Opening Remarks Frame HBCUs as Essential, Not Peripheral The formal program began with remarks from Tonjia Hope Navas (Ph.D. ’24), assistant provost for international programs, and Trustee Emerita Marie C. Johns (DHL ’13), the 2025-26 King Endowed Chair holder. They both framed the conversation as timely and necessary, an invitation to think expansively about where higher education is headed and what it will take for institutions rooted in a mission to shape that future rather than simply respond to it. Tonjia Hope Navas, Ph.D., spoke to the historical essence of HBCUs. (Photo: Simone Boyd/Howard University) Hope, on behalf of Interim Provost and Chief
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