Foreign April 15 2023 Troy University officially dedicated the National panhellenic Council Plaza comprised of nine markers recognizing and honoring the historically African-American Greek letter organizations Master of Ceremonies is Miles camel the EMC for this occasion today I’m a senior broadcast journalism major with the leadership development minor from
Dothan Alabama I am also a brother of these I beta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated and I also serve on the mphc executive committee I would like to start by recognizing Chancellor Jack Hawkins Jr and his lovely wife Mrs Janice Hawkins I would also like to thank the members of the
Troy University Board of Trustees and members of the foundation board our senior Vice chancellors at Troy University City and County officials National and state officers of our mpac fraternities and sororities University faculty and staff for their attendance at this celebration today we are gathered here to dedicate the
Mphc plaza and to celebrate our members and our chapters this Plaza which recognizes our chapters was a dream of former executive members but due to the dedication of several people and the assistance of brother trustee Lamar P Higgins who I am confident is watching over us today this project is now a reality
These individuals are Dr Derek Brewster Miss Meredith Welch Dean Herbert Reeves Mr Bernard Goins Miss Chelsea blunt and Mr Benjamin Hubert II thank you for your efforts impatience and hard work on this project the mpac is composed of nine black Greek letter fraternities and sororities mphc’s mission is to promote promote
Unity Foster leadership development and scholarship today’s unveiling recognizes these organizations that advocate for those and Inspire others hi welcome to the podium Miss Taj Brundage the current mpac vice president and the vice president of her sorority said Miguel Monroe sorority Incorporated thank you how y’all doing today
All right buy your heads I’m gonna say a quick player in prayer the father God we come to you right now to thank you we thank you for Gathering us here today to celebrate an amazing moment in deny history we thank you for the opportunity to allow us to represent our
Organizations right now and for years to come here on Troy University’s campus we actually for traveling grace and mercy as we depart and go our separays today in Jesus name we do pray amen prayer is always an important thing and thank you Miss Brothers we’re blessed for bringing blessings to this group and
The occasion managing and Advising our mpac chapters are tiring task and oversight requires commitment from those charged with transforming lives I would like each advisor and or graduate sponsors to stand up on behalf of the mpac I would like to say thank you for your dedication and hard work
Because without you our organizations cannot function thank you Mrs Joy Isom a junior from Valdosta Georgia majoring in interdisciplinary studies she’s a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Incorporated and serves as the current npac president miss Isom will now bring greetings on behalf of the mphc groups Joy isil foreign
Everybody my name is Joy ice and I hope everybody is doing well today um I serve as the current nphc president for the 2022-2023 Academic Year I’m a member of the oh so pretty Alpha Cafe office sorority Incorporated um first I’d like to recognize the 2022-2023 executive board npac officers Danielle Skinner
Taj Brundidge Marquis Jackson miles Campbell Emmanuel Marsh Quinn Mason and Brittany Moulton we are gathered here today to unveil a new addition to our wonderful campus a place to tell the growing history for our National panhellenic Council here at Troy University but this wouldn’t have been possible without the support of
Each nphc chapter advisor in attendance today these men and women are a dedicated group who spend countless hours providing support and assistance to our chapters if it was not for your assistance we would not be able to function and exist on behalf of npac in our members thank you
Since the first npac organization started on our campus in 1976 these chapters have been a vital part of our campus culture and history members of our organizations have served as SGA presidents down to the South Bend directors Board of trustee members academic and athletic all-americans orientation leaders homecoming Queens
Miss TSU members of national championship teams and members of Detroit University Hall of Fame the culture and significance of our chapters are entirely engraved into the DNA of Troy University even today members of npac continue to uphold their legacy as student leaders on campus and in the community
Several of our current mpic members continue the Legacy as student leaders of many of the same clubs organizations and make the Collegiate Experience great here at Troy today this Plaza brings us together to celebrate the past present and the future of black Greek letter organizations on the campus of Troy
University it was there’s a place to educate the campus on the history of each of the non-member organizations while offering a new outdoor Gathering Place for Community engagement programming and celebrations this plot will be a glimpse of what npac means to Troy as well as the D9
Community here at the University it will be a representation of Creek unity and the love that the D9 organizations here at Troy share a place of Reckoning recognition that we matter in the challenging work sweat and dedication each member has gotten a chance to share together as we Empower generations to
Come it will be a Mark we leave for all that has graduated in all to come that the npac Greek organizations are bonded together forever in my eyes although we all represent different organizations we are all still family and all cherish the plots here for a lifetime foreign
