{"id":64825,"date":"2025-05-17T20:33:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T03:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bomanijones.com\/?p=64825"},"modified":"2025-05-17T21:08:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T04:08:56","slug":"prairie-view-am-celebrates-143rd-commencement-with-bomani-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bomanijones.com\/?p=64825","title":{"rendered":"Prairie View A&amp;M Celebrates 143rd Commencement with Bomani Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bomani Jones took the stage as the commencement keynote speaker for the Prairie View A&amp;M University 143rd Spring Commencement Convocation on Saturday morning. Jones brought his unique perspective to the graduating class, sharing empowering lessons and insights from his trailblazing career with a generation poised to shape the future. Complementing Jones\u2019 appearance, Dr. Quintin B. Bullock, president of the Community College of Allegheny County and a proud alumnus of PVAMU, honored recipients of doctoral and master\u2019s degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My guy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bomani_jones?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bomani_jones<\/a> is the commencement speaker at Prairie View A&amp;M graduation \ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffe\u200d\ud83c\udf93 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hs1MBBDaFt\">pic.twitter.com\/Hs1MBBDaFt<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chad Johnson (@ochocinco) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ochocinco\/status\/1923736721989964107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch Bomani&#8217;s keynote commencement message sharing his personal connection to PVAMU, truth on the world to come and the one question he asks students:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Saturday AM - 143rd Prairie View A&amp;M University Spring Commencement\" width=\"1278\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LJ5PhZLiv9A?start=4025&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations, Class of 2025!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bomani Jones took the stage as the commencement keynote speaker for the Prairie View A&amp;M University 143rd Spring Commencement Convocation on Saturday morning. 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