Standing at podium: Chair, CSU Board of Trustees Mrs. Betsy Hill. Seated on stage (l-r): Dr. Donald Pettis, president , CTC/CSU Alumni Association; Dr. Marian Wilson-Comer, grand marshal; Illinois Senate President Emil Jones, Jr.; honorary degree recipients Dr. Margaret Taylor-Burroughs and Mr. Joseph Stroud ; Rev. Dr. Richard L. Tolliver, vice chair, CSU Board of Trustees; Mrs. Peggy A. Montes, member, CSU Board of Trustees; Senator Ed Maloney; Senator Louis Viverto; Representative Al Riley; Ms. Corrine Grant, CSU Campus Ministries; Illinois State Representative Constance A. “Connie” Howard, 34th District; Alderman Michele Harris; Professor Haki Madhubuti; Mr. Victor Sorrell, associate dean, College of Arts & Sciences; Dr. Sandra Westbrooks, interim provost and vice president for Academic and Student Affairs and Sign interpreters were on hand for the hearing impaired.