Following a successful five-year pilot study, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University will launch First@²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, a program to provide essential support and resources for undergraduates who will be the first in their families to attain a degree from a four-year institution of higher education.
For weeks, University faculty and staff members have been working on every aspect of the quarantine — even as they address the complex demands surrounding the remainder of the semester.
Chad Sparber, W. Bradford Wiley Chair in international economics at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, contributed support to the successful legal challenge against new ICE regulations for international students studying online.
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University President Brian W. Casey conferred degrees on members of the Class of 2020 during a virtual ceremony, streamed live from Memorial Chapel on Sunday, May 17.
Esther Rosbrook, assistant director of ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University’s ALANA Cultural Center, will assume the director position on June 1. She is currently serving as the center’s assistant director.
The ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, the national collegiate honor society, has named Assistant Professor of Spanish Marta Perez-Carbonell as its Professor of the Year for 2020.