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COMMENCEMENT 2018No. 91 is in the Books

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Summer 2018

Dear Xavier Alumni and Friends,

I am pleased to present to you the latest issue of Xavier Gold magazine.

I am inspired by our identity, unique as the only black, Catholic institution within all higher education in America. Our rich heritage as historically black and our Catholic mission to promote a just and humane society, these define our history and our future.

I remain committed to sustaining our founding mission and honoring our African American tradition and Catholic values, to maintaining academic rigor, standards of excellence and outcomes, and to promoting an inclusive Xavier community that offers a safe and assuring learning environment for all its members.

Xavier has had many successes during the past year with the forgiveness of the disaster loan, maintaining our status as the #1 producer of African American doctors, receiving national recognition on PBS, and ranking as the #2 HBCU in America.

We have been expanding our academic breadth with the addition of graduate and undergraduate programs. We are expanding into interdisciplinary fields of study such as Bioethics and Neuroscience. And, we have instituted exciting changes updating the core curriculum.

We have not made these changes lightly. Rather, they are the result of much thoughtful reflection and study by faculty and the academic leadership, and are being implemented presently to assure that Xavier graduates continue to be prepared for the ever-evolving demands of society and of the career marketplace.

As you would expect, today’s Xavier students continue to achieve and succeed beyond all expectations, and we are pleased to be able to share with you herein a few highlights from the past year.

This issue also features a few of our illustrious alumni: three young physicians who are determined to forever change the concept of the black male, a young professor who like many before her has returned home to educate the next generation, and, last but evidently not least, a resourceful 100-year-old gentleman who remains an example of the Xavierite to us all.

As always, Xavier Gold notes the annual Honor Roll of Donors, a comprehensive list of those who made financial contributions to the University during calendar year 2017, and a recap of the successful Give. Love. Xavier Day campaign. We know well that the support and generosity of each and every donor is vital to our mission to educate deserving students, and we are immensely grateful to each and every one of you who give. Our students are grateful.

The state of Xavier University of Louisiana today is well. Its purpose is clear. Our work is really never complete; but with your continuing and unwavering support, commitment, and prayers, this University will remain a source of pride to its alumni and continue to be a beacon to all those in search of an education in service to humanity.

Sincerely,

Reynold Verret President

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n Xavier is still first among the nation’s colleges and universities in the number of African American graduates who go on to complete medical school, according to data obtained through the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The special report, “Top Undergraduate Institutions Supplying Black or African American Medical School Graduates,” covers the period from 2011-2017, during which time Xavier had 180 of its graduates earn their medical degrees while the second-place school had 150.

n The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) announced that Xavier was one of 43 providers from 22 states and the District of Columbia awarded accreditation for their educator preparation programs. The fall 2017 review by the CAEP Accreditation Council increased to 101 the total number of providers approved under the CAEP teacher preparation standards – rigorous, nationally recognized standards that were developed to ensure excellence in educator preparation programs.

n The 2018 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges once again selected Xavier among its “Best Buy Schools” for academics and affordability. The publication designated 38 institutions in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom – 20 public and 18 private – as “Best Buys.” Xavier, which has been awarded “Best Buy” status six consecutive years, was the only university in Louisiana and the only HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) to make the 2018 list.

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University Highlights

Representatives from XULA and the five other partners in a new collaborative initiative to recruit, prepare, and develop new teachers for the New Orleans area looked on attentively as President Dr. Reynold Verret addressed the media during a press conference announcing the nearly $13 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

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n Xavier and the University of California-San Diego (UCSD) entered into a three-year program designed to provide exceptional undergraduate students opportunities for summer research in the biological sciences. Under the new UCSD/XULA Graduate Pathways Partnership, up to six Xavier students will be selected to participate in the UCSD’s prestigious STARS program each year, an intensive eight-week academy modeled on graduate school life.

n A special report by U. S. News shows that alumni giving to Xavier ranks ninth best among the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The report, “Historically Black Colleges Where Alumni Donate the Most”, ranked 46 HBCUs. The report shows that the proportion of HBCU alumni who donate to their alma maters varies widely across schools. While the average is 11.2 percent, at the 10 HBCUs where alumni contributed the most during that two-year span, the average is significantly higher: 26.4 percent. Topping the list was Claflin University with a giving rate of 47.7 percent, followed by Spelman College (39.3 percent) and Bennett College (35 percent). Xavier came in at ninth with an average percentage rate of 16.7 percent.

n This past year students at Xavier had several new options to consider when choosing their preferred courses of study. Heading the list of additions to the College of Arts and Sciences was an undergraduate major in Neuroscience, as well as a minor in the area of Cognitive Neuroscience. Xavier also added another choice of concentration for its undergraduate major in Sociology, this one focused on Crime and Social Justice. A minor in Bioethics rounded out the new augmentations to the curriculum. [And there’s more... See feature in this issue.]

n College Consensus, a unique college ratings website that aggregates publisher rankings and student reviews, ranks Xavier University of Louisiana as the nation’s #2 HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) in its newly released publication, Best HBCUs for 2018.

n Xavier was singled out as one of the nation’s 382 best institutions for undergraduate education by The Princeton Review in the 2018 edition of its annual “The Best 382 Colleges.”

n XULA was ranked as the best value among southern regional colleges and universities in the 2018 edition of “Best Colleges” by the U.S. News Media Group. In what is a new category for the publication, “Great Schools, Great Prices”, the guide made a determination of what colleges and universities offered the best value for the money as based on each school’s academic quality and its net cost of attendance for students who received the average level of need-based financial aid. Xavier was ranked No.1 in its grouping, heading the list of only 15 schools that qualified for the Southern Region.

n College Factual, a leading source of data analytics and insights on college outcomes, ranked Xavier as the best school in Louisiana for military veterans studying chemistry in its 2018 review.

n Xavier received other kudos in 2017-18: Psychology Program Named #1 in Louisiana (Zippia.com); Xavier ranked #11 among the 50 Best Value Historically Black Graduate Schools in the U.S. (Best Value Schools); Xavier ranked #2 among the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Niche.com); and Xavier ranked No. 4 among the 50 Best Black Colleges and Universities (College Choice.net).

Current Events, News and O ther Happenings at Xavier

First-year College of Pharmacy students (P1s) signed their professional oaths at the conclusion of the 16th annual White Coat Ceremony, during which the neophyte students receive their first professional uniform symbolizing ethical practice and signifying the beginning of their professional pharmacy education.

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n Xavier’s Division of Education and Counseling has the lead role in a U.S. Department of Education-funded initiative designed to recruit, prepare, and develop nearly 900 highly-effective, culturally competent teachers from diverse backgrounds for New Orleans by 2020. The federal agency is funding the ambitious project – which establishes a unique and innovative partnership of teacher training programs among three colleges and four New Orleans education non-profits – to tune of nearly $13 million.

n Xavier earned designation as a 2018-19 Military Friendly® School from Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs®, STEM Jobs, and Military Spouse. First published in 2009, Military Friendly® Schools is the most comprehensive, powerful resource for veterans today. Each year, the list of Military Friendly® Schools is provided to service members and their families, helping them select the best college, university, or trade school to receive the education and training needed to pursue a civilian career.

n Xavier was one of only 90 colleges and universities nationwide profiled in the Kaplan Educational Foundation’s publication, Your 2018 Guide to College Transfer, a resource guide to the college transfer

process for community college and high school students. The highlighted schools are deemed “transfer friendly.”

n The New Orleans Black Chorale and the Xavier University Chorus received a nomination for “Best Classical Music Performance” by Gambit Weekly/Big Easy Entertainment for their performance of ”Old American Songs & Spirituals” with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. Winners will be announced at the 24th Annual Tribute to the Classical Arts, which benefits the Foundation for Entertainment Development and Education.


Xavier students gathered in front of the University Center to show support for the National Student Walkout protesting Congressional inaction against gun violence.

Outgoing New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and XULA President Reynold Verret were center-stage at the ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opening the long-awaited covered pedestrian bridge spanning Washington Avenue and the canal.

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Student Highlights

n The Division of Business’ Team Xavier took first place in the PC Services Innovation trace in HP’s HBCU Business Challenge. The team – Janelle Jones, a junior accounting major from Gonzales LA; Alaina McClue, a junior accounting major from LaPlace LA; Cydney Stevenson, a junior accounting major from Fulshear TX; and Aaliyah Young, a junior accounting major from Birmingham AL (Shades Valley High) – created a Device as a Service (DaaS) solution for the education vertical market, including new features that would bring more customizable technology to classrooms for teachers and students alike.

n Eman Al-Bassisi, a P4 pharmacy student from Gretna LA, was one of only 13 graduate students selected to the 2017-18 class of Fellows for the New Orleans chapter of The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. The Fellows will spend the next year learning to effectively address the social factors that impact health and developing lifelong leadership skills.

n Four then-incoming freshman – Altonnesha Darby of Gonzales LA, Brooke Jones of St. Louis MO, Tshiama Muamba of St. Louis MO, and Soinkne Morant of Killeen TX – were among 100 top-performing high school seniors named Fund II Foundation UNCF STEM scholars. They each received a total award package of up to $25,000 that includes scholarships and a stipend for STEM internships over five years.

n Allana Barefield, a junior mass communications major from Lynn MA, knocked it out of the park moderating a panel discussion during the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention in New Orleans. She was the only student journalist to moderate a major panel discussion during the event. Last summer she interned at both The New York Times and The Boston Globe.

n Kobi Jones, a junior engineering major from Bowie MD, spent last summer at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton VA, where he conducted research on sulfur/graphene hybrid cathodes for potential use in lithium-sulfur batteries, a possible successor to current lithium-ion batteries.

n Brandon Mercadel, a English/English Education major from New Orleans, was featured in a Herchinger Report (later picked up by NOLA.com) article, “A New Orleans Summer Teaching Fellowship is Wooing Young Black Teachers — But Is It Enough?”

n Savannah Samuels, a senior chemistry/premed major from Zachary LA, was featured in a Baton Rouge Advocate article, “Unusual Path Leads Zachary High Grad to Liver Cancer Breakthrough.”

n Ericka Scott, a junior biology/premed major from Florissant MO, participated in a summer research program at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN, where she presented her findings, “Comparing Muscle Fiber Atrophy and Reduced Specific Force.”

n Brianna Warren, a senior public health major from South Bend IN, was voted “Class MVP” for the 2017 pharmaceutical sales intern class with Eli Lilly & Co. She spent last summer working for Lilly in the New Orleans and Mississippi region.

n Darryl Brown, a junior political science major from Burtonsville MD, was awarded an Ortique scholarship by the Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society at the organization’s annual Scholarship Jazz Brunch.

Division of Business students – Amanda Perry, Justyce Riggs, and Janella Jones – were all smiles after receiving their new jackets and collectively pledging to uphold the Division’s Code of Conduct during the 6th annual Blazer Ceremony.

Lauren Thornton, a junior biology major Arlington TX, was one of only two college students from Louisiana and 211 nationwide to be named a 2018 Goldwater Scholar by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. She plans on pursuing a Ph.D. in neuroscience or molecular biology.

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n Bryan Redmond, a senior psychology/premed major from Memphis TN, served as a member of the White House Initiative on HBCU’s All-Star team. He was one of 62 college students selected for the program based on “their dedication to academics, leadership, and civic engagement.”

n Camren Sewell, a freshman biomedical engineering major from Cincinnati OH, broke the Xavier school men’s cross country record for 6,000 meters with a time of 20 minutes, 8.1 seconds at the annual LSU Invitational. The previous record was 21:08.

n Four juniors – Nicholas Hall, a biology/premed major from Shreveport LA; Rachel Hitchens, a biology/premed major from Zachary LA; Ericka Scott, a biology/premed major from Florissant MO; and Brittany Strauss, a psychology/premed major from Houston TX – were granted conditional acceptance into University of Rochester School of Medicine, via the Early Assurance Program, for entry in 2019. Students accepted through Rochester’s program are not required to take the MCAT.

n Two student-athletes – Charlene Goreau, a sophomore business major from Toulouse, Francie; and Catalin Fifea, a junior sociology major from Bucharest, Romania – won women’s and men’s singles titles, respectively, for Xavier at the HBCU National Tennis Championships, held in College Park GA. Both were returning NAIA All-Americans.

n Nicholas Davison, a senior art major from Grand Bay AL, and the editor of the Xavier Herald newspaper, was named a finalist in the College Media Association Display Ad Pinnacle category at the 2017 Associated College Oress/CMA national collegiate convention.

n Ammiel Williams, a senior political science major from Los Angeles CA, was awarded a Rangel Fellowship, a graduate program that aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State. The fellowship provides 22k in scholarship funds for graduate school, grants an internship this summer on Capitol Hill and the following summer in a foreign embassy, ultimately ending in employment in the state department as a Foreign Service officer.

n Michael Williams, a sophomore dual degree chemical engineering major from Richmond TX, represented Xavier at the 5th annual HBCU Innovation Summit happening in Silicon Valley hosted by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF).

Members of the Xavier chapter of Catholic Relief Services – (L-R) Sarah Bertrand, Denise Ssettimba, Taylor Perry-Crawford, Fr. Etido Jerome, Bryan Redmond, Ja’Che Malone, and Brianna Scott – traveled to Washington DC to join other Catholic organizations to lobby Congress about social issues on Advocacy Day.

Xavier vocal music major Kristina Hicks (second from left) is seen with acclaimed Jazz artist Terrence Blanchard after her solo performance at the National Forum of the Glimmerglass Festival entitled Breaking Glass: Hyperlinking Opera and Issues, which was streamed live from the Music Building Recital Hall.

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n Two students – Yeisha Montalvo, a junior political science major from Bluffton SC, and Olivia Vega, a junior art major from Queens NY, made a presentation, “The Next Generation, A Unique Perspective on Creole,” at the Louisiana Creole Research Association’s 13th annual conference.

n Janelle Jones, a junior accounting major from Baton Rouge LA, accepted a PwC IFS (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and subsidiaries - Internal Firm Services) Start Internship in Dallas TX. The program is designed to introduce PwC to high-performing students from traditionally underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups within the professional services industry.

n Jorian Reeves, a sophomore chemistry/pre-pharmacy major from Chicago IL, was one of 10 students nationwide selected for the Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship (FDGF) Program, a four-week summer study abroad program designed to enhance their leadership and intercultural skills in Cape Town, South Africa. FDGF covers all program fees and travel costs for the Fellows, who were nominated by their respective college presidents and selected from a large pool of applicants in a national competition.

n BUILD scholar Simone White, a senior public health science major from Hot Springs AR, participated in the American Public Health Association Conference in Atlanta GA.

n A Division of Business team of junior accounting majors – Janelle Jones from Baton Rouge, Alaina McClue of LaPlace LA, Cydney Stevenson of Fulshear TX, and Aaliyah Young of Birmingham AL – were the Grand Prize winners of the inaugural HP HBCU Case Competition. The competition required student teams to propose and present an innovative business idea to senior HP staff from across the nation. For their efforts, the students received HP laptops, a tour of three HP locations, and an internship opportunity with HP.

n Three Xavier students – Sarah Bertrand, a junior biology/premed major from Baton Rouge LA; Maya Bragg, a junior biology/premed major from Peoria IL; and LaMiah Hall, a junior biology/premed major from Decatur AL – were all granted conditional acceptance into Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College for entry in Fall 2019 via the Early Assurance Program (EAP). The special program allows eligible students to apply for early acceptance at the end of sophomore year at Xavier.

n Four students – Shanzay Chaudhry, a junior biology/premed major and MARC scholar from Kenner LA; Victoria George, a senior biology/premed major and BUILD scholar from Cordova TN; Alanna Humphrey, a neuroscience major from Plymouth MN; and Ja’Niece Walker, a senior biology major and BUILD scholar from Spring Lake NC – received awards for their poster and oral presentations at the 2017 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in Phoenix AZ. In all, 33 XULA students presented at the conference.

n Tiara Bradley, a sophomore psychology/premed major from Chicago IL, was accepted into the Wellman-HST Summer Institute for Biomedical Optics at Harvard University.

XULA administrators showed off the University’s new ADA compliant shuttle van.

Team Xavier celebrated scoring 11 trophies – including one for first place in interviewing and 4th overall in the team sweepstakes – at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) National Speech and Debate Tournament.

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n Cory Gettridge, a senior chemistry major from New Orleans, placed third with his research poster presentation, “The Synthesis of New Novel CK1 Inhibitors as Potential Therapeutics for Alzheimer’s Disease,” at the Louisiana Biomedical Research Network Annual Meeting in Shreveport LA.

n Ilia King, a junior sociology major (health, medicine and society concentration) from Jonesboro GA, was awarded a fellowship for Western Washington University’s National Science Foundation-funded “Research Experiences for Undergraduate Program”, a summer research project investigating reproductive health in Rwanda. This past year she studied abroad at London Southbank University under Xavier’s exchange program.

n Kylar Wiltz, a senior biology/premed major from Breaux Bridge LA, was introduced and honored by the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) New Orleans Pelicans during a home game for his outstanding impact and service to the New Orleans community. It was part of their celebration of Black History Month.

n Team Xavier scored 11 trophies – including one for first place in interviewing and 4th overall in the team sweepstakes – at the HBCU National Speech and Debate Tournament. Alana Humphrey, a senior neuroscience major from Plymouth MA, was the top individual performer for Xavier, taking 1st place in interviewing and scoring in singles debate (semifinalist/#3 best speaker).

n Corinne Williams, a senior history major from New Orleans, was selected for a highly competitive, ten-week communications internship in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Rural Health in Washington DC.

n Sarah Bertrand, a biology/premed major from Port Allen LA, was recipient of the Franciscan Mission Service’s 2018 San Damiano Award, which recognizes college juniors and seniors who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to service in their universities and communities.

n Victoria George, a senior biology/premed major from Memphis TN, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study and conduct research in West Africa’s Ivory Coast.

n Timothy Ambrose, a senior political science major from New Orleans, was selected to attend the Clinton Global Initiative University at the University of Chicago this fall. XG

Shalani Taylor, a senior public health sciences major from Sparks NV, smiled radiantly after being officially crowned Miss Xavier University of Louisiana 2017-18 by XULA President Dr. Reynold Verret during the annual Coronation Ball. Looking on approvingly was Mr. Xavier 2017-18 Hassan Owens, a senior biology/premed major from St. Louis MO.

Xavier’s women’s team repeated as the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Track and Field champions, winning six events on day two and scoring a meet-record 258 points.

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Educational theories, like pendulums, tend to swing back and forth in time as administrators and teachers struggle with the problems of educating each new generation. But some fundamentals never change—or do they?

Since its founding, Xavier University of Louisiana has prided itself on its commitment to the liberal arts, requiring all of its students, regardless of major, to take a prescribed set of courses that were deemed fundamental to a Catholic liberal arts education. Current students and thousands of alumni will recognize this as the Core Curriculum.

The Core in its current form, as rolled out in 1980, was designed to ensure that students in majors as diverse as

business and history, or music and the sciences, would all have the same basic preparation. The expectation was that students, exposed to a wide variety of disciplines, would develop a wide range of intellectual capacities that would enable them to flourish throughout their lives – and to

make a difference in the lives of others.

And while the number of required hours expanded from 56 to 60 and a

few of the specific courses themselves were added or dropped since that most recent tweaking of the core, for the past 37+ years all Xavier students needed to meet those basic requirements to graduate.

That’s all about to see a significant change.

This fall semester will see the implementation of a new Core, the end result of years of study and planning by a dedicated faculty committee. This year’s new freshman class, e.g. the Class of 2022, will be the first students to follow the new standards, although upperclassmen will have the option to adopt them or remain under the Core their class came in with.

Although the most obvious feature of the new Core is that it reduces the mandated workload from 60 to 40 hours, the change goes far beyond simply requiring or not requiring, say, another math course. It fundamentally changes the essence of what the Core is supposed to do by modifying the types of courses that qualify as core requirements, increasing the flexibility for students to choose between different requirements, and introducing

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several new courses to satisfy certain criteria.

The streamlined core will also give students greater opportunity and ownership of their education and open up the possibility to pursue majors, minors, concentrations, certificates, or classes both within and outside of their chosen degree path that are interesting and innovative.

Fundamentally the new Core embodies a series of “learning outcomes” which were approved by the University Academic Assembly more than two years ago. These desired outcomes are to ensure that all Xavier graduates will be able to communicate effectively through writing and speaking, be able to use quantitative, empirical, and critical reasoning skills to solve problems, be able to incorporate diverse cultural perspectives in their analysis of uses and to recognize the interconnectivity of human experience, be able to demonstrate a science-based understanding of the natural world, be able to interpret and evaluate diverse forms of human expression, and be able to apply socially responsible and ethical principles to promote equity and sustainability in ways that align with Xavier’s mission.

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Xavier’s Performance Studies Laboratory (PSL) program certainly isn’t new and you can’t a degree in it, but it is rather

powerful and unique … and it’s about to get even better.

The PSL is a humanities-based interdisciplinary academic program which views performance as an object to be studied, a creative method of scholarly inquiry and representation, and a tool for community engagement. Working in an interdisciplinary context, the laboratory uses a performance-based lens for experiential learning and research that culminates with sharing creative work with public audiences.

The PSL offers wide-ranging learning and research opportunities for students such as undergraduate courses, research-based performance projects, practice-based workshops, and performance festivals involving multiple levels of community engagement and outreach. On average each year, the lab engages approximately 150 undergraduates in learning and research activities and reaches audiences of 500, including community members.

Xavier’s PSL is the only performance studies program in the nation at a HBCU.

Recently the program was awarded a $196,854 Louisiana Board of Regents Targeted Enhancement grant to support the creation of a PSL “mobile laboratory.”

Dr. Ross Louis, a professor of communication studies and the principal investigator for the grant, said the funding will enable the PSL to create a “mobile laboratory” with a full range of stage, light, sound, and video design equipment which can be organized into smaller, transportable units for use in individual courses and workshops and combined for large-scale performance research presented to campus and public audiences. In particular, the robust collection of easily transportable materials will allow the PSL to expand its collaborative humanities-based laboratory to include more students from various disciplines.

“We are grateful to the Board of Regents for fully funding this initiative,” said Louis. “The mobile laboratory will dramatically expand the technical capacities of performance-based courses offered in various academic departments, while strengthening faculty and student research, interdisciplinary collaborations, and community partnerships.”

A scene from “Here Is Where You Turn Back”, a PSL staged adaption of literary texts inspired by early twentieth century New Orleans writers.

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Dr. Richard Peters, an associate professor in the Division of Business and the Faculty Director of the Core Curriculum said the new curriculum, which has been designed to reach those goals, was crafted to be a unique blend of the University past with its present and future. It will integrate the rich legacy and tradition of Xavier’s identity as a historically Black and Catholic institution with its status a premier institution for contemporary liberal arts education.

He said the courses within the new 40 credit hour curriculum will challenge students to think critically and innovatively about their world, regions, communities, and themselves. Ideally, they will evolve and progress from the early foundational courses that will stress development of skills related to written/verbal communication, quantitative reasoning, and critical thinking, on to exploratory courses

that will individually and collectively promote disciplinary and interdisciplinary inquiry. The final stage of the Core is intellectual development that will empower students to engage holistically with complex issues on a global and societal stage.

Specifically, the core has three tiers, each building upon the other. Each tier consists of some existing courses, some existing courses modified to incorporate the Core tenets, and some new courses specifically designed to meet Core objectives.

The first of these, Foundations at Xavier (13 hours), introduces students to college-level written and spoken

rhetoric, quantitative reasoning, and critical thinking and writing skills necessary for success in school and in life through selective courses in English, Math, and specifically-designed courses in the college experience and XCOR-level courses.

The second tier, Explorations in the Liberal Arts (21 hours), delves into such diverse subjects as African American Heritage & Legacies, Faith and Society, Scientific Reasoning, The Human Past, Human Behavior, and Examined Life and Creative Expression and Engagement.

The final segment, Engagements: (6 hours), focuses on engaging the Xavier mission and other important global issues.

Most significantly, all aspects of the new Core Curriculum are guided intimately by the University mission such that students are developed to be life-long learners and global leaders who actively contribute to a more just and humane society for all. XG

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Xavier Expands Its Academic Offerings

The new Core Curriculum is the not the only area where changes have occurred, as Xavier has made a conscious effort to expand the University’s academic offerings. In just the past year the College of Arts and Sciences has added five new undergraduate programs, one additional master’s program, three minors, and a specialized certificate program.

Those new undergraduate degree programs include the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Bioinformatics, the B.S. in Data Science, the B.S. in Neuroscience, the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology with a concentration in Crime and Social Justice, and the B.A. in Music degree with a concentration in Jazz Studies, while those seeking an advanced degree need look no further than the new Master of Public Health (M.P.H) in Health Equity.

Here’s a complete look at what’s new:

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMSBioinformaticsThe Bioinformatics program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills relevant to the broad field of Bioinformatics, including understanding complex biological systems and their quantitative data; processing, storing, analyzing, and modeling of many types of biological data; and effectively communicating research findings.

The major will provide students with the scientific foundation for learning, discovery, engagement, and innovation. These opportunities will support a well-rounded understanding of the principles and theories of the computing and biological sciences so that students are willing and able to have leadership roles in their careers or as they enter graduate school.

The program’s interdisciplinary curriculum will provide students with content knowledge across the field. Graduates of the program will acquire the qualifications needed to pursue careers in industry, government, and academia as bioinformatics professionals, or pursue further studies towards obtaining advanced degrees or other STEM related degrees.

Data Science

The Data Science program will allow students to gain understanding and skills relevant to the broad field of Data Science, including information technology principles, concepts, practices, system and database software, learning from data, and analytical thinking.

Drawing most heavily on the offerings of the Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, the program’s interdisciplinary curriculum will provide students with content knowledge across the field, allowing them to acquire the qualifications to work as scientists, and the knowledge and understanding to pursue further graduate training in data science or other scientific fields.

Data Science graduates will be expected to demonstrate knowledge of computer science, mathematics, statistics, and data science.

NeuroscienceResearch and technological developments are fueling rapid growth in the interdisciplinary field of Neuroscience, which is a study of the brain and the nervous system. Students in Xavier’s program, which is the first of its kind to be offered at an HBCU, will gain understanding and skills relevant to the broad field of neuroscience, including current issues, trends, and questions.

Students pursuing a degree in Neuroscience will augment a suite of Psychology courses with a flexible menu of coursework from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Computer Science. Graduates of the program will be qualified to work as scientists, to pursue further graduate training in Neuroscience or other scientific fields, or to enter training programs for health professionals.

The new program’s flexibility and interdisciplinary curriculum allow students interested in medical school to complete a pre-med curriculum in addition to the Neuroscience major. Alternatively, students may opt for a new minor in Cognitive Neuroscience.

Sociology/Crime and Social JusticeStudents interested in sociology can choose to focus their study on the subfield of criminology and the criminal justice system. The new interdisciplinary concentration will use the lens of social justice to expand the study of criminology to encompass inequalities in the criminal justice system, the relationships among behavior, punishment, and public perceptions, and

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how social identities such as race, class, gender, disability and sexuality affect how individuals experience crime or the criminal justice system.

