For immediate release:
Cal State L.A. to Honor Top
Students
at 43rd Convocation
President of the Los Angeles Urban
League is
the Convocation Speaker
What & Who:
With formal pageantry, the University Honors Convocation will
recognize approximately 2,328 Cal State L.A. students whose
academic record places them in the upper fifth percentile of their
peers. Recipients of scholarships, grants and alumni certificates
of honor, and general education honors program participants (1,192
students) will also be highlighted. In addition, 149 freshmen will
be recognized for having entered the University with a 3.5 GPA or
higher on their high school records.
When:
Friday, April 22, 2005, 7 p.m.
Where:
Cal State L.A. Eagles Nest Gymnasium. The University is located
at the Eastern Avenue exit, San Bernardino (I-10) Fwy., at the
interchange of the 10 and 710 Fwys.
Speaker:
John W. Mack has served as president of the Los Angeles Urban
League since August of 1969. Mack began his career with the Urban
League in Flint, Michigan, in 1964, and was appointed executive
director in 1965. Prior to heading the Los Angeles Urban League,
he served on the Urban LeagueÂs National staff for six months
during the Whitney Young era in Washington, D.C. Mack was a leader
in the 1960 student civil rights movement in AtlantaÂand
co-founder and vice chairperson of the Committee on the Appeal for
Human Rights. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Applied
Sociology from North Carolina A&T State University. He holds a
masterÂs degree from Clark Atlanta University. Mack is a highly
respected advocate for equal opportunities in education, law
enforcement and economic empowerment for African-Americans and
other minoritiesÂand a bridge builder across all racial, cultural,
economic, gender and religious lines. Mack was afforded the unique
opportunity to serve as a teaching Fellow in Residence at the
prestigious Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of
GovernmentÂs Institute of Politics from September through
December, 1998.
Program:
The Convocation ceremony will begin with a formal processional,
with faculty robed in colorful academic regalia. Immediately
following the Convocation , honorees and their guests are invited
to programs hosted by their Colleges.
Info:
For more information, contact the Cal State L.A. Academic
Affairs Office at (323) 343-3808. To cover the event, contact the
Cal State L.A. Public Affairs Office at (323) 343-3050.
Working for California since 1947: The 175-acre hilltop campus of California State University, Los Angeles is at the heart of a major metropolitan city, just five miles from Los Angeles civic and cultural center. More than 20,000 students and 170,000 alumniÂwith a wide variety of interests, ages and backgrounds--reflect the cityÂs dynamic mix of populations. Six colleges offer nationally recognized science, arts, business, criminal justice, engineering, nursing, education and humanities programs, among others, led by an award-winning faculty. Cal State L.A. is home to the critically-acclaimed Luckman Jazz Orchestra and to a unique university center for gifted students as young as 12. Among programs that provide exciting enrichment opportunities to students and community include a noted alternative energy technology initiative; an NEH- and Rockefeller-supported humanities center; a NASA-funded center for space research; and a growing forensic science program, to be housed in the Los Angeles Regional Crime Lab now under construction. www.calstatela.edu
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