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WATERLOO — Cedar Valley Faces of Excellence will honor African-American graduates of the Cedar Valley at its annual Baccalaureate Ceremony at 4 p.m. on Sunday. The ceremony will take place at Antioch Baptist Church at 426 Sumner St.
Tori Austin will moderate the program and focus on faith and excellence. CVFE will present students with certificates of achievement. The organization will also pay tribute to Gloria Kirkland Holmes, a retired professor from the University of Northern Iowa and former CVFE advisor.
Andrea Alert and the Rebel City Dance organization will perform.
The keynote speaker will be Dr. Kristina Cook, a Waterloo native, who is in the final year of her pediatric residency at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines. She will be returning to the Cedar Valley as a pediatrician for UnityPoint Health.
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The college speaker will be NeiAira Burt who received her master of arts degree in clinical mental health counseling from the University of Northen Iowa. She accepted a therapist position at Lifeworks in Ankeny.
The high school speaker will be Dejuan Rambus, a graduate of East High School, who is known for his athletic and academic excellence. He recently completed an internship at John Deere and plans to attend Iowa State University for a degree in engineering.
Protestors in Davenport on Tuesday chanted “search and rescue” during a protest of the planned demolition of the partially collapsed apartment building.
Photos: Memorial Day commemorations across the US
Krista Meinert touches the headstone of her son U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob Alexander Meinert as she visits his grave in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
President Joe Biden speaks at the Memorial Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Joe Biden stands with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as the national anthem is played at the Memorial Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Joe Biden lays a wreath at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Members of the Hinsdale, N.H. Firefighters salute during a small memorial service as part of the annual Hinsdale Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Kristopher Radder /The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jason Bowers, of Fairfax, Va., talks with his daughter Georgia, 7, as they visit Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visits Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
U.S. flags stand at grave sites during a Memorial Day service held at the Veterans’ Memorial Cross at Crystal Springs Cemetery in Benton Harbor, Mich., on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
Kathy Jillson, of Berrien Springs, Mich., walks among graves following a Memorial Day service held at the Veterans’ Memorial Cross at Crystal Springs Cemetery in Benton Harbor, Mich., on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
Vadim Gunyan, of Washington, visits the grave of U.S. Army Sgt. John D. Linde, who he served with, in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
A large American flag is displayed during the Star-Spangled Banner before a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago Cubs on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Members of a Conneaut Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 150 provide a salute during a Conneaut Memorial Day ceremony at City Cemetery in Conneaut, Ohio, on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Warren Dillaway/The Star-Beacon via AP)
Members of the Geneva High School band march in the Geneva Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 29, 2023, in Geneva, Ohio. (Warren Dillaway/The Star-Beacon via AP)
American Legion Color Guard prepare to raise the U.S. flag to half-staff in tribute to the fallen men and women of the U.S. armed forces in Brownsville, Texas, during the 24th Annual Memorial Day Silent March on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP)
People pay tribute to the fallen men and women of the U.S. armed forces in Brownsville, Texas during the 24th Annual Memorial Day Silent March on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP)
People pay tribute to the fallen men and women of the U.S. armed forces in Brownsville, Texas during the 24th Annual Memorial Day Silent March on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP)
People pay tribute at Veterans Park to the fallen men and women of the U.S. armed forces in Brownsville, Texas during the 24th Annual Memorial Day Silent March on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP)
Melody Turiello lays her head against the headstone of her mother, Army veteran Debra Turner during a Memorial Day visit at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, Calif, Monday, May 29, 2023. (Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Carmen Williams visits the grave of her father, Air Force veteran Oscar Williams, on Memorial Day at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, Calif, Monday, May 29, 2023. (Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Gary Black visits the grave of his brother, Air Force veteran Owen Black who passed away on May 29, 2017, at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, Calif, on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023. (Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
The colors are raised and then lowered to half-staff by members of Vietnam Veterans Inc. at the start of La Porte’s Memorial Day service in Fox Park on Monday, May 29, 2023, in La Porte, Ind. Flags were directed to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to noon. (Amanda Haverstick/La Porte County Herald-Dispatch via AP)
Miniature flags are seen placed by graves at the San Francisco National Cemetery during a Memorial Day ceremony, Monday, May 29, 2023. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
The 63D Readiness Division in a rifle salute during a Memorial Day ceremony at the San Francisco National Cemetery, Monday, May 29, 2023. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
The 63D Readiness Division rehearse their rifle salute at the San Francisco National Cemetery ahead of a Memorial Day ceremony, Monday, May 29, 2023. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
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