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Tayjua Hines, president of Black United Students at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, shares this student perspective about racism in our country and says now is the time to enact change.

Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., Â鶹ÊÓƵ's interim vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, and chair and associate professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies, offers her insights in current unrest in America.

Neil Cooper, Ph.D., director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, says civil disturbances of the kind witnessed since the death of George Floyd represent moments of opportunity for societies.

A Â鶹ÊÓƵ student is gaining recognition for a photo she took that captures an African American Cleveland police officer shedding a tear as he came face to face with demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis Police custody.

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Emergency Grant Fund is helping students meet financial challenges.

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Emergency Grant Fund is helping students meet financial challenges.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ student-athletes conquered the unprecedented challenge of completing the final months of the spring term via remote classes by posting the highest term grade point average (3.563) in athletics department history. All 17 programs posted a term GPA of 3.1 or better with 14 setting a new term record.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ is committed to making a college education affordable for all students and their families. Over the last two years, Â鶹ÊÓƵ has dedicated an additional $2 million for need-based aid. 

Today’s Flashes of Inspiration comes from Â鶹ÊÓƵ Football’s Head Coach Sean Lewis, who delivers a pep talk about how to make it through uncertain, challenging times.

Today’s Flashes of Inspiration comes from Lisa Strom, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s head women’s golf coach, who offers a pep talk to all in the university community struggling under the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic.