2019

Rites of Passage
Second line procession leads the celebration. “Rites of Passage” ceremony – symbolically marking the students transition from high school to college.
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Light ceremony
I give you my light to share with the world.
Parents symbollically pass their light to studenst as they leave them in Xavier's care for the next four or more years.
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Xavier University College of Pharmacy orientation
First year pharmacy students are welcomed to Xavier's College of Pharmacy
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Welcome P1-Class
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Capping Ceremony — Xavierites exceed expectations
At the end of your four or six years, this cap will figuratively be exchanged for your graduation cap.
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Speakers
Comedian Amanda Seals
Amanda Seales combined her intellectual wit, exuberant silliness and a pop culture obsession to create her unique style of smart funny content for the stage and screens. Along with performing stand up across the globe, and touring colleges doing comedic lectures on everything from sexism and diversity, relationships to black popular culture, this former MTV VJ with a master’s in African American studies from Columbia University is a series regular as Tiffany on, HBO’s “Insecure.”
Strategist Majora Carter
Photos by Zaviyah Hudson
Freshman student introduced Amanda Seales.
Ask questions now...Once the show starts, there are no photos or filming.
Provost Speaker Series 2018–2019
First year scholars at luncheon with Majora Carter–“Urban Revitalization Strategist,” Peabody Award Winning Broadcaster, 2005 MacArthur Genius Fellow.
Theme: Courageous Justice recognizing the bravery of those on the frontline of social change “Community as Corporation.”
Majora Carter is a leading urban revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer, and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She is responsible for the creation & implementation of numerous green-infrastructure projects, policies, and job training & placement systems.
Her work is characterized by an emphasis on talent-retention-on the corporate and community levels.
September 13, 2018
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month In Concert
Dr. Jessica Victoria, coloratura soprano and Dr. Shane Anderson, pianist.
Photos by Telia Blake Workman
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L-R: Representative from the Benson Foundation, Dennis Lauscha; Gayle Benson, donor; Xavier President Dr. Reynold Verret; President Emeritus Dr. Norman C. Francis, XU alum 1952; Judge Ivan Lemelle, XU alum 1971 and Xavier Board of Trustees; and Gia Soublet, XU alum 1991 and Vice President for Institutional Advancement. Archbishop Gregory Aymond, celebrant.
Gayle and Tom Benson Sanctuary Renaming
Sanctuary naming ceremony/Mass acknowledging the $1.5 million gift from the Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation which also established a scholarship fund.
L-R: Dr. C. Reynold Verret, XU President, center with the L-R: Jason Horn, XULA director of Athletics and Recreation; Dell Xavier Knights of Peter Claver. Demps, Pelcians GM; Alvin Gentry, Pelican Basketball coach.
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CCH Pounder - Art Exhibition
Photos by Telia Blake Workman
Guyanese native CCH Pounder, formally known as Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder, is a well known actress and artist who is known for her apperances in notable tv shows and movies like Avatar, Sons of Anarchy, and most recently NCIS: New Orleans. She is also an advocate for post-apartheid and HIV/AIDS issues in South Africa.
L-R: Elechi Egwuekwe, Tayelor Camp, CCH Pounder, Kenadhi Killebrew, Bria Tyehimba, Megan Walker, Danielle Dyson.
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Mae Ethel Robin Jupiter's family with Dr. Norman Francis front center. Back row behind Dr. Francis is student scholarship recipient of the Mae Ethel Robin Jupiter scholarship.
Jupiter Library Donation
The University Library Archives - payed tribute to the devoted service of Mae Ethel Robin Jupiter during the 1940's and 50's. On hand were her husband Clyde Jupiter '49, daughters Lisa Crusto '95 and Carol Garibaldi,and Dr. Norman Francis '52.
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Career Day
Xavier students explored different career options set up around the convocation center, businesses present included Ford, Chick-Fil-A, Oracle and several others including graduate schools.
