The spring 2024 edition of Silver & Blue magazine is headed to your mailbox and is available around campus. The magazine offers alumni, students and friends of the University of New Orleans an exciting snapshot of the institution and its impactful work on campus and beyond.
Our cover story features University of New Orleans President Kathy Johnson, the eighth president and the first woman to helm UNO in its 66-year history. Read about her journey as a first-generation college student and why she has a passion for collaborative work. Here is a hint—she’s fond of the servant-leader model of guidance.
This issue includes a feature on alumna Ellen Lee who knows first-hand the importance of second chances and has created a scholarship to help returning UNO students with the opportunity for academic success. Read about alumna Rebekah Lewis and her passion for primatology that has led her to work at the world’s largest chimpanzee sanctuary and meet UNO student Alvin Webre, one of the oldest fall 2023 graduates, who left retirement to pursue a college degree and “repurpose.”
Readers also can meet assistant women’s basketball coach Lonnika Thompson and learn more about her indomitable spirit as she battled back from a serious health condition.
Other highlights include stories about an archaeological dig at the oldest active cathedral in the United States, a concrete canoe race with engineering students, a conservation field school in central Africa, and faculty research that will help save Louisiana’s coastline and help train the workforce using virtual reality tools.
And, if you gasp in awe at the spectacular “First Look” photograph, it is the work of our video producer and drone pilot Esther Clowney.
A digital copy of Silver & Blue is available online here.
