Yearbook

BETA TAU CHAPTER — ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC.
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BETA IOTA CHAPTER — KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC. 102
Quenten Chavalier Pharm D major


PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY, INC.
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OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, INC.
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CAN - CELIBACY ABSTINENCE NETWORK
LaShathan E. Banks
Shandrell Janté Briscoe Historian
Jessica N. Brum eld
Honesty R. Cockrell
DeShawn D. Coleman
Samantha N. DeFlanders
Lashundra M. Hooker
Crystal M. Johnson
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Ashley S. King Project Coordinator
Samantha J. Purnell
Ashley Y. Reeves
Danielle N. Salmon


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Ashley N. Scioneaux President
Brittany K. Scott
Joell Spells
Adrianne N. Strachan
Campus Ministry Christmas Party
Gentri M. Williams
Ashley N. Woods Co-Chairperson Project Committee
Aisha Yanssareh
Davida E. Yarbrough


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Ayana Johnson
Brianna M. Lyons
Tevya D. Reid
CARIBBEAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION


CHEERLEADERS
Paris Reed-Scott
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Rosita Carerre Adrienne Edwards
Heather Ellis Karmen Johnson

Erica McFarland
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Khalefa King Brittney Leach-Beale
Elaina Leonard Tameka Martin


Kenya Barney
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Keisha Mitchell
Alicia Pressley
Angela Pressley
Theresa Sanders


Rita O. Aregbesola
1st Lady to Miss Freshman
David G. Collins Congressman
Ryan A. Francois Congressman
Sha’carra Ladner Secretary
Amber L. Robins Miss Freshman
Pauline G. Smith President
Val L. Williams
2nd Lady to Miss Freshman
CLASS OF 2010 EXECUTIVE BOARD - FRESHMEN
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Rita O. Aregbesola - 1st Lady, Amber L. Robins - Miss Freshman, Val L. Williams - 2nd Lady


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Shanhai R. Heywood Congressperson
Jo re E. Johnson Vice President
Ibrahim Muhammad Publicity Chair
Kayla E. Nixon Secretary
Chelsea R. Singleton Treasurer
Monee M. omas XAB-Xavier Activity Board Representative
Angela L. Wallace Congressperson
Lagina L. Williams Community Service Chair
CLASS OF 2009 EXECUTIVE BOARD - SOPHOMORES
Shandrell J. Briscoe Publicity Chair
Blake O. Clark
1st Lady to Miss Sophomore
Femi F. Fadahansi President
Joelle L. Goggans Community Service Chair


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Danielle M. Young Miss Sophomore
Blake O. Clark - 1st Lady, Danielle M. Young - Miss Sophomore, Monique L. Lewis - 2nd Lady
Clash of the Classes


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Reuben O. Battley President
Stephanie C. Curtis Treasurer
Jonjelyn T. Gamble 1st Lady to Miss Junior
Meagan A. Minor Miss Junior
Jonjelyn Gamble - 1st Lady to Miss Junior, Megan A. Minor - Miss Junior, Mornisha Terrell - 2nd Lady to Miss Junior
CLASS OF 2008 EXECUTIVE BOARD - JUNIORS
Erica I. Stevens Congressperson
Mornisha C. Terrell 2nd Lady to Miss Junior
Julius L. Tonzel Secretary
Brandy N. Vital Vice President
Donald E. Williams Congressperson


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Amber K. Haynes
Mariel D. Hepburn Jeremy E. Jewitt Shemika L. Sample Miss Senior
CLASS OF 2007 EXECUTIVE BOARD - SENIORS
Miss Senior - Mariel Danita Hepburn (center), 1st Lady - Helen Flippin (left), 2nd Lady - Daphne Chambliss (right).


