muhi Abdulhameed *
Corinna Carbone ** Alex Sherman Meeks Adeolu Oluwasanmi Adepoju *
Roland Champine ** Kilian Zum Nji ** Tolulope S. Ajao *
Steven Dwayne Coleman ** Brandon Wayne Nowlin Ricardo Santos *
Cierra Nicole Darden Jacqueline D. Rayford ** Cecele Nicole West *
Johnea R. Edwards Courtney Jedell Reed **
CA N D I DAT ES FO R TH E B A C H E LO R ’ S DE G R E E
The Candidates will be presented by
DEAN DAVID YEN, PH.D.
B AC H E L O R OF BU S IN ES S Joelson Mouzinho Fernandes * Maya Rachelle Tyler
ADM I N I S T RAT ION Kiara Janae Gayle Gabriela Vargas
Mika Goins Joshua Waddy
ACCOUNTING Joshua J. Griffin ** Lela Annina Walker *
Ahmed Mohammed Al Alshaikh Koudzo Edem Hemedzo * 2 Jalen Williams
Oshyn Dezalié Ashford Gabriel Hill ** Marty Nasir Young
Quannitta Ronschelle Blocker ** Asia Ebony Howard ** FINANCE
Shavon Gerae Brooks Chelsea S. Jordan * Victoria Asia Adams *
Jordan Earl Burnham Temoxie T. Kelly Adesola Halimat Adamson *
Omar Calva Jillian Patrice Levi * Fahad Abdullah Al Hajri
Maiya Louise Chavis Zara M. Mickey * Khaled Alajmi *
Kier Childers Albert Abraham Monroe * Naser N. Aldehani *
Lurenza Clincy Jariah Leona Moore * Mohammed Hmuod Alhajeri **
Briana Crenshaw LaQurail Roshun Mozee * Meshaal Mohammed Alhwaimel **
Esther Jean Dailey Sha’keriah Monét Punch Khalid Abdulaziz Almaghluth
Aliza Durvesh * 1 Denice J. Rainwater Yazeed Almazyad
Kyle Obinna Echeta * Hueshawn Sinclair Small Salman Ahmed M. Almosa
Samantha Esquivel * Malynia Thuy Tien Tran Mohammad Lattam Almutairi **
¹Summa Cum Laude–Gold Fillet | ²Magna Cum Laude-Maroon Fillet | ³Cum Laude-Silver Gray Fillet | *Graduated May 2020 | **Graduated August 2020 | HC
Honors College
WINTER COMMENCEMENT 2020 29Mehmas Alqahtani Farrane G. Dickerson * Jakalia S. Williams * 1
Talal S. Alsalal Delana Dorsey * Shimonique Janee Yates *
Duaij Ayss Altaweel Ross Lucas Elliott * MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Bree Valon Arenyeka * Kameryn Meichelle Farris ** Adekola Alabi *
Sana Babar Baiynah Yameka Flanagan * Amandeep Bajwa *
Faisal Abdulaziz Binsaeed * Jamesha Mo’nae Franklin Desmond L. Bryan *
Jaelen Chrsitionna Churchill * Tanisha Renee Freeman* Donzell Henton *
Craistancia Q. Davis Lexus D. Gillespie * Donald Ray Narcisse *
Chukwudi Dike Torian M. Green * 2 Michael C. Ndukwe *
Marilyn Etombi Eposi Evakise Trysta Mariel Harris * Eugenie Christine Ngo Gwodog *
Blessing Chidiogo Ezeoka * Benjamin Thomas Hawkins
Blessing Chiagozie Ezeudu * 2 Torrie Hodge VALEDICTORIAN - FALL 2020
Esmeralda Guadalupe Gonzalez Tayla Laschelle Howard ** Tommy Nguyen
Craig Anthony Green * Candace Jackson *
Camry Cheyenne James Chazz Ray Johnson Aminata Sangare * 1
Javonnah Janee Knox Brittney M. Jones Sadeq Jassim Shakhoor **
Samantha Jo Kriner Khalilah Danielle Jones Kimari S. Steward *
Cassie Chukwudi Ohaegbulem Amaree Dominique Joyner Andrew E. Sweeting
Plasir Kahambu ** Terrence Keanord Williams
VALEDICTORIAN - SUMMER 2020
Brandon Leon Kelker ** MARKETING
Shaily Darshit Patel **
Abdulaziz Saleh Khobzan * Ghadeer Abdulwahed Alhameedi *
Pierre L. Kimbrough * Kirsten Janae Allen *
Katreal S. Price
Oluwanifemi Blessing Kolade Abdulaziz Ahmed Alsayegh *
Saoud Mohammed Abdulla H Radi
Amber N. Kuykendall 1 Chanel D. Banks * 3 HC
Allegra McKenzie Scott *
Arnell Jared Leslie Brianna René Burton *
Anitra Eunice Spurlock *
Jimetrius Derell Lewis Javona M. Burton *
Maurice Walker *
Robert Anthony Loza Phillip Wayne Butler *
Leonard Devon Washington
Chaise Lynell Manning Gabriela Campos *
Jada Markell Wheeler * 3
Kameron Tyler-Nokomis Milton Taciana Mona Causey
MANAGEMENT Tony Emmanuel Overstreet Briana N. Davis
Abdullah Majed Alanazi * Tenneh Passawe * Jaqueria R. Demas
Austin Andre Alexis Chastity Amanda Robinson * Taylor Alexandra Doneley
Abdulrahman Alkhadher Charles Robinson Faith Foster *
Ali Abdullah Alquraini * Kandance M. Rodgers Genell Gill
Rashed Faraj Alsubaie ** Monica D. Rodriguez * Devin Marcellus Harris **
Destiny Ja’nae Arvinger Shakeyra Lafaith Ross ** Tramaine R. Hatten
Lindsey Bengue Levis L. Sampson * Elmo Jones **
Alexis Zhane Bennett * Christopher Michael Suarez * Santy Agapito Mba Ayecaba
