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Thursday, December 26, 2024
The Early College Program at Saint Augustine’s University will reach a milestone when the first high school seniors graduate in May. While there is no formal evaluation of the program, administrators, faculty and students interviewed by The Falcon Forum say it has been a success. Twenty students will remain on […]
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 […]
Students at Saint Augustine’s University often study about faraway places. But in one course this spring, students will actually go far away. HON 220, a course taught by Assistant Professor Moses T. Alexander Greene, ends with a trip to London and Paris. There are six students enrolled in the three-credit […]
Akera McPhaul has provided more than her share of athletic talent to Saint Augustine’s University. The sophomore from Greensboro has played three different sports this year. In the fall, she was an outside hitter for the volleyball team; during the winter she was a guard for the basketball team; and […]
“At the end of the day it doesn’t matter which group is most oppressed or whether they are identically oppressed. What matters is that no group be oppressed.” This quote by Kevin Boykin, President of the National Black Justice Coalition, resonated with me from the moment that I read it […]
After sitting out a semester in college – working in my hometown for six long, painful months – I realized that more time off would only make my journey to success harder. Because of hardships at my previous school, I decided to transfer to Saint Augustine’s University. I knew I […]
Today is “double vote day” in the competition to win funds from Home Depot for school projects. Saint Augustine’s University is competing with other historically black colleges and universities to win a $50,000 campus improvement grant as part of The Home Depot’s Retool Your School program. The funds would be used to […]
Long jumper Shakinah Brooks (Jr./Raleigh, NC) of Saint Augustine’s University was named NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Women’s Field Athlete of the Year and sprinter Daniel Jamieson (Sr./Windsor, CT) of Saint Augustine’s University was selected Atlantic Region Men’s Track Athlete of the Year for the indoor track and field season […]
William Thomas (Sr./Yorktown, VA) of Saint Augustine’s University was selected CIAA Baseball Offensive Player of the Week and Mikal Batts (Jr./Kinston, NC) of Saint Augustine’s University was chosen CIAA Baseball Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Thomas batted .529 in six games with nine hits, […]
To honor Women’s History Month in March, we present a profile of a famous SAU alumna. Ready to play the Saint Aug’s version of Trivial Pursuit? Who is the graduate who helped designed something almost every American above the age of 5 has owned? It is something that many people […]
