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Details a talk that alum Alencia Johnson recently gave to students in PLP. Johnson is a frequent guest on national news programs and the owner of a social impact consultancy. She worked for the campaigns of Presidents Obama and Biden.

Announces a new book out co-authored by psychology professor Dr. Tim Pressley. The book explores teachers' thoughts and well-being during COVID and in its aftermath. Student Kayla Ganey helped Pressley with the research.

Details an initiative launched by social work majors Kaylyn Rivera and Chervern Kirnon called the Social Work Engagement and Education Team. The project's goal is to encourage high school students to look into pursuing social work as a career path.

Announces that the Commonwealth has required universities to identify courses with lower textbook costs. Classes that require either no textbooks or textbooks that cost $50 or less are noted in the class schedules.

Details the study abroad trip done by Henry Sergent and Alyssa Dickerson after doing an independent study with Dr. Rocio Gordon, professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages. They traveled to Argentina and explored the last…

Details the new club launched by sociology major Abi Sloniker called First-generation Captains, a club focused on fostering community, acceptance, and knowledge among first-gen students. The club was formed out of research Sloniker did as a Summer…

Details the project given to students in Dr. Joe Balay's Environmental Ethics course. The class was broken into seven teams, and each was assigned a property owned by the Newport News Green Foundation. Their job was to develop feasible, creative, and…

Details the virtual museum exhibit created by Brooke Patten for CNU's Public History Center. The idea for the exhibit emerged from a class taught by Dr. Sheri Shuck-Hall. Alum Rachel Popp, curator of the Isle of Wight County Museum, was also…

Announces that CNU's student investment team came in first in the country and second in the world in the CME Group University Futures Trading Challenge.

Details the research by Summer Scholar Dayman Parrish with Dr. Brooke Covington. Together, they are studying how critical race theory is tied to public dialogue and opinion surrounding the fate of a Confederate monument in Isle of Wight County.