2011-2012

The Xavierite2011-2012 Xu

2011-2012 It Happens
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Table of Contents

2 Founder –St. Katharine Drexel &
The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament

4–96 March 2011–January 2012 Monthly Activities

97–117 Organizations

118–131 Athletics

132–143 Support Offices

144–171 Life at Xavier

172–204 Cap & Gown Portraits–Graduates

205–213 Pharmacy P-1, P-2, P-3

214–240 Underclassmen

241–253 Board, Administrators, Faculty & Staff Portraits

254–256 Yearbook Staff

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Founded in 1925

Sr. Juliana Haynes Katharine, age 7
Sr. Mary Anne Stachow Katharine, age 18
Sr. Grace Mary Flickinger
Sr. Monica Loughlin Katharine, age 29
Sr. Jean Marie Craig
Sr. Joanne Bauer

Sr. Nathalee Bryant St. Katharine Drexel
Sr. Maureen Hurley
Sr. Patricia Lynch

Xavier’s Founder

Saint Katharine Drexel

& The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament

March-May 2011

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College of Pharmacy Ball 2011

Miss College of Pharmacy, Lakia Aneshia Montegut, escorted by Mr.
College of Pharmacy, Jeremy Rashad Branch.

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Lakia Montegut, Miss College of Pharmacy 2011-12, escorted by Dr. Rondall Allen, Associate Dean for
Student Affairs and Curricular Assessment in Xavier’s College of Pharmacy.

Left: Tameka Martin, Miss College of Pharmacy 2009–2010

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Spring Fest 2011
Fashion Show
Step Show

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Celebrity Chefs

Presented by Sodexho Food Services

Mr. Calvin Tregre, Senior Vice
President for Administration

Right: Dr. Loren Blanchard, Senior Vice President for
Academic Affairs

Left: Dr. Kenneth St. Charles,
Vice President for Institutional

Advancement

Right: Ms. Nedra Alcorn, Associate Right: Pam Rivers, Sodexho Manager at Xavier
Vice President for Student Services

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Communications Week

“Race Peace” was presented
by members of Mondo Bizarro

and M.U.G.A.B.E.E., two
community arts organizations
that used “an innovative blend
of multi-disciplinary performance
techniques and town-hall style
meetings” to address racial

sterotypes.
Both of these activities were
part of Communications Week
and highlighted the work of the
Communication Studies program.

Tiara Barthe presented a
monologue on communications.
She performed “The Different
Shades of Brown,” a performance
that was constructed to satisfy
an assignment in Communication
Studies 2400: The Theatre. The
objective of her project was to

use performance as a tool to
deconstruct the African American

identity.

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Festival of
Scholars

Center for Undergraduate Research

Right: Dr. Gary Donaldson, Director
Left: Dr. Ross Louis, Associate Director
Center: Gwennette Williams, Administrative Assistant
Not shown:Dr. Kathleen Morgan, Associate Director

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End of year
blow-out

Students enjoy food and games before final exams.

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Study hard.
Play harder.

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Congratulations
Class of 2011
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Heidi Robinson, art major (right); Brandon Voss, music major (bottom left). Roll call

Pauline Storms, mass communication major (right). Students wait in anticipation.

Dean Alcorn shows how to put on the hood.

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Stacey Windon (center); Hong Nguyen (bottom), mass communication majors. Roll Call

Richard Tucker (right), gives honor students direction.

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Pharmacy
Awards

Awards presented by Dr. Kathleen Kennedy, Dean of the College of
Pharmacy and pharmacy faculty and staff members.

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Pharmacy Awards

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Baccalaureate
Convocation

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Baccalaureate Mass

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Baccalaureate Mass

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Arts & Sciences
Awards

Chanté Calais, a biology/pre-med major from Breaux Bridge, LA (Cecilia High) and Ifeanyi
Onor, a pharmacy major from Nigeria, were presented the St. Katharine Drexel Award and

the Mother Agatha Ryan Award, respectively.

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Camille Hanks Crosby Graduation
Businesswoman and Philanthropist Honorees

Herbert Douglas
1948 Olympic track medalist and businessman

Debra Lee Marc H. Morial
BET President/CEO National Urban League President/CEO
and former New Orleans mayor, commencement speaker

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All 22 of Xavier’s summa cum laude graduates join XU President Norman Francis, keynote
speaker Marc Morial, and honorary degree recipients Debra Lee, Camille Hanks Cosby and
Herbert Douglas, Jr. backstage just prior to the University’s 84th annual commencement. (L-R
front row) Dr. Francis, Morial, Ashley Casey, Sondra Willis, Danielle Foster, Thuy Nguyen, Trisha
Le, Hong Nguyen, Joannie Ivory, Cosby, Hebert and Lee; (L-R second row) Jilliana Cavalier,
Mallory Waguespack, Ifeanyi Onor, Kelly Hebert, Kristen Walker, Danielle Jones, Alycia Boutte
and Marylynn Nguyen; (L-R back row) Steve Morgan Jr., Christopher Gillard, Joseph Lee, Lauren

Cooper, Russell Fertitta Jr., Raphaela Romero and Chinwe Ike.

Graduation

Left: Top 4.0 Honor student, Steve Morgan, Biology Pre-med major
received his degree from Dr. Francis.

