Super Bowl’s first female official to be awarded doctorate at University of Mobile
MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) The University of Mobile will award the doctor of humane letters to Sarah Bailey Thomas, a UM graduate who shattered glass ceilings and became the first female official to work a Super Bowl earlier this year.
Thomas will deliver the commencement address at the outdoor ceremony beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 8. Graduation will be held at the Christian university campus on the Dr. Fred and Sue Lackey Great Commission Lawn and live streamed at umobile.edu/graduation.
More than 270 degrees will be awarded, including the first doctoral degrees from the University of Mobile’s new doctoral programs: the Doctor of Musical Arts in vocal performance, and the Doctor of Nursing Practice. The new Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice program begins in August.
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Updated: Apr 12 2021, 10:30 ET
PATRISSE Cullors and Janaya Khan tied the knot in 2016.
Khan is a Canadian activist and a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto.
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Who is Patrisse Cullors spouse Janaya Khan?
Khan was born in Toronto, Canada, and graduated from York University with a degree in English language and literature.
Khan currently resides in Los Angeles serving as program director for Color Of Change and as a speaker with Keppler Speakers Bureau.
In October 2014, Khan and fellow Black Lives Matter Toronto co-founder Sandy Hudson organized an action of solidarity following the death of 33-year-old Jermaine Carby.
Khan was named one of Toronto s Most Influential by Toronto Life in 2016.