April 2016

April 2016 Sports

Parker tosses no hitter in doubleheader sweep

SALISBURY, N.C. – Marley Parker (So./Langley, British Columbia) threw a no-hitter as Saint Augustine’s University swept Livingstone College 17-0 and 9-0 at MLK Park on Sunday, April 10, 2016, for its first CIAA Southern Division softball victories of the season.   The Lady Falcons evened their softball mark in the […]

April 2016 Sports

Falcons pound out 27 hits in doubleheader sweep

RALEIGH, N.C. – Saint Augustine’s University combined for 27 hits to defeat Virginia State University 16-13 and 9-2 in a CIAA baseball doubleheader at Optimist Park on Sunday, April 10, 2016.   The victories improved the Falcons’ conference record to 7-5. The Falcons are third in the CIAA standings behind […]

April 2016 Sports

Falcon runners win three events, tie for first place

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Top-ranked Saint Augustine’s University was victorious in three men’s events in the JCSU Invitational at the Irwin Belk Complex on Saturday, April 9, 2016.   The winners were Burkheart Ellis, Jr. (Sr./Raleigh, NC), David Shaw (Sr./St. Pauls, NC) and Jerome Exeter (Jr./West Palm Beach, FL). Ellis won […]

April 2016 Sports

More than 100 athletes honored for 3.0 GPAs

RALEIGH, N.C. – One hundred and one Saint Augustine’s University student-athletes and cheerleaders were recognized for having higher than a 3.0 grade point average at the university’s Honors Convocation at Emery Gymnasium on Friday, April 8.   Nine scholar-athletes and cheerleaders were highlighted for earning perfect 4.0 grade point averages […]

April 2016 Sports

Golf team places fourth in ECSU Invitational

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – The Saint Augustine’s University men’s golf team placed fourth in the ECSU Invitational at The Pines at Elizabeth City golf course on Monday, April 4, 2016.   Reginald Cooper (Sr./Rocky Mount, NC) recorded the lowest individual score for the Falcons, who played in the ECSU Spring […]

April 2016 Sports

Falcons earn three CIAA weekly honors

The CIAA honored Tia-Adana Belle (Jr./St. George, Barbados), Burkheart Ellis, Jr. (Sr./Raleigh, NC) and Head Coach George Williams of Saint Augustine’s University on Thursday, April 7, 2016. Belle was named Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Runner of the Week, Ellis was chosen Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Runner of the […]

April 2016 News & Features

Dr. Ward is a convention delegate

With the presidential campaign in full swing and with Saint Augustine’s University President Everett B. Ward being a well-known political junkie (he was a former high-ranking official of the Democratic National Committee), the Falcon Forum decided to sit down with Dr. Ward and discuss his political views and influences and […]

April 2016 News & Features

Campus food options expand

Both of the new food options on campus are finally open. The renovated Grill reopened at noon on Monday, April 4, after more than five months of renovation. “I love the remodeling,” said Chris Acevedo, a senior theater major. “I love the way they made it look. We’ve been waiting […]

April 2016 News & Features

SAU family has a real-life Akeelah

Many of us have seen “Akeelah and the Bee,” the movie about an African-American girl from Los Angeles who participates in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. How many know that Saint Augustine’s University has its own version of that movie? We can call it, “Bettie and the Bee.” Bettie Closs […]