COP Organization Roster
Pharmacy Student Association
President, Katura omas Vice-President, Erica Chavis Secretary, Kimberly Aristide Treasurer, Candace Sampson Congress Person, Kerry Andrus and Danielle Nwigwe
Ms. College of Pharmacy Christina Victor
Mr. College of Pharmacy Terrence Brown
American Pharmacists Association / Academy of Student Pharmacists
President, Angela Tsai
Vice-President, Omishun Ogholoh
Secretary, Asheia Wynne Treasurer, Jaime Crawley Delegate, Arian Lemon
Special Coordinator, Inga Q. King
Kappa Epsilon
President, Cherlyn Boutan Vice-President, Deandrea Chaverds Secretary, B’nai Degruy
Treasurer, Kimberly Aristide Historian, Melanie Rachal Chaplin, Lashon Smith Sergent-At-Arms, Kiersten Taylor
Kappa Psi
President, Erin J. Searles Vice-President, Carnecia Cole Secretary, Natalie Smith Treasurer, Jamasha Lacy
Louisiana Society of Health systems Pharmacists
President, Jack Iskander Vice-President, Kisha Grant Past-President, Angela Tsai
Phi Lambda Sigma
President, Asheia Wynne Vice-President, Carnecia Y. Cole Secretary, Erin J. Searles Treasurer, Emma Goodman Historian, Natalie Smith Co-Historian, Lovie Faira Lewis
Student National Pharmaceutical Association
President, Inga King President-Elect, Ambra King Secretary, Kimberli ompson Vice-President, Jaime Crawley Treasurer, Alexis Milton Historian, Andria Phifer Delegate, Mansour Shabazz Alternate Delegate, Erin Searles
Rho Chi
President, Melanie Rachal Vice-President, Je Bullock Secretary, Crystal Calloway Treasurer, Roshondra Lee Historian, Kate Ung
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY ORGANIZATIONS
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Rho Chi Honor Society
Itohan Agbonlahor Rho Chi, ASP, LSHP
Fahamina Ahmed Rho Chi, LSHP, ASP
Je ery B. Bullock
Rho Chi, Vice President Kappa Psi, Sergent-at-Arms LSHP, SNPhA
Crystal M. Calloway Rho Chi, Secretary ASP
Farrell D. Fort
Rho Chi, ASP, Kappa Psi
Roshondra Genel Lee Rho Chi, Treasurer ASP, LSHP
Melanie B. Rachal
Rho Chi, President
ASP, LSHP, Kappa Epsilon, SNPhA
Kate Ung Rho Chi, Historian ASP, APhA
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Shandrika R. Williams Rho Chi, ASP
Samuel L. Young Rho Chi, ASP


Shanika Beatty SNPhA
Mary Cambre SNPhA
Brandi N. Cornelius
SNPha, ASP, LSHP-Louisiana Society of Health System Pharmacists
Jaime A. Crawley SNPhA, ASP, Rho Chi, LSHP
Adwoa Darkwa SNPhA, Public Service Chair Kappa Psi
Gerald J. Evans
SNPhA, ASP, LSHP, PSA - Pharmacy Student Association
Ronnika M. Jackson SNPhA
Osmine Alicia Joseph SNPhA
Student National Pharmaceutical Association - SNPhA
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Ambra M. King SNPhA, President
Inga Q. King SNPhA, ASP, LSHP
Tameka Martin SNPhA
Odel P. McKnight
SNPhA, ASP/APhA-American Pharmacists Association / Academy of Student Pharmacists, PSA, LSHP


