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In an abundance of caution, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has postponed or rerouted five Spring Break service programs to Central America and the Caribbean this March to minimize the possibility of students contracting the Zika virus.

As Miles Williams ’15 co-captained the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Phoenix football team over the past year, he was also conducting undergraduate research just a few miles away on the way hip hop music might help African-American children develop self-confidence and a sense of self.

Visits to Birmingham, Selma and Atlanta culminated with ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students meeting Martin Luther King III, the oldest son of the slain civil rights leader, and King III's wife, Arndrea Waters King.

Jones' visit comes on the heels of the Iowa caucuses and just prior to New Hampshire's presidential primary election.

The associate professor of education from East Carolina University will oversee an ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ school with 22 full-time faculty members and five full-time faculty members from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ College, the College of Arts and Sciences, who work with teacher education programs.

Glenda Phillips Hightower, the first African-American to enroll as a full-time ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ student, and Eugene Perry '69, the first African-American to receive an ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ degree, will have formal portraits unveiled during a McKinnon Hall event.

Paper, glass, aluminum and plastics can now be placed in the same recycling bins around the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ campus.

More than a dozen events in February will honor African-American contributions to the campus and the world as ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ celebrates Black History Month.

Doug and his wife, Edna Truitt Noiles ’44 GP ’17, made a gift to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ in 2003 to establish the Vera Richardson Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, and their later support of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Academy has helped dozens of local high school students pursue dreams of a college education.