Unlike programs focused on vocational skills, Xavier’s new program will allow students to use sociological tools to develop critical, social scientific perspectives to consider how our definitions of crime, our awareness of its causes, and our reactions to crime are rooted in larger economic, political, and social contexts.

Jazz StudiesThe Bachelor of Arts in Music with a Concentration in Jazz Studies is designed for students who have an interest in the performance, theoretical, and historical aspects involved with the study of Jazz. The concentration is based on theoretical concepts, aural applications, and historical information used in Traditional New Orleans Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Fusion and 21st Century Jazz forms and compositions.

The concentration will prepare students for performance, composition, and pedagogical application in the Jazz idiom. They will be introduced to devices used in early, main-stream and contemporary Jazz Improvisation, along with composition and arranging for the small chamber group to large Jazz ensembles.

GRADUATE PROGRAMSHealth EquityThe M.P.H. in Health Equity program will expose students to the five core areas of public health (biostatistics, epidemiology, social and behavioral sciences, health services administration, and environmental health sciences) along with a focus on the integration of determinants of health equity and healthy behaviors.

Students completing the graduate program in health equity at Xavier will be exposed to a broad range of skill-building experiences such as critical thinking, project management, and analytical reasoning to address a plethora of complex health issues and stressors through classroom dialogues, in applied research settings, and in-field practice experiences. The ultimate outcome of this program in health equity is to produce competent and highly-competitive graduates capable of entering the workforce or pursuing advanced training in

public health, health policy, and medicine. The program offers both a thesis and a non-thesis option.

MINORSAfro Latin American and Caribbean StudiesThe Afro Latin American and Caribbean Studies minor is designed to enhance student awareness and understanding of the African influence in Latin America and the Caribbean region, and by extension, in Louisiana, as well as to increase development of cognizance and cultural sensitivity toward the international communities of color in the Americas. It will be an asset to students considering careers in international affairs, education, research, and the foreign service.

BioethicsThe Bioethics minor will give students the opportunity to study the ethical dimensions inherent in medical and scientific research, the delivery and practice of health care, and the creation of national and global health policy. This interdisciplinary program includes a wide variety of perspectives: topics in biology and public health, social and cultural issues, and dilemmas in philosophical and theological ethics. The study of Bioethics will challenge students to continually reflect on the meaning of a just and humane society.

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CERTIFICATE PROGRAMSSpanish for Healthcare ProfessionalsThe Spanish for Health Professionals Certificate Program is a language intensive 15 credit hour series of five courses will provide students with the language skills, experience, and cultural competence needed to aid those in the health care professions in successfully communicating with the Spanish speaking population in the United States. The program will offer two tracks: an international track in Costa Rica in which students gain international clinical experience and a local track in in New Orleans. XG

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Like Déjà Vu, Only Different

Back when she was just a young undergraduate sitting through a chemistry lecture in the very same NCF Academic Science Complex room that today houses her research lab, Dr. Florastina Payton-Stewart ’99 never once envisioned she’d ever be teaching – much less teaching at her alma mater. But destiny was

at work.

After spending two years as a chemist at Sigma Coatings USA in Destrehan LA – where she did most of the work and watched her supervisor get most the credit – Payton-Stewart took the good advice of Dr. Stanhope Turnbull, under whose mentorship she upped her career ante by earning a Ph.D. at Tulane University. It was there, as a graduate teaching assistant, she got inspired.

“One of the reasons I chose academia is because it offers me the best of both worlds: I can carry out research that I am passionate about and still impart knowledge on to future generations,” explained Payton-Stewart. “I discovered that teaching chemistry came very easy to me because of the enthusiasm and understanding I have for chemistry. Many people do not realize that chemistry is a part of everyday living. I enjoy turning a difficult subject such as organic chemistry into something interesting for my students.”

And so, she reckoned: if you’re going to teach; then why not Xavier?

“I know it sounds like a cliché, but I really wanted to come back so that young men and women could see someone who looks like them and who sat in the same seat who went on to obtain a post graduate education and accomplish their dream,” she said. “Teaching here at Xavier affords me the opportunity

to give back to the place that inspired, nurtured, and educated me.”

Although Payton-Stewart has been back at Xavier for nearly eight years – and risen to the rank of Associate professor in the Department of Chemistry – there are some lingering habits from her undergraduate days that have proven hard to break. To this day she still refers to some of former professors and mentors – who are now her colleagues

– as “Doctor”, which generally draws looks of consternation.

“I once viewed Xavier through the eyes of a student; now my view is through the lens of a faculty member,” she conceded. “And the view is very different.”

The students are different too. Payton-Stewart feels that although they are just as bright and similarly motivated, many of today’s students do not value research and study in the way her generation did because now there are so many resources literally available at their fingertips. Welcome to the information age!

“Back when I was a student we did not have instant access to almost unlimited information, so we had to research, study, and look for answers – and were proud of having done it,” she recalled. “We had to figure things out ourselves; many students today expect to be told what to do.”

Payton-Stewart admitted that, if used properly, today’s rapid access to resources can be a good thing as it can provide additional opportunities for students to learn. The question then becomes ‘Are the students utilizing the opportunities’?

Payton-Stewart considers it an important aspect of her job to make sure they seize those new opportunities.

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That’s why she prides herself on not only being just a “teacher”, but an “educator” – that is, a person who not only dispenses general knowledge but a person who leaves a permanent impression on her students.

At Xavier, Payton-Stewart teaches Organic chemistry, and Molecular Structural Organic Synthesis (MSOS), as well as a special course that she developed herself, food chemistry. The latter, an innovative course which attempts to explain chemistry to non-science majors through a real-world context – in this case the chemistry of food and cooking – stemmed from her teaching philosophy.

“Food is a universal language that brings many different people together; so why not utilize this to motivate students in understand chemistry,” she reasons

“In the classroom, I try to generate an open atmosphere while conveying the material in an unpretentious manner,” she explained. “My main focus is to urge students to comprehend the information and to ask questions. I feel that in order to understand something, you have to embrace the subject matter.”

As much as she enjoys teaching, Payton- Stewart takes equal pride in her research component of her job, which provides the opportunity to bond more closely with her students.

“There is something about being able to see students apply the knowledge learned in the classroom to real-world situations in our research laboratory that is exciting,” she said. “Seeing their eyes light up because he or she understands the chemical reaction they are carrying out is a joy I cannot put into words.”

Her fully functional lab is also the site of some very serious research, which involves studying the chemical structures of phytochemicals in plants as well as existing drugs and then making structural modifications in order to improve their biological activity as anticancer agents. The ultimate goal is to develop a drug that can be used alone or in combination with current methods of treatment for aggressive diseases such as Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) and castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Payton-Stewart designs the synthetic approach for all experiments in her research laboratory. The daily operations are carried out by her research associate (Dr. Borui Kang), her research technician (Nhu Tran ’17), and her seven current undergraduate students: graduating senior Savannah Samuels, juniors Alaysia Madison, Tamia Luster, and Karla Martin, P1 Camri Eaton, and sophomores Marianne Alexis and Jonah Brown. She’s a little short-handed this summer, as three students are broadening their research horizons at other institutions: Madison (UC Davis), Luster (Baylor College of Medicine), and Martin (Tulane).

“I would like to give a special shout out to Nhu Tran, who has been in

my research laboratory for the past three years as a volunteer student researcher, a BUILD scholar, and a BUILD technician,” said Payton-Stewart. “She is a special young lady who has added so much value to my life, my teaching, and my research. I will truly miss her as she leaves to pursue her graduate studies at the University of California-Davis.”

“Being a mentor to students is my favorite part of being back at Xavier,” she said. “I have learned much from my students, and we have formed bonds that extend beyond the research and the classroom. Knowing that I’ve had an influence on their lives is very important to me.”

The paradox is that those very bonds create what is one of her least favorite Xavier experiences.

“It is a very bittersweet moment for me when my students graduate,” Payton-Stewart admitted. “I know this is part of their progression and I am very proud of them; but it is also a sad time for me. I did not think I would be affected like this.”

Just wait. Maybe they’ll come back home too. XG

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DR. S. BERNARD VAGNER ’39 ALUMNISPOTLIGHT

Life is Good @ 100On the occasion of his 100th birthday, Oct. 28, 2017, Dr. S. Bernard Vagner ’39, summed it all up pretty succinctly: “It’s been a good life, no regrets and no felonies.”

You’ve got to love a guy with a sense of humor. And at the ripe old age of 100+, it no doubt really comes in handy on those days when, as you might imagine, just getting out of bed in the morning requires nothing less than an Act of Congress. Of course, he watered down that dry sarcasm a bit by adding the much more sentimental, “I wouldn’t change a thing. I’ve had a happy life.”

Not that Vagner is ready to pack it in. Not by a long shot. Now well into his second century of life and still living independently in his own home, he says he feels his age but that isn’t going to stop him from living his life; after all there is still plenty of good football left to watch. Besides, “I’m just doing this to irritate the Hell out of my kids. Is the will ready yet?"

All kidding aside, in South Bend, Indiana, Vagner is sort of a legend – and not just because he’s been around longer than most anyone else. One of the first African American doctors in the area, Vagner served as the team doctor at the University of Notre Dame, and along with his wife, the late Audrey Elliot ’39, played a pivotal role in fighting discriminatory housing practices in the city.

Born in Louisiana and educated at Xavier, Vagner left home for good when he headed up to St. Louis to complete his medical studies. Racial tensions being what they were in the South during that pre-civil rights era, he sought out what he thought would be a more conducive environment in the North.

There were several stops along the way, but South Bend was destined to be his long-time home. At the suggestion of a friend and at the invitation of some other city residents, the young couple moved to the iconic Indiana town in 1949, where he eventually set up a private practice.

“I had been to many places, but it was South Bend that welcomed us with open arms and gave me the opportunity to open up a private practice,” he said.

But even there he found that African Americans were less than welcome in certain residential neighborhoods. Several years later, the couple publicly testified during the Fair Housing Commission hearings on discriminatory housing practices and was credited with being instrumental in helping to pass the city’s Fair Housing Ordinance in the 1960’s.

That was not his only bout with discrimination, however. Vagner, who as a surgeon had privileges at two area hospitals, said that despite being generally well-liked by his patients and the community at-large, there were still some people who wanted to see him fail.

“I had some doctors at work that always wanted to tell, excuse the expression, ‘colored jokes’ all the time,” he recalled. “I

didn’t pay any attention to them. I got dressed and went on about my business.”

Eventually the stress of private practice and being on call at the hospital 24/7 began to take its toll on his own health, prompting his friend and physician to give him a life-or-death ultimatum: slow down or suffer a stroke. But what could have been a career-ending blow turned out to be one the most fortuitous moments of his life.

It was about that time that he was approached by then Notre Dame President Father Theodore Hesburgh, who offered him a job as team physician, and even held the job open for 18 months while Vagner hemmed and hawed about closing his private practice. Actually it should have been a no brainer – not only was it a prestigious position with regular office hours, it opened up many doors to him that had been previously been closed.

As the official physician at Notre Dame, he not only treated the athletes, he treated the priests. Vagner remembers Hesburgh as a kind man and a good person, saying. “He was instrumental in saying: ‘Yes, it’s alright to have an African-American physician.’” said Vagner.

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Vagner served as team physician at Notre Dame for 28 years, and was there when the Fighting Irish won the National Collegiate Football Championship in 1988. And he has a championship ring to prove it.

To this day, Vagner still runs into some of his former patients, which indicates he helped some of them stay alive as well.

Asked the inevitable question, Vagner says there is no secret to a long life, it’s just a matter of luck. In fact he says it’s a miracle he has gotten this far.

When he was 6-years-old he got pneumonia, well before the invention of antibiotics. [“They said if you made it through the ninth day you were probably were going to live; if you didn’t make it to the ninth day, bye-bye.”] Then when he was

eight, he was struck by a car. Somehow he survived that as well, and, in fact it was the care he received after that incident that motivated him to become a doctor.

Now at 100 and counting, what Vagner misses most of all is the love of his life, Audrey. The pair met at Xavier, where he says he was immediately smitten, but it wasn’t until years later that they found each other again and got married. They went on to have four children and were married for almost 70 years before Audrey passed away in 2012 from cancer.

“I was really proud of her,” he reminisced, recalling Miss Xavier of 1942. “She was a looker, but she was also a very intelligent young woman.”

Over the years, Xavier has been a rare destination for Vagner; in fact his last visit was in 1989 when his class celebrated its Golden Reunion. But he has never lost touch with his alma mater, which he credits with much of his success.

“The 1930’s was a different era. My high school did not prepare me for college, it prepared me to take up some trade or another,” he said. “I didn’t even have the necessary classes to enroll in Xavier, but the University took me in and allowed me to make up those deficiencies.”

To his credit, Vagner has repaid that debt ten-fold: his record of continuous financial support dates back well into 1960’s. And just this past year he made a planned gift of 60 acres of family property in Dixie LA to the University.

“I owe Xavier a lot,” he said. “If it had not been for Xavier I would never have been a physician.”

Vagner will turn 101 on Sunday, Oct. 28, and the last thing he wants is another big party like the one at which he was feted and fawned over last year. This time around he’s going to stay home and watch some football. After all, what’s the big deal about one more year without a felony? XG

Editor’s Note: Special thanks to Kathy Borlik (metro/community writer) of the South Bend Tribune and Veronica Ortega (reporter) of WSBT-TV for providing some elements used in preparation of this article.

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THE VISCERAL IMAGES – readily reinforced through the news, film, and other forms of communications – cast the young Black male as uneducated drug-dealing criminals or violent gang members. Even when young Blacks are cast positively, it more often than not involves sports or music. Rarely seen is the black doctor, lawyer, professor, or scientist, or other number of other worthy professionals.

As such, societal expectations are low, particularly in the K-12 schools, where the black male is not challenged academically nor held to high standards. He is judged not “fit” for certain jobs and professions. The most negative impact is upon the young black male himself, as derogatory portrayals demoralize and reduce self-esteem. They become victims of percep-tion.

Stepping out of those shadows are three Xavier graduates – Dr. Pierre John-son ’02, Dr. Maxime Mad-here ’02, and Dr. Joseph Semien, Jr. ’01 – now all successful physicians, who have decided to challenge those misconceptions in the best way they know how: through the powerful, positive message of Black success.

Johnson is now an OB-GYN specializing in robotic surgery and pelvic floor repair, practicing in Chicago IL, where he grew up. Madhere, originally from Brooklyn

NY, is an anesthesiologist in Baton Rouge LA. Semien, a native of New Orleans, is chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Lake Charles (LA) Memo-rial Hospital.

In a new book, “Pulse of Perseverance,” published earlier this year, the doctors take aim at Black myth. By sharing how they personally overcame the obstacles of poverty, inadequate K-12 educations, and family dysfunction to reach their dreams of becoming doctors, they seek to empower and inspire black youth to work towards their

own goals. But more than that, they hope the book will help redefine the portrayal of the black male.

BEFORE COMING TO XAVIER, Semien was leading a double life. To his parents, he was as a church-going teenager who had had some behavioral challenges in school but whose high marks

had him on the track to college; but when he was out of their sight, “Lil’ Joe” was distributing drugs

and fighting to protect his street reputation. Even after he enrolled, he still had one foot in the streets: he was taking pre-med classes and hustling drugs on the side.

Johnson had grown up in a violent Chicago home where both his parents had stayed strung out on drugs. He had graduated from a “college preparatory”

DR. PIERRE JOHNSON ’02 • DR. MAXIME MADHERE ’02 • DR. JOSEPH SEMIEN, JR. ’01 ALUMNISPOTLIGHT

Xavier Doctors Take the Pulse of PerseveranceIt has been more than 150 years since the 13th Amendment to the Constitution officially ended slavery in the United

States, and some 53 years since federal Civil Rights legislation effectively outlawed segregation. And yet, even today in

2018, a negative stereotype of the young Black male continues to persist within large segments of American society.

Xavier-educated physicians – (L-R) Dr. Pierre Johnson ’02, Dr. Maxime Madhere ’02, and Dr. Joseph Semien, Jr. ’01 – sign copies of their new book, “The Pulse of Perseverance,” following a Q&A forum and reception held on campus.

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high school as salutatorian with a 3.67 GPA and a 22 on the ACT, but he arrived at Xavier without even knowing what the periodic table was. At many colleges and universities, pre-med courses are used to weed-out the unprepared. And who’s less prepared than a pre-med student who doesn’t know about the periodic table?

Madhere, who lived mostly with his father after his parents’ divorce, remembered his father bristling as one teacher after another belittled his son’s intelligence and whose cultural biases

were expressed as low expec-tations. As he grew up he had adopted the appearance of toughness to survive in his urban sur-

roundings and almost hadn’t made it to col-lege. Two months after he’d argued with some-one who deliberately bumped him on a city sidewalk, the antagonist caught him unawares. “Remember me? You ain’t so tough with a gun in your face, huh?”

In the book, Semien writes, “I was sick and tired of the low expectations everyone had for me, and I turned that anger into my impetus.” Truth be told, that sentiment was a driving force in each of their remarkable turnarounds.

AT XAVIER these three black premedical stu-dents struggled with the demands of the univer-sity’s rigorous curriculum. All three said that said their elementary and high schools had not prepared them for what lay ahead. But it wasn’t easy. Fortu-nately Xavier was there for them, providing accep-tance, guidance, high expectations and the tools to meet those expectations. And a little tough love as well.

Johnson said that when he started at Xavier, he learned quickly that coasting through was not an option. “Seeing my grades fall was a humbling experience. It would’ve been very easy for me to slip

through the cracks during the academic valleys of my freshman year; Xavier itself was my saving grace.”

Mahdere said the most important thing that Xavier gave him was self-confidence. “Xavier never made me feel like achieving my dreams was impossible.” Semien agreed, recalling that faculty gave him the road map to graduation, but the decision to suc-ceed fell on his shoulders.

Just as important as institution support was the fact that these three struggling students somehow

They held each other to one steadfast rule: Failure was not an option, not for any one of them.

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found each other early on, recognized the positive traits they had in common (determination, perseverance, goal-oriented), and formed a bond that allowed them to succeed, despite the challenges and setbacks each would face. In doing so they unwittingly fell into the Xavier philosophy of fostering a spirit of community rather than competition among students.

And through it all, at Xavier, at medical school, and even beyond, they held to each other to one steadfast rule: Failure was not an option, not for any one of them.

“What I have accomplished I could not have done alone,” said Johnson. “Surrounding yourself with like-minded

people with similar drive and similar goals is one of the most important things you can do.”

Semien said writing his life story was probably one of the hardest

things I’ve ever done. That’s significant because it wasn’t easy for him to make it through college or med school or to pass the many required tests along the way.

“Over the years, I left that past behind me,” Semien said. The book reveals just how hard it was for him to extricate himself from that street life. Writing the book meant revealing to people who only know him as Dr. Semien that he used to be “Lil’ Joe,” the drug-peddling street tough. But he had to do it because he and John-son and Madhere want their book to inspire children - especially those whose teachers may be writing them off as lost causes.

Semien recalls serving tables as a college student when a woman said, “Joseph? Joseph Semien?” It was his fifth-grade teacher. Proud that she’d remembered his name, he smiled and said, “Yes, ma’am.” And she said, “I thought you’d be dead by now.” [“Think about that,” he said. “Think about that.”]

Obviously, he wasn’t dead, and he explained that he was in college, that he was going to be a doctor. “Hmmm,” he remembers her saying. “Well, good luck with that.”

FITTINGLY, the book was launched at Xavier, a campus that sends more African Americans undergraduates

on to become doctors than any other college in the country. The event consisted of a Q&A forum, book signing and reception event that played to a standing-room only crowd in the Qatar Pharmacy Pavilion mega classroom and Atrium.

Award-winning New York Times investigative journal-ist Nikole Hannah-Jones moderated the Q&A. She was introduced to Johnson when she was researching her landmark piece on Xavier’s premed program, “A Pre-scription for More Black Doctors,” published in Septem-ber 2015, and then helped them edit their book.

In the magazine piece, Hannah-Jones presented John-son as a primary example of a doctor who had arrived at Xavier unprepared, where, she found, “they literally tailor the curriculum around addressing the deficiencies that students have.”

Their book is timely. Statistics show that there are fewer black American doctors in the work force in 2018 than there were 50 years ago. Evidence suggests that the reason so few black doctors are in the work force is the schools with primarily minority students leave these children unprepared for more intense classes.

The “Pulse of Perseverance” is an inspirational story of success; one that demonstrates the importance of a strong support system such as exists at Xavier.

“Today at Xavier we continue to sustain the unique edu-cational experience that has yielded so much success,” said Xavier President Dr. Reynold Verret. “We know that students come to us with different levels of pre-college readiness, and at Xavier we embrace each one with an expectation of greatness, and they leave us ready to serve and to lead.”

The three doctors – prime examples of that success – agree wholeheartedly, and hope that young readers currently facing adversity take away one overriding message from the book.

“Your past does not define your future,” said Madhere. “If success is what you want, it’s there for the taking. You just have to go and get it.” XG

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Xavier University of Louisiana checks the boxes on all of these; therefore it’s not surprising that AVDF would take considerable interest in Xavier’s successful implementation of its mission. Beginning in 1987 with an initial unrestricted gift of $200,000, the

Arthur Vining Davis Foundations have provided the University with nearly $1 million in financial support. That includes two major capital campaign gifts, some Hurricane Katrina-prompted emergency aid, and, most recently, a $250,000 grant which helped to the University to get its fledgling Public Health major launched in 2013.

Today the Department of Public Health Sciences enjoys a robust population of 80+ students (nearly four percent of Xavier total undergraduate enrollment) in its Bachelor of Science program, and will add a Masters of Public Health (MPH) in Health Equity degree program this fall.

“Public health impacts all of our lives. It addresses a range of issues including the control of infectious diseases, clean air, and safe food and drinking water, as well as promoting healthy lifestyles, improving mental health, responding to natural disasters, and preventing chronic diseases,”

said Dr. L. Faye Grimsley, Department Head of XU’s Public Health Sciences. “Xavier students are exposed to courses and field experiences designed to equip them with the knowledge and skills essential to leading the efforts of improving the health of communities here and around the globe.”

The rapid growth of the Public Health Sciences at Xavier would not have been possible without the timely

grant from AVDF, which arrived at a crucial juncture in the evolution of the program, providing funding for efforts to identify effective administrative leadership, enhance curriculum development, and promote student recruitment.

“On behalf of the AVDF Board of Trustees and staff team, we are proud of the support to Xavier University of Louisiana for the launch of the Public Health major,” said Nancy J. Cable, President of the Jacksonville, Florida-based foundation. “AVDF has enjoyed a strong partnership with Xavier in the past, and we were glad to support this project that leveraged Xavier’s curricular strengths and network of industry partners to launch this new educational opportunity for students.”

The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations were created and initially funded through the will of pioneer industrialist and American philanthropist Arthur Vining Davis, who died in 1962. A leader of extraordinary work ethic and executive genius, Davis was a key figure when the Pittsburgh Reduction Company became the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) in 1907. Named company president three years later, he built the young enterprise into a vital national industry.

During a long and productive life, Davis amassed a great fortune, offered work and opportunity to thousands, and left a legacy of promise to strengthen the nation he loved.

The philanthropic priorities of the AVDF have traditionally included private higher education, interfaith leadership and religious literacy, and public educational media – all descendants of its historical funding commitments. But recently, the Board of Trustees expanded into environmental engagement, stewardship and solutions, and Palliative Care and End of Life – mirroring its desire to remain moored in its founder’s fundamental principles while meeting the evolving imperatives of the 21st Century. XG

• Leadership• Diversity• A More Just and

Humane Society• Education

The philanthropic values of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations (AVDF) are based on three key principles: that an educated society strengthens democracy through principled, thoughtful and compassionate leadership; that diversity and pluralism contribute to a

strong, vibrant and sustainable society; and that knowledge and educational opportunity should be accessible to all.

“The rapid growth of the Public Health Sciences at Xavier would not have been possible without the timely grant from AVDF...”

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That van – which today provides much-needed, reliable transportation for physically-challenged students who would otherwise have difficulty attending class and participating in campus events–cost $72,000. It was purchased partially through the generosity of the Entergy Corporation.

A small ripple in a big pond perhaps, but it is indicative of how surprisingly nimble the monolith can be when it comes to helping improve the quality of life in communities where it operates.

On the one hand Entergy, one of the nation’s largest utility companies, is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. It owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity (including nearly 9,000 megawatts of nuclear power), delivering electricity to 2.9 million utility customers in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas.

But that’s not the only type of energy it generates. Entergy also powers local and regional communities by giving back to the community, which it considers an integral part of its corporate mission. The company’s pervading philanthropic philosophy is based on its belief that educated, critically thinking individuals make for self-sufficient, productive citizens, who

in turn give their local communities the fuel they need to thrive.

“We can only be as successful as the communities we serve,” said Rod West, Entergy Group President for Utility Operations. “Entergy is committed to creating and sustaining healthy, vibrant communities through philanthropic support for education, poverty solutions, and environmental programs.”

“It’s really quite simple,” he added. “If the community does well, Entergy does well.”

Last year alone the company awarded more than $17.5 million in grants awarded to more than 2,000 nonprofit organizations located in communities where Entergy has operations.

West explained that funding for local projects can originate from either the company’s charitable trust or its many subsidiaries. Grants from Entergy New Orleans–one such subsidiary–are naturally primarily New Orleans-centric, while the Trust, on the other hand, takes the broader view of the entire region. He said the fact that the Corporation HQ is located in New Orleans sometimes allows those two interests to align.

West, a former member of Xavier’s governing Board of Trustees, said Entergy’s role in securing the handicap accessible van for Xavier was consistent with its long history of supporting and

reinvesting in the communities that it serves.

“It’s important for the public to understand that Entergy is not some mystical entity, it’s made up of people who live and work right there in the community,” said West, “Our support of the community, and specifically in this case our support of Xavier’s educational mission, matters to me personally. It matters to us personally.”

Over the years, Xavier has been a major beneficiary of the company’s philanthropic efforts to contribute to a society that is healthy, educated, productive, and environmentally safe.

Entergy’s record of financial support for Xavier University, which totals more than $1.5 million, includes several grants that were received over the past five years for student scholarships and in support of University programs.

“Entergy recognizes the important role that Xavier University has played and continues to play in the area of higher education, and it respects its reputation as one this nation’s finest HBCUs (Historically Black College and Universities),” said West. XG

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CORPORATIONSPOTLIGHT

Nothing but smiles were on the faces of faculty, students, and staff

late last fall as the driver of a white 2017 Ford Transit van approached

them in the driveway at the University Center. Finally they would get a

glimpse of Xavier’s first handicap accessible van.

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thank you!

Gift of $500,000 or more

Gift of $250,000 - $499,999

Continued

Alumni

The following Honor Roll of Donors includes gifts received by the University from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

The Estate of Mr. Leo P. Sam, Jr.

