ON THE YARD
Never the kind to shy away from celebrities, Xavier students take the opportunity to cozy up to New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin during a joint student/alumni luncheon held on the yard during Homecoming Week.
GALA GIFTS
Edna Paul Coleman '47, steps up to the mike to announce her Class' reunion gift to their alma mater during the annual Homecoming Gala, which drew a sell-out crowd of more than 460 attendees to the University Center Ballroom. Class Agents for the 14 special five-year reunion classes presented the University with gifts totaling $620,693.
ALUMNI REUNION
Members of the Class of 1997 – one of 14 classes celebrating their five and ten-year reuions at this year's homecoming – huddle around their table at the annual Alumni Mixer, held on the University Center terrace.
HAIL MISS XAVIER
Megan Minor, a senior pharmacy major from Baton Rouge, La., is escorted by President Norman Francis after she was officially crowned Miss Xavier 2007-08 at the annual University Ball and Coronation.
XU President Norman Francis congratulates the University & Media Relations staff on winning seven awards for a second straight year at the local Public Relations Society of America awards banquet. (Clockwise from left): Irving Johnson Trina Vincent, Carol Dotson, Richard Tucker, Warren Bell and Francis.
photo by Veronica Farve
University of Alabama graduate school recruiter Patrick Fuller chats with Jamie Ellis, a senior chemistry major from Houma, La. (Terrebonne High), and Phylicia Dupree, a senior biochemistry major from Indianapolis, Ind. (North Central), during the Office of Graduate Placement-sponsored Grad School Fair.
photo by Irving Johnson III
WORK IT!
The University's new fitness facility for students and employees is located in XU South and equipped with weight machines as well as cardio equipment.
photo by Irving Johnson III