Chick-Fil-A representatives and students Photos by Telia Blake Workman
L-R: Ryann Handy, Dr. Marcus Cox, Yiraliz Beltran.
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Lin Wang Exhibition Moon Fest & Excerpts of The Turandot Opera
Lin Wang explained his exhibit "A Date with Nature and Life."
L-R: Taylor McClaim, Makayla Thompson, Lin Wang, Chasity Davis, Marcus Evans.
Soprano, Kathleen Halm
International Week - African Student Union Pageant
Photos by Telia Blake Workman
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Culture Night
Photo by Randall Schexnayder
Good food, good music and lots of fun from various cultures around the world. Pharmacy sponsored event.
Photos by Telia Blake Workman
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Dining Hall
New Executive Chef Christopher "Adam" Istre hosted "Meet the Chef" serving his signature Chicken and Sweet Potato Waffle with Spiced Cane Syrup!
Farmer's Market
Students purchased fruits and vegtables at Xavier's own farmer's market!
Photos by Telia Blake Workman
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Dinning Options
Chick-Fil-A opened in Sprig 2019
L-R: DiAveion Mason and Xandrea Carswell enjoy Chick-fil-A along with the other students waiting in line for the newest eating option on campus.
Photos by Telia Blake Workman
Starbucks Coffee shop coming soon to the Library Art Gallery.
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UNCF Walk
The Xavier team supported the UNCF Walk/Run for excellence at Audubon Park.
Photos by Amber Osborne
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Annual Night Out Against Crime
Xavier students, alumni, and surrounding community members gather for the Gert Town Annual Night Out Against Crime in memory of Chief Duane P. Carkum, Sr.
Photos by Telia Blake Workman
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Graduate Fair - CURGO Center for Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity
Students learn about summer research opportunities and of course about graduate schools.
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Dr. William Kirchain, Clinical Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy showed student the amount of sugar/fat in various foods.
Wellness Week
Make wellness your full time — healthy body, mind and spiritual wellness
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Pharmacy students educational displays.
Wellness Mass
Spiritual wellness - Mass Kicked off Wellness week
Sr. Monica Loughlin was honored for the annual Wellness Week. Sr. Mary Ann Stachow, SBS accepted the plaque from the Wellness committe in Sister Monica's absence. L-R: Curtis Wright, VP Student Affairs; Shirley Labbe, Wellness chair & Counseling director; Sr. Mary Ann Stachow, theology professor; Fr. Jerome Etido, University chaplain; Dr. Anne McCall, Provost & Sr. VP of academic affairs; Randall Schexnayer, Associate dean of Student Affairs-College of Pharmacy.
Making your own ice cream...Mmmm good.
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Homecoming - Coronation Ball
Annual Ball and Coronation 2018
Presenting the Xavier University of Louisiana Royal Court 2018-2019, left Mr. Xavier Barry Sevalia and Ms. Xavier Kelsey Green, and featuring all classes with Xavier President C. Reynold Verret.
Photo by Amber Osborne
Chairperson and assistant chair: Curtis Wright and Nedra Alcorn.
Miss Freshman: Leah Bishop, escorted by Roger Bishop.
Miss Sophomore: Alexandria Coleman, escorted by Anthony Coleman
Miss Junior: Brittanie Cockrell, escorted by Edward Cockrell, Sr.
Miss Senior: Tyla Kennedy, escorted by Tyrone Kennedy, Sr.
Miss Xavier, Kelsey Green, escorted by President Verret.
Entry photos by Telia Blake Workman
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Annual Ball & Coronation
"Keeping the Legacy Alive"
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Alumni Homecoming Reunion
1968 (golden-anniversary), 1993 (silver anniversary)—Celebrating 3's & 8"s this year. 1938, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013 Celebrating Mass in St. Katharine Chapel
New alumni board. Alumni reunion registration. New alumni authors.
The students are new teachers, undergrad and grad. The event was Comissioning ceremony of New Teachers.
New Orleans Alumni chapter. Xavier memorabilia.
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Homecoming - Queens & Leadership Brunch
Current and former queens.
Current SGA and former leaders.
Queens and Leadership Brunch.
Group photos by Amber Osborne
Queens and Leaders


