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She was also the valedictorian.
Mack, from New Castle, was one of four 20-year-old students to receive a degree during the ceremony at Alumni Stadium, and she was one of three to finish with a 4.0 grade-point average.
Mack was named valedictorian because she had a higher number of classes than Nicole Fwelo of Lexington and Joseph Greenwood of Cookeville, Tennessee, who each earned a 4.0 GPA.
During her commencement speech, Mack thanked the KSU faculty for ârelationships formed and information learned that will last a lifetime.âÂ
She also thanked her mother for never setting limits on what she could achieve.
âI donât think she ever realized the person I most wanted to be like was her,â Mack said.
First Ever Her Heart Summit Aims to Create National Movement to Improve Heart Health in Black Communities
Release the Pressure Coalition joins with ESSENCE & Ad Council to kick-off an annual summit focused on improving health outcomes associated with high blood pressure & heart disease among Black women
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NEW YORK, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ More than half of Black women over the age of 20 have heart disease, and the prevalence of high blood pressure among Black women is nearly 40% higher than White women in the U.S. To address these disparities and provide support to Black women on their health journey, the