The Black Excellence Celebratory is a pre-commencement celebration to honor African and African American students who through unbending determination have successfully completed an undergraduate or graduate degree from Oakland University. The Celebratory is representative of African and African American culture and heritage, encompasses or embodies the value of community and scholarship and concludes with a Kente Stole presentation. This is a Celebration for Graduates to be recognized for their accomplishments and will provide a charge to them for the future. Students are honored together form similar commendations and their families also get the opportunity to celebrate their hard work and commitment.
Participation in the 2021 OU Black Excellence Celebratory is open to all OU undergraduate and graduate students who earned their degree fall 2020, and who will earn their degree winter 2021 and summer 2021.
Students must apply to graduate to participate in the Black Excellence Celebratory. For more information on applying to graduate, please visit oakland.edu/commencement.
2021 Event Details
Event Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 Event Start Time: 6:30PM
Event Location: P1 Parking Lot
All participating graduates are asked to arrive at 5:30PM
Only 2 parking passes per student will be allowed **Please note: All Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 graduates who applied to graduate by January 31, 2021 and also self-identified as Black in their student account have been invited to this event.
Those who did not apply to graduate by January 31, 2021 will be invited next spring.
