Our very own Minister Glenda Strong Robinson has been selected by the 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission to receive The Honorable Menola Upshaw Lifetime Achievement Award for 2023 for living out the purposes of the Commission and dedicating her life's work to keeping Dr. King's Dream Alive. This Award is presented to those who actively desire to help and make the world a better place. She believes that we do this by "using our differences to make a difference!"
Nikki Giovanni, an internationally-known writer and poet who has also worked as an English professor at Virginia Tech (VT), recently announced her retirement after being a part of the school’s faculty for 35 years. “It is hard to imagine the Department of English and the Creative Writing Program here at Virginia Tech without University Distinguished […]