February 10, 2021
Indiana State University will celebrate 646 graduating students with a virtual Winter Commencement that will be available online starting at 1 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, February 13.
ISU will confer degrees on 22 doctoral or education specialist students, 141 master s students, and 483 bachelor s students.
ISU will be using the Commencement Reimagined platform, including a personalized web page for each graduate. Family and friends were able to contribute personal messages to graduates. The commencement program is available online.
The speeches, all prerecorded, will include ISU President Deborah J. Curtis, Provost Mike Licari and the deans of the colleges.
The graduate alumni speaker is Jennifer McCormick, former Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction. She has two degrees from ISU, an Ed.S. in school administration and a Ph.D. in education administration.
‘We all are roses’: Mamadou., CC ’21, discusses faith and vulnerability in his debut album
‘We all are roses’: Mamadou., CC ’21, discusses faith and vulnerability in his debut album Courtesy of / Mamadou Student musician and rapper Mamadou. opens up about his life and upbringing in his debut album “To Stitch a Rose.” By Esterah Brown | January 20, 2021, 10:45 PM
“We all are roses. I think we’re all these beautiful plants waiting to emerge from the soil,” Mamadou Yattassaye, CC ’21, said when asked about the rose imagery in his debut album, “To Stitch a Rose.”
Known by his stage name, Mamadou., Yattassaye is a musician, rapper, poet, and storyteller. Born and raised in Harlem to Malian immigrant parents, Mamadou. first became interested in music through his middle school English teacher, who introduced Mamadou. to poetry and creative writing.