Mrs. Jenny and Mr. Michael M. Rue, Esq. HD

Dr. Gilda A. Barnum-Barabino and Mr. Joseph Barabino HDDr. Lorena S. ChicoyeMrs. Dionne DeBose-HamptonMrs. Mildred Young Gardner*Senior U.S. District Judge Ivan L. R. Lemelle and Mrs. Patricia LemelleMr. Kenneth W. and Mrs. Andrea C. Loyd

Mr. Geoffrey T. Marshall and Mrs. Rhonda J. MarshallMrs. Sybil H. MorialMr. Edwin J. and Mrs. Carole T. RigaudDr. Frederick M. and Mrs. Olivia A. TocaPaula M. Verrette, M.D.Ms. Marian Y. Williams-Brown

Mr. Justin T. Augustine IIITara D. Benjamin, M.D.Dr. Tasha D. BenjaminMr. Randall N. Boseman*Mr. Edward Holland and Mrs. Melanie Boston-HollandMr. Michael P. Breaud*Dr. Ursula M. Burns HDMr. Bernard L. and Mrs. Diane V. BynumMr. Paul R. Richard and Mrs. Melonie A. Coleman-RichardMr. Learnard G. DickersonMr. Henry J. and Mrs. Janice R. Glover*Dr. Otis Gowdy, Jr.Dr. Marcellus Grace, Ph.D. and Mrs. Laura D. GraceThe Estate of Ms. Josephine Rebecca GrierMr. and Mrs. Smith W. Howard, Jr. and Janice A. Howard*Dr. and Mrs. John H. Jackson IVCourtney A. Landry, M.D.*

Dr. Adrena V. LeeMr. Jesse A. and Mrs. Carolyn Millet LeeDr. Quinisha K. LoganWillie I. Love, Pharm D.Dr. Regina D. McCutcheonDr. Gerilyn A. MetoyerMr. Chester W. and Mrs. Barbara A. MitchellThe Honorable Marc and Mrs. Michelle Morial HDDr. Tanya M. Robinson*Ms. Paula T. SaizanMs. Chantel ShacklefordMr. Westley and Mrs. Jacqueline B. SholesDr. Odessa K. Spraggins*Dr. Trevonne M. Thompson and Dr. Nicole C. Thompson*Dr. Janifer S. Tropez-Martin and Mr. Jeffrey J. MartinDr. Harold T. and Mrs. Marian S. Wilson

Gifts of $10,000 - $49,999

Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999

Xavier University of Louisiana is thankful for the many gifts we receive from our alumni, friends, and supporters. Through their generous donations, these benefactors confirm their belief in our educational mission and help to ensure that our students receive a solid academic foundation.

Placement into the respective Honor Roll of Donor categories considers both the sum total of all personal contributions plus receipts from any donor advised fund and matching gifts during that time frame.

Xavier strives for accuracy and thoroughness. If you believe an entry is listed in error, or if you have questions about the Donor Honor Roll, please contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at (504) 520-7575 or toll free at (877) WE-LUV-XU [935-8898].

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Contributors to Excellence

* Loyal Society @ Gold Giving Network HD Honorary Degree

Gift of $2,500 - $4,999

John S. Adams, Sr., M.D.Dr. and Mrs. Theodore

E. Atkinson III*Mr. Jack and Mrs. Mabel

Francis BaileyDr. Rachel A. Baranco-Strawn

and Mr. Larry StrawnMr. Lyndon J. BarroisMr. Irvin C. and Mrs.

Wanda M. BlackburnMr. Kenneth J. BroussardMr. and Mrs. Horace

C. Bynum, Jr.Mr. Curtis T. CarkumDrs. George E. and Christie

L. Clayton*Ms. Christina A. ColemanDr. Charlie W. and Mrs.

VonDa L. ColquittDr. Tammy Lawrence CrookMs. Helen CuillierDr. Chancellor E. Donald and

Dr. Aleicia Miranda-Jones Donald

Dr. Ronald DorrisTanyanika Douglas-

Holland, M.D. and Mr. Darrick Holland*

Mr. John Fleming*Mrs. Marguerite Rey FlorentDr. Norman C. Francis*Dr. Michelle C. GarnerDr. Lloyd A. Gavin and

Mrs. Eunice C. GavinDr. Gisele A. GoffDr. Rashida N. GrayMrs. Julie Smith GriffinDr. Rosalind Pijeaux HaleMs. Veronica L. Harrison*Mr. Larry G. HigginsMrs. Serena J. HunterMs. Keli D. JacksonDr. Jennifer H. Jacobs and

Mr. Everett P. JacobsJonathan A. Johnson, MD, MBAMrs. Michaelle B. JonesKimberly J. Keller, M.D.Mrs. Tiffany A. LintonChristie W. Magee, M.D.Davida E. Manor-Ward, M.D.Dr. Karwin L. McCain and Mrs.

Shonte Foster McCainDr. Marie V. McDemmond

Mr. Alden J. and Mrs. Rhesa O. McDonald

Dr. Lisa T. Gibson-McKee and Randy G. McKee, Esq.

Dr. George J. McKenna III HDDr. Gwenesta B. Melton and

Dr. Kenneth MeltonDr. Jennifer Lapeyrolerie

Metoyer and Mr. Rene Metoyer

Dana F. Mitchell, M.D.Mrs. Lillian Polk NashShayla B. Nesbitt, M.D.Ms. Dianne R. PajaudMs. Frances ParkerMs. Stephanie ParkerMr. Michael B. ParrisDr. Jo Shani ReedDr. Oneka Y. RichardsonDr. Solomon L. and Mrs.

Lila June RileyMrs. Ethel Simon Roane*Mrs. Da’Janel R. Roberts-Smith

and Mr. Michael B. SmithDrs. Derek J. and Shawn

S. RobinsonMrs. Anna Rita Smith ScottThe George and Ola

Sewell Fund of Infaith Community Foundation

Dr. Rasheed A. Singleton, M.D.Drs. Andre D. and Gilda

M. SmithDr. Anisa S. Ssengoba-Ubogu

and Dr. Erobghene E. UbegilDr. Margaret C. StewartMr. Leslie G. and Mrs.

Audrey F. SudburyDr. William and Mrs.

Annie Belle TerrellMr. Melvin F. and Mrs.

Shelia A. ThompsonMrs. Evangeline H. Tierney*Drs. David A. and Markitta

J. TravillionMrs. Sylvia H. TureaudDr. Jacquelyn S. TurnerWallisa T. Vaughn, M.D.Dr. Denise A. WebbDr. Michael G. WhiteMrs. Earline S. WilkersonMr. Alvin T. and Mrs.

Janice F. WilkinsMrs. Constance Marion WilliamsDr. Lashonda L. Williams, M.D.

Attorney Sharon and Ms. Huiling Zealey-Chen

Gift of $1,000 - $2,499

Capt. Eugenia Foster Adams, Ret.*

Dare A. Adewumi, M.D.Mrs. Ruby Folse AgeDr. Katrice A. AlbertBelinda B. Alexander, M.D.Dr. Sanders W. Anderson and

Mr. Lewis Anderson*Archie Andrews, Ph.D.Mr. Joseph D. AnteeRev. David H. and Mrs.

Judith W. ArceneauxMr. Paul J. AtkinsMr. Verge and Mrs. Cheri

M. AusberryMr. George W. and Mrs.

Carla D. Gibson BakerMs. Denise B. BarbarinDr. Ann R. Barbre and Mr.

Steve V. BarbreAngel Harper Barrymore, M.D.Latonia Viverette Batiste, Ph.D.Ms. Camillia B. BellDr. Jhan Doughty BerryDr. Loren J. BlanchardDr. Carolyn Brown Block-Arnelle

and Mr. Hugh J. ArnelleSr. Doris U. Blum, S.B.S.Mr. and Mrs. Renard

A. Boissiere, Sr.Dr. Tiffany L. Bolden-WatkinsMr. William T. and Mrs.

Elizabeth BostickDr. Olympia Boucree and Mr.

John Harold BoucreeMrs. Leslie M. Bourgeois-TrussDr. Jeffrey L. BovianMrs. Beverly Anna Avery

Broussard*Mr. and Mrs. Edmund

C. BroussardMr. Edward J. and Mrs.

Cheryl B. BroussardMs. Felicia M. BroussardMalcolm Broussard, RPh.Ms. Mercedese Broussard*Dr. Sylvester J. and Mrs.

Margaret A. BryanMrs. Joycelyn Lindsey Butler

Mr. Adolph F. Bynum, Sr.Lina B. Caldwell, M.D.Mr. Benjamin E. CannonMs. Barbara J. CarmonMs. Cintrella K. CarterMr. Frederick J. and Mrs.

Joyce CarterMrs. Jennifer Charbonnet-MilesMrs. Audra Evans Chavis @Dr. Latedra M. CollinsMrs Savitra A. CollinsMr. John P. and Mrs.

Jenifer M. CondeDr. Janice M. Knight-Cooper

and Mr. Brent A. CooperMr. William Copelin IIIDr. William and Mrs.

Catherine E. CottlesDr. Michelle A. CovaltMr. Johnny and Mrs.

Shirley CrearDr. Lawrence H. and Dr.

Angelle M. CresswellDr. Brenda Kavanaugh-Davis

and Nicholas A. Davis, R.Ph.Mr. and Mrs. Winston G. DecuirMr. Gary M. and Mrs. Kathleen

Keyes DeGrange*Ms. Charmagne M. EadyDr. Michelle R. EastonMr. Marvin E. EllisDr. Simone A. EllisMr. James and Mrs.

Cheryl ElmoreMr. Amos J. Evans and Mrs.

Barbara Keyes Evans*Natasha Fievre, M.D.Aja J. Fowler, M.D.Dr. Holly Bastian-Francis and

Mr. Anthony L. FrancisDr. Ryan A. FrancoisDrs. Coleridge T. and

Cheryl FranklinMrs. Dianne Saulney GainesAnonymous Donor Dr. Nefretiti M. Garrison-NorthDr. Pheophilus H. GloverMrs. Marlene GonzalzlesMs. Beverly W. GrantDeShawndranique D. Gray, M.D.Mr. Justin C. GrierMs. Janice Heard GuidryDr. Davina J. HarkeyMrs. Gaylene V. HarrisDr. Kim S. Harris

Mr. William H. Harris, Jr., Esq.Mr. Troy J. HeardRoger D. Hector, M.D.Kimberlee Coleman

Henderson, M.D.Mr. Ruston G. Henry, Sr.Dr. Nichole Rhodeman HerbertDr. Cherie C. and Mr. Carl C. HillMrs. Ruby N. HillDr. Bruce A. HinesMs. Cynthia A.

Darensbourg HurdMr. Dannton C. JacksonErnest W. Jackson, D.M.D.*Dr. La Toya D. JacksonMrs. Melazie Vavasseur JacobsMr. Paul A. and Mrs.

Tammie JamesDr. Claudius D. and Mrs.

Azzari C. JarrettMr. Nelson J. and Mrs.

Ruth C. Jean, IIIMs. Damicca S. JohnsonMr. George E. Johnson HDMr. Harry E. Johnson, Sr., Esq.Jennifer C. Johnson, M.D.

and Mr. Alpha JohnsonMs. Joan G. Johnson*Dr. Thomas L. Jones, II and Dr.

Nia E. Johnson-JonesPierre M. Johnson, MDDr. Lamont R. Jones and Dr.

Teniesha N. Wright-JonesMarilyn Jones, M.D.*Mrs. Joy A. JosephMrs. Ramona F. JupiterApril R. Kennedy, M.D.Drs. Anil and Poonam KukrejaMs. Kristen R. Labat*Mr. Leroy and Mrs.

Shirley F. Labbe*Mr. Jerrol M. LarrieuDr. Michael E. Lavigne, Jr., DVMMs. Sabrina M. LebeoufDr. Lester A. LeeTreva A. Lee, Ph.D.Ms. Jane M. LevikowDr. Christina A. LevingsMrs. Josie Y. Lewis*Dr. Myra Marion LewisSonni P. Elliott Libutsi, MDDr. Leonard Lightfoot and

Mrs. Tinesha LightfootMrs. Sherrie B. Littlejohn*Dr. Kimberly M. Lyles-Rowsom

Mrs. Mary M. MackbeeDr. Maxime Madhere, M.D.Dr. Cabrini S. MarchKevin T. Marks, M.D.

and Antoinette W. Marks, PharmD.

Dr. Christopher MarreroDr. Roy R. and Mrs.

Charmaine L. Marrero*Dr. Ambrose M. Martin IIIMrs. Melba Fortune’ MartinezDr. Carla Gayle MasseyDr. John P. Massey, IV and Mrs.

Kimberly Colden-MasseyCommander Leon McClain, Jr.Dr. Jossie A. McCloud, M.D.Mrs. Valencia Pearson

McCrimmonMr. and Mrs. John and

JoAnn McCulloughMiss Shawana J. McGeeDr. Jill E. McGovernDr. Lawrence V. and Mrs.

Helen McKendell*Ms. Brendolyn M. McKennaMrs. Carolyn Jennings McLain*Dr. Ramonda McNair-HowardDr. Trimiko C. MelanconDr. Asia K. Richardson MichelDr. David R. and Mrs.

Synthia MillerDr. Earl D. Mitchell, Jr.*Dr. Yvonne C. Collins and Mr.

Christopher A. Moore, R.Ph.Dr. James W. Moore and Mrs.

Avis Sinegal MooreDr. Glenn L. and Mrs.

Tia Morgan

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Mr. Donald R. Naylor, Jr., Esq.Dr. Diana L. Newby-BoydMs. Tondra M. NewmanKenneth E. Nixon, M.D. and

Mrs. Cynthia B. NixonDr. Tameka L. NoelDrs. Gershom and Tracy

L. NorfleetAttorney Claire McDaniel

Ojeh and Mr. Olisa OjehDr. Mildred Wilkerson Ollee*Dr. and Mrs. Roland A. PattilloMrs. Nina H. PayneMr. Gregory G. PierceDr. Steven T. Player and

Dr. Celeste O. PlayerMrs. Myla Reese PoreeMr. and Mrs. David E. PowellDr. Leonard PriceMr. Lewis Pryor and Mrs.

Tiffinie N. Payne-PryorDr. Dorothy Pugh, R.Ph.Mrs. Annie Lewis

Tureaud RamseyMr. Omar H. Buckner and

Ms. Kimberly M. ReeseDr. and Mrs. Alvin J. RichardDr. Lakeisha W. RichardsonMr. McLouis and Mrs.

Harriette G. Robinet*Dr. Quintin R. RobinsonMrs. Betty J. RogersMrs. Youshea A. Berry-

Rollins, Esq.Dr. Vincent J. and Mrs.

Lois M. RouxDr. Ayana K. RowleyDr. Charles J. and Mrs.

Dorothy M. RussellMs. Joyce M. SandiferAttorney Juval O. ScottMr. Charles L. ShafferMr. Errol J. and Mrs.

Emma SimmonsDr. Julia K. SimmonsDr. Chanda R. Simpson, M.D.Mr. Lionel Beaver SmithAttorney Monica Lynn SmithMrs. Louise J. SonnierDr. Alva L. StarlingMrs. Regina D. TatumMs. Teresa S. TerryMr. Alcide J. Tervalon and Mrs.

Jo Ann Mohr TervalonDr. Leslie P. Theard

Mr. Perry and Mrs. Diane S. Tillman

Mrs. Etta O. Tricksey*Mr. Christopher W. Vincent*Dr. Carlos J. and Dr. Karla L. VitalDr. Mrs. Karen Y. Luster and

Mr. Jaeda J. WadleyDr. Terri WashingtonMs. Karen DeGrange Watkins*Dr. Marlon A. Watkins and

Dr. Mialika WatkinsMr. Shawn and Mrs.

Renee M. WelchMr. Philip J. and Mrs. Carolyn

Wallace WhiteDr. Sonya F. White-PorterDr. DeLisa Tate Williams

and Attorney Sylvester E. Williams

Mr. Elias J. and Mrs. Joyce C. Williams

Yolanda A. Williams, D.D.S.Rev. Starsky D. and Dr.

LaToya R. Wilson @Dr. Aurelia C. Holland WoodDr. and Mrs. Reginald A. WoodsDr. Natalie E. Younger

Gift of $500 - $999Kaye Y. Adams-Browne, D.D.S.Mr. Henry C. Alexander IIIMiss Ronda E. AlexanderMs. Pearl Algere-Lonian*Mr. Joe L. Allen, Jr.Mr. Charles E. and Mrs.

Gloria AndersonMs. Erica A. AndersonMr. Paul L. Andoh, Sr.Dr. Courtney V. AnthonyDr. Corey B. and Dr.

Chloe ArmsteadAngele J. Arthur, M.D.Dr. Brian G. AshfordMr. Dudley G. AuzenneJaneen R. Azare, Ph.D.Dr. Reneathia P. BakerMrs. LaKeesha D. BallMr. Norman and Mrs.

Dionne Barnum*Dr. Nichole M. Bauknight-Boles

and Mr. Eundra L. BolesMrs. Mary Donn BeaubienDr. Kathleen Dorsey BellowDr. Stacy C. Benton, PsyD.Mr. Alvin Blackmon III

Ms. Linda D. BlakleyDr. Marquitta Chambliss BoldenDr. Jocelyn O. Joseph and Mr.

Dobbin O. BookmanDr. Sheila D. BouldinShameza L. Boyd-Dennis, M.D.Mr. Darryl R. and Mrs.

Cheryl W. Boykins*Dr. Michael D. BradleyDr. Michael J. BradyMs. De Etra Branch*Ms. Donna Brazile HDDr. Marcus L. BrinsonDr. Dawn K. BrownDr. Shawn S. BrownMs. Yolanda BryantMr. Norman M. BurrellEmmary S. Butler, M.D.Francine D. Bynum, M.D.Bishop Brendan John CahillDr. Jarrett D. Cain, DPM,

M.Sc., FACFASDr. Alexis L. CallowayMr. Emerson Carey, Jr., Esq.Dr. Helen Ward CarryMr. Raphael Cassimere and

Mrs. Inez Hale-CassimereDr. Lynette S. Causey and

Dr. Matthew CauseyDr. Clyde R. Chapman IIMr. Edward E. and Mrs.

Lolita V. CherrieLaToya S. Clark, M.D.Ms. Misti C. ClarkMiss Nnenia C. ClarkDr. Arthur C. and Mrs.

Sarah G. ColemanMr. Donald C. CollinsMs. Aladryn E. CopelinMs. Avis CopelinMs. Lisa A. Jupiter CrustoMr. Douglas Cunningham*Dr. Glen W. Dace, IIDr. Kimberly M. DavisDr. Leia C. DawsonMr. and Mrs. Thomas E.

Dean, LCDR, USN, (Ret.)Mr. Alvin S. DeloachDr. Wilfred J. DelphinMs. Tiffany T. DevereauxMrs. Ann L. DixonMr. Humphrey Doermann HDMr. Andre C. DowtinDr. Martha EarlsMr. and Mrs. Vidal C. Easton

Mr. Claude ElmoreDr. Nicholle B. Espadron, M.D.Mr. Kelvin P. EstersMr. Percy H. EvansDr. Gerald and Mrs. Lisa FarmerMrs. Mamie L. Feffie*Dr. Joi M. Findley-SmithMr. and Mrs. John L. Finley IIIMr. and Mrs. Donzell

Floyd, R.Ph.Mr. Carroll L. and Mrs.

Gloria FrankDr. Natelaine E. FrippMr. Louis C. Gaignard, Jr. and

Mrs. Carol Gaudin GaignardMr. Kevin A. GallienDr. Tametra L. GarnierDr. Gregory P. GexDr. Charles J. Gibson, M.D.

and Dr. Holly GibsonDr. Tunicia A. Giron-DeloneyMrs. Nicole Marchand

Golden @Louise Ann Gombako-

Amos, M.D.Mr. Francis P. and Mrs.

Mary S. GonzalesMrs. Connie C. GoodlyDr. Jesse F. GoodwinDr. Kevin Granger, D.D.S., P.C.Kellie M. Griffin-White, M.D.Mrs. Judith Smith HamiltonMs. Ethelyn R. HarbinMr. Torrey M. HardingMr. and Mrs. Joseph

B. Harland IITomia Palmer Harmon, M.D.Miss Andrea N. HarperMrs. Etiennette King HarrisMs. Mia H. HarrisMr. and Mrs. Reginald HarrisMr. Adolf HemmansMr. Ruston Girard Henry, Jr.Mrs. Chauntina R. HillMr. Keith T. and Mrs. Judy J. HillDrs. MaCalus and Danika HoganMr. John P. Hoggatt and Mrs.

Lynn M. Julien-HoggattDanielle A. Holmes, M.D.Mr. Charles A. HonoreMr. James T. and Mrs.

Yvonne T. Houston, Jr.Mrs. Wanda Minor Howard*Dr. Tiffany R. HumesDr. Mary T. Hunter

Mr. and Mrs. Willie IronsDr. Ayanna U. JacksonThe Honorable Judge

Brian A. JacksonDr. Jarvis B. JacobsMr. Isaiah James, Jr.Dr. Mark A. JamisonDr. and Mrs. Patrick D. JeffersonDr. Clanford L. JohnsonMs. Emily LondonDr. Nadja N. JonesMrs. Veronica F. Williams JonesDr. Cindi E. Jones-WoodsMrs. Dione M. Joseph-

BreckenridgeMrs. Shirley Melton Judge*Mrs. Theresa C. JulienJudge Steven M. JupiterMr. Todd G. KellerMrs. Jacqueline P. KendallMr. and Mrs. Charles J. KerleyMrs. Patricia A. KimbroughIngrid Labat, M.D.Mr. Lionel B. LabeaudMs. Justina M. LafitteDr. Michele T. Lagarde-MayDr. Jarrett L. ManningKatrice K. Larece, M.D.Dr. Tilden and Mrs.

Margaret Le MelleMrs. Eleanor M. LeakMrs. Davetta N. Lee, Esq.Mr. Warren G. Lee, IIIMr. John C. and Mrs.

Jo Lemelle*De’ Shondra N. Leonard, D.D.S.Mr. David LewisDr. Tamara H. LewisDr. Michael J. Lievers and

Ms. Tatyana SantokeMr. and Mrs. Manuel P. LlorensMr. Marlon LloydMs. Tanya L. LombardMs. Lateresa Renae MadisonDion N. Martin, M.D.Mrs. Isabelle Calverie McCantsMrs. Susan R. McCleskeyDr. Angela D. McGee-BootheMr. Dwight and Mrs.

Sheila C. McGheeDr. Gail S. MedfordDr. Tamara Hughes MeekinsMrs. Gail A. and Mr. LeRoy

Joseph Melton, III

Drs. Kenneth P. and Rochelle A. Metoyer

Dr. Amya Herrington Mitchell and Mr. Trevor Mitchell

Mr. Henry L. Mitchell and Mrs. Ann Jupiter Mitchell

Mrs. Gloria W. MonconduitMrs. Candice Montgomery-

PankeyMrs. Tomika D. MoodyMrs. Janice E. MooreMrs. Erica Lynn Morgan-TaylorMr. Brandon M. MorningDr. and Mrs. Dawud MuhaiminAdela’ M. Narcisse, M.D.Mrs. Stephanie R. NavarreDr. and Mrs. Edward

G. NicholsonMr. Sherril M. NixonVuyisile T. Nkomo, MD, MPHDr. Aaron P. and Mrs.

Nekisha W. OmotolaDrs. Kofi and Chavon

M. OnumahMs. Tyra N. OrdoneSancerie J. O’Rourke-

Allen, D.D.S.Ms. Melanie OwensDr. Tennille McGee Parris @Alejandro R. Perkins, Esq. and

Mrs. Dina G. PerkinsDr. Marjorie E. PersonDr. Nicole Lee PlentyMr. Edward H. and Mrs.

Ursula M. Pollock*Mr. James M. and Mrs.

Beverly B. PowellMrs. Rosemary Bolden QuillenMr. and Mrs. John P. QuinnDr. Henry Rachal, III and Dr.

Funmilayo A. RachalMr. Coleman Ridley and Mrs.

Chandra Kerley ColemanMrs. Lisa W. Robertson, R.Ph.Ms. Donna S. RobinsonMs. Jasmine F. RobinsonDr. Melanie Robinson-WoodardRear Admiral (Ret.) Stephen

W. Rochon and Mrs. Shirley A. Rochon

Dr. Ida L. Rose-MizeMr. Marlon E. RoundtreeDr. Kelley M. RouseDr. Donald M. RozzellDr. Fred J. Sambrone, Jr. and

Mrs. Constance F. Sambrone

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Dr. Keira N. ScanksMr. Anthony G. Sceau, Jr.Mr. Randall and Mrs. Eva

Schexnayder*Dr. Courtney B. Scrubbs, Esq.Adrianne R. Scruggs, M.D.Mr. Elmore J. and Mrs.

Alva N. Seraile*Mr. Kyle A. SimonMs. Marla SingletonMrs. Demetria Hill SloanMr. and Mrs. Allen J. Smith, Sr.Mrs. Edith J. SmithMr. Jimson O. SmithMrs. Kara R. Smith*Royshanda C. Smith, M.D.Ms. Shani K. SmithMrs. Gia B. SoubletMrs. Petrinella Heard SowellDr. Debra Hobson SpicerMrs. Mary M. StallworthMs. Alayna N. StepterKerry E. Sterling, M.D.Mrs. Doris B. SullivanMrs Tamekia Tate Tate-CobbTaryn H. Taylor, M.D.Dr. Jamelah A. TerryLowell P. Theard., M.D.Keila A. Brown Thomas, M.D.Dr. Alana C. Thompson-ByrdDr. Roderick O. and Mrs.

Courtney ThorntonDr. Lisa L. Tropez-ArceneauxMr. Alexander P. and Mrs.

Fay F. TureaudMrs. Germaine G. VavasseurMs. Vanessa M. VavasseurMr. Patrick A. and Mrs.

Penny T. VictorianDr. Elliot L. WadeMrs. Barbara Walker-FranklinMr. Joseph and Mrs.

Roxana Weber*Ms. Quo Vadis M. WebsterDr. Niesha J. WestmorelandMs. Jimmie C. WickhamMr. Damon L. WilliamsDr. Maritza G. and

Mr. Kenneth L. WilliamsDrs. Mark E. and Stephanie

W. WilliamsDr. Jacques P. Williams-Pascal

and Mr. Leroy B. PascalClarice A. Wimberly, M.D., M.S.Mr. Donald R. and Mrs.

Claire F. Winder

Mr. John and Dr. Krystene Woodard

Dr. Najaz Woods-BishopDr. Davida’ E. Yarbrough-WilsonMrs. Sandra J. ZimmermanMr. X. Kembo Zunzanyika

Gift of $250 - $499Dr. Mecca A. AbdullahDr. Elaine Parker-AdamsMr. and Mrs. Carlton Z. AdamsMr. Jon P. and Mrs. R.

Maria Owen AguilarDr. Ashli P. and Mr.

