The Office of Multicultural Student Programs and Services will honor the accomplishments of graduating seniors at the 4th Annual Nia Rite of Passage Celebration on May 8, 2014.

The event takes place at 7 p.m. in the Stern Student Center Ballroom.

Nia, the Swahili term for purpose, means “to make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.”

RELATED: Watch a video of a past Nia Rite of Passage Celebration.