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�鶹��Ƶ alum Alexander Hammett recently received Miami Indie Films’ Best Director Award for directing “Tale of Tarot,” a film written by fellow �鶹��Ƶ alum Aaliyah-Janay Williams.

�鶹��Ƶ history librarian and alum George D. Oberle, director of the Center for �鶹��Ƶ Legacies and an assistant term professor, is a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award.

�鶹��Ƶ alumni and friends gathered at the Fairfax Campus on Tuesday evening, Oct. 19, to celebrate the impending Investiture of �鶹��Ƶ’s eight president, Dr. Gregory Washington.

�鶹��Ƶ alum Shaza Andersen, BA Area Studies ’89, is the featured speaker at the 2021 Winter Graduation ceremony.

Solving climate change is a grand challenge facing the planet. As more individuals and leaders are recognizing the need to switch to environmentally friendly practices, �鶹��Ƶ’s Local Climate Change Planning Initiative (LCCPI) is helping make that a reality for counties across Virginia.

“Our vision is to have �鶹��Ƶ be the lead university in helping counties that lack the resources and expertise in [addressing climate change] get this done,” said Paul Bubbosh, a 1988 �鶹��Ƶ alumnus and adjunct professor at the Schar School and College of Science.

The Young Alumni Commissioning Project, a grant program for recent graduates, announced the fourth round of requests for proposals from interested alumni. The funds granted to recipients will fund new original works of art in a variety of mediums.

Shaza Andersen, a �鶹��Ƶ alumna and founder and CEO of Trustar Bank, will be the featured speaker at �鶹��Ƶ’s Winter Graduation this month.

Award-winning novelist Priyanka Champaneri is returning to the classroom this week as part of �鶹��Ƶ’s Visiting Writers Series.