XU students release balloons into the air following a Memorial Mass celebrating the life of Akisha Smith, a freshman from the U.S. Virgin Islands, who was killed in a car accident earlier this month.
XU JAZZ FEST
New Orleans jazz legend pianist/educator Ellis Marsalis (second from left) shares a moment with (L-R) professors Dr. Malcolm Breda and Dr. Tim Turner, and senior music major Brandon Voss of Cordova TN (Overton High School) after conducting a Jazz Piano Improvisation/Comping workship during the Music Department's annual Jazz Festival
photo courtesy Music Department
Major Jackson (center), a University of Vermont professor and the poetry editor of the Harvard Review, chats with sophomore speech pathology major Courtney Brooks of Baton Rouge LA (Redemptorist High School) and freshman biology/pre-med major Kearns Louis-Jean of Boston MA (O’Bryant High) following his Springtime at Xavier series presentation.
photo by Irving Johnson III
ON TARGET
Team members – (L-R) Ifeanyi Inor, a P3 student from Nigeria; Tammara Taylor, a P3 student from Universal City TX (Judson High); Elizabeth Barthelemy, a P3 student from Harvey LA; and Liliana Consenza, a P3 student from Terrytown LA (West Jefferson) – presented the winning business plan for the pending FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for Narcotic Analgesics during a Target Corporation contest conducted at the College of Pharmacy's Health and Wellness Center in Harahan LA. The group shared a $4,000 scholarship.
SECOND LINING
Dr. Michael White '76 leads the Liberty Brass Band and hundreds of audience members in a second line during his lively “Buckjump: The Culture of the Second Line" presentation in the University Center.
COASTAL DIG
Members of the XU Tri Beta Biology Honor Society traveled to Fifi Island near Grand Isle LA to participate in a coastal restoration project where they planted more than 1,000 plants to assist in controlling erosion on the important barrier island. Among the participants were: (front row, from lef) Kristal Huggins, Olivia Atalla, Allan Auguillard, LaAisha Elliott and Danielle Foster; (back row) Kordell Hunter, Xavier Readus, Steve Morgan and Freddie Williams. Visit HERE for more details.