I know many of our fellow Greek members are excited to celebrate their final moments as the Trojans here at the plaza I cannot wait to take my final undergraduate pictures here at the AKA plot and getting my last kiwi and my final goodbyes to my friends D9 family
In the school that has been in my home for the last four years I’m so appreciative everyone I’m glad everybody can make it here today again thank y’all foreign please continue your superb leadership within and outside of the classroom before we move on I would like for us to
Take a moment of silence to recognize one of the greatest Trojans to ever grace this planet and luckily he’s my fraternity brother trustee brother Lamar P Higgins Mr Higgins was a Trailblazer here at Troy during his tenure he was the first black SGA president he was a charter member of these I beta
Chapter of alpha Fraternity Incorporated and he was the first black trustee board member for Troy University I am honored to say Mr Higgins was my fraternity brother and a role model for me personally we will not be here dedicating this Plaza without his hard work and dedication
Our next speaker is an advocate for our student body and University trustee General Ed Crowell serves as a chair for student affairs committee he is dedicated to the mission of Greek life and is a member of Omega Sci-Fi fraternity Incorporated please welcome to the podium Mr trustee General Ed Crowell
What a beautiful day you know I don’t know if you noticed but uh when she mentioned aka the drape just came off by itself now that’s power [Laughter] that is truly power the other thing is uh you know as we talk about our fraternities today and I
I just want you to take note at the landscape here you know the uh each pillar is at the top and and everything goes down from there so that’s an indication is that lots of hard work was done and has been done and will continue to be done to strive to
Get to where these pillows are that’s going up first of all I want to thank each and every one of you for being here today uh it is my honor to bring greetings today on this Landmark occasion in the life of Troy University my purpose is twofold
I bring greetings on behalf of my colleagues on Detroit University Board of Trustees on a more personal note allow me to put this day into perspective from my vantage point as a member of a national analytic Council fraternity the mottos of the nphc fraternities and sororities are filled with words such as
Merit wisdom friendship achievement and service now each of those have a Divine meaning so I should take heed to those I know from experience these are not merely words on a page but words to live by my lifelong affiliation with Omega Sci-Fi fraternity coupled with my service in the United States Air Force
Has shaped my life in ways I never thought possible when I was growing up in rural Russell County Alabama my fraternity introduced me to the powerful and the power of Brotherhood and the satisfaction of serving others having brothers and sisters with you on each step of life’s journey is a blessing
And even more a comfort in similar fashion thousands of Troy University students have benefited from their affiliation with an nphc organization over the past 50 decades five decades rather many of these alumni are with us this morning and I thank you for joining us I think each one is showing their colors
And that’s a we’re always proud of that this Plaza celebrates your legacy but it means so so much more it will serve as a symbol to Future students that pH that nphc fraternities and sororities hold a place of honor and respect at Troy University most important it will encourage future generation of
Students to become part of the Legacy and reap the benefits as many of you did the Apostle Paul writes in the Book of Romans be devoted to one another in brotherly love honor one another above yourselves in the spirit in that Spirit My Hope Is that this pleasure would serve as a
Place of reverence and respect and as a place where Brotherhood and Sisterhood flourish for generations to come again it is indeed a place for me to be here and it is been my esteem pleasure to be associated with an nphc paternity who’s four cardinal principles is manhood scholarship perseverance and
Uplift and each of those have a definite meaning and I know each of the fraternities and sororities have their own uh indications that will inspire them to move on and on and on so I say to each of you as you leave Troy University tell the story
Invite others to come and do as you’ve done because I know you’ve made a difference and that’s what it’s all about thank you foreign thank you General Crowell Colonel Felicia Burks is a Troy alumnus and was initiating to the new Alpha chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Incorporated Colonel Burks received her
Bachelor’s of Science in vocational rehabilitation with the minor in military science in 2002 she completed her master’s degree in management with an emphasis in healthcare administration Colonel Burke served our great nation for over 20 years in the Army and the Air Force in August 2020 she became the inaugural
Diversity and inclusion Chief executing the Air Force surgeon general’s Vision to cultivate a culture of diversity and inclusion please join me and welcome to the podium Colonel Felicia Burks thank you Dr Mrs Hawkins what a pleasure to be home thank you start um this is just so surreal and just being
Able to be gathered here with all of you and seeing all of the divine nine but not only that our leaders and General Sir pleasure to meet you it means family and so I share a lot about Troy because Troy is very important to me and when we think