Dalana Bluford * Patrina Taylor * Kai Malik McDaniel
Serena Knycole Brooks Raissa Simbi Teta * 3 HC Sarah Alexis Mitchell
Lakayla Shuneice Cole Kendrick D. Thomas Ogechukwu Ifeoma Okeke
Devin Delon Davidson Annuqunetta Thomas Trenton Marcus Raleigh *
Brianna Marie Davis * Marquis J. Walker * Breanna Rivers *
Anthony K. Davis Kayla Gabrielle Warren ** Ashley Renee Snowden
Amber Danielle Davis Dedrick Sean Whatley ** Latorria C. Valley
Briana Michelle Davis Darian Kenneth Williams * 1 Chelsea T. Wilson
¹Summa Cum Laude–Gold Fillet | ²Magna Cum Laude-Maroon Fillet | ³Cum Laude-Silver Gray Fillet | *Graduated May 2020 | **Graduated August 2020 | HC
Honors College
30 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYCollege of Education
(COE)
Saturday, November Twenty-First
Two Thousand Twenty
Six o’clock in the evening
Health and Physical Education Building
Wheeler Avenue at Ennis Street
Houston, Texas
Our College of Education Mission:
The mission of the College of Education is to prepare caring, committed, competent, culturally
responsive urban professionals who are equipped to provide effective service in schools, agencies,
and other entities, utilizing research, collaboration, and application in seeking solutions to teaching,
learning, social, physical and behavioral issues facing urban populations.
WINTER COMMENCEMENT 2020 31C O M M E N C E M E N T SP EAKER DR . C H E R RY G O O DE N
D
r. Cherry Ross Gooden served as an associate professor and
chairperson of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction in the
College of Education at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas.
This 1964 TSU graduate earned a B.S. in Elementary Education and a
Master’s degree in Elementary Education (with a concentration in reading) at TSU.
She earned a doctorate of education degree in Educational Leadership and Cultural
Studies with a program emphasis in multicultural education at the University of
Houston.
Dr. Gooden, a dedicated, committed teacher with more than 48 years teaching
experience at both the elementary and university levels, retired from Texas
Southern University in 2013 after 36 years of service. She was an elementary
teacher in the Houston Independent School District for 12 years before joining the
TSU College of Education faculty in 1976. Dr. Gooden has also been a consultant
for various school districts in the state of Texas and across the country. Her passion for teaching and learning has been
shared with many elementary, middle, and high school students. She is a sought-after motivational speaker who inspires
young people to fulfill their God-given purpose.
It is this dedication to teaching and learning that resulted in Dr. Gooden being the recipient of prestigious awards. She
was recognized as a “Hero in Education” by the Xi Alpha Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and the Ivy
League Educational and Charities Foundation. She was also the recipient of the W.E.B. Dubois Higher Education Award
presented to her at the 41st Annual Conference of the National Alliance of Black School Educators held in Detroit, Michigan,
in 2013. She was recognized by the TSU College of Education as an Outstanding Educator and inducted into the College of
Education Hall of Fame.
Dr. Gooden is a member of many professional organizations including the National Association for Multicultural Education
(she is a founding member, a past national president and a current member of the NAME Board of Directors), a past state
president of the Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education, and served on the National Board of Directors of
the National Alliance of Black School Educators. She just completed a two-year term as Branch Secretary for the Houston
Branch of the NAACP. Dr. Gooden is active in several organizations including Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Jack and Jill
of America and Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc.
Dr. Gooden, a member of The Fort Bend Baptist Church, is listed in Who’s Who Among Black Americans and Who’s Who
in American Education. She is the mother of two children.
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