Due to the likelihood of freezing precipitation, the campus will be closed on Tuesday, January 21, and classes will be held online. Out of an abundance of caution, all university activities will also be suspended.

For almost 100 years, Xavier University of Louisiana’s College of Pharmacy (COP) has been a leader in reducing health disparities, especially among underrepresented communities. Its Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education (CMHDRE) has played a vital role in maintaining this mission of the COP. Now, in the university’s centennial year, the CMHDRE is hosting a series of events to promote women’s wellness.

In a split second, everything was different for Mark Raymond Jr., ‘12. Once unaffected by limited accessibility standards, the New Orleans native suddenly needed things he’d never considered – ramps, elevators, and larger spaces to navigate in a wheelchair, among other things. These sorts of widely non-existent accessibility offerings caused Raymond to struggle to navigate his hometown following a 2016 diving accident that damaged the vertebrae by the base of his neck, causing him to lose the ability to walk.