NEW ORLEANS -President Rochelle L. Ford, Ph.D APR was sworn in as Dillard University’s eighth president in an investiture ceremony on Jan. 27 before an audience of current and former students, faculty and staff, sorority and fraternity members, family and friends. She is succeeding former president Dr. Walter Kimbrough who […]
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Actor: ‘Don’t cheat yourself with easy path’
J’Brionne Helaire/Courtbouillon Actor Jurnett Smollett speaks to the audience in Georges Auditorium with President Walter Kimbrough at her side on Nov. 2. NEW ORLEANS (November 22, 2021) – You cheat yourself when you take the easy path, actor Jurnee Smollett told Dillard University students during a visit here Nov. 2. […]
Justice official: Continuing civil rights work of Ortique, others, is critical
U.S. Department of Justice photo/Courtbouillon Kristen Clarke NEW ORLEANS (November 22, 2021) – We must honor giants like the late Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Revius O. Ortique Jr. as we continue their work, said U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke here Nov. 18. Clarke gave the Ortique […]