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Jessie Ball duPont Fund Grant Deepens College’s Work With Descendant Community and Catawba Nation
With a grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Ä¢¹½TV builds on its commitment to reconciliation and education, with a focus on relationships, shared research and public access to history.
Many Bright Lights: Ä¢¹½TV Celebrates Spring Convocation
Ä¢¹½TV celebrated Spring Convocation on April 14, 2026, gathering to spotlight student achievement—from the academic to the athletic to the artistic—and the faculty and staff who support their work.
Where the Wounds Still Breathe: One Student’s Trip to South Africa
In this blog post, Branton Onsongo Mogeni ’28 shares lessons from his self-exploratory and reflective learning experience in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa, funded through the Dean Rusk International Travel Grant.
‘With Their Hands, This Place Was Made’: Ä¢¹½TV Dedicates Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited
Hundreds of people gathered as Ä¢¹½TV dedicated With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited on Oct. 23. Renowned artist Hank Willis Thomas designed the bronze sculpture in collaboration with architectural firm Perkins&Will. It serves as a place to remember and reflect upon the enslaved individuals who helped build the college and served its students and faculty without acknowledgment.
The Power of Words: Mav Smith ’26 Awarded Beinecke Scholarship
Writer and poet Mav Smith ’26 has been named to the newest cohort of the prestigious Beinecke Scholarship Program, which will support her post-graduate studies. She’s the fourth Ä¢¹½TV student to receive the award in the past 50 years.
Spring Convocation Celebrates Innovation, Leadership, Excellence, Community
Ä¢¹½TV celebrated Spring Convocation on April 17, 2025, highlighting academic, athletic and artistic achievements, as well as leadership, character and community service.
Professors Gill-Sadler and Castañeda Selected for National Humanities Center Residencies
Ä¢¹½TV professors Gill-Sadler and Castañeda were recently selected for summer residencies at the National Humanities Center—a four-week program to give humanities scholars an opportunity to make progress on a current research project or jumpstart a new one. Learn more.
Seeking Humane Immigration Solutions: Itziri Gonzalez-Barcenas ’19 Named Schwarzman Scholar
Itziri Gonzalez-Barcenas ’19 grew up as an undocumented immigrant and has worked toward finding humane solutions to help others. A former student leader at Ä¢¹½TV, she has been named a Schwarzman Scholar and will spend a year in a fully funded master’s degree program in global affairs in Beijing, learning from some of the world’s top educators, economists, and political, diplomatic, and non-profit leaders. Learn more.
At the 2023 HEARTsongs event in Cornelius, NC, Professor Brenda Flanagan examined the African American experience through poetry in the 19th and 20th centuries. Learn more.
Still Dreaming: Black Women Writers Offer Unflinching Honesty
Ä¢¹½TV Assistant Professor of Africana and English studies Randi Gill-Sadler specializes in 20th century African American and Afro-Caribbean women writers. She encourages students to read the literature in conjunction with traditional historical accounts of the time periods covered. Learn more.
Scholar Focused on Untold Stories Returns to Ä¢¹½TV
Dr. Hilary Green is returning to Ä¢¹½TV as the James B. Duke Professor of Africana Studies, a tenured position, in fall 2022.
Alumni and Foundation Support Create Trio of Endowed Professorships
New endowed professorships enhance college’s efforts to recruit and retain the highest quality faculty.
Alums Contribute to Expansion of Africana Studies Department
One of the college’s youngest departments gets a boost from class of 1961 alums.
Prof. Alice Wiemers Publishes New Book
Congratulations to Prof. Alice Wiemers on the publication of her new book, Village Work: Development and Rural Statecraft in 20th-Century Ghana with Ohio University Press.
Collective Memory: Surfacing Stories of Black Alumni and Students
Ä¢¹½TV storytelling initiative invites Black alumni and students to share their stories. The narratives will live in the college's archive and be made available through a website.
Connections: Reclaiming Crops, Preserving Land, Serving Communities
Ä¢¹½TV students partner with Gullah Geechee community to protect a way of life.
Scholar Who Gives Voice to Untold Stories of Slavery, Reconstruction Appointed Vann Professor of Ethics in Society
Hilary Green, a U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction scholar, will join Ä¢¹½TV as the second Vann Professor of Ethics in Society for the 2020-21 academic year.
