OPERATION DIABETES
Professor Dr. John Okogbaa (standing) and P2 pharmacy major Ryan Francois (seated) take the blood pressure and pulse of one of more than 150 shoppers who stopped by for free health screenings and diabetes information during the College of Pharmacy’s annual "Operation Diabetes" community outreach event at Lakeside Shopping Mall.
photo by Irving Johnson III
NEWS HOUNDS
Xavier Herald newspaper editor-in-chief Jalisa Mathis and staff photographer Mark Clayton proudly display the photo the latter took when both students joined other local, national and international media for a Town Hall meeting held during President Barack Obama’s visit to New Orleans this week.
SKD PILGRIMAGE
Participants in the “In the Footsteps of St. Katharine Drexel” pilgrimage are welcomed to St. Peter Claver Church, one of several New Orleans churches and locations visited by the group where St. Katharine Drexel and her Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (SBS), had an influence and, in some cases, still do.
BUSINESS WEEK AT XAVIER
Michael Bertaut of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Orleans speaks at a panel discussion on the "Business of Health Care" during the annual Business Week at Xavier. Looking on is Dr. Karen DeSalvo of the Tulane University School of Medicine and moderater Dr. Leonard Jack, Jr., of the XU College of Pharmacy.
A WALK WITH THE PRESIDENT
A large contigent of faculty, staff and students join in on the highlight of every campus Wellness Week: the mile-long Walk with the President, headed by Dr. Norman C. Francis.
Winners in the sophomore-class sponsored Halloween Pumpkin Decorating Contest included (front row, from left): Tashianna Munford, Brittani Stewart, Jessica Myers, Terry Lawrence and Lelann Evans. Miss Sophomore Brianna Bell (back row) looks on.
Photo by Irving Johnson III