{"id":2258,"date":"2021-11-23T12:10:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T16:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2022-02-17T12:12:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T16:12:30","slug":"graduation-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/graduation-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-row coblocks-row-815161710930\" data-columns=\"4\" data-layout=\"25-25-25-25\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-row__inner has-no-padding has-no-margin is-stacked-on-mobile has-medium-gutter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-column coblocks-column-815161712700\" style=\"width:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-column__inner has-no-padding has-no-margin\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-column coblocks-column-815161712735\" style=\"width:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-column__inner has-no-padding has-no-margin\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-column coblocks-column-815161712739\" style=\"width:39.11%\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-column__inner has-no-padding has-no-margin\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-column coblocks-column-815161712743\" style=\"width:10.89%\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-column__inner has-no-padding has-no-margin\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/02\/Roosevelt-Marshall-collage-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3416\" width=\"764\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/02\/Roosevelt-Marshall-collage-web.jpg 650w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/02\/Roosevelt-Marshall-collage-web-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a place that opens doors for students \u2013 many of whom are the first&nbsp;in their families to pursue&nbsp;higher education and earn a college degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their college careers at UMES culminate&nbsp;at&nbsp;graduation with words of wisdom and guidance delivered by accomplished, prominent and sometimes historic figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the luminaries who have graced the Princess Anne campus&nbsp;for spring commencement exercises&nbsp;during the past half-century:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Horace Mann Bond (1948, 1961), social scientist, historian, college president (Fort Valley State College&nbsp;&amp; Lincoln University)<\/li><li>Eleanor Roosevelt (1954), First Lady and women&#8217;s rights activist<\/li><li>Thurgood Marshall (1957), civil rights lawyer and U.S. Supreme Court justice<\/li><li>Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<strong>*<\/strong>&nbsp;(1959), minister, civil rights leader<\/li><li>Jack Roosevelt Robinson (1968), the first Black man to integrate Major League Baseball in the 20th century<\/li><li>Nikki Giovanni (1974), poet, writer, educator, leader of the Black Arts movement<\/li><li>Andrew Young (1978), pastor, civil rights activist, politician, diplomat<\/li><li>Benjamin F. Payton (1987), minister, farmer, educator,&nbsp;Tuskegee University president (1981-2010)<\/li><li>Bishop Desmond Tutu<strong>*<\/strong>&nbsp;(2005), Anglican clergyman and South African civil rights activist<\/li><li>Marian Wright Edelman (2006), founder \/ president Children&#8217;s Defense Fund<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/02\/King-Robinson-collage-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3414\" width=\"736\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/02\/King-Robinson-collage-web.jpg 650w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/02\/King-Robinson-collage-web-300x118.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>* &#8211; <em> Nobel Peace Prize laureates<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a place that opens doors for students \u2013 many of whom are the first&nbsp;in their families to pursue&nbsp;higher education and earn a college degree. Their college careers at UMES culminate&nbsp;at&nbsp;graduation with words of wisdom and guidance delivered by accomplished, prominent and sometimes historic figures. 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