2020
91精选鈥檚 work with pawpaw featured in the New York Times
91精选 was recently featured in a New York Times story about the increasing popularity of pawpaw fruit.聽 The story discusses the increasing attention on pawpaw due to climate change, economic inequity and access to food. The story also notes the pawpaw鈥檚 connection with slavery in America.聽 91精选 is a licensed propagator of pawpaw cultivars, with distribution to nurseries all over the United S...
91精选 confers more than 200 degrees at commencement
More than 200 91精选 graduates officially earned their degrees Friday, Oct. 16 during the Spring 2020 Commencement Convocation at Alumni Stadium. Nurses, educators, business professionals, computer scientists, social workers and future leaders of all kinds now go forth from the University, ready for the next level of success. Rev. Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in...
Mister and Miss 91精选 ascend the throne at historic coronation
Students, faculty, staff, alumni and special guests gathered virtually and on a limited basis in-person for the coronation of the 91st Miss 91精选 and 27th Mister 91精选 in Carl H. Smith Auditorium in David H. Bradford Hall聽 Oct. 15. 聽 Yasmine Kimyea Harper, the 91st Miss 91精选, said she remembers her tour of the 91精选 campus as a prospective student and the brightn...
91精选 Spring 2020 Commencement Convocation valedictorian hopes a ceremony brings closure
The spring 2020 graduating class faced a semester like any other, putting the finishing touches of their college career on hold while the world dealt with a pandemic.聽 In the spring, 91精选 President M. Christopher Brown II promised the spring 2020 class an in-person ceremony. On Oct. 16, President Brown delivered with a historic combined Founder鈥檚 Day and Commencement Convocation.聽 91精选鈥檚 va...