JOSHUA HARRIS
Hometown: Thomasville, Georgia
Major: Political Science
GPA: 4.0
Honors: Oprah Winfrey Scholar; Credit Suisse
Scholar; member of Phi Beta Kappa and Pi Sigma Pi, national
political science honor society; named to the All-SIAC Academic
Team Tennis Team; winner of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association
Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship and Leadership Award; named James
E. “Pinky” Haines Most Scholarly Athlete Award
in 2008 and 2009.
Career Plans: Joshua accepted a position with
Teach for America where he will teach elementary school children
in the Atlanta Public School System for two years. Joshua then
plans to attend law school and pursue a sports and entertainment
law career.
ANTHONY ROBERTS
Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
Major: Economics
GPA: 4.0
Honors: Member of Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron
Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society, Omicron Delta Epsilon
International Economics Honor Society and Beta Kappa Chi
Science Honor Society; won the E.B. Williams
Award for being the Division of Business Administration and
Economics major with the highest cumulative GPA, and the
Alpha Phi Alpha Award for National College Brother with the
highest GPA; recipient of the Newcomer of the Year Award
in track and field.
Career Plans: Anthony is joining the Atlanta
office of global consulting firm Bain & Company where
he will be an associate consultant.
Salutatorians
MICHAEL BLEVINS
Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
Major: Theater and Economics
GPA: 3.96
Honors: Member of Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron
Delta Epsilon Economics Society, Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership
Society and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars;
won National Mock Trial Outstanding Witness Award; appeared
in several plays in the Atlanta University Center including “Speakeasy,
Black Nativity,” “The Purple Flower” and “The
Unwanted”; written several plays and is currently writing
a screenplay titled “The Candle.”
Career Plans: Michael is moving to Los Angeles
to pursue a career in acting and screenwriting.
BOLAJI JAMES
Hometown: Lagos States, Nigeria and New York
City
Major: Economics
GPA: 3.96
Honors: Member of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron
Delta Epsilon Economics Society; member of the Golden Key
International Honor Society; has been a member of the AUC
Drama Ministry, the Morehouse Business Association’s
Investment Club and tutored other students in mathematics
and economics courses each year he was at Morehouse.
Career Plans: In June, Bolaji begins work
in the Atlanta office of the Colgate-Palmolive Company.
