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| United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will be the graduation speaker for Southern University's Fall Commencement Ceremony on Dec. 13, 2019. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.) |
Baton Rouge, La. – United States
Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, has been named Southern University’s
Fall Commencement speaker.
Perdue has served as the 31st
United States Secretary of Agriculture since April 2017. In this position, his
policies have been guided by principles which include increasing job-creation
in the agriculture and agribusiness sectors, prioritizing customer service for
American taxpayers and consumers, safeguarding the nation’s food supply, and ensuring
the sustainability of the nation’s land resources.
Perdue credits growing up on a
farm in rural Bonaire, Georgia for his strong work ethic. Prior to running for
public office, he served in the United States Air Force and achieved the rank of
Captain. He has worked as a veterinarian in North Carolina and served as a
Georgia State Senator for 11 years where his senate colleagues elected him to
the position of President Pro Tempore. Perdue served as a two-term Governor of
Georgia and was credited with reforming the states’ budget and helping to create
more than 200,000 new jobs.
He
has
served as a board member of the National Grain and Feed Association and as
President of both the Georgia and Southeastern Feed and Grain Associations.
Perdue earned a Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine from the University of Georgia. He has been married to his wife Mary
Ruff Perdue for 44 years.
Southern University’s Fall Commencement
Ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on December 13 at the F. G. Clark Activity
Center on the University’s campus. Nearly 400 students, 30 students within the
College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences, are expected to receive
bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees during the ceremony.
Shamyra
K. Walker, a native of Magnolia, Arkansas, will be recognized as the Chief Student
Marshall, the student graduating with the highest grade point average, during the
ceremony. Additional information about the Commencement Ceremony, including
parking, is available here.
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