Opening Session | Auditorium
October 11, 2025 10:00 AM
Columbus Africentric Early College (CAEC), 3223 Allegheny Ave.
Moderator: Pastor Keith A. Troy – New Salem Baptist Church | Morehouse College
(2025 Central Ohio HBCU Alumni of Distinction Honoree)
Keynote Speaker & Interactive Panel: Mentoring, Mattering, and Matriculation
- Eric Corbin – National Cares Mentoring
HBCU Acknowledgements & Presentations
- CBUS HBCU Ambassador Recognition
- Links Love HBCUs Recognition Presentation
- National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) Recognition Presentation
- 2025 Central Ohio HBCU Alumni of Distinction Presentations
- Pastor Keith A. Troy – New Salem Baptist Church | Morehouse College
- Judge Lysheyl Stroud – Franklin County Court of Common Pleas | Kentucky State University
- Gwendolyn Bess – Assistant Principal, Walnut Ridge HS | Kentucky State University
- Roma Johnson – Teacher, Columbus Africentric Early College | Oakwood University