Diversity equity and inclusion there’s a lot to add to that but I grew up in rural Alabama probably about 18 miles from here real town called Grady Alabama amazing people but I went to high school in Luverne and so amazing people there too and there were things that I didn’t know didn’t
Even know how to get to because people just didn’t know and that’s what diversity equity and inclusion is about just finding someone who had that access to get you in Troy gave me an opportunity and I get to represent Troy proudly as a leader now United States
Air Force where I’m a colonel and get to lead until I share that because regardless of where you come from if you just persevere and get into the right places and right rooms leaders will help you get to where you need to go and your purpose will always help yourself
So with that being said I made some notes because I realized it’s a multicultural generation that I’m talking to folks who are currently students at Troy who’s doing it the traditional way some who’ve been out of college for 20 years some 40 some others but we’re Bridging the Divide across all
These generations and so I’ll use my phone today to try to connect with those Millennials and perhaps a ginger but anyway Dr Mrs Hawkins the Troy University leadership team our general officers present today their spouses our nphc leaders the Community Partners and leaders those educators not only from elementary or high school
Or college but there’s educators thank you to each of you who are represented today and specifically the students here and the D9 as a nphc member I’m honored I’m honored to be able to grace this Podium I’m honored to be able to stand in front of the area that will unveil the future
But today marks service in Mark’s honor it marks more than just doing our call sounds from whatever you screen I won’t say skiwi but for whatever you scream it is it’s bigger than that it marks a moment in time it etches a memory it marks and moves
Today marks history in Mark’s Legacy in Mark’s culture it marks it marks reflection from Heritage to Heritage for what Troy University stands for back then it was Troy State University it was already International but Troy University is truly internationally known making a difference in our national security and preserving
Americans freedom for what we get to do here so freely today but what other people in other countries don’t get to do I stand proudly here because Troy made me and not only Detroit make me many of you right back in the day when I was on the quad which we were so
Saddened that thought it was erupted but realized that Troy’s building Beauty for something that we could be so proud of and then that one day we would be able to rename this where you the current students of Troy University in Greek can send here and do your probates where we
Once Grace the quad but what an honor today marks Unity it Marks One calls and I hope we don’t rush through it as I’ve matured in life I realize it’s important that we pause to be present to breathe and take it in even the sounds you hear today the winds
That you feel and even the beauty beautiful sun that is gracing our skin it marks the moment that we should not forget and remember it is significant and though it’s a moment in time and when times get hard because they will it’s just life but you’ll remember what Troy University
Did today for the divine nine and for so many others because of inclusion so that one day many of your students many of your children and even you those are freshmen sophomore fresh Juniors or seniors that one day you’ll be standing somewhere making a difference in the world because Troy University gave you
An opportunity because Troy University made an opportunity for the divine nine so that you did feel that you had a place where you belonged that you can connect that you can get mentored and so that you can learn leadership skills so that when if and when you had to brief a
General officer who we do equate to and similar because they get to speak to many um State leaders all over this world that you would be qualified that you would be credible and that you would be committed to Excellence and so we thank Troy University for giving this
Opportunity and I say that deliberately because words matter and they’re intentional and because whether you’re a member of Omega sci-fi or Alpha Phi Alpha or ioda and Kappa I mean the kappas are Sigma whatever fraternity or each sorority from alpha Capital Alpha to Delta Sigma Theta
Beta whatever it is that you stand with credibility and then as you go out into other parts of the country you’re proud that you were part of the Greek letter organization at Troy University who’s just now sitting here in Troy Alabama do not forget where you came from Troy is
Amazing and I say that with everything in me and use these words very carefully so that you understand that and so as we breathe it in there’s a great person that we all love or some of us Beyonce and she sang a song that I was here and
I share these words because I realize that I’m talking to a multi-generational group but some of the lyrics say I want to leave my footprints on the sands of time now there was something that I left behind when I leave this world I lead no regrets leave something to remember so they
Won’t forget I was here I lived I loved I was here I did I’ve done everything that I wanted and it was more than I thought it would be I would leave my mark so everyone will know I was here I want to say I
Lived each day until I died I know that I had something in somebody’s life the hearts I have touched will be the proof that I leave that I made a difference in this world and this world will see and that’s what we see behind us so as I represent the
