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The National WWII Museum’s Boeing Freedom Pavilion provided a dramatic setting for the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Gala.

_{November 5, 2021}

�� Celebrates Alumni Achievement at Distinguished Alumni Gala

After a virtual version last year, the 2021 ��Distinguished Alumni Gala returned to the striking surroundings of the Nation Read more

Alumnus Jericho Brown was awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and earned an MFA in creative writing from �� in 2002.

_{October 28, 2021}

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet and ��Alumnus Jericho Brown to Serve as Fall 2021 Commencement Speaker

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and ��alumnus Jericho Brown will serve as the principal speaker at the University’s fall 2021 undergraduate commencement ceremony. Read more

_{October 19, 2021}

The ��Announces 2021 Distinguished Alumni for Colleges, Athletics

In addition to the Read more

Melonie Johnson, president and chief operating officer of the Borgata Hotel, an Atlantic City casino and spa, earned an accounting degree from the University of New Orleans.

_{October 14, 2021}

Alumna Melonie Johnson Is President and COO of Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City

Melonie Johnson’s love for numbers as a child led her to major in accounting at the University of New Orleans, where she even tutored algebra. Read more

The ��has received a grant from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities to support a university-community partnership.

_{October 14, 2021}

The ��Announces New Effort to Increase Student Success for Adult Learners of Color

Seeking to identify and address barriers facing adult students of color, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition Read more

_{October 13, 2021}

College of Business Administration’s 2021 Marketing Week Will Feature Virtual Presentations from Guest Speakers

The ��College of Business Administration’s 2021 Marketing Week features speakers who will address a variety of topics Read more

New eSports Café opens at the ��with intramural, club and varsity teams on the way.

_{September 29, 2021}

��Launches eSports

The ��has launched eSports programming with the opening of a new on-campus eSports Café Read more

��alumnus Kentrell Martin, a former basketball player for the Privateers, has created a children’s book series that incorporates American Sign Language.

_{September 16, 2021}

Alumnus Kentrell Martin Uses His Children’s Book Series to Introduce American Sign Language

��alumnus Kentrell Martin, a former basketball player for the Privateers, has created a children’s book series that incorporates American Sign Language. Read more

Nancy Biggio, associate vice president for the ��Graduate School, has 20 years of higher education experience and has spent the last decade working in academic affairs.

_{August 11, 2021}

Nancy Biggio is New Associate VP For the Graduate School

Nancy Biggio, the new associate vice president for the ��Graduate School, Read more