Recent News
- Posted 11.02.26
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The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø community mourns the death of former president Dr. Richard D. Holland, the University’s tenth president and first alumnus to serve in the role.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏ꿉۪s proposal to freeze tuition for the sixth consecutive year has been approved by its board of trustees. The decision comes as part of the board’s approval of the school’s operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year, and this reaffirms ºÚÁϳԹÏ꿉۪s various rankings as one of the best values of any university in the state
Liza James Howard long ago established her legacy at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø when she became its first Black student in the fall of 1966. The university hasn’t forgotten.
Upon hearing that she’d won the ºÚÁϳԹÏ꿉۪s most prestigious faculty award, Dr. Amanda Pendergrass walked to the lectern and addressed the commencement crowd.
Speed comes naturally to Audrick Pyronneau, a former distance runner on the ºÚÁϳԹÏ꿉۪s track-and-field team. That he’s using that trait to pursue his academic goals shouldn’t be a surprise.
The hints inside Dr. Richard Schellhammer’s crowded campus office aren’t subtle. They reveal personal secrets: who he is, what he adores, how he fills his days. History books bloat his bookshelves. Framed trinkets of his academic expertise -- pre-World War I Germany -- hang near the desk.
Dalton Meador, a sophomore at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, is unabashedly proud of his academic major. He fancies a career in health care, and he enjoys sports. Athletic training fulfills both desires.
By her own admission, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøÂ sophomore Emily Foxhall adores beauty pageants. They’re an inseparable part of her life, though she’s not sure how many she’s entered. Her estimate: somewhere between 40 and 60, if not more.Â
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