Emmanuel Agyemang-Dua was honored at Commencement for the Class of 2022 with the David Gergen Award for Leadership & Professionalism in recognition of an unwavering commitment to serving his colleagues, his law school, and the community.
A new Elon Law graduate who served over the past two-and-a-half years in a variety of leadership roles that allowed him to mentor and encourage classmates has received the law school’s highest honor bestowed on a member of each graduating class.
Emmanuel Agyemang-Dua accepted the David Gergen Award for Leadership & Professionalism during Commencement on December 9 for Elon University School of Law’s Class of 2022.
Elon Law students are nominated for the award by their peers, professors, or staff. Honorees are selected by a faculty and staff committee based on law school activities that represent the twin principles of leadership and professionalism.
The award is named in honor of David Gergen, a former adviser to four United States presidents and founding director of the Center for Public Leadership and at the Harvard Kennedy School. Gergen is one of the country’s preeminent political commentators and has chaired Elon Law’s Board of Advisors since the law school opened.
“I had two thoughts as I sat in the front row with my graduating class: whether my family made it into the Alumni Gym on time as I would be the second person to receive my degree on stage, and that I hope the person I had nominated gets picked because I thought I...
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