Michael AlexanderMr. Nelson AlexanderMs. Darlene T. AllenDeidra D. Allen, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. George L. Allen IIDr. Clive L. AlonzoMr. and Mrs. Herman AlugasMs. Arlene A. AranhaDr. Kimberly A. Aristide,

Pharm. D.Mr. Michael AugillardDr. Philecia C. AveryDr. Gloria Jackson BaconMrs. Rosiland A. Battee-BurtonDr. Angela M. BellMiss Stephanie D. BellMrs. Leslie D. BenderDr. Melanie Thibodeaux Bibb

and Mr. Christopher O. BibbMr. Keith and Mrs. Septa

H. BlossomMs. Bernadette D. BlountMs. Paula M. BoldsMs. Arlene C. BookerLt. Cdr. Andre’ Le Gras Boutte’Mr. and Mrs. Danny J. BoykinsDr. Ronda L. BroadyMrs. Adiaha N. BrownDr. Carolyn M. BrownDonald R. Brown II, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Melvin P. BrownTerrence H. Brown, Pharm. D.Earl S. Brown-Sconiers, RPh.Brigadier General Albert and

Mrs. Mable BryantAnthony L. Buckles, M.D.Dr. Derrick L. Burgess, M.D.Mrs. Joycelyn L. BurnettDr. Nitasha L. BurneyAngele Thibodeaux Burns, Ph.D.Mr. Ian H. Bush

Dr. Kimberly M. BushDr. Jacinda D. Byrd-SmithMrs. Clementine B. CagerCharlette M. Cain, DVMDr. Vashonia N. Smith-CampbellMrs. Nekesa O.

Carmichael-SappNikki H. Carter, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Samuel CarterColonel Dexter E. and Mrs.

Demetria G. CastonMrs. Betty J. CaudleMrs. Hattie Allen ChambersMr. Lucien S. and Mrs.

Deidre M.CharlotDr. Edgar L. Chase, III and

Mrs. Alva D. ChaseAttorney and Mrs.

Milton L. ChildsDr. Dawn M. ChinnMs. Evella M. ChretienMs. Nicolette Denise ClarkDr. Denise Edwards ColemanMr. Ronnie C. and Mrs.

Karen D. CollierMrs. Jennifer E. Charles CollinsMs. Kristin M. CollinsMr. Marcus T. and Mrs.

Katherine Glover-CollinsMrs. Karen B. CooperMs. Stephanie M. CooperDr. Arnette M. CordovaDr. Christina Council-KingDr. Shasa T. B. DabnerMrs. Carol R. Daniels-BellAdrienne A. Davis, Esq.Ms. Cynthia A. DavisDedra Gourdine Davis,

RPH, MHAMr. Ronnie DavisMrs. Marilyn A. Pierre DegrasseMr. Joseph Arthur Domingue IIDr. Monique DominickAgnes H. Donahue,

D.D.S., MSD, MPHMs. Crystal M. DoucetteMr. Edmond J. DoucetteVanessa L. Dowdy-

Sigur, DDS, PCRashida M. Downing, M.D.Mr. Nolan J. DuheHarrison Edgley, M.D.Rev. Dr. Nathaniel L.

Edmond and Mrs. Christine D. Edmond

Dr. Amne B. El-Rachidi

Mrs. Adrienne N. Embry-Ammons

Dr. Alexandria A. EspyMr. Lawrence Evans, IIIDr. K. T. EwingMr. and Mrs. Cedric J. FalgoutMr. Kent B. FarmerMr. and Mrs. Sidney Fauria, Jr.Mrs. Elvera Mitchell FeistLarry Ferdinand, Jr., M.D.Dr. Michelle A. FieldsCedric M. Fisher, M.D.Mr. Glyn and Mrs. Gilda

Marie FisherMs. Janice M. Florent*Ms. Ilona FontenetteDr. Farrell David FortDr. Pamela Payne Foster

and Mr. Bill FosterMs. Tijuana L. FreemanDr. Claire V. FullerDr. Brandy M. GallienMs. Juli K. GilyardMrs. Louaunne W. Gilyot*Ms. Ainka C. GonzalezDr. Reginique L. GreenDr. and Mrs. Alfred J.

Guillaume, Jr.Mrs. Gwendolyn Battle

GuillmetteKarla K. V. Haack, Ph.D.Mrs. Mary J. Hadnott-MimsMr. Brian G. Hall and Ms.

Erica E. Townsend-BellMr. Osama A. HamdanDr. Danielle HaneyAdrienne A. Hanson, M.D.

and Granville H. WaltonMs. Kendra E. HarmonDr. Katrina M. and Mr.

Onaje S. Harper @Mrs. Jetta Ballard Harris*Mrs. Lisa R. HarrisDr. Jazmine A. Harris-BranchMrs. Terry L. HarrisonDr. Portia M. Harris-White

and Mr. Marcus WhiteMrs. Mary Allen HaunDr. Worth Kamili HayesMs. Angela M. HaynesMr. Harold B. and Mrs.

Elaine C. HendersonMs. Robreka Henderson KingMrs. Wanda Bazile HewittMs. Barbara J. HicksRenee B. Hickson, M.D.

Mrs. Faye G. HillMrs. Kim Martin HoldenMs. Teal A. HoldenMs. Margaret HollowayMr. William “Butch”

M. Holmes, Jr.Dr. Sheritta O. HorneMr. Michael A. Houlemard, Sr.Ms. Hyacinth H. Hutchinson*Ms. Patrish IkekhideMr. and Mrs. William

Allen IngramMs. Karen JacksonMrs. Nedra Jasper-Alcorn

and Mr. Rick Alcorn*Mrs. Typhanie Jasper-ButlerMr. Preston E. JeanjacquesMr. Richard H. JeffersonDr. Tara M. Jenkins-

MontgomeryMs. Candace L. JohnsonMr. Gerard P. JohnsonDr. Andrea C. and Mr.

Glenn G. JohnsonMs. Kimien R. JohnsonMs. Virginia M. JohnsonMrs. Judith Curry JonesMs. Taffie Nicole JonesMs. Tina M. JonesDr. Chekesha M. Jordan, D.O.Mrs. Cosette West Kaufman*Mr. Charles J. Kennedy, Jr., CFPDr. Octavia M. KennedyMs. Ruth E. KennedyDr. Donna S. KielDr. Bryan R. KingMrs. Alyce G. King-

Hammons, CFCSMrs. Janice Labeaud-WashMr. Calvin A. Lane, Jr.Mrs. Gloria C. LarcheMr. Philip Thomas LastrapesMrs. Philomena D. LawsonDr. Terrel M. LeCesne, Sr.Mr. Albert C. LeeMs. Grace M. LemieuxMs. Kimberly B. LockettMs. Taura L. LongDr. Heidi I. LovettDr. Kraig W. and Mrs.

Niechelle T. LoydDr. Iris R. Mabry-HernandezMrs. Nicole P. MackieHon. Njeri K. MaldonadoMrs. Desiree M. Mance

Miss Maya MannMs. Latriece E. ManningMs. Lyndsay H. MarksMr. Marc D. and Mrs.

Patricia W. MarshallDr. Ashla L. MartinMrs. Elswith C. MazinMrs. Angelique Beauford

McClendonDr. Cedrek L. McFadden, M.D.Dr. Brian L. McGeeMr. William McKenzieMr. Winston A. McKissickDr. Nikki L. MeadowsAshley K. Miller, M.D.Mr. Eugene H. Mills, Jr.Mr. William M. MillsMrs. Patricia T. MincerMrs. Veronica LeDoux MitchellDr. Matthew H. MontgomeryMrs. Dawn Marie

Montgomery-OtisMs. Jaime L. MoodyMr. and Mrs. Shelvin L. MooreMs. Joyce M. MorganMrs. Helene B. MorrisMr. Hubert J. Morton, Esq.Dr. Stephanie C. MossAttorney Dwight and

Mrs. Elodie MurrayMr. and Mrs. Sidney A. MyersRuth E. Neal, M.D.Dr. Nwamaka A. Ngoddy, O.D.Dr. April R. Noble-BrooksReverend Dr. Maurice

Nutt, C.S.S.RMs. Chika C. NwankwoDr. Toi A. OldenDr. Lauren G. OutlawSelika R. Owens, M.D.Dr. Stephanie D. Owens-

GilkessonMs. Patricia A. PajaudDr. Kristina A. ParentMr. Melvin O. and Mrs.

Stephanie Jacques Parent, Jr.Mr. Quillie N. Parker, Jr.Dr. Rachael L. ParrishMs. Natalia PerryDr. Satira T. PerryDr. LeCresha A. PetersMs. Deidre V. PhillipsDr. Trina A. Lake PhillipsDr. Duan L. Pierce

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Mr. Gary J. Tanner and Mrs. Audrey M. Pinera-Tanner

Miss LaToya D. PorterDr. Kendra N. PrevostDr. Sarah J. Price-AdekoyaMr. Eugene A. PriestleyDr. Ashley W. PrimusMrs. Tameka D. RamseyMrs. Glenda Morgan RankinMrs. Lynne K. Raphael*Mrs. Sadika Rashid-LangstonMr. Gaylord S. and Mrs.

Lurylene J. RaymondDr. Melissa V. RectorMrs. Sondra C. Reine*Dr. Carryn N. RiceMr. Renald J. and Mrs.

Lesley W. RichardMonica R. Rider, M.D.Mrs. Lisa Nicholls RipollChief U.S. Magistrate Judge

Karen W. Roby and Mr. Clarence Roby, Jr.

Jade Brice Roshell, M.D.Ms. Javay M. RossDr. Robert Russell and

Mrs. Bridget RussellDr. Kalina M. SandersMrs. Sonya C. SandersDr. Alix H. and Mrs.

Tanaya L. SandersMr. Murray J. and Mrs.

Harriet Saucier, Jr.Mrs. Denise T. ScottLisa Fortune’ Sibley, D.D.S.Mrs. Aissatou A.

Sidime-BlantonMr. Dennis N. Sigur, Jr.Dr. Bridget D. Williams-

Simmons and Mr. Chris E. Simmons

Dr. Thelma C. SimpkinsDr. Dametria A. Sinegal-DanielDrs. Raegan Higgins Siwatu

and Kamau O. SiwatuMrs. Juanita Summers SmithDr. Klyne L. Smith and Dr.

Raquel L. RiveraMr. John J. SotoMr. Wayne A. Steele, Sr.*Ms. Rachael L. StewardMr. Henry L. Stewart III and

Mrs. Blanche A. StewartDr. Dawn M. Strickland @Mr. Maurice R. SwinneyMrs. Gertrude Perkins Taylor

Dr. Katrina L. TaylorMr. Lawrence A. TaylorMs. Carolyn A. Thomas*Jennifer A. Thomas-

Taylor, M.D., MPHDr. Alessandra D. ThompsonDr. Cleopatra E. ThompsonMrs. Laura Vinnett TriggsRellamichelle Washington

Tyree, RPh, MBA and Mr. Darrell Tyree

Dr. Elizabeth O. Unachukwu*Mrs. Alice U. Ursin-MurchisonMr. Shaun H. VincentMr. Gregory A. and

Mrs. Stephanie W. Waddell-Pulley

Mr. James O. and Mrs. Phyllis Wadley

Ms. Paulette W. WagnerMrs. Annetta M. WalkerDr. Imani J. WalkerMs. Esther C. WandaDr. Nina T. WashingtonDr. Monica O. WattsAkilah F. Weber-LaShore, M.D.Ms. Christine A. WeeksDr. Joan D. WelchDr. Janel Bailey WheelerAngele T. White, Pharm.D., J.D.Dr. Mia J. Robinson WhiteMrs. Gwendolyn Hudson

Whitner*Dr. Keyna J. WhitneyMs. Miriam J. WilbonMr. Alexander O. WilliamsDr. Amanda C. Williams, D.D.S.Deacon John B. and Mrs.

Antoinette E. WilliamsDrs. Gerard and Perpetual

WilliamsDr. James P. WilliamsMs. Mollie M. WilliamsMrs. Carolyn Ross WilsonAnonymous DonorMr. Harold W. Wright and

Mrs. Margaret WrightMrs. Kimela W. Cox, Esq.Dr. Mrs. Lisa L. Young and

Mr. Kevin YoungMr. Hemson J. Zenon

Gift of $100 - $249Demetria L. Aaron, M.D.Dr. Chandra C. AbbottYasmeen S. Abernathy, M.D.Ms. Dwan M. AdamsMr. Langston S. AdamsMr. George AdesinaDr. Tremaine J. AfetorgborMr. Dwayne A. Aikens, Jr.Ms. Camille E. AkponweiDr. Margaret A. AlabiMrs. Carole Bibolet AlarconTroy A. Alexander-El, M.D.Dr. Roneisha L. Alexander-

McLendonMr. Philip M. AllenAlayne M. Alozie, Pharm. D.Mr. James A. AlsandorMrs. Lorraine Kiper AmosMs. Acrealle AndersonMrs. Shirley A. AndersonMrs. Sauntiese C. AndrewMs. Sharhonda M. AnsleyDr. Rashad V. ArcementMs. Carla M. ArmstrongMr. Malcolm M. Armstrong, Sr.Mia N. Armstrong, M.D.Mrs. April Tasso-ArmwoodDr. Denise M. Arnaud-TurnerMs. Esohe M. AsemotaMrs. Larna J. AtkinsonMs. Talasha M. AubertMs. Carmichael L. AugustDr. Dana M. Augustus-McDadeLynne Barthe Aung-Levin, Ph.D.Dr. Tyeshia V. Babineaux and

Mr. Joshua J. BabineauxMrs. Anatalie Waddell

BacheminMs. Tishara V. BadonMrs. Edura B. BahamMr. Gerard J. BahamMs. Barbara J. BakerMrs. Gwendolyn E. Ball-JulienMs Yoruba L. Baltrip-ColemanDr. Tracy A. and Mr. Mark BanksMr. Keith T. Barker, M.S.Dr. Felecia F. BarnesMr. Kelvin G. BarnesMr. Kevin L. BarnesMr. Marc A. BarnesMr. David M. BarnettAtty. Stevens E. and Mrs.

Emma MooreMrs. Rhonda Boucree Barney

Mr. H. Jamon BarrowMs. Sharon BarthelemyMs. Stacey M. BastianMr. Roderick M. BatisteMrs. Carolyn B. BealDr. Lonzie Beamon, Jr.Ms. Mariea A. BecknellDr. Desha D. BedfordMrs. Alecia BellDr. Anika BellDr. Shawan A. BellowMr. Russell M. Vappie and Mrs.

Jean A. Benjamin-VappieMs. Shanda L. BennettDr. Angel B. BettisMs. Debbie BissettMrs. Akilah S. BlaylockMr. Carl A. and Mrs.

Eunette BlouinMrs. Tammie Boggan-BradyDr. Denise A. Boggs-

Wilkerson and Mr. Rashad C. Wilkerson

Dr. Michelle Bell BoissiereMr. Paul C. BonneeMs. Bonnita BooneDr. Tashel C. BordereMs. Sheria Williams BordersMs. Tia N. BostickMs. Tamara Brickham BourdaDr. Kenneth G. Boutte, Sr.*Tommy E. Bowman, D.D.S.Ms. Kimberly R. BoykinMs. Elease M. BradfordJoy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.Mrs. Jacquelyn Bradford JonesMiss Corben BradyMr. Jeremy R. BranchDr. and Mrs. Jerryl BriggsJanice A. BriscoeMr. and Mrs. Gregory D. BrooksMr. Joseph A. Brooks, Jr.Dr. Aliya M. BrownMs. Demetria S. BrownMr. Firmin P. Brown, Jr.Dr. Rosche P. BrownMrs. Stephanie Bullock BrownMr. Terence C. and Mrs.

Stephanie S. BrownMr. and Mrs. Warren A. BrownDr. Yasmin K. BrownMrs. Shunji Q. Brown-Woods

Mr. William B. BroyardMrs. Racquel Samuel BruceMrs. Tiffany M. BrumfieldMs. Malinda W. BryantAnonymous Donor Dr. Miguel A. Burgess, D.D.S.Mr. Emmanuel L. BurkeMrs. Joyce Whitfield BurtonDr. Rockell A. Brown BurtonMr. Richard D. and Mrs.

Michele J. BusbyMs. Donna L. BushReverend Melvin K. ButlerMr. Frederick and Mrs.

Rosalind G. ButlerDr. Tamara T. ButlerMrs. Natasha D. Butler-

MonteauDr. Evita G. BynumTarin M. Bynum-Neal, M.D.Drs. Malclom and

Noni H. ByrnesMrs. Trudy Ben CageMs. Alia P. CampbellMs. Gay G. CampbellMs. Ann P. CarterMr. Kenneth L. and Mrs.

LaQuita CarterMrs. Patricia G. CarterDr. Sonya L. CarterDr. Tamika M. CarterDr. Yvonne L. CarterDr. Laquisha L. CartwrightDr. Jason G. CavalierMrs. Shirley M. CelestineMs. Ashley D. CesarMrs. Willie P. ChaffersMrs. Dorselyn C. ChapitalDrs. Justin N. and Denisa

D. CharlesMs. Renee F. ChatmonDr. Merije T. ChukumerijeDr. Tammuella C.

Chrisentery-Singlton Dr. Natalie A. Clark, Pharm. D.Mr. and Mrs. Ronald ClarkDr. Cedric J. Cloud and

Mrs. Tiffany CloudRev. Roderick J. Coates, S.S.J.Mrs. Jewell Cobb-PittsDr. William L. Cody, Jr.Mr. Patton V. Cohen, R.Ph.

Mr. Branden J. ColeDr. Carnecia Y. ColeMs. Elodia B. ColeMrs. Johnnie P. ColeMr. Robert E. Cole IIIMr. Geoffrey T. ColemanMr. Milton ColemanDr. AshtT K. CollinsDr. Carla D. CollinsMrs. Inga Q. CollinsMr. William Collins, Jr.Dr. Samella Collins-SuttonMrs. Cheryl Ripoll ColonMs. Consuela M. ColstonMs. Lorin P. ComerKarl J. Connor, J.D., L.L.M.Mr. Darrin CookMs. Terry A. CookMrs. Mary Hanshaw CooleyMs. Jacinta E. CooperMs. LaKeshia N. CooperMrs. Dwana A. CordovaDr. Ronald E. Repps and Mrs.

Yvonne Handy CornwellMr. Andre S. CoureMrs. Rose Marie Craft*Dr. Lucius Craig III and

Mrs. Nedra L. CraigMs. Donna K. CrawfordDr. Jaime A. CrawleyRev. David G. Cray, S.S.E.*Mrs. Lynn Sarpy CreanMr. Nolen J. and Mrs.

Kathleen L. Crockett, Jr.Mr. Jaime L. CroninMajor Gayturnera G. CroomMs. Kimberly N. CrossMrs. Kim Rabb CrumpMrs. Nicole CrumpMs. Bonita M. CuillierMrs. Ursula C. Cuillier-Johnson

and Mr. Lonnie JohnsonMrs. Daisy W. CummingsMr. James Leonard CurrenceAlauna N. Curry, M.D.Angie L. Curtis, M.D.Ms. Tiffany D. Curtis, Esq.Mr. Edward R. and Mrs.

Anita Y. DalferesMr. Eric R. DangerfieldDr. Markesha Winn Daniel

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Mrs. Cheri N. DavidsonMr. Patrick A. and Mrs.

Kelly R. DavillierAsha S. Davis, M.D.Mr. Corwyn M. DavisMs. Doris DavisMs. Janet M. DavisMrs. Tammara J. DavisTenecQua M. Davis, Pharm. D.Dr. Tony D. DavisMrs. Minnie J. Davis-LinyearDr. Brandon L. Dawkins and

Mrs. Ashley E. DawkinsMs. Roxanne M. DeamsMr. Kenny J. DeCayMrs. Brendel DeemerMr. Robert D. Defrantz IIIMs. Marianne DeGrangeMr. Wendell M. DeGrangeDr. and Mrs. Oscar A. Del PortalMs. Diondra A. DeMolleMs. Michelle D. DennisDr. Christie V. DeGrange Detiege

and Mr. Jacques J. DetiegeMr. Emmanuel J. DetiegeMrs. Pearl B. DevezinMr. William J. DevilleRhonda R. Dickey, M.D.Dr. Michael A. Dietrich and

Mrs. Michelle DietrichMs. Aarika M. DiggsDr. Melvin L. Dillard IIIMr. James C. DirdenMs. T’Ann W. DixonDr. Tonya R. DobbsMr. and Mrs. Keith A. DoleyMr. Kevin C. and Mrs.

Janice F. DollioleMrs. Jerry A. DomingueMrs. Sharon L. and Mr.

Golden R. DonatoMs. Mary L. DorseyMs. Ashley P. DoucetteMrs. Leslie Courtney

Thorpe DouglasMs. Toni White DouglasMs. Barbara C. DuheDr. Rochelle H. DunhamMs. Denise R. DunnMr. Raymond R. DuplessisRoyce I. Duplessis, Esq.Mr. Archie N. DupreMrs. Iris T. Eagleton

Ladadriel T. Eastman, B.S., Pharm. D.

Judge Erania M. EbronCarmen G. Echols, M.D.Dr. Sabrina M. Echols-SampsonMr. Anthony J. Edgar, Esq.Dr. Dawn C. EdwardsMr. Edgar R. Edwards, Sr.*Ms. Latonya R. EdwardsDr. Ijeoma L. EjigiriAmbassador Alisheian

C. El-AminMrs. Aretha Eldridge-WilliamsDr. Dayna L. EllisonMs. Patricia M. EllsworthKelly O. Elmore, M.D.Judge Nakisha N. Ervin-KnottDr. Candice N. EscaleaDr. Daphne N. Chambliss EshoMr. DeAndre L. and Mrs.

Belinda EsteenMr. and Mrs. George EtienneJada M. Etienne, M.D.Dr. Athema L. EtzioniMrs. Karen Valentine EvansMrs. Marion A. EvansMrs. Cathy Evans-DeanDr. Desiree L. Evans-TignerMs. Amanda M. Brown FabinMrs. Jeanette W. FallsMr. and Mrs. Andre S. FarveLaReesa M. Ferdinand-

Dukes, M.D.Mrs. Lisa A. Fernandez-RichardMs. Myrtle W. FerrandeDr. Juanita R. FlemingDr. Mary E. FlemingMr. Cquincy A. FletcherMr. Sterling J. FleuryDr. Louis R. Flowers IIIMrs. Joni M. FolseDr. Erin D. FonbahMrs. Juanita A. FontenotKendra L. Forbes, Pharm. D.Mrs. Melissa A. FortunaMr. Freddie L. and Mrs.

Sharlene FosterDr. T. A. FosterMrs. Melanie Green FowlerAtty. Sacia I. FowlerMs. Sergelynn FrancoisMs. Ashanti S. FrankDr. Kimberly N. FrazierMrs. Juanita M. FreemanMrs. Myra P. Frost

Mrs. Patricia Fryson Fryson-Feagin

John T. Fuller, R.Ph.Lavonne J. Gaffin, DVMMr. Ronald D. GainesMs. Chantel Kanika Gant*Mrs. Karen Broussard GardinerMrs. Elaine Marie GardnerMr. Arnold J. and Mrs.

Lynne B. GaribaldiMrs. Rose H. GarmentMr. Ronald C. Gathe, Jr.Ms. Shannon R. GatlinMrs. Yolanda L. GautierMr. Theodore and Mrs.

Maria S. GeorgeMrs. Sharon Winder GexMrs. Barbara A. GibbonsMrs. Leona R. GibbsMs. Brenda V. Gibson*Dr. Kidada N. Gilbert-Lewis

and Mr. Faruq El HaqqDr. Dirck A. and Mrs.

Diamond GillamReyna L. Gilmore, M.D.Mrs. Courtney D. GivensMs. Lisa M. GivensDr. Sonya R. GivensMr. James and Mrs. Gail

M. Gladney, Jr.Ms. Sharrone M. GodfreyDr. Stacey A. GodleyDr. Susan P. GoggansDr. Shelia C. GoodmanMr. John H. and Mrs.

Bobbie J. Gordon IIIMrs. Cynthia Gordon-MillerMr. Dudley C. Grady, Jr.Ms. Shantrell R. GrahamMrs. Whitney Forstall Grandpre’Mr. Henry A. Grant, Jr.Mrs. Lolita T. GrantMrs. Barbara C. GrayDr. April D. GreenMr. Alan M. GreenDr. Glenn J. Green, Pharm. D.Ms. Lorrie D. GreenDr. Mrs. Tasha Merritt GreenMrs. Lisa Green DerryMrs. Zelda B. GreeneDr. Rosalind M. Green-HolmesDr. Jean-Maurice GuilbaudMr. Joseph and Mrs.

Vivian B. GuilloryDr. Sheree M. Guimont

Mrs. Kimberly B. GullattDr. Jeanine E. HallMr. Joseph and Mrs. Katie HallMrs. Pennye M. Dawkins-

HamiltonMrs. Tyneshia D. HamiltonMs. Gladys HamptonDr. and Mrs. Larry HamptonDr. Linda H. HannickMs. Piia T. HansonMs. Neema HardemanMrs. Alverna J. HardenShellie M. Harden, D.D.S., MPHMrs. Nicole F. HardinCol. Virgil M. Hardin, M.D. (Ret.)Mr. Ernest M. and Mrs.

Paulette P. HardingDr. Jamie A. HardyMrs. Jolene A. HardyMrs. Virginia T. HardyMrs Annette HarperMs. Ashlei R. HarrisMs. Lorianna F. HarrisNarvell Harris, Pharm. D.Ms. Shakeina Q. HarrisDr. Tyra C. HarrisMs. Opal M. HarrisonMiss Whitney Y. HarrisonMrs. Rhonda Harris-ScottMr. Jason J. HarryLinda N. Harvey, M.D.Mrs. Jenna R. Hatton-CobbMs. Soyini A. HawkinsMs. Valencia M. HawkinsMr. James V. and Mrs.

Leslie S. HaydelMs. Jennice F. HayesMrs. Briana K. Hayes-BennettMr. Wm. Darrell HeadMs. Ciera T. HearnMr. Anthony N. HeathMrs. Glenda G. HebertMrs. Kemba A. HendrixMrs. Elvira D. HenryAliya S. Heyliger, M.D.Dr. Latosha L. Hickman-CherryAttorney Ronald J. HigginsDr. Stephanie M.

Hightower, M.D.Dr. Bernard HillMr. Leonard E. Hinton, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas

A. Hinton, Jr.Mr. Roosevelt Hitchens, Jr.Dr. Eboni Smith Hollier

Mr. Gary R. HollimonDr. Candace N. Holmes, D.C.Dr. Mia N. HolmesMr. William D. Holmes, Jr.Mr. Jarred A. and Mrs.

DeriAnne M. HonoraMs. Sharita N. HonoraMrs. Bennetta C. HorneMrs. Kellee Knighten HoughMrs. Twila Fleming HudsonMs. Kristal A. HugginsMs. RaChell L. HuntMs. Brendolyn K. HunterMrs. Caroline Hunter-WilliamsMr. Jack Hurry, Jr.Ms. Eberenne F. IgbokweMs. Kareemat IpayeDr. Chen-Fung S. IzfarMs. Kimberly R. IzuoguMr. Benjamin M. and Mrs.

