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As town manager, �鶹��Ƶ alum India Adams-Jacobs oversees the day-to-day operations of Colonial Beach, Virginia.

Mariam Aburdeineh is a �鶹��Ƶ alum and a communications manager in �鶹��Ƶ’s Office of University Branding.

�鶹��Ƶ has been recognized as a “five-star premier campus” by Campus Pride Index, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to creating safer LGBTQ-friendly learning environments at colleges and universities. It is the only Virginia university to earn this recognition and the only public university in the state included in Campus Pride's "Best of the Best" list of 40 LGBTQ-friendly universities.

Malik McCoy was just beginning his graduate studies in athletic training in 2020. With all courses online, he had to learn taping and wrapping techniques in a virtual class.

While in the hospital because of the injury he sustained playing basketball, �鶹��Ƶ biology major Sean Diment decided to change his major and study to become a health care provider.

Nermeen Shawky made the most of her opportunities and will graduate from �鶹��Ƶ this spring with a master’s degree in accounting.

�鶹��Ƶ passed an important step in the process of reaffirming its accreditation, when the Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) found the university to be in compliance with its 72 standards of accreditation.

During the pandemic, �鶹��Ƶ cyber security engineering major Ahna Mohiuddin was taking her classes online in Bangladesh, a 10-hour time difference.

�鶹��Ƶ English major Jasmine Okidi’s dedication and accomplishments were rewarded recently with a Beinecke Scholarship, which supports exceptional students committed to research careers in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Several hundred people gathered on Wilkins Plaza on April 4 for the dedication of the Enslaved People of George �鶹��Ƶ Memorial, which grew out of a student research project launched in the summer of 2017.