More than 100 campus and community members gathered for the 24th-Annual Martin Luther King Jr. campus and community celebration at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh campus on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 21.
Keeping the Dream Alive: America’s Promise was keynote speaker Dr. Elfred Anthony Pinkard’s topic of discussion at the event.
The event also included the 2018 Black Heritage Stamp tribute and the naming of the Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest winners from local schools.
Several other awards were given at the event:
- Oshkosh Mayor Steve Cummings was presented with the Community Service Award for demonstrating a spirit of volunteerism and citizenship that characterized King Jr.’s life;
- Provost John Koker was awarded the MLK Drum Major Service Award, which recognizes an individual who has demonstrated service and leadership in promoting human dignity and achieving racial equality and harmony among the Oshkosh campus and community; and
- UW Oshkosh student Franklyn C. Iwuji was awarded the African American Student Leadership Award, which is given to a full-time African American undergraduate student of junior status who demonstrates leadership in campus activities that benefit African American students and the campus community.