LaToya D. JacksonMs. Cassandra M. JacksonMs. Ciara D. JacksonMs. Consuelo B. JacksonMs. Dana M. JacksonMr. Kevin M. JacksonMrs. Ladera Q. JacksonMrs. Marilyn W. JacksonMs. Raven S. JacksonDr. Geraldine M. Jackson-WhiteMrs. Torri A. JacobusDr. Jericka J. JamesDr. Cornelius D. JamisonTia L. Jeffers, D.D.S.Dr. Elliot M. and

Mrs. Janelle B. JessieMrs. Deadra Joseph-EdwardsMiss Marquisha L. JohnsAdrienne M. Johnson, Pharm D. Dr. Alfred D. JohnsonMs. Corinn N. JohnsonMrs. E. C. JohnsonMiss Karmen L. JohnsonMrs. Kimberly A. JohnsonMrs. Lydia B. JohnsonRev. Malene Minor JohnsonMrs. Kimberly I. Johnson-HenryMrs. Margaret J. Johnson-MillerMrs. Carolyn A. Carmon-JonesMr. Dorsey Leandro Jones, M.EdMr. El Caleb John JonesMr. George E. Jones and

Mrs. Patsie W. Jones*Ms. Marsha M. JonesMrs. Mary J. Jones

Mr. Michael A. JonesMrs. Monique M. JonesMs. Monique R. JonesMrs. Natashia T. JonesVictor M. Jones, Esq.Mrs. Wilma T. JonesMr. Albert E. Joseph, Jr.Mr. Bennett C. Joseph, Jr.Dr. Orien D. JosephMs. Ava M. JourdainMs. Sharon D. JuzangMs. Kourtney D. KeenerMs. Kara M. KellerDr. Justin M. KellyDr. Cheryl Keyes and Mr.

Abdoulaye N’GomMr. William S. KeyesMrs. Zenita Wade KeysMrs. Sylvia KhatonMr. Howard C. KingMrs. Linda Louis KingMr. Rudy V. KingMs. Shani G. KingMr. John KirkDr. Duane E. Kirksey and

Mrs. Roshawn KirkseyMrs. Leta M. KnightenDr. Sika B. KoudouMr. and Mrs. Michael

L. Labat, Sr.Mrs. Christy M. Lagarde-SpearsDr. and Mrs. Maurice

W. Landers, Jr.Mrs. Brenda Robinson LashleyMrs. Evelyn Lawrence-

BenjaminMr. Christopher C. Laynes

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Dr. Kristin A. Leach*Mrs. Edna L. LearyDr. Shavon L. LeBlancMr. Martin Leon LecourMs. Lori M. LeDuffMrs. Cynthia G. LeeMr. Gregory H. Lee, Jr.Mr. Adam K. Lemieux, Jr.Ms. Jamelah P. LemonMs. Kyla A. LeonMs. Patrice A. LeonMr. Basil V. and Mrs.

Emily M. Lewis*Drs. Brandon J. and

Velissa A. LewisDr. B. Neil LewisMrs. Ella M. LewisDr. Inga C. LewisMs. Jaimee K. LewisMr. Jarvis A. Lewis*Mr. Leo LewisDr. Monique R. LewisMrs. Tamara N. LewisMrs. Robin K. Lewis-JacksonMrs. Rebecca Henry LindseyDr. Britney S. Lindsey-WoodsKim R. Lipscomb, M.D.Mr. Jeffrey C. and Mrs.

Rochelle B. LittletonMrs. Greta D. LockhartMr. Stanley Paul LoganMs. Suzette Cousin LopezMr. Wayne A. LopezAnonymous DonorMr. and Mrs. Khristopher

W. LoydMs. Alma Brooks LyleDr. Tonya A. LylesMs. Eleanor N. MackMrs. Tracy R. MackieMs. Allison D. MaloneMs. Cheryl S. MaloneMs. Jonrika M. MaloneDr. Edwin R. and Mrs.

LaQuita N. MaloneDr. Kama A. Shack ManuelMs. Kathleen M. ManuelMarlah H. Mardis, M.D.Dr. Jennifer Y. Hamilton

MarshallDr. Dale J. MartinMs. Misunique A. MartinReverend Hardin M. Martin, Sr.

and Mrs. Rosary H. MartinMs. Sheena E. Martin

Mr. Vernon E. and Mrs. Sandra Livsey-Martin

Mrs. Kacey P. Martin-JohnsonMr. Hewitt and Mrs.

Barbara Fields MayMrs. Robyn DT MaysMrs. Valerie A. McCamy-BlakeDr. Alexandra M. McCartyDr. Lauren C. McCauleyMr. Jules McClainMs. Wendy T. McClintonMrs. Natasha M. McCoy-CrumpDr. Tiffany T. McCrayMrs. Achontyrausi Y. McFarlandMr. Ted W. McFieldMrs. Lynda P. McGeeMr. Evangelist R. McGowanMr. Randall McHenryMrs Erika Harris McKayMr. David A. McKennaDr. Shawn McKinneyMrs. Tamara J. McLemoreMr. Ronald C. McLendon, Jr.Ms. Sedonia S. McMorrisMr. Stephen Gregory-

Augustine McMullenMrs. Lynee’ T. MercadelMrs. Thaedra D. MercadelMrs. Gailene M. Mercadel-

AndersonMs. Kelly D. MerrickDr. Kendra L. MichaelMrs. Melanie G. MichaelDr. Leah J. MillerMs. Adrianne P. MitchellMs. Laura L. MitchellMrs. Felicia A. Bolden MobleyMs. Farah MoisoMrs. Margo N. Montgomery-

RichardsonMs. Crystal N. Moore*Mrs. Monita C. MooreDr. Robin M. MooreMs. Yolande C. MorantMr. Jerome and Mrs.

Elizabeth A. MorganMrs. Cara Morgan-DanielsMrs. Jameaker O. MorrisDr. Tommy C. MorrisMr. Aleron and Mrs.

Gina MortonMs. LaToya B. MoseleyDr. Kayla M. MosesMs. Alexandria J. MoxleyMs. Willia M. Muhammad

Dr. Jennifer L. MullenDrs. Mark and Renee MurrayDr. Jessica E. NashDr. Lucretia D. NaveDr. Conchita NdegeMs. Jill NdukweMr. Michael P. NedMs. Janel S. NelsonMr. Kevin A. NelsonMs. Gayle J. NewcombMr. Ventress S. NewportDr. Katrina P. NguyenMrs. Elise T. NichollsDr. Adrienne Noble-Clark

and Mr. Evan ClarkMr. Charles H. Nobles, Jr.Dr. Sherryl L. Norah-WilliamsDr. Shamekia A. Nwafor, O.D.Nkechi A. Nzerem-

Johnson, M.D.Mr. Vincent L. Brown NzingaMr. Gary J. and

Mrs. Peggy OlindeMrs. Mary Frances G. OliverMr. Calvin J. Ortique, Jr.Dr. Shenita A. OutlandDr. Tian Merren OwensMrs. Tiffany Milam OwensMs. Shade’ O. OwolabiMrs. Candra J. Palmer-

McGowenMr. Gregory and Mrs.

Roseanna F. PappionMs. Raquel L. ParentMrs. Marissa R. ParsonMs. Riqui J. Patrick DewittDr. Jarret R. PattonMr. Willard Payne, Jr.Dr. Ellegant S. Pearson @Ms. Marcia J. PecotMr. Dylan R. PennyMr. Wilbur J. and Mrs.

Hope PerezRamona J. Perkins, Ph.D.Dr. Challon R. PerryDr. Sylvia M. PerryMr. Eric A. PetersMr. Joseph N. Peterson, Jr.Mr. Kacy A. PhillipsMs. Roenikya L. PhillipsDr. Yolonda R. PickettMr. Isaac Picou*Mrs. Carolyn Young PierceMr. Jeffery C. PierreMs. Valerie Pierre

Dr. Cwanza A. PinckneyMs. Kristen M. PittsMr. George Raymond PlickMrs. Christine J. PowellMr. and Ms. Gregory H. PowellDr. Tanisha M. PowellMr. Wayman Powell III*Ms. English M. PrattsMrs. Barbara Judge PrejeanDr. Matthew Proctor, Jr.Mr. Clifford L. ProvostMrs. Helen J. RachalDr. Albanye M. RandallMr. Eldridge A. RandolphMs. Patric RayAtty. Timothy and Mrs.

Lisa M. RayDr. Warren J. Ray, Jr.Dr. Kimberly R. RayfordMs. Erica L. ReavesMs. Aisha O. RedmondMr. Ro-Lyan A. ReidMr. Lester J. Relf, Sr.Mrs. Marissa Anne RelifordMr. Leslie Hightower

and Mrs. Patricia R. Reynard-Hightower

Dr. Ramona L. RhodesMrs. Kimberly M. RichardMr. Reginald T. RichardDrs. Herbert J. and Tondia

L. Richardson, Jr.Mr. Patrick W. RobersonDr. Yolanda C. RobersonDr. Lauchland A. RobertsProf. Diarra O. RobertsonMs. Juliet T. Robertson*Mr. Jason N. RobinsonMs. Karna L. RobinsonMs. Kay S. RobinsonMrs. Marlene C. Robinson*Dr. Mary L. RobinsonMs. Roulette M. RobinsonMs. Lovie F. Rodgers, Pharm. D.Mrs. Kaye L. RollandMr. Kendrick L. and Mrs.

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Rosemary S. SimonMs. Keila A. SimonsDr. Sharlene A. Sinegal-

DeCuir and Attorney Brandon J. DeCuir

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Larnette Minor SmithDr. Shayna A. and Mr.

Tequiero SmithMr. Winston C. SmithDr. Foluso A. SokunbiMrs. Denise G. St. CyrMs. Tahira S. StalberteMrs Michele Simon StanleyMrs. Robin J. StevensonMs. Linda J. Stewart

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Ms. Monique R. GaribaldiMiss Destane GarrettMr. and Mrs. Stanford

J. Gautier, Jr.Ms. Brandi G. GildsMr. Houston Gilliand, Jr.Ms. Greer E. GoffMrs. A. Doris J. GoinsMrs. Robin H. GoodwynDr. Brittany GordenMrs. Joi M. GordonMs. Portia D. GordonMs. Allyson M. GrahamMrs. Carolyn GrandersonMs. Kimberly N. GrandersonDr. WIlliam R. Grant IVMs. Jennifer N. GrayMs. Marian L. GrayMrs. Germaine S. GreenMs. Jennifer Y. GreenMiss Gail GreenhouseMs. Paula Thomas GrierMs. Katherine W. GrinsteadMr. Ernest C. Gross, Jr.Attorney Cynthia C. GuilloryDr. Keva K. GwinMrs. Ra’Nell A. Davis HaleOkyeame Haley, Esq. and

Mrs. Melissa S. HaleyDr. Rachel Davis-Haley and

N. Sundiata Haley, Esq.Ms. Chelsea A. HallMrs. Mattie J. HallMs. Regina J. J. Hall-NgorimaDr. Ambra M. HannahDr. Kori D. HardawayDr. Cindy G. HardenMrs Deidra R. HarperDr. John A. HarperMs. Keri M. HarperMr. Calvin and Mrs.

Janet S. HarrellMs. Cheryl L. HarrisMrs. Eboni L. HarrisMs. Erica L. HarrisMs. Jessica C. HarrisMs. Trenise J. Harris-LawsonMrs. Christine L. HartMs. Beverly A. HawkinsMrs. Etta L. HawkinsMs. Jacinta M. HawkinsMrs. Charletra R. Hayes-TaylorDr. Doris Haynes, Ed. D.Ms. Phyllisia C. HaynesMiss Arkeyia N. Hayward

Mr. Ian P. and Mrs. Marielle Heisser

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Holmes-JonesMs. Letitia R. HopkinsMrs. Linda C. HopkinsMr. Lawrence C. HoustonMiss Brandi L. HowardMs. Allison B. HudsonLt. Gwendolyn N. Hudson,

Ph.D., MPH, CPHSr. Barbara Hughes, C.S.J.Mrs. Sophronia HughesDr. Jamila D. HunterMs. Muriel L. HuntleyMs. Shaurita D. HutchinsMs. Janna C. HutchinsonMr. Chukwuemeka IhenachoMs. Camiel J. IrvingMs. Martina G. IsaacMs. Amanda R. IsaacsMs. Jessica IsomMs. Angell J. JacksonSr. Clara M. Jackson, S.S.F.Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. JacksonMs. Joi L. JacksonMrs. Marie Ella P. JacksonMs. Quintella G. JacksonMiss Robin S. JacksonMs. Sylvia A. JacksonMrs. Terri L. JacksonMr. Alfred M. JamesMrs. Kuiana M. JamesMiss Nia A. JamesDr. Byron K. JasperMs. Carol Jenkins-GayeDr. Christopher A. and Mrs.

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Ms. Joi L. JohnsonMrs. Judith G. Johnson*Mr. Kendrick JohnsonDr. Leonard J. Johnson, D.D.S.Ms. Neiketa K. JohnsonMiss Rochelle N. JohnsonMr. Sedric P. JohnsonMr. Steven W. JohnsonMs. Monique M. Johnson-JonesMs. Christian J. JoinerMrs. Agatha R. JonesMrs. Andrea N. JonesMs. Brianne JonesMr. David M. Jones, IIIMr. Delvin L. JonesMr. Eddie Jones, Jr.Ms. Kim M. JonesMr. Kurt D. JonesMs. Laurene S. JonesMrs. Laverta C. JonesMs. Lynell JonesMs. Narva H. JonesMiss Paige R. JonesMrs. Raynelle C. JonesMs. Remeka S. JonesMr. Robert C. Jones IIMrs. Sonia Wells JonesMrs. Sheleen P. Jones-AdenleMr. William Jordan and Mrs.

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Lumpkins, Sr.Ms. Melanie A. LymanMs. Vanencia J. LynchMs. Brianna M. LyonsMiss Ebonee’ MackeyMr. Tracy D. MadisonMr. Ronald M. MageeMrs. Yvette Wilcox MageeMs. Monica N. MajorsDr. Tendai MakinaMrs. Shannon L. ManeauMrs. Laura M. MansonMr. Damian K. ManuelMs. Jaime D. MarchandMs. Lisa M. Margerum

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Julie McDonaldDr. Wendy G. McDonaldDr. Njoki McelroyMrs. Breanne B. McGheeMs. Imani McGlenMrs. Leiza Simpson McKennaMs. Lucretia J. McKenzieMrs. Kandys R. McKinley-FosterMr. Wellington McKissick, Sr.Mr. Julian A. McKnightMr. Odel P. McKnightAshley E. McNeil, M.D.Ms. Lare T. MeachumMrs. Patricia S. MeiklejohnMs. Priscilla A. MelanconDr. April E. MendozaMr. Treyvon MerrittMs. Michelle Y. MerriweatherMiss Launa C. MetzMs. Stephanie P. MilesMrs. Eula M. MitchellMr. Lee H. Mitchell

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WashingtonDr. Krishawnda Rogers

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Dr. Stanley J. WiltzDr. Janice H. Winder and Mr.

Richard A. Winder, M.S.W.Dr. Sundée A. WinderMr. Earl M. Winfrey IIIMs. Erin D. WinfreyMrs. Brenda C. WiseDr. Adrian WoodsMrs. Diane Bailey WoodsMrs. Shane M. WoodsMs. Atara B. YoungMs. Qiona L. YoungMs. Tia L. ZenoMrs. LaKeesha N. Zuniga

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Mrs. Mary E. Kahn DavisMr. Learnard G. DickersonMrs. Emily FergusonMr. Varion N. LaurentMr. and Ms. Ernest LindseyDr. James A. and Mrs.

Zelma L. PaschalMrs. Jenny and Mr. Michael

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Corporations

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AT&T LouisianaEntergy Corporation

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Barnes and Noble College Book Sellers, Inc.

Benevity Community Impact Fund

BlueCross BlueShield of Louisiana

Capital One, N.A.CVS CorporationEntergy New Orleans Inc.

Gift of $5,000 - $9,999

Concourse Ventures, Inc.Crumb Engineering, LLCDickerson and Company

(DACO, LLC)Gallo Mechanical Services, LLCGillis, Ellis & Baker, Inc.Google, Inc.Humana Inc.IBMInnovative Learning

and Assessment Technologies, LLC

Lockheed Martin CorporationManning Architects, APACMorgan Keegan & Company,

Inc./The Atlanta Consulting Group

Procter & Gamble Co., Inc.Shell Oil Company Matching

Gifts ProgramUnited Health Group

Giving Campaign

Gift of $2,500 - $4,999

AT&T Corp.Bynum’s PharmacyChevronTexaco CorporationConocoPhillipsG.T. Marshall & Associates, LLCLouisiana Lottery CorporationMicrosoft CorporationMotiva Enterprises LLCWilhelmina Parris Family

Limted Partnership

Gift of $1,000 - $2,499

Adams & Reese, LLPComerica BankFidelity Brokerage Services, LLCFirst Horizon National

CorporationFluor Federal Petroleum

Operations, LLCIntel CorporationIvy Enviromental Consulting LLCJP Morgan Chase FoundationLandis Construction

Company, LLCMedco Health Solutions

Charitable Match FundPontchartrain Partners, LLCToca Enterprises, Ltd.Unconditional Care

Behavioral Center LLCUnited States Tennis

Association, Inc.

Gift of $500 - $9993MAgincourt Capital

Management, LLCAir Liquide USA LLCAXA Advisors, LLCBrazile and Associates, LLC.Coleman’s InvestmentsCommunity Shares of

Minnesota Campaign Account

Delaney Smith Pharm.D., M.D., Corporation

Denechaud And Denechaud, L.L.C.

Hithe Orthodontics, LLCHookfin Termite and Pest

Control Co., Inc.

Nationwide InsuranceNovo Nordisk, Inc.Polaris Medical Group LLCThe Law Office of Mark DelphinVoya Retirement Insurance

and CompanyWhitney National Bank

Gift of $250 - $499AOS Interior EnvironmentsDean Hunter Medical

ConsultantEspy Eye CareFADI MED PAC LLCJW Marriott HotelKenner Discount PharmacyLexis Nexis Risk SolutionsRound Tower TechnologiesSheraton New Orleans HotelSodexoTapestry PressUniversal Data, Inc.

Gift of $100 - $249AYM Medical Services Inc.Byrd House CateringCSX TransportationDAT Chicken, LLCEmanuel Health Clinic, P.C.Kennedy Financial Group

of Louisiana, Inc.Lamad Educational

Consulting Services, LLCLouisiana Avenue Medical

Center Inc.McKee Law FirmPayPay Charitable Giving FundPorter’s Insurance Agency, Inc.The Board and Staff of Via LinkThe Law Office of Andre CoureThe Law Office of Langston

Scott AdamsTravelers Community

ConnectionsUnifyUnited Technologies

Corporation

Gift of $1 - $99Best Foot Forward PodiatryEdward JonesEstelle J. Wilson Mortuary, Inc.Moser ConsultingSis Development Company

State Farm Insurance Companies

Target CorporationThe Goode Leaf LLCThe New Orleans Chapter

of Girlfriends, Inc.Union BankUnited Health Care Service, Inc.

Gifts of Artwork, Property or Other In-Kind Donation

Coldwell BankerLiving Word BookstoreMr. G’s Supperclub &

Entertainment CenterOmni RiverfrontPlaza EscadaRaising Cane’sSK Communication Cricket

Wireless Mobile Telephone Services

The African HedonistThe Columns Hotel

Foundations

Gift of $500,000 or More

Anonymous Donor

Gift of $250,000 - $499,999

Booth-Bricker FundThe Lettie Pate Whitehead

Foundation, Inc.

Gift of $100,000 - $249,999

Goldring Family FoundationHank Aaron Chasing The

Dream FoundationLinden Root Dickinson

FoundationThe Frank B. Stewart,

Jr. FoundationThe Hearst Foundation, Inc.

Gift of $50,000 - $99,999

The Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, Inc.

Gift of $10,000 - $49,999

CBB Fund at Schwab CharitableMcMillan-Stewart FoundationThe Greater New Orleans

FoundationThe Mary Freeman

Wisdom FoundationThe Schott Foundation for

Public EducationThe Selley Foundation

Gift of $5,000 - $9,999

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Delgado Community College Foundation

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

General Electric CompanyScholarship Foundation

of New OrleansThe Philadelphia Foundation

Gift of $2,500 - $4,999

ExxonMobil FoundationFlorence Gould FoundationInFaith Community FoundationLiberty FoundationLouisiana Independent

College Foundation Inc.New Orleans Jazz &

Heritage FoundationState Farm Companies

FoundationThe UPS Foundation

Gift of $1,000 - $2,499

Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund

Burkedale FoundationExelon FoundationFirst Tennessee Foundation

Matching Gift ProgramGlaxoSmithKline FoundationLumina Foundation

for EducationMerck Company FoundationThe Ayco Charitable FoundationThe Bruce J. Heim FoundationThe Chisholm Foundation

The Community Foundation for The National Capital Region

The Thomas W. Bean Foundation

Verizon

Gift of $500 - $999Ingersoll-Rand Charitable

FoundationThe AXA FoundationWashington Women’s

FoundationWells Fargo Foundation

Educational Matching Gift Program

Gift of $250 - $499Greater Me FoundationPfizer FoundationSanta Barbara FoundationThe Tom Joyner Foundation

Gift of $100 - $249Cigna Matching Gifts ProgramCorning Incorporated

FoundationIvy Pearl Foundation, Inc.John D & Catherine T

MacArthur Foundation

Gift of $1 - $99AmazonSmile FoundationThe Catholic Foundation

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Individuals

Gift of $100,000 - $250,000

Mr. Henry and Mrs. Billye S. Aaron

Dr. and Mrs. Jack ForrestMs. Sarah L. Lutz and Mr.

John van Rens

Gift of $50,000 - $99,999

Mrs. Carla A. HarrisMrs. Sonia A. PerezMrs. Phyllis M. TaylorMr. Roderick K. West

Gift of $10,000 - $49,999

The Honorable Carmen Bermudez and Mr. Thomas J. Feeney

Ms. Geneva GreenMr. Victor L. HaydelMrs. Leslie R. JacobsMr. Gladstone N. Jones III, PCDr. Bruce S. and Mrs. Kim LevinMrs. Elizabeth LylesMs. Elizabeth MarksMr. Michael A. MouronDr. Vivian TocaMr. William J. and Mrs.

Ann Hart WernzMrs. Mary K. Zervigon*

Gift of $5,000 - $9,999

Ms. Shirley S. Baker*W. Anderson Baker,

III, CPCU, ARMMr. Rashi J. BatesSr. Donna Breslin, S.B.S.Dr. Sally A. ClausenDr. Dale Mason CochranFr. Louis J. Franz, CMMost Reverend Curtis

Guillory, S.V.D., D.D.Mr. Roderick E. HennekDr. Toni M. HooverMr. Edward T. LeeDonald C. Massey, Esq.Mr. James Mitchell, Jr.Mr. Colvin G. Norwood, Jr.

Mr. Douglas L. and Mrs. Melba Hill-Paschal

Mr. Ashton Phelps, Jr.Ms. Julie S. RobbinsMr. James R. and Mrs.

Marianne R. SwansonDr. Reynold Verret

Gift of $2,500 - $4,999

Ms. Martha M. BroadMs. Sophia L. CaseyDr. Marguerite and Dr.

Ray Giguette*Drs. Elliott D. and Elizabeth

Y. HammerMr. and Mrs. John P.

Krolikowski*Dr. Anne E. McCallFather Carroll MizickDr. Karen Becnel Moore and

Mr. Bartholomew J. MooreMrs. Wilhelmina H. ParrisMr. David G. PerlisDr. Susan SpillmanMr. Michael W. Tierney*Mr. Victor Marchand WebbMr. Lawrence E. WiemanThe Estate of Mr. Daniel

H. Yeoman

Gift of $1,000 - $2,499

Mrs. Ahaji K. AmosMs. Regina AustinMr. John A. Clark and Ms.

Elizabeth H. P. BarringerMr. Kenneth Bartels and

Ms. Jane CondonMr. and Mrs. Alan BerlowAttorney Madelon Blum

and Mr. Jim FredericiMs. Jane B. BoriesMs. Ruth A. BroussardMr. Joseph K. Byrd*Ms. Genevieve CoyleMs. Debra A. CrossMr. John J. Cummings IIIDr. Gene and Mrs.

Carolyn D’AmourReverend Edward V. Davis, M.M.Ms. Eloise D. Dixon*Ms. Elizabeth DowningMr. Herb Eckhouse

Drs. Talisman Ford and Michael Roshon

Mr. Richard and Mrs. Sarah Freeman

Attorney Marc L. FrischhertzDr. Danielle GilliamMrs. Constance and Mr.

Luis C. Gonzalez, IIIMrs. Margaret Faulwell GordonMs. Darlene GrahamMr. John L. HartmanDr. Brian HatotMrs. Judith HeikesMr. Stephen HobsonMr. Richard and Dr.

Shubha IrelandDr. Kathleen B. KennedyMr. Michael D. and Mrs.

Julia B. KesslerDr. Vimal and Mrs.

Asha Kishore*Mr. Lawrence A. and Mrs.

Margret LessingMr. and Mrs. Robert F. McCoyDr. Joe A. MelcherMs. KC Chretien MillerMs. Molly O’ConnorMr. John A. and Mrs.

Ellen R. Pecoul, Jr.*Mr. Edward J. Phillips, Jr.Mr. Chris PlumMr. Richard David QuintMr. Peter R. QuirkMr. Michael RawlesAnonymous DonorMrs. Gwendolyn D. RouzanMs. Selma P. RyaveMs. Kathy L. SchulzMr. Gerald Slattery, Jr.Ms. Nancy D. SmithDr. Nancy P. StorkMr. James TerryMr. Karl D. Turner and

Dr. Cecily TurnerJane W. Turner, M.D., Ph.D.Ms. Lucy VassermanDr. Harold A. Vincent and

Mrs. Estelle L. VincentDr. and Mrs. Joseph W. WatsonMrs. Patricia WhisenhuntMr. Alford WilliamsProf. Kelli WilliamsMrs. Melva D. Williams*Ms. Melva M. WilliamsAnonymous Donor

Mr. Clifford S. Wright, CPA*Mrs. Melanie Falls Copenny

Gift of $500 - $999Dr. Renee V. AkbarDr. Elizabeth A. BarronDr. Jose Juan BautistaDr. Amy Bellone-HiteMr. John A. and Mrs.

Sandra S. DooleyMr. Thomas Duffy*Ms. Julia FriedlanderMs. Carrie L. GeorgeMs. Linda W. GulleyDavid F. Hayes, M.D.Ms. Janelle HolderMrs. Mary B. KittlesAnonymous Donor Mr. Matthew G. LeeMs. Ann P. and Mr. Lee

LittlewoodDr. Michael R. and Mrs.

Patricia Lucey*Ms. Jeanne B. LynchMr. Eric C. MarshallLt. Col. Eugene MartinMs. Andrea MayroseMr. Jacques MorialMr. and Mrs. Russell MorrisMr. Robert E. Murphy, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Joseph J. NahasMs. Mary L. OllilaDr. Lisa C. Perry-GilkesMr. Kemp C. PetersonDr. Samuel Pettis, Jr.Ms. Mary Ellen Powers, Esq.Drs. Thomas and

Theresa PretlowMs. Jennifer A. QuezergueMr. and Mrs. B. D.

