2020
ÍøÆسԹÏ’s work with pawpaw featured in the New York Times
ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï was recently featured in a New York Times story about the increasing popularity of pawpaw fruit. The story discusses the increasing attention on pawpaw due to climate change, economic inequity and access to food. The story also notes the pawpaw’s connection with slavery in America. ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï is a licensed propagator of pawpaw cultivars, with distribution to nurseries all over the United S...
ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï confers more than 200 degrees at commencement
More than 200 ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï graduates officially earned their degrees Friday, Oct. 16 during the Spring 2020 Commencement Convocation at Alumni Stadium. Nurses, educators, business professionals, computer scientists, social workers and future leaders of all kinds now go forth from the University, ready for the next level of success. Rev. Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in...
Mister and Miss ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï ascend the throne at historic coronation
Students, faculty, staff, alumni and special guests gathered virtually and on a limited basis in-person for the coronation of the 91st Miss ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï and 27th Mister ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï in Carl H. Smith Auditorium in David H. Bradford Hall Oct. 15.  Yasmine Kimyea Harper, the 91st Miss ÍøÆسԹÏ, said she remembers her tour of the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï campus as a prospective student and the brightn...
ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Spring 2020 Commencement Convocation valedictorian hopes a ceremony brings closure
The spring 2020 graduating class faced a semester like any other, putting the finishing touches of their college career on hold while the world dealt with a pandemic. In the spring, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï President M. Christopher Brown II promised the spring 2020 class an in-person ceremony. On Oct. 16, President Brown delivered with a historic combined Founder’s Day and Commencement Convocation. ÍøÆسԹÏ’s va...