Baccalaureate Ceremony and Reception

May 10, 2024
5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Central State University Student Center Ballroom, 1400 Brush Row Road, Wilberforce, Ohio 45384

Baccalaureate Ceremony

Friday, May 10 | 5 p.m.
Paul Robeson Cultural and Performing Arts Center Auditorium

Baccalaureate Reception

Friday, May 10 | 6:30 p.m.
University Student Center Ballroom

Speaker
Dr. D’Angelo Taylor
, Vice President for Hope, Unity and Belonging
Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee 

For more information, visit centralstate.edu/commencement

a packed auditorium during the annual baccalaureate ceremony at central state university
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Dr. D’Angelo Taylor
Dr. D’Angelo Taylor, Vice President for Hope, Unity and Belonging, Belmont University

Dr. D’Angelo Taylor serves as the inaugural Vice President for Hope, Unity and Belonging (HUB) at Belmont University. In this role, he serves as the architect of the newly created HUB-Belmont’s Office of Hope, Unity and Belonging. As part of this work, Dr. Taylor leads the university’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives in support of its strategic emphasis to embrace hope and inclusive excellence to reweave the social fabric.

Prior to accepting this role at Belmont University, Dr. Taylor was the Vice President for Student Affairs at Central State University. In that role, he was tasked with creating a premier student experience at Ohio’s only public HBCU. Dr. Taylor also served as the Associate Director of the Multicultural Center at the University of Southern Indiana. In that role, he worked to build partnerships with multiple entities at University of Southern Indiana and within the Evansville Tri-State Community.

Dr. Taylor has a passion to assist students to become all they can be and more. He is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.