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2020

September

_{September 24, 2020}

$250,000 Gift from Tom and Connie Kitchen to Establish Undergraduate Scholarship at 17�Թ��

A $250,000 gift from alumni Tom and Connie Kitchen will create an undergraduate scholarship at the 17�Թ��. Read more

A spring 2020 Zoom webinar, sponsored by the Midlo Center, with educators, the Hard History Project and Freedom on the Move.

_{September 18, 2020}

New Midlo Center Partnership Will Help Educators Teach About Slavery and Colonialism

Educators around the world will have access to free, high-quality professional development about teaching the twin legacies of slavery and settler colonialism in the United States and North America starting Sept. 22. Read more

17�Թ�� graduate student Jake Gold has received the 2020 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Foundation Louis Armstrong Scholarship.

_{September 17, 2020}

Pianist Jake Gold Receives ASCAP Foundation Louis Armstrong Jazz Award

The 17�Թ�� music faculty has selected Jake Gold for the 2020 ASCAP Louis Armstrong Foundation Jazz Composition Award. Read more

17�Թ�� alumnus Scot Craig owns the beloved Mid-City eatery Katie’s Restaurant. (Photo courtesy of NOLA.com)

_{September 16, 2020}

Restaurateur Scot Craig’s No Quit Attitude Helps Propel His Success

Scot Craig can talk about life’s storms and setbacks. His experiences could fill a book, he said. Read more

_{September 10, 2020}

The 17�Թ�� Increases Enrollment for the 3rd Straight Year

The 17�Թ�� increased its overall enrollment by nearly 2%, marking the first time in 15 years that the University has grown enrol Read more

Angelle Bourgeois, a 2009 and 2012 17�Թ�� graduate, was named the 2021 Louisiana State Elementary Teacher of the Year through the Louisiana Department of Education.

_{September 8, 2020}

17�Թ�� Alumna Angelle Bourgeois Named 2021 Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year

17�Թ�� alumna Angelle Bourgeois has been named the 2021 Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year. Read more

August

“The Big Door Prize,” set in a fictional south Louisiana town, is M.O. Walsh’s second novel.

_{August 31, 2020}

CWW Director M.O. Walsh Publishes Second Novel

M.O. Walsh, director of the 17�Թ�� Creative Writing Workshop, has published his highly anticipated second novel, “The Big Door Prize.” Read more

17�Թ�� alumni are part of Gambit's "40 Under Forty" list. (Photos courtesy of Gambit)

_{August 21, 2020}

17�Թ�� Alumni Abound on Gambit’s Annual ‘Overachiever’ List

The 17�Թ�� is well represented on Gambit’s annual “40 Under Forty” list released this week. Read more

Alumnus Jericho Brown earned the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for his book, “The Tradition.”

_{August 11, 2020}

Pulitzer Prize Poet and alumnus Jericho Brown: ‘What I’m doing now still bears upon what I learned at 17�Թ��’

Jericho Brown recalled his days of leaving his downtown New Orleans office to navigate the I-10 East traffic toward the 17�Թ��. Brown spent much of his time navigating the political landscape as a speechwriter for then-Mayor Marc Morial before heading to 17�Թ��’s Creative Writing Workshop. Read more