D9 it is an honor once again to stand here at a Gathering Place a place where representation matters a place that has clearly highlighted that you belong and that your legacy for some this will be a place where new memories memories are made for others it will be one where
People come to reflect but today is a place that I believe Dr Hawkins knew was going to manifest but it took time it took agreement it took partnership it takes everyone to agree there’s an African Proverbs that say if you want to go fast go alone but
If you want to go far go together today I see together regardless of what shade or hue that we share I see together I see one voice one heart one Troy and I’m so proud to be here today and so in saying that as we look 93 years later for when the nphc
Was founded on Howard University May 10th of 1930 I envisioned this as a place of the present and the future plaza where the D9 should gather reflect grow and develop in this father future it would be a place that marks leadership value meaning and purpose it would be the place where we take
Mahatma Gandhi’s Words Be the Change that we wish to see in the world so Detroit University thanks for being an example thanks for being a bridge thanks for being a sponsor thanks for equipping people and women like me to make a difference in our role as we defend the freedoms of our nation
I joined Alpha Kappa Alpha’s Work Incorporated while pursuing my degree at Troy University while also working to become a commission officer in our United States military our profession of arms Troy told me academic excellence it taught me the value of relationships it taught me the value of hard work and the
Return on investment is significant it continues to yield dividends that I could have never imagined and I get to make a difference in this world because of Troy thank you for being a catalyst in the long game success of not only me but so many others get out of here today
I salute you and thank you Dr Hawkins you’re my hero thank you [Applause] thank you Colonel Burks when I think of our next speaker I think of a Visionary a transformational leader a mentor and a servant leader he’s an advocate for the growth and development of our Greek
System and believes in the role that our Greek system plays here on campus please join me and welcome into the podium Chancellor Troy University Dr Jack Hawkins Jr foreign thank you so much uh miles uh he was Miles was in my office just a few days
Ago and he reminded me when I asked him I said miles where are you going in life and he said well first I want to finish a Troy University But ultimately I want to sit behind your desk [Applause] potentially exists in Miles thank you so much and uh to Joy
To uh Colonel Burks to General Crowell thank you you know I often think the best barometer for what a university uh can be is based on the success of its alumni and I would say this about Troy University nothing nothing is beyond our reach and if you want to think what is
Be within reach just look at the achievements of just those few people and we’re so proud we’re so proud of all of you I’m proud of Joy thank you for your comments but I would remind you you sort of had a note of finality in your in your voice about graduating but when
We celebrate you and we present that degree to you that’s called commencement and commence means to begin and the life’s journey really begins there and one thing that’s really remarkable about the Greek system and those who have experienced it you know this to be true it doesn’t end at
Graduation it really has a beginning at that point it is a lifelong relationship and the older you get the more you realize that life is about relationships it’s about lives touched the portfolio that’s truly important is not the financial portfolio I’ve known lots of wealthy people in my life and on their
Deathbed they didn’t ask to see their balance sheet they asked they talked about people and that’s really what is important in life it’s important in life Colonel Burks thank you for reminding us of of the significance of this Spirit experience as it relates to the future I
Am so proud of the divine nine I’m proud of our Greek system at large I want to thank those who have contributed so much to getting us to this place on this day for this occasion I’d be really remiss if I didn’t think the the gospel choir
And Sheila Jackson Sheila uh oh happy days this is a happy day and it’ll be even a a greater and more and happier day when my grandson Patrick Jackson graduates in December [Applause] Patrick will be relieved for me not to bother him about graduation as I have
The last several years my wife and I were talking about Patrick just a few minutes ago and she said how long has Patrick been here and then she said has it been 10 years and I said I don’t think so but Patrick he realized what most of us
Didn’t realize early enough you know this is the best time in your life students so don’t rush through it now I know most parents would like for me to say it take 10 years but those really smart students here know that you’re in the best phase of your life you’re building relationships
You’re building a portfolio you’re having fun you’re having fun I urge you though and this spot is a reminder not to have too much fun as you go through life especially while you’re here today we do celebrate a great legacy uh of all of those who have been through this place
Before and I really appreciate what miles had to say uh in in general Crowell referred to Lamar Higgins my goodness one of the great blessings in our life my life in Janice’s Life as a couple uh occurred when we met Lamar well before he was on our Board of
