Talks Jobs. History. And The Real HU. The Obama administration has speaking engagments at several Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) this commencement season. Mrs. Obama spoke Saturday at the University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff. Other administration speaking engagements include Secretary Robert Gates , Department of Defense/Morehouse College; Secretary Arne Duncan , Department of Education/Xavier University; Administrator Charles Bolden , NASA/Huston-Tillotson University; Valerie Jarrett , senior adviser to the president/Morgan State University; Melody Barnes , director, White House Domestic Policy Council,/Virginia Union University; Ambassador Susan Rice , United Nations/Spellman College; John Wilson , executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Wilberforce University, Wiley College and Harris-Stowe State University. An excerpt from President Obama's speech this past weekend on the campus of Hampton Uni...
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