Dr. Grant shares her academic journey and the Honors Program at Xavier University, "Xavier Exponential". If you would like to learn more about the program or become a donor please visit their website:  https://www.xula.edu/xavier-exponential. Listen to the full song, Send Up The Praise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-dud-Znglw Picture: Xavier students, faculty, and staff at the Leadership Alliance National Symposium in Hartford, CT (July 2019), (l to r): Dr. Ja'Wanda S. Grant, Barriane Franks, Jessica Anderson, Ms. Shu Peng, Kensley Villavasso, Dr. Ronald Dorris, Leah Bishop, Jordan Wise, Jasmine Malone, Edward Wiggins, Ms. Nancy Hampton. Song: In April 1998, accompanied by gospel musicians recruited from Memphis and assisted by Jackson-based Malaco Records, the choir recorded a live concert in the university’s Education Auditorium. In 1999 Malaco released the concert on a CD, Send Up the Praise, that brought attention from both the gospel world and national media. In 2000 the choir appeared on Black Entertainment Television’s Gospel Explosion, and in 2001 the CD received a Grammy nomination for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album.