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2020

September

_{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

President John Nicklow, donors Judith Russell and Michael Russell, and College of Sciences Dean Steve Johnson.

_{September 2, 2020}

$250,000 Gift to Fund Professorships, Scholarship and Facility Improvements in College of Sciences

A $250,000 gift to the 17�Թ�� College of Sciences from Michael and Judith Russell will fund two professorships and improvements Read more

Former New Orleans Saints star receiver Marques Colston, who has developed several businesses, is teaching an entrepreneurial leadership course this fall at 17�Թ��.

_{September 1, 2020}

Former Saints Standout Turned Entrepreneur Marques Colston Joins 17�Թ�� Faculty

Marques Colston—the former New Orleans Saints star receiver turned entrepreneur, speaker and business strategist—has joined the faculty at the 17�Թ�� where he is teaching a course in the honors program called “Leadership and Entrepreneurship.” 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

The 17�Թ�� executive track MBA program welcomes one of its largest classes this semester.

_{August 18, 2020}

Executive MBA Program Welcomes One of Its Largest Classes

The 17�Թ�� executive track MBA program welcomed one of its largest classes this semester 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

_{August 10, 2020}

17�Թ�� Counseling Student Ash Bayer Awarded $10,000 Fellowship

Ash M. Bayer, a student in the 17�Թ�� master’s counseling program, has been awarded a $10,000 fellowship by the NBCC Foundation. Read more