RadhakrishnanMr. Gregory N. RattlerMr. Coleman RidleyMr. and Mrs. Michael

Rigney & Melissa WuMs. Lucinda Robb and

Mr. Lars RobbMs. Joan M. RutherfordMr. Richard L. and Mrs.

Kathy SanchezMrs. Lorraine and Mr. Terry ScottMr. and Mrs. Terry ScottMs. Melinda SheltonMs. Jetasha ShineMs. Kelley J. Simmons

Mr. Richard A. Goins, Esq. and Ms. Nannette Smith

Mr. James E. and Mrs. Phyllis W. Stone

Mr. Michael StonerMrs. Carroll W. SuggsMr. Richard L. and Mrs.

Helene Tucker*Mrs. Patricia H. VaultzDr. Pamela Waldron-MooreMs. Karen L. WalkerMr. Morris and Mrs. Lee

Washington

Gift of $250 - $499Ms. Emma AristideThe Honorable Michael

BagnerisMs. Christine BarreraMr. Chris BarrilleauxMrs. Elisa Barnes Bell

and Mr. Alan BellMr. Paul L. BellowDr. Joan W. BennettMr. Kevin E. BergerMrs. Beverly Constance

Malveaux BoykinsMr. Robert BrowderMr. Stephen J. CalogridesMr. Ronald M. Carrere, Jr.Mr. Daniel T. CaseyDr. Enid W. CollinsMr. Richard C. Colton, Jr.Mr. Charlton CopelandDr. Cecily A. DeFreeceDr. Brian Despinasse II, M.D.Mr. Keith V. DillonMr. Roderick DoakesAnonymous DonorStephen EngroMr. Robert GallagherMr. Johnny GeorgeMr. William D. GibbsMr. George and Mrs.

Judith GoodmanMrs. Shirley C. GuenoDrs. Belmont F. and

Nina J. HaydelDr. Jason T. HayesMs. Diane B. HodgeMs. Gabriella S. HollandMs. Rebecca HortonMr. Shelton A. Howard*Dr. Shamsul Huda*Dr. Alison G. Hyslop

Ms. Meredith W. JohnsonMs. Lacrecia A. JonesDr. Lester W. Jones, Jr.*Mr. Lionel KhatonMrs. Martha B. LapeyreMs. Clarisa C. LetulleAnonymous DonorMs. Jennifer LuebbeMr. Kevin LymanMr. Harold Spencer and Ms.

Ruth D. MacNaughtonProfessor John McCallMr. Tyronne McLaughlinMr. James R. and Mrs.

Olivia McInerney*Ms Virginia J. MichelMrs. Marian MinnardDr. Judith G. MirantiMs. Cynthia W. MolyneuxMs. Linda G. NashMrs. Karen Hodge NathanDr. Patience Obih*Mr. Joel D. and Mrs.

Susan OppenheimMr. Douglas V. PorterDr. Javeria QuerishiMr Todd RagusaMr. Simeon B. Reimonenq, Jr.Dr. Joe M. RicksDr. Joseph F. Ross*Ms. Chanelle Duffard SmithMs. Sharon SmithDr. Sarah Stanwood, M.D.Mr. Bruce D. StrathearnMr. Joel F. StudebakerMs. Nicole SummersMs. Anne TaylorMr. Rodney J. Thomas III*Mr. Timothy E. Tilghman and

Mrs. Jennifer D. TilghmanMr. and Mrs. Jack D. UllmanMrs. Alice W. WallaceMrs. Beverly WallaceMrs. Christie WeeksDr. Christopher WilliamsMr. David S. WilliamsDr. Samuel W. WilliamsMrs. Amber K. WinnDr. Shael WolfsonMs. Nancy Jean WoodsonMr. David E. Yarbrough and Mrs.

Isabel Miles-Yarbrough

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Gift of $100 - $249Mr. John P. AdamsMs. Ariel J. AndersonMr. Wes and Mrs.

Jacqueline AngelDr. Terrence M. Augillard, D.D.S.Ms. Aubrie G. AugustusMs. Debra L. BaconMs. Elaine BaranDr. Peter BarrettMs. Keisha BartonMr. William A. Bates and

Mrs. Maria W. BatesDr. Donaldo R. BatisteMs. Deborah BaudyMs. Mildred BeaufordMr. Thomas BeckerLCDR Nicole M. BellMr. William H. Bell IIMrs. Ellen Bellone and

Mr. Julius BelloneMr. Calvin and Mrs.

Judy A. BernardDr. Teresa BirdwhistellMs. LoRen BlakleyMs. Gail BlattenbergerMr. Harry Blumenthal, Jr.Ms. D’Juana BoissiereMs. Linda M. BoltMs. Esther B. BonardiDr. Thomas Bonner, Jr.Mr. Theodore BorgmanMr. Marion B. and Mrs.

Judy BracyMs. Jean BradleyMs. Linda BrevingProfessor Palmira BrummettMrs. Kim D. BrydDr. Clarence BurnoughMr. L. C. ButlerMr. Michael M. ByrdMs. Carrie L. CaldwellMrs. Wanda B. Canty-LewisMr. Stephen J. and Mrs.

Ellen M. CaseyMs. Ruby C. CollinsMs. Charlotte CombreMr. and Mrs. Tim & Anna CookMs. Melissa Perrett CookDr. Joyce H. CorringtonMr. Emmary and Mrs.

Cassandra CottonMr. David N. CrapoMrs. Sallie CreuzotMr. Edward W. Crowe

Mr. Arnold L. Crump*Mrs. Elaine K. CzenszakMs. Conswella DavisMs Marsha M. DavisMs. Rita D. DaysDr. Valerio De AngelisMs. Carol Tureaud DeanMs. Rosalynne DennisDr. and Mrs. Stephen J. DerbesMs. Ariel V. DixonMr. Tran DuongMs. Denise A. DuvernayHenry M. Evans, Jr., M.D.Mrs. Jennifer Evans-MuirMr. and Mrs. William A. FaganDr. Jerry T. FarmerMr. Louis FarrellyMs Rae FellowsMr. Abel A. and Mrs.

Caril E. FernandesDr. Maryam K. ForoozeshMs. Barbara J. FranklinMs. Kayla FreemanMs. Prinella F. FrugeMs Barbara FudgeMs. Bettye GaiterMr. Andrew and Ms.

Janet GallantMs. Martha Cris GarciaDr. Antoine M. and Mrs.

Carol J. GaribaldiMr. Ronald F. GearyDr. Esteban GershanikMr. J. Philip GleasonMs. Juliet GloverMs. Gloria Dhue GoudelockMr. Paul I. and Mrs. Carrie GradyMs. Quintesia GrantMr. Montgomery GrayMs. Evelyn W. GreenMs. Leona S. GreenDr. Nicole GreeneDr. Franklin D. and Mrs.

Lynn HamiltonMrs. Adrienne HarrisMrs. Eva N. HarrisonMrs. Laura Ann Hewett Haydel

and Mr. John P. Haydel, Jr.Ms. Pamela M. HeglarMs. Amanda E. HelmCol. Richard HintonMichol Holloway, M.D., MPHMr. Robert and Mrs. Lisa HorneMr. Joseph J. Houska and

Ms. Christine Paige

Mrs. Mary Dyer HubbardMs. Leslye W. HugginsMr. John D. HughesMrs. Cheryl F. Jackson-HarrisMr. Derrick JaquessMs. Monique JarrettMrs. Mavis Jean-GillesMr. William L. and Mrs.

Deborah M. JeffrionMs. Amelia JenkinsMrs. Worell B. JohnsonMs. Dawn JonesMr. Vincent Jones IIMs. Eris Deanne JordanMichael J. JordanDr. Saul KaplanMrs. Gloria P. KindrickDr. V. D. KingMrs. Mapo Kinnord-PaytonDr. Vlajko L. Kocic*Mr. Andy and Mrs.

Andrea KopplinMs. Lisa LawsMr. Edward LeBeauxMs. Genia Coleman LeeMr. Michael J. LeJeune, Sr.

and Mrs. Pamela LejeuneMr. David J. LewisMs. Dana LockettMr. J. Robert LuoMs. Beatrice A. MackenzieMs. Mavia MarsalisDr. Deborah M. MarshallMrs. Shirley MassenburgMs. Barbara McAteerDr. Joanette McClainMs. Susan V. McCloud*Mr. Kevin McClueMr. Rufus McGeeMs. Anne McKinleyMs. Brenda MedleyMr. Randy MeltonMr. and Mrs. Parviz and

Teri MojganiMs. Myrna M. MolineMs. Bernadine A. Blache MooreMr. Tony MooreMrs. Anne MossMs. Kimberly A. MossMr. Anthony J. Mumphrey, Jr.Dr. Syed M. MuniruzzamanDr. & Mrs. E.D. MurphyMr. and Mrs. William S. MurphyMs. Rhonda MyersDr. Lisa Nelson

Ms. Tracey A. NelsonMs. Debra Simmons NeveuMs. Sarah R. NewickMr. Pat O’BrienMr. Jamaal OldhamMr. Gordon C. and Mrs.

Laura Ousset*Mrs. William E. PajaudMr. Charles PalmerMs. Kasandra PantojaMr. Curtis and Mrs.

Deborah L. ParkerMr. Willie I. and Mrs.

Eloise R. PaschalMs. Maret PaschalMrs. Diane T. PeoplesMr. Edward PerkinsMr. Gregory M. PerryDr. Quavaundra A. Perry, Ph.D.Mr. Frank PetersMr. and Mrs. Theodore

J. Pfister, Jr.*Mary Jones Philips, Ph.D.Mr. Alan E. Pinado, Sr.Mr. W. R. PinkstonMs. Mischelle A. PitreMr. and Mrs. Donnell PolkMrs. Mary PurcellMs. Ayanna QuintMs. Kimberly T. QuowMr. Henry and Mrs.

Catherine RachalMr. Wayne M. and Mrs.

Stella C. ReeseMs. Yvette M. ReeseDr. Julie ReubenMs. Nancy S. ReynoldsMr. Cephus S. RhodesMs. Terri RichardsMrs. Vondra L. RichardsonMr. Frank J. RienzoMs. Lillie RobbinsMs. Merle M. RobertsonMrs. Maedell S. RobinsonDr. David Robinson-

Morris, Ph.D.Mr. Stephen RosenthalMr. Numa and Mrs.

Kaaren RousseveMs. Barbara J. RucksMr. Cedric J. RuffinLt. Col. Duwayne Ruffin

Ms. Norma J. SabistonDr. Daniel SarpongMs. D. Jean SchneiderMs. Robin V. ScottDr. John P. SevenairMr. Jack M. Simmons, IIIMs. Martha SimonMr. Peter SiyMr. Arnold Sprague and

Ms. Claudia MilsteadDr. Monica L. Stallworth,

MA, MD, MPH, MHCAMr. Robert StantonMr. Roboert and Mrs.

Cheryl StewartMr. James A. StewartMr. Michael T. and Mrs.

Martina S. SullivanMr. Keith G. SwanierMr. Richard W. TarbellAttorney Angela ThanyachareonMr. and Mrs. Reginald

A. ThomasMs. Ashley TillisonMr. William J. Tobias*Mr. F. Michael TocaMs. Tiffiny TureDr. Sindhu S. UnnithanMs. Cecily B. VallotMs. Kim Vaz-DevilleMr. Scott D. VenusMs. Dorothy VictorMs. Dorothy A. WadeMs. Charmaine WardJudge and Mrs. Ronald WareMr. John E. WarrenMs. Shunte WashingtonMrs. Treschere J. WashingtonDr. Gail A. WelshMs. Anne W. WhiteMr. and Mrs. Glen T. WhitneyDr. Thomas E. WieseMs. Carol Q. WilkersonMr. Alfred J. WilliamsMs. Anita Levert WilliamsonMrs. Deanna Winfield-GatesMs. Patricia Wright

Gift of $1 - $99Mr. Bunmi AbrahamMr. Isaac AdamsDr. Michael R. AdamsDr. Mehnaaz AliMr. Emmanuel AlozieMs. Sharon Altepeter,

Marlene Ratner and Herb Rosenzweig

Dr. David E. AndersonMr. Derek AndersonMs. Angela R. AnthonyMr. Peter ArmstrongMs. Stephanie ArterberyMs. Lucia Arthur-ParatleyMrs. Jean D. AugillardMs. Donna AugusteMr. Louis J. Babst, Jr.Mr. Alec Banks, Jr.Lisa K. Barclay, Ph.D.Ms. Gwendolyn BarnesMiss Taylour M. BarnumMr. Russell N. BartleyMs. Geraldine BattleMrs. Judith M. Beckett-

McDonaldMrs. Lynn BellMs. Yiraliz BeltranMr. and Mrs. Edward BennettMrs. Debra A. BissantMrs. Sharlena Black-JohnsonMiss Lisa BlakelyMs. Rachelle Blazio-BlouinMrs. Lilly BlouinMrs. Lori BlouinMs. Ellen BlueMs. Nakia M. BodleyMs. Taylor BorumMrs. Rhonda Bowles-HowardLatoya T. BowmanMs. Marilyn K. BowserMr. Kwame BoydMs. Cynthia BoykinMs. Catherine E. BrackettMr. Roy Breaux, Jr.Ms. Denise BremermannMr. Thomas E. Brinkman, Sr.Dr. Michelle B. BrownMs. Vivian F. BucknerRev. John E. BurgerMs. Sharon BurkeMs. Kathleen M. Burns

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Ms. K. Yvette BurtonMr. Keith ButlerMr. Joseph M. and Mrs.

Mary J. CahillMs. Linda CannonMrs. Justyna M. Carlson, Jr.*Mr. Paul CarmonDr. Bertram and Mrs. Cynthia

S. Caruthers, Jr.Mr. Edward CassiereMr. Michael ClevelandMs. Raena CoaxumAttorney Khara ColemanMr. Reginald D. ColemanMs. Margaret ComaskeyMrs. Blanche M. ComiskeyMrs. Geraldine Connors-LynchMs. Niesha C. CookeMs. Jane L. CooleyMs. Tyeshia CoopwoodMrs. Sandra CouncilMs. Julia CoxDr. Marcus and Mrs.

Rebecca CoxMs. Carrie CrookMrs. Charrisse Crosby-ThomasMrs. Jennie L. CurryRev. Dr. Elenora M. CushenberryMs. Jessica DaigleMs. Jolindy DanielsMrs. Olivia D. CrumMr. Derwin A. DavisMs. Elaine DavisMs. Christina DeajonMs. Tonya C. DebnamMr. Gary G. DeleaumontMrs. Shirley M. DelphinMs. Kathleen M. DemasiliereDr. Doris DerbyMs. Earnestine S. DevereauxMs. Zena R. DickersonMr. Reginald DokesMrs. Renita B. DominiqueMrs. Wanda Parker DossMrs. Adrienne DotsonMs. Fernin F. EatonMs. Denise EstopinalMr. Jeffrey EvansMr. and Mrs. Kenneth

D. FerdinandMr. Mark FergusonMr. Charles E. and Mrs.

Norma Jeane FergusonMrs. Helen M. FerrucciMr. Nedd S. Fitzpatrick

Mr. Anderson Flen IIIMs. Connie Fogg-JenkinsMs. Gabriella E. FrankDr. Kirk P. GaddyMr. V. Allen GaleMs. Alanna GarrickDr. Morewell GassellerMrs. Sally F. GelosoDr. Dominique M. GendrinMs. Jean K. GendronMs. Lorie D. GieSr. Magdala Marie Gilbert, O.S.P.Mr. and Mrs. James E. GilesMs. Edwina GillardMr. Blaze L. GilyotDrs. Galina Goloverda and

Vladimir KolesnichenkoMs. Lizbeth GonzalezMs. Priscilla GonzalezMr. William GonzalezMr. Carlos GoodenMr. Gregory GousseDr. Navneet GoyalDr. John R. GraweMs. LaTonya S. Green-JonesMs. Stephanie GreenwoodMr. Garitt S. GriebelMr. Michael GriffinMs. Donna GrimesDr. Linda F. GrimsleyMr. Ben GuilloryMs. Tiffany T. GuillotMs. Rudi GuityMrs. Dara D. Bremer GulleyMs. Akilih HaleyMs. Vianne HallMs. Maura A. HamiltonMrs. Tamera L. HankenMs. Shawn HardenMr. and Mrs. Charles

W. HargraveMs. Lisa HarrellAnonymous DonorMr. Sidney HarrisMr. Paul HaschakMrs. Patricia L. HayesCheyra Head-JenkinsMs. Rosaria Joan Yodice HeideDr. Mandy J. HillMs. Michelle T. HillMs. Diane R. HinzelmanMs. Kim R. HitchensMs. Angela D. HollierMs. Lillian HolmesMs. Linda E. Holmes

Mr. Nathaniel HolmesDr. Michael HomanMr. Jason HornMs. Jenestaer HorneMs. Angela HowardMs. Adrienne M. HunterMs. Kimberly HutchingsMs. Tenesha IrvinMs. Jennifer C. JacksonMs. Sharon JacksonMr. Paul D. JacobMr. Damon JamalMr. Dejuan R. and Mrs.

Tuquita R. JamesMr. Sean James @Mrs. Barbara JasperMr. Kenneth JasperMr. Thomas JasperMrs. Jucynthia W. JessieMrs. Jacqulin JoeMs. Adrienne JohnsonMr. David A. JohnsonEbonee JohnsonMr. Irving J. Johnson IIIMrs. Leslie M. JohnsonNichole JohnsonMrs. Dolores W. JonesMs. Nelda Matirne JonesMr. Thomas Leon JonesMrs. Tammy JosephMs. Erin KellerMs. Patricia A. KendrickMr. Frank KennebrewMrs. Bonnie KennedyMr. David A. Keough, SMC and

Mrs. Patricia A. KeoughMr. Cedric KeysMr. Andrew KlimasDr. Caitlin KlimasMrs. Gilda KnightMr. Hal A. KnowlesMrs. Carol J. KochMs. Susan M. KrallMr. Louis E. LabatMs. Katheryn LabordeMs. Conchita M. LaFranceMs. Barbara LakeDr. Stacie LambertMs. Dorothy E. LarsenMs. Kelly B. LeBoeufMr. Brandon W. LeeMs. Robbin LeeMr. Torian L. LeeMr. Carl A. LekanMs. Sabrina Lemieux

Mr. Don A. LeNoirDr. Michele LevyMs. Dannette J. LewisMr. Victor LewisJohnetha L. LindseyMr. Robert J. LlopisMs. Adamma S. LotsuMs. Kristin LottenDr. Wyndolyn M.A.

LudwikowskiMs. Anna Lumar-WilliamsMs. Peng MaMrs. Karen MackieMr. John MackinMiss Kiara S. MaddoxMs. Pia MageeMrs. Karen MahomesMr. Percy MansonMs. Eleanor M. ManuelRev. Gerard C. MarableMs. Valerie MartinMs. Nancy L. MartinoMs. Dominique McConduitMs. Raven McGlottenCaptain M. L. and Mrs.

Helen McGuireMs. Commelita McKeeMs. Georjeania O.

McKinney-MackeyMs. Kelly M. McLaughlinMs. Deldon Anne McNeelyMr. Gerald McNeillMs. Pamela A. McNultyMrs. Kirstie McWilliams-MyvettMrs. Kathryn U. MercMr. Gerald J. MerrittMrs. Beverly J. MillerMr. Nolan J. Millet, Jr.Deacon Alfred Mitchell*Ms. Mary Dorothy MitchellMrs. Carolyn M. MojganiMrs. Sherida MontagueMrs. Nancy D. MooreMs. Tiffany MooreDr. Kathleen MorganMs. Gwen D. MorrisMr. Steven MorrisMs. Alva MorrisonMs. Shirley A. MoselyMs. Melanie MoserMs. Kendra MosesMs. Alberta D. MosleyMs. Lisa M. MoyeMrs. Shirlene W. MuckelroyMr. David O. Munroe

Ms. Laura MutterMs. Brittney NaltyMs. Rosemary NaquinMs. Cathey V. NelsonDr. Dorothy NelsonMrs. Sallie G. NewmanMs. Janella NewsomeMs. Vanessa NichollsDr. Karen NicholsDr. Todd OccomyMr. Mekka OkerekeMr. Kevin A. Oliver, Sr.Mr. Omar O’NeilMs. Rebecca E. OsakweMs. Megan OsterburMr. Mike Owens, Jr.Ms. Nancy PaesMs. Roxane ParamithisMrs. Doris A. ParkerMr. Tony L. ParkerMr. Ryan PascalMs. Monica PayneMrs. Tiffany R. Payne-GriffinMrs. Virginia PellerinMs. Gisele PerezMrs. Odessa PerkinsMs. Aisha PickettMrs. Kimbela PierceMs. Danielle PierreMr. and Mrs. Harold L. PlayerMs. Jessica PottsDr. Yashoda V. PramarMrs. Amber M. Prince-DavisDr. Janet A. PrivettMr. Samm PryceMr. Derrick PullinsMs. Rachael ReedMs. Jazmine B. ReynoldsMs. Tiffany M. RichardMs. Shoney RichardsonMs. Trenell A. RichardsonMr. Deon RidgellMr. Merritt A. RobertsonMs. Ryn RobertsonMs. Pearlie RobinsonMr. Andrew H. RodgersMr. Earl J. Rodriguez, Jr.Ms. Alice RooksMr. Joe RuffinMs. Dawn RushMs. Francisca A. SabadieMrs. Linda Saizon-SampsonMrs. Meika R. SamuelMs. Rebecca SanchezMrs. Dorothy Sanchirico

Mrs. Talisha SandersMr. Stanley L. SavageMs. Tammy SavoieMs. Keyana M. ScalesMrs. Ingenue’ Schexnider-FieldsMr. Matthew SchwarnanMrs. Etheldra Smith ScogginMs. Ericka ScottMr. Ian and Mrs. Monica ScottMs. Tamiko ScottDr. Sim B. Shattuck, Jr.Ms. Florina SheardMs. Hehe SigurMr. Deonte SimmonsThe Late Mrs. Eloise SimmonsMs. Marguerite SimmonsMrs. Deirdre Simms-IsomMrs. Juwana Riggins SimonMr. Carl SmallMs. Ann SmithMrs. Marie J. SmithMs. Letitia SnyderMr. and Mrs. Adam SolomonMrs. Beatrice Perry SoubletMrs. Viola SpencerMs. Finis SpringerDr. Jayalakshmi SridharMs. Donna St. DenisMr. Raymond P. and Mrs.

Joan M. StarrMs. Dorothy F. SterlingMr. Darrick K. StewartMrs. Madeline Raine StokesMrs. Avis M. StuardDr. Donna S. StutsonMs. Andree’ Summers

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Dr. Anderson Sunda-MeyaMr. Joshua E. SuttonMs. Monica SwainMs. Genaya K. SyversonMs. Kathy J. TaskerMs. Chelsea S. TateMrs. Rose Tate- ArthurMr Aulston TaylorMr. Ira TaylorMr. Timothy Taylor, Jr.Ms. Denise A. ThomasMs. Valeria E. ThomasMs. Wanda M. ThompsonDr. Jason ToddMr. Aaron TravisMs. Sonya A. TrebucqDr. J. Wayne and Mrs.

Abena T. TukesMr. Andrew and Mrs.

Danese Frazier TurnerMs. Solange I. UngerMr. and Mrs. Cyprian E. UzohMr. Leo E. ValearyMr. Matthew R. ValerieMs. Melissa VallasMs. Selena VanceDr. Abha VermaMr. Earl S. and Mrs.

Myrna VincentDr. Guangdi WangDr. Zhe WangMs. Kendra WarrenMs. Corene WashingtonMs. Theresa WellsMrs. Gina M. WestMs. Denise WhisenhuntMr. Joseph A. WhitfieldMs. Lisa S. WiechmannMs. Aftyn WilliamsMs. Angela R. WilliamsMs. Anna WilliamsMr. Brandon WilliamsMs. Chun C. WilliamsDr. Constance Y. WilliamsDr. Dubois WilliamsMs. Erica M. WilliamsDr. Keisha WilliamsMr. Peyton WilliamsDr. Heather R. WilliamsonMr. Fenesi WillsMr. Keith and Mrs.

Denise WilsonMr. Michael WilsonMr. Wayne WoodsMs. DeMiracle Woodson

Mrs. Melissa WorthyAtty. Marlon YarbroughDr. Kun ZhangMr. Qiang Zhang


Ms. Angenina R. BellMs. Janice BoutteMr. John E. FahertyMr. Mark FergusonFr. Louis J. Franz, CMMr. Michael and Ms.

Danni FunderburgMs. Dynata FunderburgMs. Charmaine GarnettDrs. Belmont F. and

Nina J. HaydelMs. Berlynda HortonMr. Ted J. and Mrs. Evelyn JonesMs. Delores LeonardMs. Georjeania O.

McKinney-MackeyMs. Rhonda MyersDr. David Robinson-

Morris, Ph.D.Ms. Linda T. SalesMr. Paul Valteau, Jr.

Organizations

Gift of $500,000 or more

United Negro College Fund

Gift of $100,000 - $249,999

Congregation of the Mission Western Province

New Schools for New OrleansRosenthal Family FundUnited Way of Southeast

Louisiana

Gift of $50,000 - $99,999

Black and Indian MissionsXavier University Alumni

Association-Atlanta Chapter #16

Gift of $10,000 - $49,999

BP Economic and Property Damages Promotional Fund

Louisiana League of Good Government Endowment Fund (LLOGG)

The Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving

The Truman Capote Literary Trust

United Way of Tucson & Southern Arizona

Xavier University Alumni Association-Chicago Chapter

Gift of $5,000 - $9,999

Diocese of BeaumontJack and Jill of America, Inc.