Trustees and he did a such a superb job it was a real pleasure now I would say this John Robert Lewis said uh good trouble that’s the role we create good trouble Lamar created a lot of good trouble in my life he had a passion for Troy University but
He had a passion too for all of us and the one thing that we’ve been so proud of at Troy University has been the Confluence of people I know when Janice and I arrived in Troy in 1989 there were 40 countries represented in our our 40 International students in our student body before
Covid that was 75 countries and when you think about how different we are as a community today than when we were a few years ago when Colonel Burks came out of Grady Alabama it was a little bit different world and how much better all of us are today and it’s because we
Recognize real leadership is not about dividing people it’s about bringing people together in unity so all of us all of us can contribute and all of us are seen literally for whom we are and not what others may have previously perceived us to be that’s the essence of
Troy University we want every student to come and understand that Global Village because it’ll be that Village that you make a difference and it’s that Village that’ll influence you and shape you as the years go by so we’re very proud of who we are as a university we know who
We are as a culture we know that this place is but a symbol but it’s a wonderful symbol and I would remind you that in the words of the late great Dr Martin Luther King he said intelligence plus character intelligence plus character that’s the goal of a true education
Intelligence plus character that’s what we’re reminded of in this place this is not a party place this is a reverence place of reverence this is a place where we come and appreciate those who have contributed before us in the divine nine and Beyond because while the Greek
System may be in Jeopardy in many universities across this country I maintain and I was a Greek and I continue to be a Greek but it’s the Greek system that’s truly the Catalyst of leadership and unity at Troy University and so I applaud you I applaud you applaud you for giving of
Yourselves but you know what you find in life is what Winston Churchill said he said you make a living by what you get but you make a Life by what you give and we all receive so much more than we’re ever able to give and that’s what we
Want for Troy University to truly be a landmark institution not only in Alabama in the South but across this country and around the world where all people all people can realize their potential and I would close by saying in 2020 July of 2020 we lost a remarkable icon when we lost the late
Congressman John Robert Lewis we were so privileged and honored to have one of those three stops at Troy University many of you were here in our beautiful Arena and let me say this let me say this you know without Vision the people perish you know but a vision in isolation is
Not truly a vision it could be a nightmare but a collective Vision can drive people together and to a common goal and I want to thank those who have contributed so much as I look out as you look out to my back it took us 50 000 dump truck
Loads of dirt to bring in so we could create much of what you’re enjoying this morning many of you were here when we had a golf course in those 40 feet Ravines you know that took a lot of dirt to fill up but what we were able to say and do in
Colonel Burks you use the quad as an example without Vision the people perish you have to have a vision and when you have that Collective vision and what we’ve tried to realize here are facilities that are second to none when we look across the street and see that
New health science facility going up when we look behind us and see the gym of all baseball facilities in the Sun Belt Conference it’s about what we can be it’s not about what we’ve been we have great tradition and we believe in this place but it’s what we can be as a
As a community and as a group and John Robert Lewis said this though and he was a very very proud member of Phi Beta Sigma he said this let us respect the dignity and the worth of every human being that’s what all of us need to commit to
And subscribe to as we look at this very reverent place I want to see in the years ahead the names of every member of the divine nine in a brick on this Plaza I want to encourage all of you to to take that step and we’ll make sure
You know how to do that but your legacy so you can bring your children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren to this place your legacy will be here on a permanent basis the divine nine thank you thanks to all of those I want to thank herb Reeves and Darius Williams and Derek Brewster and
Those who rode with Lamar as I did before he passed away on this date I know Lamar is here because it was on this date two years ago that we lost him but he’s here the spirit of Lamar Higgins shall forever permeate this Plaza and I want
To say God bless Lamar God bless each of you today at this point I would declare that this place this Plaza is officially dedicated thank you so much [Applause] thank you Dr Hawkins for your commitment to this University our student body and the mpac plaza initiative as representatives of Detroit University
Our Greek life system is committed to Excellence in leadership through service friendship and empowerment this project was supported by our entire Greek Community I would like to thank the members and the chapters of the six panhellenic sororities in the eight fraternities in the IFC who supported this project
This project would not be possible without Jenner’s contributions of many I would like to thank all involved and recognizing contributions of a few individuals who spearheaded the fundraising efforts from their organization from these I beta chapter of Alpha Phi Fraternity Incorporated Colonel USA retired James epting and the 17 karat gold charter members