Alexis S. Milton SNPhA,Treasurer
Benedine Ogoo Nneji SNPhA
Reine Sincouyo Pema Sanga SNPhA
Andria Phifer SNPhA, Historian
Cedric L. Salone SNPhA
Mansour R. Shabazz SNPhA, ASP
Kimberli N. ompson SNPhA, Secretary
Destiney Watson SNPhA, ASP/APhA
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Mia Coleman Treasurer
Atiya Dallas
Fatima Grif n President
Ashley King Secretary
Lauren McCauley
Iantavian Queeley
Krystal Schnyder
Erise Smith Vice President
FAX - FASHION AT XAVIER
Community Service: Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at McDonogh High School - painting, cleaning and planting after hurricane Katrina; Second Harvest Food Bank - sorting food for regional needy families; Habitat for Humanity - building homes for families in Musicians Village and the Ninth Ward after hurricane Katrina; and Alpha Kappa Alpha, Beta Omega Chapter sponsored Ebony Fashion Fair Show volunteers.
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Ebony Fashion Show - (L-R) Top: Sabrina Jones, Darren Wallace, Ashley King, Takako Uemura, Tyron Oubre & Veronica Farve, advisor. Below - Fatima Gri n & Erise Smith. Sabrina Jones & Mia Coleman. Jarnelle Jones, Jasmine Riley & Gianni Baham.
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Ashley P. Hichen
Natalie M. Howard
Kandice D. Keelen
Jessica L. Lowe Captain
GOLDSTAR DANCE TEAM
Atray C. Abua
Meka S. Battle Captain
Megan D. Duronslet
India A. Gaines
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Quinta N. Reed
Brittany A. Shelton
Ayesha J. Shields
Gaylon R. Smith


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Dr. Renee V. Akbar Chair, Division of Education Advisor
Ashley M. Bridges Historian
Kenya Campbell Reading Lab Director Co-advisor
Myesha L. Luster Treasurer
LAE/SP - LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS AND STUDENT PROGRAMS
Marion T. Milton President
Sherise E. Ross Secretary


PRE-VET / PRE- VETERINARY - BIOLOGY
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Eboni S. Betts Secretary
Neila R. Bond Vice President
Barbara A. Green Assistant Professor of Biology Advisor
Melvin J. Roberts, Jr. President
Riquilla D. ompson Treasurer


OFFICE OF HOUSING/RESIDENT LIFE — RESIDENT ASSISTANTS - RA’s
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Je ery A. Brown
St. Martin DePorres Hall
Dorothea V. Dixon Living Learning Center
Candice N. Fields
St. Martin DePorres Hall
Stephon L. Guidry St. Martin DePorres Hall
Randal C. Harris
St. Martin DePorres Hall
Kimberli K. Hillard St. Martin DePorres Hall
Paul House St. Michael Hall
Brandi L. Howard Living Learning Center
Leonard J. Johnson St. Martin DePorres Hall
Kia Jones
St. Martin DePorres Hall
Monique L. Lewis Living Learning Center
Ibrahim M. Muhammad St. Michael Hall


Javonne D. Patterson Living Learning Center
Alicia M. Pressley Living Learning Center
Angela Pressley
St. Martin DePorres Hall
Melvin Roberts, Jr. St. Martin DePorres Hall
Ashley L. Ross
St. Martin DePorres Hall
Sundée A. Warren
St. Katharine Drexel Hall Miss Xavier
Jonathan R. Ystad
St. Martin DePorres Hall
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Living Learning Center
St. Katharine Drexel Hall
St. Martin DePorres Hall
St. Michael Hall


Dorm Step-O
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Xavier University Asian Association
Kimberly Tran (left) and Peter Tran (far right) President
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International Night: Origami, Henna body art, Fan dancing, Sword ghting, Calligraphy, Common Phrases in Di erent Languages, International Foods....


