Friday, March 31, 2023
Aretha McKinney/Courtbouillon NEW ORLEANS (April 29, 2022) – Dr. Walter Kimbrough, DU president, shows his moves Sunday afternoon during a softball game on the presidential lawn in front of Stern and Rosenwald halls. The competition pit Kimbrough’s team of executives and staff against that of Dr. Marc Barnes, vice president […]
Jorden Hampton NEW ORLEANS (March 28, 2022) – With more than 100 historically black colleges and universities in the United States, HBCUs outperform other institutions in retaining and graduating first-generation, low-income African American students, according to the United Negro College Fund. I’m offering a timely reminder as […]
Dillard students have mixed feelings about curfew for freshmen and sophomores, seeing it either as an attempt to instill mature behavior in students or rebutted as crippling students’ abilities to make responsible choices for themselves. Dillard enforces curfews for its freshman and sophomore students from midnight to 7 a.m. Sunday […]
A problem with a support wall delayed residents’ move from Williams Hall to newly renovated Hartzell Hall in late September, but the dean of students now says residents are expected to move by the end of November. Renovations to Williams will begin in May at the earliest, according to Dr. […]
Sixty-three new Greeks were introduced at the Neophyte Show on Saturday, with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority boasting the largest line with 24 new members. Hermine C. Jones, adviser to the National Pan-Hellenic Councilat Dillard University, said other chapters who inducted new members included: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 16 new members; […]
The Rev. Jim Wallis, a Christian writer and political activist, called for “justice and righteousness ” to transform American society during his “Brain Food” lecture Oct. 17 in Georges Auditorium. The founder and editor of “Sojourners” magazine and the Christian community with the same name based in Washington, D.C., addressed […]
Three Dillard University alumni and four theater majors are the principals in “Zooman and the Sign,” the play opening the 78th season of the Dillard University Theater Program that will run through Sunday, Nov. 17, in Cook Theater. Dillard theater alumnus Lawrence Weber (2009) is directing the Charles Fuller […]
Dillard surpassed its goal and raised $26,250 during the United Negro College Fund Walk/Run at Audubon Park on Nov. 2, according to coordinator Erica Durousseau. She said Dillard’s goal was $20,000 for the annual walk, which was delayed a month from Oct. 5 because of Tropical Storm Karen. “Dillard surpassed […]
Fifteen months after being named Dillard University’s seventh president, Dr. Walter Kimbrough was inaugurated into office Oct. 19, marking the 144th Founder’s Day at DU. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., and Michael Lomax, the fifth DU president and now president of the United Negro College […]
Dillard’s academic structure changed this fall for the third time since 2010-11, including the disbanding of the College of Professional Studies and creation of the College of Health Sciences. Other changes included additions to the College of Business, separation of Film from Mass Communication, elimination of Sociology as a major […]