From the new Alpha chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Incorporated Catherine Jordan Nicole Sloan and Miranda Griffin from the Theta 5 chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated Colonel retired Nathan Mooney from the road Delta Delta chapter of Omega Sci-Fi fraternity Incorporated Mr Eric Sloan Dr Derek Brewster and Mr Travis Bozeman
From the new Theta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority Incorporated 33 Destiny fulfilled Miss Sylvia Malone and Donna Griffin Hall Dean Herbert Reeves and Mr Alex Lewis for assisting with project design and Mr Benny picker and his team for work to complete this project in times of supply chain uncertainties
Now for the moment we’ve all been waiting on here today the unveiling of individual markers on the mphc Plaza the new Theta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority Incorporated was charted at Troy University on May 22nd 1976. the Theta 5 chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated was chartered at
Troy University on November 21st 1976. [Applause] the Mu Alpha chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Incorporated was charted at Troy University on February 26 1978. the zy beta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated was chartered at Troy University on May 28 1978. The Zeta mu chapter of Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority Incorporated was charted at Troy University on November 12 1982. [Applause] the alpha alpha Lambda chapter of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity Incorporated was chartered at Troy University on November 21st 1992. the road Delta Delta chapter of Omega Sci-Fi fraternity Incorporated will start at Troy University on July 12 1995. [Applause] the Omicron pie Chapter of Sigma gamma Monroe sorority Incorporated was founded
At Troy University May 22nd 1999. [Applause] 45 Theta Fraternity Incorporated with started Troy University in 2015. thank you thank you all for your hard work and this Plaza is now dedicated [Applause] now I know you all were expecting for this final song of the day but to be a
Duet between me and Miss Jackson I won’t I won’t let y’all hear that today they have to pay me for those vocals and I didn’t get a check in the mail uh Miss Jackson uh is now going to sing with our short gospel singers in the direction of Mr Carlton Copeland thank you
Let’s give a round of applause for the teacher Gospel Choir thank you Wow Tomorrow I am a popular sorrow Feelings [Applause] foreign [Applause] Take me [Applause] Oh God Sometimes I just don’t know which way I need to make again [Applause] [Applause] But we thank you all for for that beautiful song before we close and give our benediction today I would like to invite someone special to talk about what all Troy University has going on with our football program in particular has going on today and furthermore uh
We’ll like to now welcome to the podium coach bam Hartman foreign ceremony we’d like to thank you Dr Hawkins for allowing this to happen uh being here I’m in my where I just finished my eighth year here at Troy as the outside linebackers coach and just wanted to say that Troy football
Supports the the national pandemic Council okay so I want to make sure guys understand that and then with that being said we would like your support as well okay now we have t-day game at two o’clock today so what a great time to support us right all right and
Um we have a kids camp at two o’clock so and that’s free to all the kids from four to twelve so if anyone wants to participate in that we’d like to offer that up and now for the Golden Nugget we will allow you all to tour our North End Zone facility
Um as we wrap this up so we’ll like to offer that opportunity as well we’re again about to have the game so the sooner we get out there we have some of our players kind of oozing on in so if we can get in there kind of tour the
Place the more you guys are able to see uh the less people there are in there if you if you catch my drift right all right well thank you again and uh go Troy football right [Applause] at this time I would like to now welcome
To the stage of Troy Alum and a good friend of mine to the podium Podium Miss Chelsea blunt Miss blunt was mpac president in 2020 when this project was conceptualized and she will offer the benediction Miss Chelsea black [Applause] hi everybody on behalf of the mphc I would like to
Give another thank you again to Dr I mean Chancellor Hawkins I’m sorry Dean Reeves our Board of trustee members Dr Derek Brewster Mr sidaris Williams Miss Meredith Welch and all of our donors and everyone else who put in any effort to make this project a visualization
Um I’m gonna ask you to Bow your heads we’re going to do a benediction prayer and we’ll get to hell Lord I want to thank you for this day thank you for the opportunity to give you glory to give you Worship in this way and thank you for the opportunity to
Dedicate these plots to you to our school to our communities as a representation of our organizations again we would like to pray for your traveling grace and your mercy for all of us as we get back home and we want to thank you again for your many blessings
Your the joy and love that you give us every day in your name we pray amen [Applause] thank you once again for coming out I know it’s getting hot so you all are welcome to come to go home but but before we leave I would like to say you
Can find out more how to donate and find out more about the input HG Plaza project at troy.edu nphc Plaza thank you all Thank you
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