NSU Fall Convocation to be Held Sept. 6

 

Norfolk, Va.—Shontre Outlaw, an NSU senior with a double major in elementary education and psychology, will deliver the keynote address at NSU’s Fall Convocation at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6 at the L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center.  Free and open to the public, convocation is designed to formally welcome and induct new students into the university family.

 A native of Norfolk, Outlaw is the third child of Diane Outlaw.  He is a product of the Norfolk Public Schools system and a proud graduate of the Class of 2003 at Booker T. Washington High School.  

While attending NSU, Outlaw has been recognized as a Dean’s List and honor student each semester.  He was selected as a 2007 Teacher of Promise recipient by the Virginia Department of Education, which is given to the most promising teachers throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.  He is currently serving in his second term as the president of the NSU Student Virginia Education Association.  He helped to plan a Future Educators Association chapter at P.B. Young, Sr. Elementary School in Norfolk.  He also assisted in creating a partnership between NSU/SVEA and Richard Bowling Elementary in which NSU teacher education candidates tutor and mentor elementary students.  Additionally, he was inducted into the 2007 NSU/SVEA Hall of Fame for his work in the public school system.

Other activities include serving as an assistant football coach for the junior varsity team at Booker T. Washington and an officer of elections for the City of Norfolk; and participating in the NSU NAACP. 

A member of Mount Lebanon Baptist Church in Norfolk, Outlaw believes “educating and uplifting the community in which he lives needs the proactive participation of all stakeholders.” His goal is to help students realize that education can and will break down any barriers they may encounter.