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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s work with pawpaw featured in the New York Times

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s work with pawpaw featured in the New York Times

October 28, 2020

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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.  Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ is a licensed propagator of pawpaw cultivars, with distribution to nurseries all over the United S...

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ confers more than 200 degrees at commencement

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ confers more than 200 degrees at commencement

October 16, 2020

More than 200 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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...

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Mister and Miss Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ ascend the throne at historic coronation

Mister and Miss Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ ascend the throne at historic coronation

October 16, 2020

Students, faculty, staff, alumni and special guests gathered virtually and on a limited basis in-person for the coronation of the 91st Miss Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and 27th Mister Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ in Carl H. Smith Auditorium in David H. Bradford Hall  Oct. 15.   Yasmine Kimyea Harper, the 91st Miss Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, said she remembers her tour of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ campus as a prospective student and the brightn...

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Spring 2020 Commencement Convocation valedictorian hopes a ceremony brings closure

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Spring 2020 Commencement Convocation valedictorian hopes a ceremony brings closure

October 16, 2020

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, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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.  Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s va...

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