ATHLETICS TWO THOUSAND SEVEN


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Xavier University Athletics Department: (L-R) Joseph Moses, Jr., Cross Country Coach; Bo Browder, Gold Nuggets Women’s Basketball Coach; Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director; Dannton Jackson, Gold Nuggets Men’s Basketball Coach; Darrilyn Broussard, Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach; Dennis Cousin, Athletic Director; Alma Henderson, Administrative Assistant; David Egans, Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach; Alan Green, Tennis Coach and Silas Steele; Recreational Sports Director and Kermit Smith, Assistant Recreational Director (not shown) and Sr. Grace Mary Flickinger, SBS, Faculty Athletic Representative (right).
Xavier Athletics — “ e squeaky sound of sneakers on the basketball court, the ping of the tennis ball as it hits the racquet, and the rush of wind generated by long distance runners eating up the miles — all silenced by Katrina last August — will soon resonate on the campus once again.
President Norman Francis announced that Xavier University of Louisiana’s storied intercollegiate sports program — cancelled for 2005-06 after the University’s academic schedule was interrupted and most of its facilities were heavily damaged by ood waters — has been reinstated for the 2006-07
school year.
“It was always our intention to bring back the athletics program as soon as it
was feasible,” said Francis.“We are pleased that the University has progressed far enough in our recovery to be able to bring back this staple of campus life.”
“Classrooms and learning are not all of what we do,” he added.“What goes on outside the classroom is so important to the development of individuals.” According to Calvin Tregre, senior vice president for administration and
chair of the University’s Athletics Committee, six of Xavier’s seven established, pre-Katrina sports programs were brought back: men’s and women’s basketball, tennis and cross country. e newest addition to the athletic program, women’s volleyball, was suspended inde nitely.
e head coaches for the reinstated programs — Dannton Jackson (men’s basketball), Bo Browder (women’s basketball), Alan Green (tennis) and Joseph Moses Jr. (cross country) — and assistant coach Darrilyn Broussard (women’s basketball) returned. All have been serving the University in other capacities during the interim.
While it is uncertain how many of the student-athletes — all of whom are still on scholarship — will return for the 2006-07 season, the coaches
have expressed con dence the teams will remain largely intact except for those seniors due to graduate in 2006.
Dennis Cousin also returned as athletics director.
e decision was
made to suspend the
athletic program last October after ood waters had buckled the University’s brand new wooden gym oor and caused severe damage to all of its locker rooms and o ces. e University itself did not reopen its doors until January 2006.
Pending the acquisition of a new permanent oor, the University has secured use of a portable wooden oor loaned to it by Jackson State University. Locker rooms and o ces in the gym have been gutted and are undergoing repair.
Cross country, whose season o cially began in late summer, led the University’s return to intercollegiate competition. Mr. Tregre said Moses has been involved in training and strength conditioning with individual team members — as well as other University students — throughout the interim, and he anticipates Xavier will eld a competitive team upon its return.
Xavier is a member of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).


ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT — GOLD RUSH •GOLD NUGGETS • BASKETBALL / CROSS COUNTRY / TENNIS
Xavier’s athletic teams are known as the Gold Rush (men) and Gold Nuggets (women). Xavier currently has NAIA basketball, cross country and tennis teams. Xavier played intercollegiate football through 1959. at year all intercollegiate sports were suspended. In its heyday, the Gold Rush played home football games on campus where the current Xavier library now stands.
Angela & Alicia Pressley
CHEERLEADERS
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GOLD RUSH BASKETBALL TEAM
Basketball is played in “ e Barn”
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Xavier’s Mascot, e Gold Digger


ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT — GOLD RUSH •GOLD NUGGETS • BASKETBALL / CROSS COUNTRY / TENNIS
Head Coach: Dannton Jackson (standing), David Egans Assistant Coach. Players: Number, Name —20 Woods, Dannie; 24 Williams, Alfred; 21 Burgess, Aaron; 4 Stewart, Mark; 12 Dumas, Shaun; 1 Ru n, Michael; 3 Okoroha, Kelechi; 11 Ola oye, Olumide; 14 DeRousselle, Ryan; 25 Prince, T.J.
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GOLD NUGGETS BASKETBALL TEAM
Front Center: Assistant Coach, Darrilyn Broussard and Head Coach: Rober “Bo” Browder. Players Left to right: Alissa ompson, Carla Robinson, Victoria Lee, MeZekiel Sims, Latashia Wise, Miriam Muhammad, Patrice Hawkins, Rynika Hebert, Erica Turnbull, Sheronda Nash, Vyaisha Moss, Ti any Norris, Dominee Mathews, Jarryn Cleaves,
Kojovanna Hamilton, Brittany Whitmore.


ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT — GOLD RUSH •GOLD NUGGETS • BASKETBALL / CROSS COUNTRY / TENNIS
Head Coach: Bo Browder, Darrilyn Broussard, Assistant Coach Players — Number - Name: 30 Matthews, Dominee 21 Hebert, Rynika 10 Robinson, Carla 15 Cleaves, Jarryn 12 Thompson, Alissa 13 Wise, LaTashia 32 Moss, Vyaisha 33 Abernathy, Brittney 34 Muhammad, Miriam 44 Turnbull, Erica
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GOLDSTAR DANCE TEAM & GOLDEN GIRLS POM SQUAD
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ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT — GOLD RUSH •GOLD NUGGETS • BASKETBALL / CROSS COUNTRY / TENNIS GOLD NUGGETS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM
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Women Cross Country Team left to right: Lonique Moore, Ashley Broden, Mimi Mornay, Amani Harlee, Stacey Young, Sabrina Jones (manager), Ebony Harding and Coach Joseph Moses, Jr.


GOLD RUSH CROSS COUNTRY TEAM
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Left to Right: Darren Wallace, Chris Butler, Joe Drexler-Dreis, Bryan Khan, Chase Guidry, Coach Joseph Moses, Jr. Below: Xavier signed new cross country members, Stacey


ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT — GOLD RUSH •GOLD NUGGETS • BASKETBALL / CROSS COUNTRY / TENNIS
TENNIS TEAM
All-GCAC Men’s Teams are Xavier’s Miroslav Vukicevic, Mario Myles, Cameron Knowles, Vusumzi Kempele and omas Fugate.
Head Coach: Alan Green. Women’s Tennis Team: Dominique Bell, Yuliem Dominguez, Angelina Callis, Colleen McArthur, Jihanna Mughnee, Alexandra Broussard. Men’s Tennis Team: Terry Richardson, Mario Myles, Miroslav Vukicevic, Cameron Knowles, Vusumzi Kempele, Thomas Fugate.
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Xavier University of Louisiana swept the women’s and men’s championships for the second time in three years at the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tennis Tournament at City Park Tennis Center.
Women’s All-GCAC team are Xavier’s Yuliem Dominguez, Colleen McArthur and Alexandra Broussard.
Cross Country, Tennis & Sports Banquet photos: Sabrina Jones, yearbook photographer
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ACADEMICS
COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES / COLLEGE OF PHARMACY / GRADUATE SCHOOL


COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES
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ART Department
Faculty / Staff:
John Scott, Professor Artist Mentor
Ron Bechet, Associate Professor & Chair Drawing/Painting
MaPó Kinnord-Payton, Assistant Professor Ceramics
Patricia Sills, Assistant Professor Graphic & Advertising/Photography
Michelle Nkoyo Lavigne, Instructor
Carolyn Durand Boykin, Administrative Assistant
Photography by Takako Uemura, art major & yearbook photo editor
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MaPó Kinnord-Payton, printmaking class (left)


