Susan L. Taylor, publications director of Essence Communication Inc. (left), met with the other convocation speakers before the 16th annual event. Pictured from left to right, Chancellor Greenwood delivered the welcoming address; Sarai Crain, licensed minister and undergraduate psychology student, gave the invocation; Tyler Stovall, chair of the History Department and provost of Stevenson College, delivered the opening address; and Anouk Shambrook, doctoral candidate in astrophysics, introduced Taylor. Photo: Victor Schiffrin To the Currents home page