Presidential Statements 2022-2023
Our Collective Humanity
As I looked out at the graduates and their families during this year’s Commencement Convocation, I could not help but feel humbled at the scene of collective humanity encompassing Capital One Arena. The excitement and joy that binds us all together during these moments of celebration serve to highlight those details we share in common, instead of the ones that threaten to keep us splintered.
Read More about Our Collective HumanityCommemorating Pride Month 2023
As renewed attacks on LGBTQ+ rights emerge nationwide, we must remain firm in our allyship and unapologetic that Howard University is and will forever be a champion of the LGBTQ+ community.
Read More about Commemorating Pride Month 2023Commemorating Pride Month 2023
As renewed attacks on LGBTQ+ rights emerge nationwide, we must remain firm in our allyship and unapologetic that Howard University is and will forever be a champion of the LGBTQ+ community.
Read More about Commemorating Pride Month 2023In Observance of Juneteenth 2023
Juneteenth should be an annual remembrance of how rights have been historically apportioned unevenly, and our continued responsibility to ensure the American ideals of liberty and justice for all.
Read More about In Observance of Juneteenth 2023In Observance of Juneteenth 2023
Juneteenth should be an annual remembrance of how rights have been historically apportioned unevenly, and our continued responsibility to ensure the American ideals of liberty and justice for all.
Read More about In Observance of Juneteenth 2023Observing Independence Day 2023
Even as we celebrate America’s freedom, we must examine the contradictions between the principles we hold dear, and the realities still experienced by far too many. As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said 58 years ago today, “If America is to remain a first-class nation, she can no longer have second-class citizens.”
Read More about Observing Independence Day 2023Observing Independence Day 2023
Even as we celebrate America’s freedom, we must examine the contradictions between the principles we hold dear, and the realities still experienced by far too many. As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said 58 years ago today, “If America is to remain a first-class nation, she can no longer have second-class citizens.”
Read More about Observing Independence Day 2023Honoring the Leadership of Dean Gracie Lawson-Borders, PhD
Gracie Lawson-Borders, PhD, dean of the Cathy Hughes School of Communications (CHSOC), will depart the position at the culmination of the 2023-2024 academic year. The University will promptly launch a national decanal search for the CHSOC.
Read More about Honoring the Leadership of Dean Gracie Lawson-Borders, PhDCelebrating Sandra Edmonds Crewe, PhD’s Decade of Decanal Leadership
Sandra Edmonds Crewe, PhD, dean of the School of Social Work, will depart the position at the culmination of the 2023-2024 academic year. The University will launch a national decanal search for the School of Social Work imminently.
Read More about Celebrating Sandra Edmonds Crewe, PhD’s Decade of Decanal LeadershipAnnouncement of Decanal Change in the Chadwick Boseman College of Fine Arts
Dean Phylicia Rashad of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts will be stepping down as dean at the end of her term following the 2023-2024 academic year.
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