This video titled, "Black Excellence Awards Banquet: Making the Grade" was held in Alumni Gym on April 24, 2010. This is the second DVD of two DVD"s of this program. The mission of the Black Excellence Awards Banquet is to recognize, celebrate, and affirm the presence of black students at Elon University. The Multicultural Center remains committed to this mission by helping students become active participants in their personal growth and in the achievement of their educational objectives." The 2010, version two video recording of the "Black Excellence Awards Banquet: Making the Grade" program continued with the following: The Presentation of Awards was given by Smith Jackson, Vice President of Student Life; Frances Ward-Johnson, Associate Professor, Communications; Brian O"Shea, Assistant to the Vice President of Student Life; and Jeff Stein, Associate Dean of Student Life. The Charge to the students was given by George Johnson, Dean, Elon School of Law. The Benediction was given by Prudence Layne, Assistant Professor, English. Some names included: Neima Abdulahi, Daniel Baquet, Jermile Batten, Lauren Beckham, Erin Blackwell, Amanda Bodenarain, Yakira Bristol, Cyntra Brown, Brittany Byrd, Brittany Carroll, Devan Carter, Jennifer Celin, Britney Chambers, Whitney Chambers, Brian Chinn, Karolyn Cook, Kellye Coleman, Eugene Daniel III, Brenton Davis, Tiffany Davis, Caroline Denning, Martina Dent, Cheavanese Diedrick, Matthew Dinwiddie, Mykel Dodson, Ryan Elliott, Tracey Evans, Ayan Forstall, Frances Gee, Evan Glover, Brittney Godwin, Christopher Graves, Jasmine Gregory, Chelsea Gund, Gregory Hairston, Brea Hamilton, Theresa Helmer, Kyle Herbert, Shenee Howard, Brenna Humphries, Tavia Hunt, Carmen Isaac, Jasmine Jackson, Ashley Jobe, Christian Jones, Kaya Jones, Raymund Jones, Brandon Kennedy, Devin Kennedy, Marcus Lockamy, Amanda Locke, Raven Manigault, Taylor Martin, Alex Mask, Kristen McDonald, Brandon McGee, Ashley McGraw, Shelby McKay, Andrea McLean, Janelle McNeil, Brandon McRae, Courtney Medley, Maggie Mial, Aisha Mitchell, Jackson Moore, Kelly Muren, Amber Murphy, Riese Narcisse, Keyona Osborne, Keadrick Peters, Dawn Peterson, Jeremy Peterson, Ghenet Pinderhughes, Benjamin Poole, Jasmine Powe, Cedric Pulliam, Raafe-Ahmadd Purnsley, Dionne Richardson, Ashley Robinson, Mary Robinson, Erica Scales, Danica Shipley, Samuel Shoge, Samantha Simunuyu, Tameika Sizoo, Andrew Somers, Andrew Stevenson, Alexa Sykes, Blake Thompson, Tiana Tucker, Devarrick Turner, Brittany Walker, Danaka Walker, Brittany Washington, Collin Watson, David Williams, Jr., Tavianna Williams, Zaccai Williams, Jeffrey Williamson, Asha Wilson, Robert Wohner, Courtney Wynn, Trevor Wynn, Bennett Yancey, and Chelsea Yarborough. The Black Excellence Award Banquet was officially named the Phillips-Perry Black Excellence Awards Banquet in 2006 in honor of Elon’s first black student, Glenda Phillips, and the first black graduate, Eugene Perry. Videos created before 2006 are labeled as "Black Excellence Award Banquet (YEAR)" and videos made after 2005 are labeled "Phillips-Perry Black Excellence Awards Banquet (YEAR)".