Southern University awards posthumous degree to student victim of hazing

By: Piper Hutchinson

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: February 27, 2026

Words: 532

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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The Southern University System Board of Supervisors voted Friday to confer posthumous degrees to two students who died last year, including one who died as the result of a fraternity hazing incident.

The degrees will be bestowed upon Caleb Wilson, a former member of Southern’s Human Jukebox who died after being punched in the chest as part of a hazing ritual while pledging the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity in February 2025, and Kavon Barnhill, …

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