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MK Asante ’04 named speaker

Bestselling author, awardwinning filmmaker, recording artist, and distinguished professor MK Asante ’04 will deliver the keynote address for Lafayette’s 190th Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2025, May 24. “It is my honor to welcome distinguished alumnus MK Asante home as our Commencement speaker,” President Hurd says. “He has an extraordinary gift for inspiring others through language, music, and storytelling, and we are eager to have him back on campus to help empower our graduates as they begin an exciting new chapter of their own life stories.”

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