FIRST-HAND LOOK
Senior VP for Academic Affairs Dr. Loren Blanchard engages three visitors – Edwin Scott, Jerren LeBlanc and mom Cynthia LeBlanc – during the university’s well-attended Explore Xavier Open House. Prospective students should note it’s not too late to APPLY to Xavier and join next August’s incoming freshman class.
photo by Irving Johnson III
AT THE TOP OF THEIR CLASS
Kamaria Beamon of McDonough GA accepts a certificate from Office of Academic Enhancement assistant dean Michelle Carter in recognition of her induction into the Alpha Lambda Delta, the national honor society for first year students. Waiting in the wings is Jolie Bellow of Natchez LA. A total of 92 freshmen – all of whom achieved a 3.5 GPA or better – were inducted at the spring Freshman Honors Ceremony.
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STEPPING UP
Lorraine and Terry Scott, owner/operators of the McDonald’s Restaurant on Carrollton Avenue, are flanked by XU staffers (from left) Dr. Kenneth St. Charles, Joseph Byrd and Dennis Cousin as they present a $10,000 gift to the university during the Xavier-Dillard Classic basketball doubleheader.
Potential student voters take advantage of Student Government Association election campaigning by scooping up sweets being offered by the candidates.
photo by Irving Johnson III
Virginia Pellerin of the Health Center gives some information on cardiovascular disease to students Bryan Cooper and Randie Goff of New Orleans during Wellness Awareness Day on campus.
photo by Irving Johnson III
STUDENT RESEARCH
(from left) Lee Gibbs, a senior biology/pre-med major from Shreveport LA (C.E. Byrd High); Tamorah Hawthorne, a senior biology major from Arlington TX (Mansfield High); and Joseph Gallien, a senior biology/pre-med major from Lake Charles LA (Washington-Marion High) – join pharmacy faculty member Dr. KiTani Parker-Johnson in front of the research poster they presented at the 4th Annual Health Disparities Conference, hosted by the XU College of Pharmacy.
photo by Irving Johnson III
HEALTH DISPARITIES CONFERENCE
(from left) Florida Memorial University President Dr. Henry Lewis III, keynote speaker for the opening session of the 4th Health Disparities Conference, shares a moment with Xavier’s CMHDRE Director and Program Chair Dr. Leonard Jack, College of Pharmacy Dean Dr. Kathleen Kennedy, and Louisiana State Health Officer Dr. Jimmy Guidry. The conference is sponsored by the Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education (CMHDRE) and the XU College of Pharmacy.
photo by Irving Johnson III
PARDON OUR PROGRESS
It doesn't look like much yet, but the evidence of pile-driving tests signals the beginning of the university’s newest construction project – a Convocation Academic Center – which will be located across Washington Avenue from the main campus on a site bounded by Short, Palm and Stroelitz Streets.
photo by Irving Johnson III