DSU’s Leah Williams Introduces VP Biden at HBCU Conference

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Leah Williams, DSU College of Business graduate student, represented Del State greatly on Sept. 22 at the HBCU Week Conference in Washington, D.C., where she was selected to introduce Vice President

With Vice President Joe Biden to her left, DSU College of Business graduate student Leah Williams introduced him before he spoke at the HBCU Week Conference in Washington D.C. In her introduction, she told the gathering that Vice President Biden "is a very family-oriented and charismatic man, and through all of his accolades has always remembered to build others up along the way, to help them live with purpose, live to inspire and live to elevate others for generations to come."

Joe Biden, who spoke on the last day of the event.

In addition to introducing Vice President Biden, Ms. Williams also shared with the conference gathering her appreciation of DSU with the conference attendees.

“I have had an awesome HBCU experience thanks to my DSU president, Dr. Harry L. Williams; my College of Business dean, Donna Covington; my band director Randolph J. Johnson, and all members of the esteemed Delaware State University family,” said Ms. Williams. “I believe that HBCUs give students the chance to enhance themselves as they find themselves while working toward their dreams.”

Ms. Williams was presented with the prestigious opportunity at the conference as the result of her induction as a 2015-2016 HBCU All-Star Ambassador. The conference – held at the Washington Marriott Hotel – was sponsored by the White House Initiative on HBCUs.

Afterwards, Ms. Williams said she was blown away by the conference.

“The Class of 2015-2016 All-Stars is so inspiring and powerful; I had a wonderful time and left so excited about the future,” Ms. Williams said. “The attorney for the Trayvon Martin case actually spoke to us and told us his story with the message of making sure you make the right choice when no one is looking and when God puts you in the situation to do so.”

Ms. Williams, who in May graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management, was the 2015 recipient of DSU’s Presidential Academic and Leadership Awards. She has chosen to remain at DSU to earn her MBA.

She is also working for SAP, a global technology company, on a new SAP-DSU initiative called Project Propel, to provide HBCU students with opportunities in the corporate sector.