New Orleans ChapterKnights And Ladies Of

Peter ClaverLuther and Mary Ida

Vandross Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation

Sisters of the Blessed SacramentSt. Elizabeth Catholic ChurchThe National Black

Catholic CongressThe Vanguard Charitable

Endowment ProgramTIAA Charitable, Inc.Xavier University

Alumni Association-Birmingham Chapter

Xavier University Alumni Association-Houston Chapter

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses at Delgado Community College

Gift of $2,500 - $4,999

Archdiocese of MiamiAT&T Inc. Federal Politcal

Action Committee (PAC)Congregation Of St. John

The Baptist Roman Catholic Church

Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges & Universities

Our Mother of Mercy ChurchSt. Augustine of Hippo

Catholic ChurchStuds Club, Inc.The Council of Independent

CollegesThe Frances Emily Hunt TrustXavier University Alumni

Association-Dallas/Fort Worth

Gift of $1,000 - $2,499

City Pharmacy & Home Medical, LLC

Dillard UniversityOmega Psi Phi Fraternity,

Inc. - Rho Phi ChapterRedemptorist FathersXavier University Alumni

Association-Baton Rouge Chapter #18

Xavier University Alumni Association-California Chapter #8

Xavier University Alumni Association-Lake Charles Chapter

Xavier University Alumni Association-MGC Chapter

Xavier University Student Organization Activity Fund XAB

Xavier University of Louisiana National Alumni Association

Congregation of Our Lady Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church

Gift of $500 - $999Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc

- Zeta Phi Omega ChapterDelta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.Diocese of Victoria Bishop’s

Charity FundLouisiana Small Business

Development Center

Loyola University of New Orleans

Sisters of the Holy FamilySt. John Institutional

Missionary Baptist ChurchUrban League of Louisiana

Gift of $250 - $499St. Benedict The Moor Council -

120 Knights of Peter ClaverXavier University Alumni

Association-Central Florida Chapter

Xavier University Alumni Association-Meridian MS Chapter

Xavier University Alumni Association-New Orleans Chapter #1

Gift of $100 - $249Drexel Society Prichard ChapterThe Members of AFT,

AFL-CIO Meetings and Travel Department

The Tufts ClubXavier University

Alumni Association-Minnesota Chapter

Xavier University-Class of 2006

Gift of $1 - $99St. John Divine Missionary

Baptist ChurchUnited Way of San

Diego CountyXavier University Alumni

Association - Detroit Chapter

Xavier University Alumni Association-Memphis Chapter


Morgan Park Penecostal ChurchVictory HouseXavier University Alumni

Association-Chicago Chapter

Students

Gift of $2,500 - $4,999

Epsilon Tau Chapter Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

Gift of $100 - $249Mr. Joshua AdkinsMr. Thien-An A. Duong

Gift of $1 - $99Mr. Landix S. AlcornMs. Kaiya BrahamMr. Trenton ButlerMr. Jordon CowardMr. Robert FreterMs. Kelsey J. GardinerMs. Olivia GriswoldMr. Ronnie JonesMs. Cindy NguyenMs. Amenze OmoruyiMr. D. J. OnuaguluchiMr. Hassan OwensMr. Jordan SmithSt Mike’s First Floor ResidentsMs. Sheila Binla P. Tchombe

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2017 Benefit Concert Thank You to Our Sponsors

2017 Benefit Concert Thank You to Our Sponsors

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Ma Momma’s House of Cornbread, Chicken & Waffles

Trustee Level Sponsors—$5,000 or More—

Capital One, N.A.

Crumb Engineering, LLC

DACO, LLC

Gallo Mechanical LLC

Gillis, Ellis, & Baker, Inc.

Louisiana Lottery Corporation

Manning Architects

Siemens Building Technologies

Sodexo Magic

Food & Beverage —Sponsors—

Commander’s Palace

Dooky Chase’s Restaurant

Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office

Smoke-N-Spice

Patron Level Sponsors —$250—

Agincourt Capital Management

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana

Mrs. Nedra J. Alcorn

Mrs. Sharon M. Anthony

AOS interior Environments

Dr. Nichole M. Bauknight-Boles

Mr. Darryl Brady and Mrs. Tammie Boggan-Brady

Mr. William and Mrs. Elizabeth Bostick

Dr. Miguel A. Burgess, D.D.S.

Ms. Evella M. Chretien

Dr. Charlie W. and Mrs. VonDa L. Colquitt

Denechaud And Denechaud, L.L.C.

Dr. Gisele A. Goff

Dr. Otis Gowdy, Jr.

Dr, Rosalind Pijeaux Hale

Hoofkin Termite and Pest Control Co., Inc.

Mrs. Judith Curry Jones

Landmark Consulting

Mr. Jerrol M. Larrieu

Ms. Taura L. Long

Kevin T. Marks, M.D., and Antoinette W. Marks, PharmD

Dr. Judith G. Miranti

Shayla B. Nesbitt, M.D.

Dr. Lauren G. Outlaw

Dr. Oneka Y. Richardson

Rear Admiral (Ret.) Stephen W. Rochon and Mrs. Shirley

A. Rochon

Rear Admiral (Ret.) Rochon Family

Sisters of the Holy Family

Mr. and Mrs. Terry Scott

Ms. Chanelle Duffard Smith

Mr. Eric and Mrs. Gia Soublet

Dr. William & Mrs. Annie Belle Terrell

Urban League of Louisiana

VOYA Retirement Insurance & Co.

Ms. Miriam Wilbon

Dr. Jacques P. Williams-Pascal

Mrs. Melva D. Williams

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Planned Giving Donors

Dr. Elaine Parker-Adams

Mr. Allegretto F. Alexander (Estate)

Dr. Sanders W. Anderson and Mr. Lewis Anderson

Mrs. Melody K. Baddoo

Mrs. Carla D. Gibson Baker

Ms. Stacey M. Bastian

Carolyn Brown Block-Arnelle, Ph.D.

Ms. Stephanie A. Bolling (Estate)

Ms. Linda M. Bolt

Ms. Antonia M. Bossier (Estate)

Mrs. Louise M. Bouise (Estate)

Dr. C. M. Bowman

Mrs. Nellie M. Reed Bowman (Estate)

Mrs. Angela D. Braud

Dr. Robert W. Brawley (Estate)

Mrs. Gladys E. Brennan ( Estate )

Mr. Searl G. Brier (Estate)

Honorable Lois G. Bronz and Mr. Charles Bronz

Mr. W. O. Bryson, Jr. (Estate)

Mrs. Myrtle J. Burns (Estate)

Ms. Margaret Mary Butz (Estate)

Mr. Frederick J. and Mrs. Joyce Carter

Mrs. Louise D. Carter (Estate)

Ms. Marie M. Cavanagh (Estate)

Ms. Agnes M. Cizek (Estate)

Mr. Tilford J. Cole (Estate)

Mrs. Juliet Brooks Crawford

Mr. John J. Cunningham

Mrs. Gladys C. deBen Majeau (Estate)

Dr. Carolyn M. Dejoie

Mr. Willard Dennison (Estate)

Mrs. Lorraine G. Desbordes (Estate)

Dr. Hampton and Mrs. Carolene Deslonde

Mrs. Helen B. Drye (Estate)

Mrs. Audrey H. Duncan

Ms. Denise R. Dunn

Ms. Eloise T. Dyson (Estate)

Mr. Malcolm N. Ellington (Estate)

Mr. Frances Bruce Ellis (Estate)

Ms. Yvonne Evans

Dr. Patricia E. Evans (Estate)

Mrs. Marguerite Rey Florent

Dr. Norman C. Francis and The Late Mrs. Blanche M. Francis

Mr. Noel M. Gagnon

Mrs. Maria Sly George

Elder Peggy A. Gibson

Dr. Jesse F. Goodwin

Mrs. Jennifer Adger Grant

Dr. Lois C. Gray

Ms. Josephine Rebecca Grier (Estate)

Ms. Catherine A. Guillory

Dr. Rosalind Pijeaux Hale

Mr. Okyeame Haley, Esq.

Mrs. Melissa Smith Haley

Drs. Elliott D. and Elizabeth Y. Hammer

Mrs. Gaylene V. Harris

Mrs. Joyce M. Guillion Harte

Anonymous Donor

Mr. Charles A. and Mrs. Earline M.

Haydel Hicks (Estate)

Mr. René Himel, Jr. (Estate)

Ms. Velva T. Hollier (Estate)

Anonymous Donor

Mr. Charles A. Honore

Mrs. Serena J. Hunter

Mr. Albert L. Hyland

Jennifer C. Allen Johnson, M.D.

Dr. Derrick D. and Mrs. Leontyne P. Jones

Dr. Eileen J. Julien

Mr. Clyde P. Jupiter

Mrs. Florence B. Kelleher (Estate)

Ms. Phyllis C. King (Estate)

Mrs. Carolyn Millet Lee

Monsignor Paul A. Lenz, D.D.

Mr. Walter T. Lewis, Jr. (Estate)

Mr. Halvan J. (Estate) and Mrs. Theyon D. Lieteau

The Winnie Loftin and Mr. Henry Loftin Trust (Estate)

Ms. Mary Macomber (Estate)

Dr. Cabrini S. March

Dr. John M. Mallette (Estate)

Dr. Marie V. McDemmond

Dr. Jill E. McGovern and Dr. Steven Muller (Estate)

Ms. Brendolyn M. McKenna

Mrs. Dolly Madison McKinney (Estate)

Ms. Jean B. Meggs (Estate)

Mr. Cyrus S. Mercier (Estate)

Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Meyi (Estate), Sr.

David R. Miller, M.D.

Dr. Judith G. Miranti

Mrs. Veronica LeDoux Mitchell

Ms. Arizona Moore

Mr. James Nordin

Dr. James A. Oakes, III (Estate)

Ms. Frances Parker

Mrs. Gloria Patin

Mrs. Thelma R. Patio, In Memorial to Mr. Charles J. Patio

Mrs. Juanita Betz Peterson

Mr. James L. Petivan, Jr. (Estate)

Mr. William R. Porter

Mrs. Christine J. Powell

Dr. Leonard Price

Mrs. Oaptar A. Prosper (Estate)

Mrs. Mildred V. Prudeaux

Mr. Roy J. Pugh (Estate)

Mr. Allison B. Randolph, Sr.

Mrs. Corinne Reeves (Estate)

Mrs. Anna Mae Berhel Rhodes (Estate)

Ms. Annie G. Roberts

Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert D. Robichaux (Estate)

Dr. Quintin R. Robinson

Mr. Marlon E. Roundtree

Mr. Henry E. Rouson (Estate)

Mr. Leo P. Sam, Jr. (Estate)

Ms. Kathy L. Schulz, In memory of Johann C.F. Schulz

Ms. Lillie V. Scott (Estate)

Mr. Frank B. Stewart, Jr.

Mrs. Minola Theriot Stuart (Estate)

Mr. Wellington D. Swindall (Estate of)

Mr. Trevor K. Thompson

Dr. Samuel B. Vagner and Mrs. Audrey E. Vagner

Dr. Anne Bouise Ward

Mrs. Louella C. White (Estate)

Ms. Jimmie C. Wickham

Mr. Charles H. Wilcox, Sr. (Estate)

Mr. Gary F. Willett

Reverend Nathan S. Willis (Estate)

Mr. Rawson L. Wood

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Newest Alumni Receive Degrees at

Joyous celebration and reflection were evident everywhere as Xavier’s newest

class of alumni received their

degrees during the University’s 91st

annual commencement ceremony,

held May 12 in the Convocation

Center.

The highlight for the graduates was,

as always, walking across the stage

and receiving their respective hard-

earned degrees in front of family and

other well-wishers. But the graduates

also took in some words of wisdom

from award-winning journalist Nikole

Hannah-Jones, whose message was

that “your success is the best revenge”

against those who say “You don’t

belong here.”

The University used the occasion

to present President Emeritus Dr.

Norman C. Francis ’52 with yet one

more honor: this one an honorary

degree from his alma mater.

Five students with perfect 4.0 grade

points averages headed this year’s

group of 44 summa cum laude

graduates, including: Hannah Mbony,

a biology/premed major from

Brookeville MD; and four pharmacy

students – Sarah Bilbe of Kenner LA;

Rania El-Desoky of Muscat, Oman;

Thao Pham of New Orleans; and

Amanda Stevens of Kenner LA.

President Emeritus Dr. Norman Francis ’52 graciously acknowledges applause from the audience after receiving his honorary degree from XU President Dr. Reynold Verret.

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Bryan Redmond (St. Katharine Drexel Award) and Kylar Wiltz (Mother Agatha Ryan Award) earned the University’s top honors for service.

Commencement 2018 produced Xavier’s inaugural class of doctoral graduates in the Division of Education – (L-R) Tania Coleman, Rosalyn Hartman, and Candace Williams.

Award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, the keynote speaker, accepts an honorary degree from XU President Dr. Reynold Verret.

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XU President Dr. Reynold Verret, keynote speaker Nikole Hannah-Jones, and President Emeritus Dr. Norman C. Francis ’52 share a quiet moment backstage with the University’s 2018 Summa Cum Laude graduates just prior to the annual commencement ceremony: (first row L-R) Imani Miles, Amanda Stevens, Selena Gray, Jennifer Phan, Faith Simiyu, and Indigo Gill; (second row) President Verret, Lauren Hamilton, Andrea Phang, Janice Nguyen, Taqiyyah Elliot, Jazmyne Darby, Hassen Owens, Jessica Carmon, Anthony Nguyen, Rania El-Desoky, Gabrielle Gaston, and honorary degree recipients Dr. Norman C. Francis ’52 and Nikole Hannah-Jones (third row); Jazmin Stenson, Ezinne Agwaramgbo, Noor Fatima, Morgan Cottingham, Hannah Mbony, Sydney Labat, Steven Do, Son Nguyen, Thao Pham, and Ebony Browne (fourth row); Dominique Cameron, Asha Tate, Ronald Salmen, Veronica Mayer, Sarah Bilbe, Savannah Samuel, Imani Reid, Jordon Smith, Bryant Redmond, An Nguyen, and Joshua Adkins. Not pictured: Summer Flowers, Ashley Gragg, Cassandra Johnson, Marilyn Ndukwe, Jonathon Nguyen, Deja Washington, and Phi Nguyen.

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Leo Sam Jr. ‘52Distinguished Alumni Award

Presented ToKatrice Albert ‘94

In recognition and celebration of your outstanding career accomplishments

Clarence Jupiter ‘48Distinguished Alumni Award

Presented toRandy McKee ‘91

&Lisa Gibson-McKee ‘92

In recognition of your philanthropic spirit and reverence to the mission of St. Katharine Drexel

Dolores Aaron ‘47Distinguished Alumni Award

Presented to Rosalind Pijeaux Hale ‘69

In recognition of the Spirit of Xavier that is portrayed through your deeds, actions, and support of Xavier University of Louisiana.

What ’s Happening. . .

alumni NewsDistinguished Alumni Awards

The purpose of the Distinguished Alumni Awards is to recognize Xavier University alumni who have embraced the Xavier University mission by making significant contributions in their career, service to others, philanthropy, and who have maintained a strong relationship with Xavier.

The Awards are named for three selfless Xavierites who embraced and lived the mission of St. Katharine Drexel and Xavier University daily.

In memory of Leo Sam ‘52, the Career Distinction Award is presented to an alumnus recognized as having outstanding performance within their career or professional field.

In memory of Clarence Jupiter ‘48, the Service Award is presented to an alumnus who exhibits integrity, love of family and community, a philanthropic spirit and lives the mission of St. Katharine Drexel through service to others.

In memory of Dolores Aaron ‘47, the Spirit of Xavier Award is presented to an alumnus whose deeds and actions reflect the importance of their educational training, pride and loyalty to Xavier University of Louisiana as demonstrated through their interest in and support of the University and its programs.

Leo Sam Jr. ‘52Distinguished Alumni Award

Presented ToKatrice Albert ‘94

In recognition and celebration of your outstanding career accomplishments.

Clarence Jupiter ‘48Distinguished Alumni Award

Presented toRandy McKee ‘91

&Lisa Gibson-McKee ‘92

In recognition of your philanthropic spirit and reverence to the mission of St. Katharine Drexel

Dolores Aaron ‘47Distinguished Alumni Award

Presented to Rosalind Pijeaux Hale ‘69

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GEORGE HONORED AS ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR DURING HOMECOMING 2017Maria Sly George ’58 was honored as the Alumnus of the Year during the 2017 Alumni Homecoming Gala. She was presented the Victor H. Labat Alumnus of the Year award during the annual event by XU President Dr. Reynold Verret, with Victor Labat ‘55 and XU National Alumni President James Paschal ‘57 also on hand.

The Homecoming Gala drew an impressive crowd of alumni and friends. During the event, class agents for the 14 special five-year reunion classes presented the University with gifts totaling $343,206. The Class of 2002 led the way with 100 members (the largest number of donors in any one class) contributing $58,050.

George, a retired elementary school teacher who worked both in Lafayette and Orleans parishes, is still an active member of the Xavier Alumni Association. A tireless volunteer in the University’s fundraising efforts for nearly 50 years, she has served three terms as president of the New Orleans Alumni Chapter and in numerous other roles on behalf of the National Alumni Association. She is a member of Xavier’s 1925 Society, a group of alumni who have made a decision to include Xavier in their estate plans.

Maria Sly George ’58 accepts the 2017 Victor H. Labat Alumnus of the Year award from XU President Dr. Reynold Verret during the annual Homecoming Gala, which drew an impressive crowd to the University Center Ballroom. Also on hand for the presentation were Victor J. Labat ’55 and National Alumni President James Paschal ‘57.

Six XULA alumni were honored at the National Minority Quality Forum’s “40 under 40” Leaders in Minority Health event, including Imani Lewis ‘05, Lauren Powell ‘06, Dr. Cedric Salone ‘08, Nicole Lee Plenty ‘05, Dr. Amber Robins ‘10, and Dr. L’Iissa Gates ‘03.

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Victor Jones Esq. ’07 and his colleagues, all Xavier-educated judges and attorneys, interacted with students at the Pre-Law Reception sponsored by the Office of Alumni Relations. Nearly 100 students were in attendance.

Dr. Paula Verrette ’75, Chief Medical Officer and Senior VP for Quality and Physician Services at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena CA, interacted with students Bryan Redmond, Larrianna Varnado, Vivian Nguyen, and Kylar Wiltz after delivering the keynote address at Founder’s Day.

Four XULA alumnae – Dr. Amber Robins ’10, Bridget Moore ’99, Mia Robins ’06,

and Alexandra Alcorn McCarty ’11 – and three other women share their personal

stories of success, struggle, and triumph in a new book, Empower Now for Women, part of the group’s efforts to inspire people to be

their best.

Xavier premed students interested in orthopedic surgery as a specialty received a first-hand look at the profession during a Sawbones Orthopedic Bioskills Workshop presented on campus by orthopedist Dr. Christopher Marrero ’87 and Nth Dimensions Education Solutions, Inc.

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class NotesAlumni Newsmakers

LaToya Cantrell ’97 made political history when she was elected the first female mayor in the 300-year history of New Orleans in a hotly contested race which drew 17 candidates. Before her election to the City Council as the District B representative in 2012, her community visibility was limited to the city’s Broadmoor area, where she led a nonprofit that expedited the neighborhood’s recovery after Hurricane Katrina. She follows in the footsteps of the late Ernest “Dutch” Morial ’52, who in 1977 was elected the first African-American mayor of New Orleans.

Dr. Clevis Parker, Sr. ’95 was named Chief Medical Officer of Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas NV. In his new role he oversees the overall effectiveness, leadership, strategic direction, structure and management of the medical components of hospice and palliative care. Previously he was the Medical Director at Hospice of Yuma in Arizona. He earned his M.D. from LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans LA.

Dr. Patrice Dupart ’00 is serving as Vice President of Pharmacy & Apothecary-in-Chief at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive medical facilities with some 2,600 beds, more than 6,500 affiliated physicians, and 20,000 employees. She has over 17 years of experience in hospital pharmacy operations, clinical pharmacy practice, supply chain and drug program regulations, and pharmacy automation. She previously served as Senior Director of Pharmacy Services at Inova Fairfax Medical Center in Washington DC.

Dr. Jerryl Briggs ’85 is now serving as President of Mississippi Valley State University, having been named to the position by the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning after a short term as acting president. He has already been credited with introducing a number of initiatives that have resulted in increased enrollment and retention, and has overseen a $17 million capital improvement of the university’s athletic complex.

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class Notes1950sA portrait of President Emeritus Dr. Norman C. Francis ’52 was placed on display at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in the historic art museum’s latest collection of its annual “Recent Acquisitions” exhibition. The portrait of the 86-year-old educator and lawyer from Lafayette LA was featured among images of numerous individuals who made “a significant impact” on the nation’s history and culture.

Dr. James Paschal ‘57 was named Humanitarian of the Week by the Southwest Georgia Chapter of the American Red Cross for his volunteer work in areas of disaster mental health.

1960sDr. Gilbert Rochon ’68 joined the team at Academic Career & Executive Search, a West Harvard CT-based recruitment firm. He previously served as president of Tuskegee University, and has held various administrative and faculty appointments at four other universities.

Dr. Rosalind P. Hale ’69, Professor Emeritus of Education at Xavier, was presented the inaugural Dolores Aaron ’47 Spirit of Xavier Award during Alumni Homecoming 2017. She has also joined the staff of the Office of Alumni Relations as a volunteer, where she shares her institutional knowledge, creativity, and energy in support of alumni activities.

1970sDr. Ronald Dorris ‘72, a professor of AADS/English at Xavier, had an article “Constitutional Anomaly: The Dark Side of National Character,” published in the anthology New Perspectives on Race & Ethnicity: Critical Readings about the Black Experience in Trump’s America (2018). He also presented two papers: “Common Law in the United States of America: Constitutionally Mandating the Black Body” at the Southern Conference on African American Studies in Jackson MS and “The Jazz Age: VOICE & Black Internationalism” at the National Association of African American Studies in Dallas TX.

Paulette Fernandez ’72 is alive and well. The 2017 issue of XU Gold erroneously listed her as deceased. We deeply regret the error.

Rebecca Chaisson ’73 was named dean of the School of Social Work at Southern University at New Orleans. Previously she served as an associate professor at SUNO, and also had teaching stints at Louisiana State University and Tulane University.

Dr. Lavanza “Kercheryl” Butler ’75, a pharmacist, vice president, and union representative with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, was reappointed to the California State Board of Pharmacy by Gov. Edmund Brown, Jr. She has served on the board since 2013.

The Honorable Vivian Guillory ’75 delivered the keynote address at the Southeast Louisiana Legal Services 50th Anniversary Program and Reception.

Dr. Michael White ’76, the Keller Endowed Chair in the Humanities at Xavier, was featured in The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, retelling his experiences with Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He also presented the Culture of New Orleans Series Lecture “Resistance and Redemption in Black New Orleans,” at the Louisiana Creole Research Association’s 13th annual conference.

Dr. Regina Benjamin ’79 (NOLA.com/The Times Picayune Endowed Chair in Public Health Sciences) was named to the Board of Directors for Proteus Digital Health, which specializes in digital medicines therapy.

1980s

Randall Schexnayer ’80, Assistant Dean for Academic Support in Xavier’s College of Pharmacy, served as guest speaker for a meeting of STEM students at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. He also visited the campus of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as a member of their Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) External Advisor Committee.

Troye Madison-Washington ’82 MA ’87, an administrator at Lafayette Academy in New Orleans, reigned as Queen of the Zulu during the 2018 Mardi Gras celebration.

Lynda Plant McGee ’84, the college counselor at Downtown Magnets High School in Los Angeles CA, was named recipient of the 2016-17 Arthur S. Marmaduke Award by the California Student Aid Commission as the most outstanding high school counselor in the state of California. She has been a counselor at Downtown Magnets for 17 years, including 12 as the school’s college counselor.

Veronica Harrison ’86 was named the Atlanta Alumni Chapter’s “Alumnus of the Year” during its St. Katharine Drexel Jazz Brunch.

Ellen Hazeur ’86 was elected Civil District Court Judge for Division A in New Orleans. Previously she served as First City Court Clerk and prior to that on the New Orleans City Council.

Emmanuel Burke, Jr. ’88 served as the music director for the live production of Once on This Island at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre in New Orleans.

1990sLearnard Dickerson ‘91, CEO and president of DACO LLC, a public relations and marketing firm, was the keynote speaker at Meridian (MS) Community College’s MLK Commemorative Celebration.

The husband and wife duo of Randy McKee, Esq. ’91, a partner with Carter & McKee LLC, and Dr. Lisa Gibson-McKee ’92, OB-GYN and a partner with Jackson Health for Women, were presented the inaugural Clarence Jupiter ’48 Service and Philanthropy Award during Alumni Homecoming 2017.

Gwen Brown MA ’92, a motivational speaker and certified personal trainer in Silver Springs MD, published her first book, Never Give Up: A Guide to Being Resilient, which was inspired by the journal of personal stories she wrote in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It is available on Amazon.com.

The Rev. Mitchell Stevens ’92, D. Min., a certified chaplain ordained by the Louisiana Freedman Missionary Baptist General Association in 2000 and known by many as an adjunct professor in the Music Department, joined the staff as an XULA chaplain. One of his key responsibilities will be to expand opportunities for multicultural, interfaith and interdenominational worship and service activities at Xavier.

Dr. Tasha Inniss ‘93 joined the INFORMS staff as the inaugural director of Education and Industry Outreach. In this role, she will contribute her extensive mathematics and education background to the overall vision, strategic direction and implementation of all education- and practice (industry)-related activities and outreach. Previously she served as the acting deputy division director of the Division of Human Resource Development in the Directorate of Education and Human Resources at the National Science Foundation. Concurrent with that, she was a tenured associate professor of mathematics at Spelman College in Atlanta.

Dr. John Jackson ‘94, President and CEO of the Schott Foundation for Public Education and a member of the Xavier Board of Trustees, was named one of Ebony Magazine’s Power 100 African American Influencers. He was also named to the Board of Directors of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the largest philanthropic organization focused exclusively promoting equity and achievement in high schools across New England.

Alisa Orduña ’94 was named the Senior Advisor on Homelessness for Santa Monica CA, where she will coordinate the community’s comprehensive efforts to fight homelessness in the region. She previously served as Director of Homelessness Policy in Los Angeles CA.

Sharonda Williams ’94, a special counsel at the law firm of Fishman Haygood, was named to the Loyola University New Orleans Board of Trustees.

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class NotesDr. Chad Dyer ’95 has been named Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for the City of New Orleans. He had been serving as the Director of Code Enforcement and as an attorney, also in New Orleans. His primary responsibility with the CAO’s office will be overseeing land use departments.

AT&T Executive Tanya Lombard ’95 and New Orleans Mayor-Elect Latoya Cantrell ’96 were named to Essence magazine’s 2018 WOKE 100 list, which honors women who are proven change agents, shape-shifters, and power players.

Dr. Angela Jupiter-McCon ’97, an Associate Professor of Nursing, Graduate Advisor, and Evaluations/Outcomes Chairman for William Carey University, was named the Martha Elizabeth Whichard Endowed Chair of Nursing at the Tradition campus in Biloxi MS. She is the first to hold this endowed chair, which is the also the first endowed chair on the Tradition Campus.

Dr. Miller Boyd, III ‘98 conducted a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for College and University Teachers workshop on the Civil War at the Fannie Lou Hamer Institute on Citizenship and Democracy in Jackson MS.

Kevin Choice ’98, a classically-trained pianist and composer turned popular hip-hop musician blending jazz, R&B, and soul, successfully premiered his original piano concerto with the Oakland Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also an educator with the Oakland School of Creative Arts.

Dr. Brice Miller ’98 has been named the Director of the Office of Cultural Economy for the City of New Orleans. A jazz musician and vocalist, he is the owner/creative director of two entertainment companies specializing in music/cultural performers and digital story-storytelling.

Leslé Honoré ‘99 was featured in a New York Times article about her youth enrichment program in Chicago IL, “Helping Young People to Develop Their Own Voices.”

Dr. Florastina Payton-Stewart ’99, a Professor of Chemistry and the CAT Kellogg Endowed Professor in Teaching at Xavier, was named a member of the Advisory Committee to the Director’s Working Group on Diversity, which provides regular advice to the National Institute of Health (NIH) Director on effective strategies to enhance the diversity of scientists in biomedical research, including individuals underrepresented nationally in biomedical research, and to reduce disparities in research awards from diverse applicants underrepresented nationally in biomedical research.

