FHU Celebrates 154th Academic Year with Tolling of the Bell, Honors Madu Family
HENDERSON, Tenn., Aug. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- New and returning students filled Freed-Hardeman University's Loyd Auditorium with a joyful energy during the annual Tolling of the Bell ceremony Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. The day not only served to mark the beginning of the 154th academic year, but it also included encouragement, prayers and the chance to hear from FHU alumnus Luke T. Guard, who issued the annual challenge to the student body. Alumni Chikezie Madu and Eno Pamela Mkpong-Madu served as the masters of the bell; they rang FHU's historic bell 15 times, once for each decade of higher education in Henderson, Tennessee.
- How beautiful it is, and none of us can truly fathom all that He has done from beginning to end.
- Shannon also said that Elechi represented a third generation of Freed-Hardeman students in her family.
- Elechi excelled academically, securing scholarships from Pepperdine University, the University of Alabama and others, including the college she chose, FHU.
- Pamela earned her bachelor's in 1996 from FHU, and the couple both earned their masters in 2004 from FHU.