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LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE TO CONFER 60 BACHELOR’S DEGREES AT 143rd COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

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By Mai Li Muñoz, Livingstone College
SALISBURY, NC — Livingstone College will award five associate’s degrees, 60 bachelor’s degrees and six master’s degrees during its 143rd commencement on May 3.
Among the graduates will be 10 students who’ve earned summa cum laude honors with a cumulative grade point average of 3.7-4.0; three who will graduate magna cum laude with a cumulative GPA of 3.5-3.69; and 10 who will graduate cum laude with a cumulative GPA of 3.5-3.49.
In addition, Livingstone will award three honorary doctorate degrees, including one to its scheduled commencement speaker, social justice leader Rev. Dr. Frederick Haynes, former CEO of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, and pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas.
The Rev. Julian Charles Pridgen, pastor of Saint Mark A.M.E Zion Church in Durham, and the Rev. Dr. Steven W. Pogue who leads Greater Centennial A.M.E. Zion Church in Mount Vernon, N.Y., will also receive the special academic recognition.
A native of Whiteville, N.C., Pridgen is a United States Marine Corps veteran who began his pastoral career while enlisted. Pridgen’s pastoral journey has lead him to church leadership roles in Tennessee and across North Carolina.
The Presiding Elder at Greater Centennial A.M.E. Zion Church Mount Vernon, N.Y., Pogue was elected President of the United Black Clergy of Westchester, N.Y. in 2022. He served as pastor of Greater Hood Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church in Harlem, and Greater Cooper A.M.E. Zion Church in Oakland, Calif., before returning to the East Coast to assume the pastorship at Greater Centennial A.M.E. Zion.
For more information about Livingstone College, contact Mai Li Muñoz, Chief Communications Officer, at mmunoz@livingstone.edu.
Livingstone College, Rev. Dr. Frederick Haynes, Friendship-West Baptist Church, The Rev. Julian Charles Pridgen, Rev. Dr. Steven W. Pogue, United States Marine Corps, United Black Clergy of Westchester, N.Y., Greater Centennial A.M.E. Zion Church, Greater Hood Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, Greater Cooper A.M.E. Zion Church,

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