Amber Spencer: Convocation

Howard University celebrated it's 144th opening convocation on Friday. Dr. Lomax was the speaker this year, and I found his speech to be amazing. He acknowledged that HBCU's give a strong educational environment that is important. The United Negro College Fund allows students to receive an exceptional education by helping to fund it. HBCU's allow us to achieve our dreams and goals as well as succeed in life. He also mentioned several important people in Howard history who made a large difference in our school. Overall the convocation made me feel welcomed as a Howard student in the class of 2015. As long as everyone puts effort into making this a great learning community, HBCU's can help people become who they want to be. Dr. Lomax states how alumni from HBCU's need to give back more. By this happening, the schools in general would do much better. Many Howard students say that they plan to give back, but fail to actually do. I hope that I become one of the alumni that actually follows through with this process.