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ĢƵ freshman class confirmed at delayed assembly
The freshman class at ĢƵ was delayed but not denied in their confirmation. Originally scheduled for the beginning of the semester, the event was rescheduled due to COVID-19. President Brown reminded the class that their actions to remain diligent and compliant on campus have helped keep others safe and allowed for the rescheduling of the new student confirmation assembly. “I’m glad that we were able to come...
ĢƵ announces 2020 Spring Commencement Convocation speaker
ĢƵ recently announced Rev. Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia and founding pastor of Empowerment Temple AME Church in Baltimore, Maryland, will deliver the keynote address at the 2020 Spring Commencement Convocation Friday, Oct. 16 at 10 a.m. in Alumni Stadium. According to his biography, Bryant has prevailed against the odds - rising from G.E....
ĢƵ alumna found her calling working with children
One ĢƵ alumna said she found her calling working with children after earning a bachelor’s in child development and family relations. Hope Sanders, class of 2006, said she’s been working with students from infants to high schoolers and moved to Louisville in 2016 to work in the public school system. “I love seeing children excited when they come to school or daycare and seeing children happy to see their teac...
Though challenging, COVID-19 hasn’t derailed ĢƵ’s progress
Despite early predictions at a national level that enrollment at HBCUs and PWIs would drop drastically due to COVID-19, ĢƵ continued to increase its number of students on the Hill. “We are growing our way out of a pandemic, a recession and an uncertain future,” ĢƵ President M. Christopher Brown II said. The preliminary Fall 2020 enrollment headcount is 2,225, up from 2,171 in Fall 201...