Dr. Rashad Richey Announced as Albany State University 2023 Commencement Speaker

Albany State University (ASU) will honor over 800 graduates at the Fall 2023 Commencement Ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 9, at the Albany Civic Center. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m., and the processional will begin at 10 a.m.

Dr. Rashad Richey will serve as the commencement speaker. Dr. Richey is well known on television, radio, streaming, and digital platforms. He is the first political analyst to earn an Emmy nomination at CBS News Atlanta. He is also America’s youngest inductee into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame, where trailblazing leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Justice Thurgood Marshall, Oprah Winfrey, and Ambassador Andrew Young, are all honored recipients.

Dr. Richey is a noted philanthropist and university professor in multiple academic positions, including Professor of Physics and Department Chair of Science, Law, and Philosophy at Paris Graduate School in Paris, France, Professor of Business at Morris Brown College, Director of the Medical Physics Program at OcuPrep Medical Institute, and lectures in health equity at Morehouse School of Medicine. He has provided lecture series for the University of Michigan, Mercer University, St. James University, and Reinhardt University. To learn more about Dr. Richey, click here. 

To learn about Albany State University’s Fall 2023 Commencement Ceremony’s academic attire requirements, protocol, general, and accessibility information, and more, click here.

The Fall 2023 Health Sciences Pinning Ceremony will be held Thursday, December 7, at 2 p.m. at the Student Center, Building C, Room 266 on West Campus.

The Fall 2023 Nursing Pinning Ceremony will be held Thursday, December 7, at 4 p.m. at the Student Center, Building C, Room 266, on West Campus.

The Fall 2023 Professional Embracing Novice (PENning) Ceremony will be held Friday, December 8, at 5 p.m. at the Billy C. Black Auditorium on East Campus.