The winners of the 2011 Norman C. Francis Faculty Excellence Awards join XU President Norman Francis (right), and honorary degree recipients L-R: Herbert Douglas, Jr., Camille Hanks Cosby,
Debra Lee; faculty excellence award in service: Clifford Wright, senior faculty in business and Dr. Anderson Sunda-Meya, junior faculty in physics/engineering; and keynote speaker Marc Morial.
Seated L-R: faculty excellence award in scholarship: Dr. Partha Bhattacharjee in biology, junior faculty; faculty excellence award in teaching: Dr. Keturah Robinson, junior faculty in pharmacy and Dr.
Murty Akundi, senior faculty in physics/engineering; and faculty excellence award in scholarship: Dr. Michael Homan, senior faculty in theology.

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Celebration

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2011 Lagniappe &
Summer Programs

Lagniappe 2011

Jarronisha Tate, biology pre-med major from Paschal High School in Ft. Worth, Texas, is welcomed by (center) Joseph Byrd, vice president of student services, and Xavier students (L-R) Brittany
Toliver, biology pre-med, junior and Michael Seaberry, biology pre-med, sophomore.

May 27 – 28, 2011—Lagniappe, a little something extra in New Orleans, for regional students from
Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Tennessee. Participants had the
opportunity to meet current Xavier students, talk to faculty in their prospective academic departments

and register for fiscal and health clearance.

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Chloé Castro, pre-pharmacy chemistry major from Northshore High School with mom, Lagnaippe Welcome to
Rondi Castro and grandmom, Karen Hotard. Students and Families

Gayla Wilkins, biology pre-med major from Northside High.

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L-R: Hunter Nelson, chemistry junior; Jessica Joseph, middle school education Student Volunteers &
senior), Kaylise Trahan, biology pre-med, junior; Robert Jenkins, biology Administrators
premed junior.

Nedra Alcorn, associate vice president of student services, Joseph Byrd, vice president of student services.
addresses Lagnaippe participants.

Kyle Houston, incoming-engineering major from St. Augustine High School in New Orleans with Trent Bailey, in-coming business administration major from Brother Martin High School, New
mom, Erica Houston (Mathematics dept). Orleans, with grandparents; Phyllis Calvin (Xavier Library) and Larry Calvin (XU 1970, director

30 of human resources).

Dillon Glapion, incoming-chemistry pre-med and biology major from Jesuit Financial Aid,
High School (New Orleans) and mom are assisted by Ms. Sandy Livings-Veals, Registrar & Housing

Assistant Director of Financial Aid.

Fiscal Services: Terrell Buckson, incoming-chemistry pre-pharm major from Baltimore Poly Tech
High School (Baltimore, MD) with mom and dad.

Registrar’s Office: Duy Dang, incoming-biology pre-med major from St. Katharine Drexel resident hall: Kendra Beard, resident assistant, biology senior; welcomes
Archbishop Shaw in Harvey, La. Ivory Bibbins, incoming-psychology pre-med major.

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Summer 2011

BioStar Pharmacy Summer Enrichment
ChemStar Soar
IBCS-Institute for Black Catholic Studies
MathStar Summer Research
Mardi Gras Indians SuperScholar/Excel
& Summer Courses

BioStar Summer Science
Academy

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ChemStar
Summer Science Academy

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IBCS-Institute for Black
Catholic Studies

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Xavier’s Mardi Gras Summer Arts program with Chief Darryl Montana of the Yellow Mardi Gras Indians
Pocahontas and Chief Walter Landry of the Black Mowhawk Hunters sponsored by United Summer Arts Program

Way of Greater New Orleans Summer Grants–Martin Dumas Manager of Rebuild Child
Camp and Kristin Shannon, Executive Director of Emeril Lagasse Foundation. Also present

was Chief Howard Miller of the Creole Wild West Indians.

Chief Darryl Montana demonstrated how to sew 3-dimensional
creative beaded design work used on Mardi Gras costumes.

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Center: In the 2nd month Chief Walter Landry of the Black Mowhawk Hunters shows Mardi Gras Indians
students the art of bead work in preparation of the Mardi Gras Indian costume. Chief Summer Arts Program
Landry portrays the Native or Plains Indians by sewing flat patches representing the
Uptown Mardi Gras Indians such as the White Eagles, Black Seminoles, Seminole Hunters,
Young Cheyennes, and 7th Ward Hard Head Hunters. About 20 patches are used in the
boots, pants, sleeves and front apron, front jacket crown and trail, wings and cuffs. The
cabbage patch has beads and feathers. Some patches are taken from olders suits.

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Summer Science Academy–Top: Class with Mathstar, Group leader Devin Sasser MathStar & BioStar
with Janine Sarapuru from Lusher High School, New Orleans. Summer Science Academy

BioStar registration day: Dean of Arts & Sciences, Dr. Anil Kukreja with son, Yush
from Ben Franklin High School, New Orleans.

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Pharmacy
Summer Enrichment Program

Cedric Nation (P2) with Porscha Showers (P2). Deann Vessel (P3).

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Soar–Stress On
Analytical Reasoning

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SOAR LABS

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SuperScholar/EXCEL

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Christian White shows results from his Chemistry department research. Summer Research

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Dr. Mack Crayton with student researcher, Thuyhinh Nguyen and observer. Summer Research

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ACTIVITIES

August 2011

Incoming
Freshmen

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Welcome to XU

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New Student Arrival

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