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2020

September

_{September 18, 2020}

New Midlo Center Partnership Will Help Educators Teach About Slavery and Colonialism

Educators around the world will have access to free, high-quality professional development about teaching the twin legacies of slavery and settler colonialism in the United States and North America starting Sept. 22. Read more

University of New Orleans graduate student Jake Gold has received the 2020 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Foundation Louis Armstrong Scholarship.

_{September 17, 2020}

Pianist Jake Gold Receives ASCAP Foundation Louis Armstrong Jazz Award

The University of New Orleans music faculty has selected Jake Gold for the 2020 ASCAP Louis Armstrong Foundation Jazz Composition Award. Read more

University of New Orleans alumnus Scot Craig owns the beloved Mid-City eatery Katie’s Restaurant. (Photo courtesy of NOLA.com)

_{September 16, 2020}

Restaurateur Scot Craig’s No Quit Attitude Helps Propel His Success

Scot Craig can talk about life’s storms and setbacks. His experiences could fill a book, he said. Read more

_{September 10, 2020}

The University of New Orleans Increases Enrollment for the 3rd Straight Year

The University of New Orleans increased its overall enrollment by nearly 2%, marking the first time in 15 years that the University has grown enrol Read more

Angelle Bourgeois, a 2009 and 2012 UNO graduate, was named the 2021 Louisiana State Elementary Teacher of the Year through the Louisiana Department of Education.

_{September 8, 2020}

UNO Alumna Angelle Bourgeois Named 2021 Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year

University of New Orleans alumna Angelle Bourgeois has been named the 2021 Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year. Read more

President John Nicklow, donors Judith Russell and Michael Russell, and College of Sciences Dean Steve Johnson.

_{September 2, 2020}

$250,000 Gift to Fund Professorships, Scholarship and Facility Improvements in College of Sciences

A $250,000 gift to the University of New Orleans College of Sciences from Michael and Judith Russell will fund two professorships and improvements Read more

Former New Orleans Saints star receiver Marques Colston, who has developed several businesses, is teaching an entrepreneurial leadership course this fall at UNO.

_{September 1, 2020}

Former Saints Standout Turned Entrepreneur Marques Colston Joins UNO Faculty

Marques Colston—the former New Orleans Saints star receiver turned entrepreneur, speaker and business strategist—has joined the faculty at the University of New Orleans where he is teaching a course in the honors program called “Leadership and Entrepreneurship.” Read more

August

“The Big Door Prize,” set in a fictional south Louisiana town, is M.O. Walsh’s second novel.

_{August 31, 2020}

CWW Director M.O. Walsh Publishes Second Novel

M.O. Walsh, director of the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop, has published his highly anticipated second novel, “The Big Door Prize.” Read more

University of New Orleans alumni are part of Gambit's "40 Under Forty" list. (Photos courtesy of Gambit)

_{August 21, 2020}

University of New Orleans Alumni Abound on Gambit’s Annual ‘Overachiever’ List

The University of New Orleans is well represented on Gambit’s annual “40 Under Forty” list released this week. Read more

The University of New Orleans executive track MBA program welcomes one of its largest classes this semester.

_{August 18, 2020}

Executive MBA Program Welcomes One of Its Largest Classes

The University of New Orleans executive track MBA program welcomed one of its largest classes this semester Read more

Alumnus Jericho Brown earned the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for his book, “The Tradition.”

_{August 11, 2020}

Pulitzer Prize Poet and alumnus Jericho Brown: ‘What I’m doing now still bears upon what I learned at UNO’

Jericho Brown recalled his days of leaving his downtown New Orleans office to navigate the I-10 East traffic toward the University of New Orleans. Brown spent much of his time navigating the political landscape as a speechwriter for then-Mayor Marc Morial before heading to UNO’s Creative Writing Workshop. Read more

University of New Orleans counseling student Ash Bayer awarded $10,000 fellowship.

_{August 10, 2020}

UNO Counseling Student Ash Bayer Awarded $10,000 Fellowship

Ash M. Bayer, a student in the University of New Orleans master’s counseling program, has been awarded a $10,000 fellowship by the NBCC Foundation. Read more