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An effort to showcase both the university's Community Garden and heirloom plants grown by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students proved popular, as did delicious strawberry treats.

The final Friday of classes this spring features an opportunity for members of the campus community to enjoy strawberry shortcake, ice cream and other light refreshments at the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Community Garden.

Cummings High School senior Jessica Canar-Quito will attend Guilford College in North Carolina with assistance from a program initially funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The associate professor of education and longtime ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy instructor formally takes over this summer for founding director Deborah Long, who is now serving as interim dean of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s School of Education.

Jenni Johnson, Darris Means and Kimberly Pyne presented at the annual conference of the American College Personnel Association held in Indianapolis.

Darris Means, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy Associate Director, has been named the first place winner for the Dissertation Award by the American Association for Blacks in Higher Education.

A $1,000 check was presented Dec. 3, 2013, to leaders of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's college access and success program.

The associate director of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy co-authored an article in the Journal of African American Males in Education.

Darris Means, associate director for the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy, co-authored an article in the Journal of African American Males in Education.