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Texas Southern University Announces 2019 – 2020 Campus Royalty
HOUSTON (May 1, 2019) – Texas Southern University is pleased to announce its Campus Royalty for the 2019-2020 academic school year. Adonis Warren, a junior journalism major from Los Angeles, California will serve as Mister Texas Southern University. Adunola Rachel Olaydoyin Osinuga, a junior speech communication major from Chicago, Illinois, will serve as Miss Texas Southern University.
“Adonis and Rachel are the embodiment of academic excellence and social responsibility, and the growth they will experience throughout this year, as Mister and Miss Texas Southern University, is something they will look back several years from now and be proud of,” said President Austin A. Lane.
Throughout the school year, Mister and Miss Texas Southern will serve as student ambassadors for the university making appearances and hosting programs for TSU students, faculty, staff and community.
“Our Mister and Miss Texas Southern are the face of our university and I am excited to see what they have planned for the upcoming year,” said Wendell King, Royal Court Advisor.
“These students have committed to serving this illustrious institution and I have faith they will go above and beyond the duties required of their positions.”
The first runners-up for the scholarship pageant are Angelica Olunkwa and Joshua Phillips. Sidney Guillory and Ellis-Wolv Salahuddin are the pageant’s second runners-up.
ABOUT TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
Texas Southern University (TSU) honors our designation as a special-purpose institution for urban programming and research. TSU is a comprehensive university providing higher education access to the nation’s underserved communities. TSU’s academic and research programs address critical urban issues, and prepares its diverse student population to become a force for positive change in a global society. TSU offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs and concentrations – bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and professional degrees – organized into 10 colleges and schools on a 150-acre campus nestled in the heart of Houston’s historic Third Ward. The University’s enrollment has a population of more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate-school academic candidates. Texas Southern has been a distinguished educational pioneer since 1927, and the University has become one of the most diverse and respected institutions in Texas. TSU has positioned itself as a proactive leader in educating underserved students and many who are the first in their family to attend college.
