A pleasant surprise from Miss Angela Rye

The Southern University spring 2018 graduating class will have the pleasure of hosting Angela Rye as the guest speaker at this semester’s commencement ceremony.
Families and friends of SU graduates will have the opportunity to see their loved ones graduate, and hear Rye speak in person.
Angela Rye is perhaps most well-known for her political commentary on Cable News Network or her analytical studies on National Public Radio, having put her degrees from Washington State University and Seattle University School of Law to great use.
Alongside that, Rye acts as CEO and Principal for IMPACT Strategies, a non-profit organization tailored for young adults including internship opportunities to prepare them in their professional careers.
Also, according to Rye’s official website, she was a member of the 112th Congress for the Congressional Black Caucus, serving as General Counsel and Executive Director.
In addition, she worked under Congressman Bennie G. Thompson, while serving in the House Committee of Homeland Security as Senior Advisor and Counsel.
Rye has also received several awards over the years, such as the 2010 Black Girls Rock award, the 2012 Root 100, 2013 Marie Claire Power Woman, 2015 Fortune’s 40 under 40 Women to Watch, and many more.
Rye’s appearance at graduation will not be the first time she set foot on the yard. She recently spoke at the Association for Women Students’ Empowerment forum, where she joined other panelists in addressing the crowd with her usual quick-witted and motivational dialect.
Natasha Taylor, Criminal Justice major and soon to be spring graduate, will be in attendance at the commencement ceremony. As a student in a similar field as Angela Rye, Taylor says if given the chance to speak to Rye in person, she would ask, “Why did you pick your career? What makes you passionate about it? And what changes do you hope to see in your field?”
Fredrick Hamilton Jr., a senior studying History shares, “Angela Rye is quite refreshing. She is the most erudite black woman I’ve seen on national television in a long time. Giving those guys — whether they are Democrats, Republicans, Liberals, Conservatives, no matter who it is — she gives them the honest truth. That’s something I haven’t seen from a person on a national stage since, maybe, Louis Farrakhan or Michael Eric Dyson or Marc Lamont Hill. So, she is fantastic.”
Join the Southern University spring 2018 graduating class in welcoming Angela Rye to speak at commencement on May 11 in the F.G. Clark Activity Center at 10 a.m.
For more information about Angela Rye, or her IMPACT strategies internship opportunities, visit www.angelarye.com and http://www.impactstrategies.global/index.html.