These outstanding undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students span academic disciplines and are united by their shared passion for exceptional achievement.

Please contact Catherine Shaw, assistant director, special events if you have any questions about the Honors Day event.

Event program

1:30 p.m.
Seating begins in the Rialto Theater

2:00 p.m.
Event start

2:10 p.m.
Keynote address: Mary Stokes, Managing Director, Market Institutional Investment Executive at Bank of America, and GSU Foundation Board Member

2:30 p.m.
Student processional begins

3:00 p.m.
Closing Reception

Mary Stokes, a 25-year financial services industry veteran, is a Managing Director and Market Investment Executive of institutional investments at Bank of America Private Bank in Atlanta.

Mary is responsible for the delivery of investment management services to clients of Bank of America Private Bank and Bank of America Retirement Solutions. Other duties include coaching and developing portfolio managers within the region, working with regional colleagues to grow the business, as well as compliance and risk management oversight. Prior to joining Bank of America, she served as a senior consultant for Mercer Investment Consulting and Capital Resource Advisors. She began her career in the banking industry as a capital markets expert with the Comptroller of the Currency.

Mary was named Top 100 Black Women of Influence in 2017 by the Atlanta Business League. She has a passion for childhood education and serves as an Atlanta advisory board member for the Posse Foundation and foundation board member for Georgia State University. She is also actively involved in A Better Chance.