Va. - Hampton University will present radio celebrity Tom Joyner with an honorary degree, doctor of humane letters, at the University's 130th Annual Commencement Exercises on May 14. Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands Dr. Charles Turnbull, a Hampton University alumnus and the only African-American governor in the United States and its territories, will be the keynote speaker. Commencement exercises will be held at 10 a.m. in the Convocation Center. Satellite sites will be the Holland Hall gymnasium, Phenix Hall auditorium and Ogden Hall.
Admission is by ticket only.
He is the ultimate breakfast host as star of ABC Radio Network's The Tom Joyner Morning Show, which airs weekdays from 6 - 10 a.m. This live, syndicated national urban morning program treats listeners to an on-air team that reports and comments on the latest news and sports of interest to the audience. Weaving it all together are Joyner's upbeat attitude, energy and humorous insights. The Tom Joyner Morning Show broadcast live from Hampton University's Ogden Hall in 1998 as the University kicked off its homecoming activities. Joyner, a four-time Billboard Magazine award winner, began his radio career immediately after he graduated from Tuskegee Institute with a bachelor's degree in sociology.