Howard to name College of Fine Arts in honor of late alumnus Chadwick Boseman
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Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman Commencement Speaker at alma mater Howard University (May 12th, 2018)
Call it coming full circle for the actor who was tapped to deliver the commencement address and receive the university s highest honor - an honorary doctorate degree.
WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - Howard University has announced that the newly reestablished College of Fine Arts will be named in honor of late alumnus Chadwick Boseman, whose career as an actor, director, writer and producer inspired millions. When Chadwick Boseman returned to campus in 2018 to serve as our commencement speaker, he called Howard a magical place. During his visit, I announced our plans to reestablish the College of Fine Arts and he was filled with ideas and plans to support the effort in a powerful way, said President Wayne A. I. Frederick. Chadwick’s love for Howard University wa
Chadwick Boseman’s Alma Mater Howard University Renames College Of Fine Arts After The Late Actor Aynslee Darmon
Howard University is honouring Chadwick Boseman in a big way.
On Wednesday, the late actor s alma mater announced that they would be renamed the College of Fine Arts after him.
According to the
Washington Post, the renaming comes after Howard and Walt Disney Co.’s executive chairman, Bob Iger, joined forces to not only spearhead fundraising for a scholarship named after Boseman, but the pair will also help raise money for the construction of a state-of-the-art building on the campus.
The new building will house the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, the Cathy Hughes School of Communications, its TV station, WHUT and its radio station, WHUR 96.3 FM.
Howard names College of Fine Arts for Chadwick Boseman
While studying at Howard University, young Chadwick Boseman helped lead a student protest against plans to merge his beloved College of Fine Arts into the College of Arts and Sciences.He failed in that goal, but 20 years later, the acclaimed actor is being posthumously honoured as the namesake of Howard’s newly re-established Chadwick A Boseman College of Fine Arts.Boseman, who graduated in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in directing, died in Aug…
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