Homecoming - On the Yard
Old School Greeks Delta Sigma Theta
President Verret and staff enjoy Friday on the Yeard
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Catching up with friends.
Kappa Alpha Psi
Students enjoy the show.
Omega Psi Phi
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Alumni Receptions
Division of Business
Division of Mathematical and Physcial Sciences
Physicians Association
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College of Pharmacy Continuing Education Seminar and Reception


Tailgating
Photo by Amber Osborne
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MAX and Peer Deans
M.A.X.-Mobilization At Xavier
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Peer Deans


Division of Business Blazer Ceremony &
2018 Delta Mu Delta Business Honor Society Members
Business students pose with their new blazers.
Photo by Thomas Austin Priestley
Left: Dr. Joe Ricks, Division Business chair.
Professor Clifford Wright.
2018 Delta Mu Delta Business Honor Society
Officers at the ceremony.
Javion Gutter Accounting 2018 XU grad
Jordan Smith Accounting 2018 XU grad
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Pink Day - Breast Cancer Awareness
Department and student club involvement.
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Trick-a-Trunk
Safe Halloween treats for several local grade schools
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Student Organizations decorated their car trunks, nothing too scary and handed-out sweet treats to the children.
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The children and college students had a funtastic time.
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By the time the trick-or-treaters made their round to each trunk, they had bags full of candy.
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Founder's Day Convocation
Tuesday, October 9 (actual day October 12)
Guest Speaker Louisiana State Senator Troy A. Carter, Sr., Xavier graduate 1986. Troy Carter has a distinguished career in virtually every level of local and state government.
86 employees celebrated their anniversary which ranged from 10 to 45 years of service:
Special recognition to Dr. Juan Bautista-Division of Business, 40 years and Dorthy Sterling-Admissions, 45 years.
St. Katharine's shoes
Remembering our founder, St. Katharine Drexel and her scarifices to establish Xavier Unversity of Louisiana. The only Catholic and historically black college.
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Undergraduate Research
Be Humble: The impact of media on the health behaviors of Black female students at a HBCU – Natalie Faciane, department of public health.
Year round learning!


Pharmacy COE - Center of Excellence
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SSI - Summer Start Institute


BioStar
ChemStar
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MathSar
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SOAR


Summer Basketball Clinic
Xavier and the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation were the local sponsors of the Legacy Tour Clinic, a second-year event that Tamika Catchings — a legendary player for the University of Tennessee, USA Basketball and the WNBA's Indiana Fever — brought to every WNBA city in 2017 and to new destinations this year such as New Orleans, Tampa, Fla., Sunnyvale, Calif., Knoxville, Tenn., and Fort Wayne, Ind.
The two-hour free clinic was filled to capacity with local youth. Assisting Catchings with drills and games Xavier's Convocation Center were Xavier student-athletes and coaches.
Pharmacy Residency Program
Front row L-R: Dr. Hannah Naquin, resident; Dr. Rim Hadgu, resident. Back row L-R: Dr. Janel Bailey-Wheeler, Xavier director, PGY-1 pharmacy residency program; Dr. Kathleen Kennedy, dean, Collge of Pharmacy; Dr. Christopher Gillard, director, Xavier/LSUHSC PGY-1 pharmacy residency program; Dr. Shandrika Williams Landry, assistant director, PGY-1 pharmacy residency program
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CURGO - Center for Undergraduate Research and Opportunities
L-R: Dr. Shubha Ireland, professor of biology; Shahid Chaudhry, biology research, senior; George Olverson, biology research, junior.
Understanding what influences sexual health behavior in Black college men. Center: Nicholas Reese, department of public health sciences.
Thermomechanical studies of Pyruvic acid.
L: Timothy Spearman, department of public health sciences.
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Summer Symposium
Pyschological and Biological effects on trauma—A systematic perspective on trauma. Examining the impact of nutitionally complete high fat diet access on alcohol
Center: Joy Alia, department of psychology
dependence - induced negative emotional states and excessive alcohol consumption in rats. L: Cemilla Shaw, division of basic phamceutical sciences. Cemillia Shaw, division of basic pharmceutical sciences
Cyber Security
L-R: Dr. Syed Ahmed, division of business; Dawnetria Jordan, Alton Johnson.
Understanding breastfeeding practices among Vietnamese mothers after immigration.
L: Wendy Dang, biology.
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Deacon Lawrence Houston
Davis, SSJ, Henry J. Pratt, Oscar Okwuosa, SDV, Rev. Emeka
Graduates - Master of Theology
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Agavu, George L
Amoakoh, Gladys
Barbarin, Kirk
Bardell, Derek D.
Becker, Mark
Blackwell, Laura Jean
Boehm, OF, Bro. Jack
Branche, Cheryllyn
Breaux, SSF, Sr. Marie DeMontfort/Elder
Bringier-Mason, Carla
Brown, Juanita
Burton, Beverly
Castello, Elaine
Crawford, Kaye
Downs-Dorsey, Veronica
Favors, Therese
Gaddy, Kirk, Ed.D. faculty, Interim Director
Gado, Stephanie
Gallo, Cynthia
Gibson, III, Dr. Ernest L.
Gray, Alicia
Grimes, Donna
Grooms, Alice-Elder
Hayes, Diana L., Ph.D./faculty
Hollier, Angela D.
Houston, Deacon Lawrence assistant community life
Ihuoma, Henry
James, Ladira
Johnson, Alfredia
Johnson, Patricia-Elder
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Jones, Henry-Elder
Kaddu, Fred
Kikanda, Joseph
Lacking, Brenda/Elder
Lavender, Jannell
Lewis, Rosemary
Lucas, Thelma-Elder/staff
Lumas, SSS, Sr. Eva Marie Interim Director
Malveaux, Heather-faculty
Marable, Rev. Gerard
McCalla, Connie L.
McEvilley, Princess A.
Modeste, Malu Nyimi, Ph.D. faculty
Noumbi, SVD, Charles
Nzeh, Rev. Albert
Ogaldez, SSF, Sr. Josita Marie-Elder
Okafor, Daniel
Okuosa, Rev. Lawrence
Osborn, Aubry
Palmer, Yvette
Pannell, Derrick
Peters, S.J., Joshua
Rankins, Jr., Derek
Rice, Carolyn
Rich, Susan
Rivera, Lorraine
Saint-Louis, Marjorie
Shelton, Royal
Simeon, Fidgi
Streams Christine


