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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...
Please Call Me Mister findings published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Behavior
Findings from the Please Call Me Mister project at ĢƵ were recently published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Behavior. Dr. Herman E. Walston, professor of child development and family relations, and Ashlie Smoot-Baker, interim program director, and Kennedy J. Hannah, mentor coordinator, were credited authors for the article entitled “The Impact of a Male Mentoring Program on Academic Achievement in C...
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...
ĢƵ esports program featured in the Washington Post
ĢƵ was recently featured in the Washington Post for its inclusion as a charter member of the Black Collegiate Gaming Association and for its video game development curriculum. ĢƵ assistant professor Dr. Jens Hannemann was also quoted in the story, which explores the trend of HBCUs including esports on their campuses. Click here to read the full story.