TULSA, OKLAHOMA – DECEMBER 12, 2020
Bacone College held its 2020 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday after delaying the spring exercises in May due to COVID-19. The college was graciously allowed the use of the Osage Nation’s Skyline Event Center to ensure ample social distancing was allowed.
Along with limited attendance, temperature checks, face masks, gloves, and sanitizer provided, the college was able to provide the recognition and experience the 2020 graduates have earned, said President Dr. Ferlin Clark.
“We are happy that we were able to find a way to hold the greatly delayed graduation ceremony, including livestreaming the event for all those who watched from home,” Clark said. “We are proud of our graduates and our honorees and wanted them to have an experience to remember for the rest of their long, successful lives.”
The college also conferred honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters on Osage Nation Gaming Board Chair Dr. Mark J. Simms and Kiowa Tribe Historian Dr. Phil “Joe Fish” Dupoint.
Bacone College was founded to serve Native Americans in 1880, marking 2020 as an important milestone.
“We are proud to commemorate 140 years of educating American Indians at Bacone College,” Clark said. “We are celebrating seven generations of Indigenous resiliency, courage, and sustainability.”
For more information, contact the public relations department at 918-360-3866.
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CANDIDATES FOR ASSOCIATE OF ARTS Arthur Daugomah** (Kiowa) Cassandra Thompson (Creek) CANDIDATES FOR ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE Robert Frazier (Choctaw) Tyler Jackson (Wyandotte) Caleah Lee** (Navajo) Jasmine Lorentz (Comanche) Liberty J. Morgan (Oglala Sioux) Misty Pacheco Shaina Smith (Osage) Cheynowa Townsend (Pawnee) Klandra Yazzie* (Navajo) CANDIDATES FOR BACHELOR OF ARTS Dawt Ceu Rosetta Clark (Pawnee) Erin Cooper (Choctaw) Brooklin Dailey (Osage) Tyritta Dixon Lauryn French-Ledbetter (Delaware) Albert Lorentz (Sac & Fox) Zoe Lyons (Oglala Sioux) Sarah Maxwell*** (Cherokee) Summer Morgan (Kiowa) Esther Par Victoria Phyu Cassandra Thompson (Creek) CANDIDATES FOR ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE Mackenzie Thomas Nicole McCrimmon CANDIDATES FOR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Erica Baker (Choctaw) MarQuan Durant Freda Fields (Creek) Cristian Filpo Sandra Kay Fletcher Jonah Henson* Houston Holland Lala Malele Kamal Nassar Sebastian Pittman Montiqua L. Reed Samuel Rhine (Cherokee) Clayten Rice (Cherokee) Kellen Ruffin Victoria Samuel (Creek) James Smittle* Yuze Tong Edward Villicana (Comanche) Brandie Walker (Creek) Brian Williams Jr. Tyron Yazzie (Navajo) Tamara Young One asterisk (*) marks a student graduating cum laude. Two asterisks (**) mark a student graduating magna cum laude. Three asterisks (***) mark a student graduating summa cum laude.
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