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AVBA News and Announcements
25th Anniversary Celebration
More than 275 attendees reunited to celebrate 25 years of the Association of Vanderbilt Black Alumni (AVBA) during Reunion 2009. A highlight was the 25th Anniversary Celebration Banquet, “Change – Looking Back on Yesterday to Pave the Way for Tomorrow,” featuring keynote speaker Bishop Joseph Warren Walker III (Div ‘92). To purchase a full-length video for $15, contact Dr. Rosevelt Noble.
Class of 2009—please submit your information for the AVBA Wall of Graduates.
News from the Alumni Association
A Note from AVBA president Ken Jordan — “Our 25th Year Anniversary Celebration exceeded my expectations and everyone I spoke with expressed very positive sentiments regarding all events! The Office of Alumni Relations certainly deserves much credit for supporting us in so many ways. Of course, thanks to all of you who came and participated ensuring that the reunion would be a success.
Finally, we owe a debt of thanks to AVBA Vice-President Jennifer Horne, Carolyn Dunlap and Robin Dunn for their personal involvement and attention to detail. We sure have set the bar for the next reunion!”
More news of interest to the AVBA: Watch the full-length VUCast video of Reverend James Lawson’s Cole Lecture “A People’s Past Continues to be Living History.”
Ayo Ositelu Named to Board of Trust — Ayo Ositelu, an Engineering and Mathematics double major from Indianapolis, IN, is the next Young Alumni Trustee on the Board of Trust. A member of the Class of 2009, Ayo has served as the President of the African Students Union, Vice-President (External) of the Biomedical Engineering Society, and Regional Academic Excellence Chair for the National Society of Black Engineers. Ayo is one of Vanderbilt’s Chancellor Scholars, an honor for which he is forever grateful. He is a proud member of the Multicultural Leadership Council, a participant of Alternative Summer Break, and a former Mr. Commodore university mascot. Ayo has volunteered time with Vanderbilt Students for Science, the Nashville Adult Literacy Council, and Kipp Academy here in Nashville, TN.
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