Bridget Moore ’99 was among seven women (four of them XULA alumnae) to share their personal stories of success, struggle, and triumph in a new book, Empower Now for Women, part of the group’s efforts to inspire people to be their best.

Alejandro Perkins ’99, a partner in the law firm of Hammonds, Sills, Adkins & Guice, LLP in Baton Rouge LA, was sworn in for a second term as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for The University of Louisiana System. He also delivered the keynote address to 800 graduating seniors at Northwestern State University’s December 2017 Commencement and at Louisiana Tech University’s winter graduation ceremony.

Dr. Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir ’99, a Professor of History at Xavier, was named to a steering committee for the American Historic Association and American Philosophical Association’s Mellon Foundation grant, “Extending the Reach of Scholarly Work to HBCU Faculty.” She is one of six HBCU faculty members, three historians, and three philosophers advising the project.

Dr. Kyshun Webster ‘99 was named an associate professor of education at the University of Holy Cross in New Orleans.

2000sDr. Cedrek McFadden ’00, a colon and rectal surgery doctor affiliated with several hospitals in Greenville SC, was named a recipient of a Liberty Fellowship, an honor bestowed annually to individuals who are demonstrated leaders in their profession and in the community.

Dr. Tara Benjamin ’01, an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Director of the IU Riley Maternity & Newborn Health program, was named a recipient of the 2017 Women of Influence Trailblazer Award by the National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health.

Melanie Caughman RN ’01, was named Director of Emergency Services at the Tulane Lakeside Hospital for Women and Children. She is responsible for the overall management and operations of the emergency department at the Metairie LA hospital.

Beryl Wagner MA ’01 was named assistant principal of Carencro Heights Elementary School (Lafayette LA Parish School System).

Wynter Evans ’03 is alive and well. The 2017 issue of XU Gold erroneously listed her as deceased when it was her mother, Mrs. Nettie Evans, who had passed. We deeply regret the error.

Dr. L’Issa Gates ‘03, who specializes in pediatrics and preventative medicine at Ochsner Health Center for Children in New Orleans, was named a Role Model by the Young Leadership Council. She was also named a National Minority Quality Forum 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health Award recipient. In addition, Gates was inducted into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.

Dr. Kelley Harris-Johnson ’03 has been appointed an Assistant Dean of the College of Letters and Science at the University Wisconsin-Madison. She previously served as Biology Major Program Manager and Student Services Program Manager III at UW-M.

Jared Brossett ’04 was re-elected to the New Orleans City Council as the District D representative. He began serving on the City Council in 2014 after five years in the Louisiana State House of Representatives.

Royce Duplessis ’04 was elected the Louisiana State Representative for the 93rd District. He previously served as Special Counsel to the Louisiana Supreme Court, focusing on state and local criminal justice reform policy.

Dr. Alexis Stokes ’05 earned a Doctorate of Education degree with a concentration in higher education leadership and policy from Vanderbilt University as well as a post doctorate administrative fellowship from the Harvard University John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Dr. Mary Green ’06, a recent graduate of the LSU-New Orleans School of Medicine, is a resident in pathology at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem NC.

Mia Robins ’06 was among seven women (four of them XULA alumnae) to share their personal stories of success, struggle, and triumph in a new book, Empower Now for Women, part of the group’s efforts to inspire people to be their best.

Crystal Moore ’07 was named a Fellow in the White House Office of Public Liaison (OPL). The White House Fellowship, a bipartisan leadership and public service program, allows mid-career professionals to spend one year working at the highest levels of the federal government. She will be focused on supporting the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Dr. Ashley Sutherland ’08, a recent graduate of the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine, is a resident OB/BYN on active duty at the Wright State University/Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton OH.

Dr. Stephanie Warfield ’08, a recent graduate of the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine, is a resident in internal medicine at Merit Health Wesley in Hattiesburg MS.

Dr. Federica Williams ’08, a recent graduate of the Ross University School of Medicine, is a resident in pediatrics at the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport LA.

Dominique Johnson ’09 was accepted into medical school at Southern Illinois University and Wright State University.

Hieu Nguyen ’09 was named Pharmacist of the Year at the North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond LA, where he works as a staff pharmacist.

Kristina Robinson ’09, an instructor of English at Xavier, read from her creative writings at the Associated Writing Programs (AWP) annual 51st conference in Tampa FL.

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class Notes2010sDr. Kristopher Boone ’10, a recent graduate of the Morehouse School of Medicine, is a resident in internal medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta GA.

Dr. Amber Robins ’10 and Alexandria Alcorn McCarty ’11 were among seven women (four of them XULA alumnae) to share their personal stories of success, struggle, and triumph in a new book, Empower Now for Women, part of the group’s efforts to inspire people to be their best.

Dr. Nnanna Alozie ’11, a recent graduate of the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University, is a resident in emergency medicine at Hackensack (NJ) University Medical Center.

Dr. Dexter Graves ’11, a recent graduate of the Drexel University School of Medicine, is a resident in emergency medicine at the University of Chicago (IL) Medical School. He was featured in a Philadelphia Inquirer article, “To Address Shortage of Black Doctors, Drexel Medical Students Create Mentoring Network.”

Dr. Stequita Hankton ’11, a recent graduate of the Virginia Commonwealth School of Medicine, is a resident in family medicine at Cook County Hospital in Chicago IL.

Dr. Marleesa Thompson ’11, a recent graduate of the Meharry Medical College, is a resident in emergency medicine at the University of Texas-Houston McGovern School of Medicine.

Taurah Dizadare ’12 has been accepted into the St. George’s University School of Medicine.

Dr. Chavez Scott ’12, a recent graduate of the Meharry Medical College, is a resident in emergency medicine at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta GA.

Dr. Kristin Signater ’12, a recent graduate of the Morehouse School of Medicine, is a resident in internal medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis TN.

Dr. Jasmine Dillard ’13, a recent graduate of the Meharry Medical School, is a resident in pediatrics at the Cleveland (OH) Clinic Foundation.

Reniesha Franklin ’13 has been accepted into medical school at LSU-New Orleans.

Frances Germany ‘13 was accepted into medical school at St. George’s University.

Candace Marshall ’13, a recent graduate of the Meharry College School of Dentistry, is a resident in advanced general dentistry residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Kayla Rodney ’13 read from her creative writings at the Associated Writing Programs (AWP) annual 51st conference in Tampa FL.

Dr. Courtney Royal ’13, a recent graduate of the University of Rochester School of Medicine, is a resident in family medicine at the University of South Alabama Medical School in Mobile AL.

Shavonne Temple ’13, an administrative program coordinator at the Tulane University School of Medicine Aids Education and Training Center, was accepted in medical school at LSU-Shreveport.

Dr. Kaylise Trahan ’13, a recent graduate of the Morehouse School of Medicine, is a resident in emergency medicine at University Hospital in Jackson MS.

Che’La Woods ’13 has been accepted into medical school at Rosalind Franklin University-Chicago.

Dr. Chigozie Dike ’14, a recent graduate of the University of Texas-Houston McGovern School of Medicine, is a resident in emergency medicine at the University of Texas-Houston McGovern School of Medicine in Houston TX.

Dr. Brandan Dotson ’14, a recent graduate of the University of California-San Francisco, is a resident in internal medicine at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose CA.

Dr. Mariah Dunbar ’14, a recent graduate of the St. Louis University School of Medicine, is a resident in family medicine at the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend IN.

Dr. Maura Jones ’14, a recent graduate of the LSU-New Orleans School of Medicine, is a resident in OB/GYN at the University of California-San Francisco Medical Center. She was featured on Blakdoc.com, an internet peer blog designed to inspire the next generation of health care professionals.

Dr. LaDonna Kearse ’14, a recent graduate of the Howard University College of Medicine, is a resident in general surgery at the Howard University College of Medicine in Washington DC.

Courtney Lavallais ’14 has been accepted into the Howard University College of Dentistry.

Dr. Alyssa Mercadel ’14, a recent graduate of the Texas A&M University School of Medicine, is a resident in OB/GYN at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas TX.

Dr. David Nguyen ’14, a recent graduate of the Tulane University School of Medicine, is a resident in plastic surgery at the St. Louis (MO) University School of Medicine.

Dr. Obinna Oko ’14, a recent graduate of the LSU-New Orleans School of Medicine, is a resident in OB/GYN at the University of California-Davis Medical Center in Sacramento CA.

Dr. Oluwadolapo Oyebadejo ’14, a recent graduate of the Baylor University College of Medicine, is a resident in emergency medicine at the Baylor University College of Medicine in Houston TX.

Donielle Williams ’14, a recent graduate of the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Dentistry, is a resident in pediatric dentistry at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Dentistry.

Tarrin Casey ’15 was accepted into the University of Missouri School of Medicine and the Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Duy Dang ’15 was accepted into the Physician Assistant Program at LSU-New Orleans and Touro University-Nevada.

Edwin Scott ’15, currently in the graduate program in biomedical science at Mississippi College, was accepted into the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.

Ashanti Anderson ’16, was named winner of the Tennessee Williams Festival Poetry Contest. Her award included a cash prize, publication in Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine, and a reading at the annual Tennessee Williams Festival. She is currently writing in the MFA program at the University of California-Riverside.

Jessica Chu ’16 has been accepted into the physician assistant program at the A.T. Still University School of Health Sciences.

Katie Peagler ’16 was accepted into the Howard University College of Medicine.

Derriyan Price ’16 was accepted into the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine at Auburn University.

David Heron ’17 has been accepted in medical school at the University of Lllinois and Howard University.

Terry Heverey ’17 has been named a program coordinator at the RISE Foundation in Memphis TN, an organization which works to transform the lives of low-income workers through financial literacy.

Paige Jones ’17, a first-year medical student at University of Arkansas’ School for Medical Sciences, was featured on Blakdoc.com, an internet peer blog designed to inspire the next generation of health care professionals.

Levon Aldon LeBan II ’17 was accepted into the Ph.D. program in chemistry at Kansas State University.

Kaylee Moore ’17 was accepted into the Rural Scholars Program at the LSU-New Orleans School of Medicine.

Catherine Nash ’17 has been accepted into the Psy.D. programs at Midwestern University, the University of La Verne, and the California Lutheran University.

Riley Smith ’17 has been accepted into the Ross University School of Medicine.

Darrius Williams ’17 has been accepted into medical school at the University of Mississippi.

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The Xavier family extends its deepest sympathy to the family, friends, and relatives of the following deceased alumni and friends of Xavier. The University was notified of these deaths during the period

of June 01, 2017 through May 15, 2018. If a name has been inadvertently omitted or incorrectly listed, please accept our apologies.

We Remember...

~ Our Friends~ ~ Faculty&Staff~

~ Honorary Degree~

~ Our Alumni~

*Correction: The 2017 issue of XU Gold erroneously listed Wynter Evans ‘03 and Paulette Fernandez ’72 as deceased. They are both in fact, alive and well. We deeply regret both errors.

1944Mrs. Audrey H. Duncan

Mrs. Mildred V. PrudeauxMrs. Shirley R. Willis-Labranche

1945Mrs. Claudesta O. Gould

1946Mr. Wilbert C. Jones

1947Mrs. Leona H. DawsonMrs. Dulcie D. Rudolph

1948Honorable Lois G. Bronz

Mr. Lester J. Relf, Sr.1949

Mrs. Geraldine B. Washington1950

Mrs. Wilma P. LoydMr. Edward P. PierreDr. Mason C. Reddix

1951Mrs. Barbara T. BoutteMs. Bythelda M. Davis

Mrs. Emma Goldman Lewis1953

Mrs. Constance Gonzales CrouchMr. Frank McKendall

1954Mr. Paul L. Guidry, Sr.

1955Mrs. Blanche D. Stewart

1956Mr. William Houston, Jr.

Mrs. Stanislaus DePass RachalMrs. Lenora Zimmerman

1957Mrs. Joyce JosephMr. Joseph Leon

Mr. Byron MackieMrs. Aurelia H. Orr

1958Mrs. Lois Carlson Cherrie

Mr. Merlin J. Gilyot, Sr.

1959Dr. Clarence C. Haydel, Jr.

1960Mr. Elliot Evans

1961Mrs. Shirley Llorens Dejan

Mrs. Marjorie Hamilton1962

Mrs. Leslie I. LeeMs. Jacquelyn M. Sharett

Mrs. Moonyeen TaylorMr. James O. Wadley

1963Mrs. Myrna R. Malveaux

1964Mrs. Jean R. Hall

Mr. Steven L. St. Mark1965

Mr. William J. Washington1966

Mr. Norman S. White, Jr.1967

Mr. Leonard Hillaire, III

1968Mrs. Gail T. Lopes

1969Dr. Emile Labranche, III

1970Reverend Murphy A. LewisValerie Petit Wilson, Ph.D.

1972Br. Robert J. Levesque

Mrs. Pamela B. LightseyMrs. Ida Smith

1976Mr. John Q. AdamsMr. Bruce P. Gabriel

Mr. James W. Kirkland III1978

Mrs. Joyce M. Doherty Reimonenq1979

Mr. Alvin L. Garibaldi1980

Mrs. Everlee H. Knight

1981Mr. Thomas A. Lee

Mrs. Louise A. Doley Mills1984

Ms. Charlean Howard1986

Mr. Jude T. LaStrapes1987

Mr. Merrill J. Lange1990

Mr. Thomas B. Forte1992

Mr. Louis F. Lecour, Jr.2007

Ms. Doris Z. Hoskins2012

Ms. Ruth Russell2014

Mr. James L. Hearn2015

Mr. Kearns Louis-Jean1993/2000

Mrs. Angela M. Dupre

Dr. Laverne L. BakerDr. William L. DentMrs. Janith D. DoleyMrs. Anna C. Epps

Mr. Wesley R. Gladhart, Jr.Ms. Iris Haydel

Mrs. Lynette M. LeduffMonsignor

Paul A. Lenz, D.D.Sister Patricia Lynch, S.B.S.

Mr. Beverly J. MartinMs. Darlene J. Millsaps

Mr. David P. RiderMs. Linda Sandifer

Mrs. Eloise Simmons (Estate)Ms. Celine C. Smith

Mr. Luis E. Toca

Cynthia J. CooperMs. Vera Rogers

1994Dr. Eamon M. Kelly

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2018 Alumni Milestones

1. Kristy Williams Johnson ‘04 welcomed a son, Kamden Johnson, on July 27, 2017.

2. Dominique Davis McConduit ’09, husband DJ, and daughter Dylan welcomed a son/brother, August James, on Feb. 23, 2018.

3. Christy (Taylor) Montgomery ’08 and husband Christopher Montgomery welcomed their daughter, Christyn Ella Montgomery, on Oct. 24, 2017.

4. Mitchell Lightfoot ’04, husband Leonard Lightfoot ’04, and sons Landon & Elijah welcomed their son/brother, Carter, on Dec. 10, 2017.

5. Krystal Arceneaux Pichon ’07, husband Terrence, and daughter Londyn welcomed new baby Milan on July 17, 2017.

6. Sarah Ann Anderson ’06 married Kyle Burnett in 2017. Pictured with several Xavierites who were in attendance.

7 Precious McGregor Wiltz ‘05 and Cramin P. Wiltz, II ’05 welcomed their third child, Winston Waverly Wiltz, on March 22, 2017.

8. Nicole Forbes-Shaw ’98 married Dwayne S. Shaw on March 26, 2015 in New Haven CT.

9. Nikki Wesley Burkes ’99 & ‘01 married Bobby Burkes, Jr. on July 8, 2017 in New Orleans LAand welcomed daughter Nyla Blair on March 3, 2018.

10. Keisha Mitchell Burton, M.D. ’09 married James Barton, M.D. on October 22, 2016 in Houston TX.

11. Mia Gonzales Washington ’08 & ’10, husband Tolliver Washington, and son Julio welcomed son/brother, Santana Rey, on March 16, 2018.

12. Angele Young Boutte ’97, husband Corey Boutte, and daughters Isabella and Sophia welcomed their daughter/sister, Chloe’ Ray, on Nov. 18, 2017.

13. Varion Laurent ’04, wife Erin, and children Francesca and Sebastian welcomed a third child, Valentina, on Jan. 28, 2018.

14. Teniesha Biagas ’10, Jeremy Bailey, and three-year-old daughters Lola and Mila welcomed their second set of identical twins, boys Aubrey and Austin, on Dec. 14, 2017.

15. Christina Council ’06 got married in May 2016 and gave birth to her first child, Jackson McKinley King, on July 11, 2017.

16. Lorin Comer ’03, Anthony Williams, and four-year-old son Peyton Thomas welcomed their son/brother, Bryson Andrew Comer, on Aug. 8, 2017.

17. Theresa Sanders Bew ’08 married Jaron Bew on May 21, 2016, in Atlanta, GA.

Are you planning a wedding or having a baby? Submit your good news and photos to [email protected]

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chapter NewsGetting Involved With Your Area AlumniAlumni Chapters across the country are working to support Xavier with their time, talents, and treasures. Participating members assist their alma mater with recruitment and fundraising, but are also actively involved in community service projects, family and social gatherings, and networking opportunities.

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Comradeship and revelry were the order of the day alumni from across the nation gathered for Homecoming 2017. Here is just a brief sampling. Make plans now to attend this year’s celebration, Nov. 14-18, and make your own memories. The 2018 event will feature the five-year reunions classes ending in “8” and “3”, but, as always, all alumni are encouraged to attend.

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IT SHOULD COME AS A SURPRISE TO NO ONE that both of the individuals now honored with banners in Xavier’s Convocation Center for their unwavering support of athletics, were also among the biggest proponents of high academic standards.

So it was that during halftime of the Gold Rush’s homecoming game that Sister Grace Mary Flickinger, S.B.S., now retired and a Professor Emerita of Biology, joined Dr. Norman C. Francis ’52, also retired and the President Emeritus, in a very special place of honor. A 4 x 8-foot banner bearing her name and likeness now overlooks the basketball court area, sharing rafter

space with other banners celebrating Xavier’s championship athletic teams of lore.

Most alumni will recall Flickinger as a biology professor who held her students to the highest standards of achievements. She was a long-time proponent of one-on-one advising and of nurturing all students, but it was her reputation as tough but fair that endeared her to generations of students and alumni.

Lesser known is her 36 years as the University’s faculty athletics representative (FAR) and her major influence on the national level, serving two terms as the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference as president, FAR, and on its eligibility and executive committees. She was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Hall of Fame in 1998 and in 2007 she received the NAIA’s Wally Schwartz Award for her work as a FAR.

“Sister Grace Mary has given a lot of herself to Xavier,” said Director of Athletics & Recreation Jason Horn. “We wanted to show our appreciation for all that she has given and done–not just for student-athletes–but for thousands of students and staff throughout her time in New Orleans.”

Homecoming Homecoming2017A Banner Day for Sister Grace Mary Flickinger

Reunion Class Photos

Class of 1942: (L-R) President Dr. Reynold Verret with Onelia Simpson Martin.

Class of 1947: (front row L-R) Earline Simon Wilkerson, Alyce King Hammons, and Lorraine Gonzales Williams; (second row) President Verret.

Class of 1952: (L-R) Dr. Norman C. Francis, President Verret, and Mercedes Broussard.

Class of 1957: (first row L-R) Edward Curtis, Mary Savare Gonzales, Lois Tyler Alugas, Shirley Melton Judge, and Clementine Baptiste Cager; (second row) Johnny Crear, James Paschal, Ruby Folse Age, Francis Gonzales, Manuel Llorens, and Castro Spears with President Verret.

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Class of 1962: (first row L-R) Carolyn Ross Wilson, Sydonia Davis Taylor, Arnaud

Catherine, and Jack Hurry Jr; (back row) President Verret.

Class of 1972: (first row L-R) Carolyn Wallace White, Doris Johnson Haynes,

Sylvenie Carriere-Jones, Ann Marie Miller, and Roseanna Frilot Pappion; (second

row) Philip White, James Moore, Gregory Pappion, and Ronald Dorris with Dr. Verret.

Class of 1967: (first row L-R) President Verret with Brendolyn Miller McKenna, Angela Dixon, Sandra Jackson Zimmerman, Anne Hamilton Thidodeaux, Diane Verrett Bynum, Linda Louis King, and Marquita Lumpkins Kimbrough; (second row) Myra Marion Lewis, Charles Kerley, Helen Haydel Kerley, Jerrol Larrieu, Bernard Bynum, and Numa Martinez; (third row) Horace Bynum, Sr. Mary Ann Stachow S.B.S., William Ingram, Charles Shaffer, Barbara Hicks, and Thomas Dean.

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Class of 1987: (first row L-R): Joan Welch, Sheila Bouldin, Jon Williams, Richele Theodore, and Rosie Sanders; (second row) Felicia Mitchell Broussard, Shelvin Moore, and Tammie

Boggan Brady with President Verret.

Class of 1982: (first row L-R) President Verret with Denise Nicholas Jackson, Paul Tenette, Kaye Adams-Browne, Paula Mathews Bolds, and Michael Brown; (second row) Toni White Douglas, Wanda Pannell Gray, Consuela Colston, Delisa Tate Williams, Gerilyn Metoyer, and Veshunn Smith Sanxton; (third row) Troye Madison Washington, Rhonda Boucree Barney, Denise Blackwell Washington, Reginald Taylor, Jerome Washington, Kenny DeCay, Renay Stovall, and Douglas Porter.

Class of 1977: (first row L-R) President Verret with Manya Carter Louis, Teresa Morrison George, Thomas Watson, Lisa Epps Farmer, Terrilynn Phillips, Ditania Vappie-Barquet, Mary Hanshaw Cooley, Petrinella Heard Sowell, Melaney Batiste, and Barbara Franklin; (second row) Gwendolyn Ball Julien, Cynthia Pender McCarthy, Donna Mitchell, Caron Felton Parks, Judith Smith Hamilton, Bonnita Boone, Wanda Battle Johnson, Carla Gibson Baker, and Donzella Barthelemy Phillips; (third row) David Powell, Gerald Farmer, Dwight McGhee, Sheila Cureaux McGhee, Jewell Cobb Pitts, Earl Brown-Sconiers, Jimmie Leger, and Angela Simon; (fourth row) Patton Cohen, Melvin Butler, Harry Johnson, Thomas Hinton, Philip Stelly, Priscilla Hydell, Kenneth Nixon, and Harlin Miller.

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Class of 2002: (first row L-R) Dion Martin, Stephanie Williams Easton, Tamara Hudson Lewis, Brandy Gallien, Tammy Honore Brown, Ebony Smith, and Lauren Outlaw; (second row) Richard King, Nina Washington, Teal Holden, Oneka Richardson, and Neil Lewis with President Verret.

Class of 1992: (first row L-R) President Verret with Sabrina Echols-Sampson, Tina Jones, Madelyn Tyson,

Dana Willis Henderson, and Holly Haydel-Terrie; (second row) Yvonne Collins, Robreka Henderson King, Kathleen

Lemelle Crockett, Rellamichelle Washington Tyree, and Pamela Lee Alexander; (third row) Darrius Hereford,

Marc Barnes, Khris Loyd, and Hilliard Fazande III.

Class of 1997: (seated L-R) Philecia Chavers Avery, Trimika Bowdre, Kimberly Alston, Cleopatra Thompson, Shayla Nesbitt, and Stacy Reynolds; (first row) President Verret with Davina Harkey, Bridget Dauphin, LaShonda Lockhart Parker, Charlon Turner Leonard, Michelle Townsend-Watts, Dwana Lynch Shabazz, Felicia Bolden Mobley, Nicole Thompson, Kesha Dodd Walker, Kimberly Houston Francis, Monica Lane, Desiree Mouton Mance, Toya Rena Harris, and Shawanna Pichon Jackson; (second row) Stephanie Owens-Gilkesson, Sherise Henry, Julia Simmons, Tamara Randolph McLemore, Azalia Carter, Dione May Davis, Jonrika Malone, Christopher Watts, Bridget Richmond Russell, Tara Montgomery, and Francine Bynum; (third row) Jacinda Byrd-Smith, James Dirden, Stephanie Roundtree, Anasha Campbell Johnson, Ramonda McNair Howard, Brent Rochon, Leah Richardson Francis, Zakee Shabazz, Arnette Cordova, and Jarrett Cain; (fourth row) Reeva Collins Flowers, April Peoples Adams, Robert Batteaux, Juval Orisha Scott, DeShawndranique Gray, Monique McConduit Jones, Jennifer Chartes Collins, Monique Williams Wakefield, Robert Russell, Trevonne Thompson, and Kimberly Quow.*


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Mixed Classes: President Verret with Shiela Sims Sipes ’77.*Mixed Classes: (L-R) Danielle Burrell ’97, Taffie Jones ’97, President Verret, Karna Robinson ’97, and Deidra Curl ’97.

Class of 2007: (first row L-R) Sanica Matthews, Alecia McCall Gabriel, Sundee Warren Winder, Daphne Chambliss Esho, Mecca Abdullah, Khaleah Naylor, Troy Alexander-El, Chika Chukwu, and Doris Zoe Hoskins; (second row) Justin Smith, Tiffany Humes, Crystal Moore, Christian Taplin, Whitney Washington, and Leron Lightfoot with President Verret.

By giving to the annual campaign you help to provide essential operating dollars. With continually rising expenses, tuition alone is not enough to meet the cost of providing a world-class Xavier education. An unrestricted gift gives us the flexibility to spend where the need is greatest. Through these gifts we are able to:

• Provide scholarships and awards to talented undergraduate and graduate students

• Recruit and retain exceptional faculty• Support instruction and research• Award fellowships• Expand academic support and student services

By making a gift of any amount, you help to support all of these priorities and more.

Planned giving is inspiring. It is through these gifts that our donors express deeply felt emotions and demonstrate a heartfelt commitment to Xavier. When a donor makes a planned gift, it is given with an immense amount of love, optimism, gratitude and of course Xavier pride. These gifts are truly larger than life and will impact generations of Xavier students.

Your gift can be made through:Bequests, outright gifts of cash, gifts of securities, gifts of personal property, gifts of retirement assets, life insurance, life estates, real estate, charitable remainder trust, charitable lead trust and charitable gift annuities.

We advise any donor considering a planned gift to contact us at (504) 520-7575. We are here to help answer any question and guide you through the process.

Xavier stands stead-fast in its mission to provide an opportunity for a quality education to all academically qualified students regardless of financial need. Because of this commitment, funds for scholarships are one of our greatest requirements. Did you know:

• Xavier awards nearly $5 million annually in scholarships and financial assistance for qualified students.

• Nearly 90 percent of Xavier students qualify for some type of financial assistance.

You can make a difference by:• Making an annual gift to the Clarence Jupiter Scholarship

Fund.• Establishing a donor named annual scholarship. The

minimum gift for this fund is $10,000 and can be paid over five years.

• Establishing a Donor named Endowed Scholarship with a minimum gift of $25,000 paid within five years. Endowed Scholarships create a permanent fund.

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