John Scott, renowned artist and Xavier alumni was awarded an honorary degree on May, 12, 2007 at Commencement. He earned his undergraduate degree in 1962, studying under painter Numa Rousseve (XU 1936), sculptor Frank Hayden (XU 1957) and Sister Mary Lurana Neely, SBS.
His art is diversi ed re ecting the dignity, strength and grace of Africans and African Americans. He brought passion and energy into the studio and classroom.
Scott’s enormous lifetime body of work – created in almost every conceivable medium –rightfully earned him a national reputation
as one of America’s most innovative artists. In 1992 he was bestowed “Genius Grant” status when the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellowship recognized him for his extraordinary originality and exceptional creativity.
His vibrantly colored, multi-layered prints and kinetic sculptures have heightened our awareness of the in uence of African and Caribbean music and dance to New Orleans’ distinctly local traditions. His large- scale, three-dimensional works brighten the landscape and buildings of New Orleans and six other major U.S. cities, while his more poignant paintings, prints and sculptures are prominently displayed in both pub- lic museums and private art collections throughout the country.
During the past 40 years, Scott has mentored generations of young artists, many of whom are professionally
active as both artists and instructors today. He inspired an appreciation and love of art in hundreds of non-art majors. But above all he instilled in all his students a deep appreciation of life and a deeper respect
2006-07 Academics
for their God.
(Times Picayune)
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Beating the Odds–John Scott
“Basically, I see Xavier as a place that is about imparting information to people, but more
important, I see it trying to imprint on the people
that it gives the information to that they have a
role—a responsibility to people. Not just to go out
and get a job and make a ton of money. Xavier is about trying to develop a sense of community. It’s people being concerned about people.” (1968 Xavierite)


BIOLOGY Department
Faculty/Staff: Dr. Shubha Ireland Department Chair Professor Microbiology/Genetics Endowed Professor in Arts and Sciences
Dr. Hema Bandaranayake Assistant Professor Plant Genetics/ Plant Biology
Dr. Peter Barrett Assistant Professor Genetics/Neuoscience/Genomics
Dr. Partha Bhattacharjee Assistant Professor Virology
Dr. Hector Biliran Assistant Professor Cancer Biology & Genetics
Dr. Michelle Boissiere Assistant Professor Genetics/Embryology
Mr. Willie Caffey Instructor General Biology/Genetics
Dr. Mary Carmichael Assistant Professor Associate Chair General Biology/Anatomy & Physiology
Dr. Mack Crayton Assistant Professor Genetics/Molecular Biology
Dr. Ian Davenport Assistant Professor Marine Biology/Evolutionary & Development Biology
Sr. Grace Mary Flickinger, SBS Professor Embryology
Sr. Maureen Hurley, SBS Professor Histology/Epidemiology Claude H. and Elizabeth Organ Professor of Biology
Ms. Kristal Huggins Instructor General Biology/Biodiversity
Dr. Tanya Johnson Assistant Professor Anatomy/Physiology
Dr. Deidre Labat Professor Freshman Biology
Dr. Harish Ratnayaka Assistant Professor, Plant Science and student research assistant
Dr. Mack Crayton (left), mentor with Austin Orgah presenting their abstract on Bioinformatics Analyses (Departments of Biology and Computer Science)
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Dr. Peter Martinat Associate Professor Ecology/Zoology/Entomology
Dr. Shampa Mukerji Assistant Professor Human Anatomy & Physiology/Plant Science
Dr. Syed Muniruzzaman Assistant Professor General Biology/Microbiology
Dr. Calvin Porter Associate Professor Evolution/Vertebrate Zoology
Dr. Harish Ratnayaka Assistant Professor Plant Science
Dr. Joseph Ross Associate Professor Microbiology
Dr. Royal Saunders Assistant Professor Anatomy & Physiology/Cell Biology


Mr. Willie Ca ey
2006-07 Academics
Sr. Maureen Hurley, SBS (Biology) and Ms. Sherida Monteguet (Chemistry) at Founder’s Day
Dr. Shubba Ireland with students at Festival of Scholars
Biology faculty (l-r): Dr. Michelle Boissiere, Dr. Deidre Labat, Sr. Grace Mary Flickinger, SBS and Dr. Joe Melcher (Communications)
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Biology lab photos: Takako Uemura


Division of BUSINESS
Faculty:
Anil Kukreja, PhD Associate Professor & Chair
John Mitchell, PhD Associate Professor
Joe M. Ricks, Jr., PhD Associate Professor
Candice M. Rochee, Lecturer Clifford S. Wright, Professor
Center: Dr. Anil Kukreja, associate professor & chair with Business major and guest speaker.
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Photos: Sabrina Jones
Department Fashion Show - Dressing for Success