{"id":8980,"date":"2022-12-06T09:15:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T15:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=8980"},"modified":"2022-12-06T09:15:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T15:15:51","slug":"nicholls-alumnus-former-dean-to-give-commencement-speech-at-111th-commencement-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/06\/nicholls-alumnus-former-dean-to-give-commencement-speech-at-111th-commencement-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Alumnus &amp; Former Dean to Give Commencement Speech  at 111th Commencement Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">THIBODAUX, La. &#8212; The ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ 111th Commencement is set to take place on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, in John L. Guidry Stadium at 9 a.m. Graduates from the colleges of Business Administration, Education and Behavioral Sciences, Liberal Arts, Nursing, Sciences and Technology and the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute will be in attendance. All Summer and Fall 2022 graduates will participate in this ceremony including all Master, Bachelor and Associate degrees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The ceremony\u2019s guest speaker is Dr. O. Cleveland Hill, a Mississippi native who was offered a scholarship and recruited to play basketball at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ in 1968. He became the first black athlete to wear a Colonel uniform. A<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s a sophomore, his teammates voted him team captain, making him the first non-senior to serve in that position in school history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During Hill\u2019s senior season, the Colonels made it to the NAIA playoffs; this was the first time a Colonel basketball team advanced to post-season competition in school history. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hill finished his playing career in 1972 as the all-time leading scorer and all-time rebound leader.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just two months after receiving his Bachelor of Arts in 1973, Hill joined the army. In 1975, he returned to ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ as a student assistant basketball coach while he worked to complete his Master of Education degree. After receiving his MEd in 1979, Hill served as the head basketball coach and assistant football coach at East Thibodaux Junior High School.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two years later, Hill was hired as an assistant basketball coach at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½. He remained at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ as an Assistant Professor of Physical Education and later became the Director of Student Teaching. In 1999, Dr. Hill became the Dean of the College of Education, working daily on new initiatives, grants and accreditation efforts. He later retired as Dean in 2006.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the ceremony, the University will award an Honorary Doctorate to Dr. Henry J. Lafont, Jr. (BA \u201876), owner and attorney at law for Henry J. Lafont, Jr. Attorney at Law. Dr. Lafont is a former assistant and adjunct professor for ÐÓ°É´«Ã½\u2019 Department of Government.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He has held numerous positions in public office, committees and boards while also being part of several professional and civic organizations. Lafont was named \u201cMr. ÐÓ°É´«Ã½,\u201d and inducted into the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Hall of Fame in 1976. 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