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Sunday, December 22, 2024
When Keshawn Carter was in middle school in Henderson, NC, he would see the same woman waiting with her two kids every morning at one of the stops of his school bus. It became routine but, one day, Carter noticed something odd: It was cold, and the woman did not […]
Deqwain Hart is from Atlanta, Georgia, but he did not come to Saint Augustine’s University from that Southern city. Rather, he came from William Peace University just across town. Hart is one of the many transfer students at Saint Augustine’s. While Peace is a predominantly white institution and SAU is […]
Magaly Tshipopo is a talented track and field athlete but her hopes and dreams rise above sports. “Track helps me pay for my education and I really take it seriously,” Tshipopo said, alluding to her track scholarship. “I want to go home with my degree, as it is important to […]
For many students, it’s a challenge choosing a college that meets their academic and personal needs and fits their personality. Cheyanne Yala, a sophomore theater major from Charlotte, N.C., found that it took two tries to get it right. Yala didn’t realize what she needed until she transferred to Saint […]
Devante Lane comes from a small town called Ahoskie in a rural area of Northeastern North Carolina. “It has a small population with a tight-knit community where everybody knows everybody,” he said. So, when it came time to choose a college, a community feeling was important to Lane – and […]
Andreas Castro is a junior from Colombia – no, not Columbia, South Carolina. Castro travelled a bit farther than to come to Saint Augustine’s University. He is from Colombia, the country in South America. The systems engineering major is one of a small number of students from overseas that the […]