Tupponce, Toni
Umanah, Ifiok
Weatherly III, Robert "Clif" White, C. Vanessa/faculty Williams, Alexia Williams, Rev. Manuel, C.R. faculty, Interim Director
Tamiyah Mann
Dear Brown Skin
for my sister, Saliha
Dear Brown Skin,
I love you now.
I did not always love you, because society says that lighter is beautiful and since Mommy is light she
is more beautiful than I am, Daddy is brown like me and
he tells me I am just as beautiful, if not even more beautiful. My
brown skin is so beautiful now like Hershey, smooth and sweet.
I love you brown skin, but be
warned there are people who
only see you as a fetish and not
for love. Never let them get close
to you brown skin because you are a treasure, a treasure that only a few
are allowed to open. I will treat you
well for as long as I live because, brown skin, I did not always love you, but
I love you now.
Young, Aisha C
Young, Gwendolyn coordinator for community life
Elders Group
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Week One - Group 1
Week Two - Group 2
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Week 3 - Group 3
L-R: Emeka Okwuosa, Bishop Fernand Cheri, O.F.M. - Archdiocese of New Orleans, Oscar Pratt, and Henry J. Davis.
Administrators and graduates. L-R: Dr. Marcus Cox, Associate Dean, Graduate Programs and Summer School, Director, Center for Continuing Studies and Distance Education;
Dr. Camellia Moses Okpodu, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences; Sr. Eva Lumas, Acting-director IBCS; Henry J. Davis; Emeka Okwuosa; Oscar Pratt; Dr. Anne McCall, Senior VP, Provost of Academic Affairs; Dr. Kurt Gaddy; Dr. Marguerite Giguette, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs.
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Causes for Black Sainthood
An effort to unite the causes and respective guilds working toward the canonization of five Roman Catholic African Americans was announced during a special event held at the St. Katharine Drexel Chapel.
Xavier and its Institute for Black Catholic Studies (IBCS) served as the host and administrator for the event, which set as its goal the gathering of scholarly work and relevant academic studies for the purpose of elevating the respective causes for each of the candidates for Sainthood: the Venerable Pierre Toussaint, Venerable Henriette Delille S.S.F., Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, O.S.P., Father Augustus Tolton, and Julia Greeley.
Attendees at the event included members of the Joint Conference of Black Catholic Clergy, Black Sisters, Black Catholic Seminarians and Black Catholic Deacons.
Also announced was a plan to establish a resource center at Xavier which will house relevant and educational scholarly work focusing on the lives of the five candidates for Sainthood, as well as that of Xavier University of Louisiana foundress St. Katharine Drexel and St. Kateri Tekakwitha.
The Causes are as follows:
• Venerable Pierre Toussaint (1766-1853), a New York City hairdresser who was also a former slave. He purchased his freedom with the earnings he made from his trade.
• Venerable Henriette Delille (1813-1862), the daughter of a white man and mixed-race woman who lived in a common-law relationship, since blacks and whites could not legally marry at the time. Her parents encouraged her to pursue the same path.
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Members of the Joint Conference of Black Catholic Clergy, Black Sisters, Black Catholic Seminarians and Black Catholic Deacons convened at Xavier to announce a new effort to unite the causes and respective guilds working toward the canonization of five Roman Catholic African Americans and to establish a dedicated resource center at Xavier–L-R: Bishop Fernand Cherie, XU President Reynold Verret, IBCS Director Sr. Eva Lumas, Sr. Greta Jupiter, and Fr. Gerard Jordan.
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