Living out the Dream: Developing a framework

for moving forward with an action plan

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Marquetta AndersonSt. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU

Deborah BurrisOffice of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, UMSL

Charellise ColemanZeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

Dana Beteet DanielsOffice of Human Resources, UMSL

Rochelle DeClueMulticultural Student Services, UMSL

Delores LottsZeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

Albert NallStudent, UMSL

Robert PetersonSt. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU

Charles PillerAlpha Phi Alpha, Epsilon Fraternity, Inc.

Virginia Price-BookerSigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

Linda Brown ReedAfrican American Alumni Chapter, UMSL

Dorothea ScottOffice of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, UMSL

Alina SlapacCollege of Education, UMSL

Jesse Swanigan100 Black Men of Metro St. Louis

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CO-SPONSORS

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance

January 15, 2018 — 10 a.m.

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KINGPrelude Thomas George, chancellor, piano

James Widner, director of Jazz Studies, bass

Greeting Deborah Burris, director and chief diversity officer,

Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Master of Ceremonies Courtney Bryant, KMOV reporter

InvocationMufti Asif Umar, Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis

Music Presentation “National Anthem”

“Lift Every Voice and Sing”

St. Louis Children’s Choirs, Chorale Ensemble

Whitney Cairns, director of chorale & Linda Radick, accompanist

Welcome Thomas George, chancellor

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Presentation Charles Piller, presenter, past president,

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Epsilon Lambda Chapter

Scholarship RecipientsNaomi RussellMyrina OteyKatherine Bluemel

Music Presentation Brian Owens, community artist in residence,

Des Lee Fine Arts Collaborative

MLK Festival Ensemble

Honorary Degree Presentation to Freeman HrabowskiThomas George, chancellor

Kristin Sobolik, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs

Guest SpeakerFreeman Hrabowski, president of University of Maryland,

Baltimore County

Music Presentation“The Score”

Brian Owens

Compositions for LIFE and the MLK Festival Ensemble,

presented in association with Maryville University

Acknowledgments and Announcements Deborah Burris

Closing “We Shall Overcome”

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St. Louis Children’s Choirs

Courtney Bryant, KMOV reporter

Brian Owens, soloist and St. Louis Symphony artist in residence

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Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County since 1992, is a consultant on science and math education to national agencies,

universities and school systems. He was named by President Obama to chair the President’s Advisor Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. He also chaired the National Academies’ committee that produced the report, “Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads” (2011).Named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME (2012) and one of America’s Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report (2008), he also received TIAA-CREF’s Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence (2011), the Carnegie Corporation’s Academic Leadership Award (2011), and the Heinz Award (2012) for contributions to improving the human condition. His most recent book, “Holding Fast to Dreams: Empowering Youth from the Civil Rights Crusade to STEM Achievement” (Beacon Press, 2015), describes the events and experiences that played a central role in his development as an educator and leader.A child leader in the civil rights movement, Hrabowski was prominently featured in Spike Lee’s 1997 documentary, “Four Little Girls,” on the racially motivated bombing in 1963 of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.Born in 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama, Hrabowski graduated from Hampton Institute with highest honors in mathematics. He received his MA (mathematics) and PhD (higher education administration/statistics) from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.

Honorary Degree Recipient and Guest Speaker—

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Master of Ceremonies—