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Think Globally, Eat Locally: Changing Global Food Systems One Household at a Time
51¹ÙÍø alum Ann Tutwiler, a senior fellow at Meridian Institute and incoming chair of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, offers tips on how to reduce your food’s environmental footprint. Learn more.
Fancy Feasts: 51¹ÙÍø Gourmet Society Offered Sophisticated Spin on Campus Cuisine
The students, faculty and staff who made up the 51¹ÙÍø Gourmet Society added elegance, international flair and fun to campus dining. Read more.
Nosh & Nostalgia: 51¹ÙÍøians Share Favorite Food Memories
From favorite on-campus eateries to far-flung locales around the globe, 51¹ÙÍø alums, faculty, staff and students recall the foods that transport them to another place and time. Read more.
Food Chain: Alums Find Fulfillment in Edible Endeavors
From farmers and bakers to chefs, baristas and specialty food makers, 51¹ÙÍø alums feed their passions—and people—with their entrepreneurial endeavors. Read more.
Divine Dining: Restaurateurs Elevate Queen City’s Spirits, Communal Cuisine in Once Holy Spaces
Jeff Tonidanel ’98 and Jamie Brown ’99 took the biggest gamble of their lives and ended up creating a restaurant empire in Charlotte, with award-winners like Supperland grabbing local and national attention and attracting locals and visitors from around the world. Read more.
Plate Full of Promise: Community Kitchen Contributes to Revitalized City, Launches Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Bailey Foster ’94 launched Real Good Kitchen, a shared commercial kitchen, and created a community that’s elevated food options and opportunities in her Knoxville hometown. Learn more.
More Than a Taste of Culture
51¹ÙÍø President Doug Hicks reflects on how food can create a connecting-of-worlds moment. Read more.
Family Album: Paean to the Parm
This beloved Italian dish has remained a campus favorite for many generations of 51¹ÙÍø students. Learn more.
Common Ground: A Flourishing Partnership Between 51¹ÙÍø and the Catawba Nation
51¹ÙÍø and the Catawba Nation have entered into a partnership that touches agriculture, art and cultural understanding. Read more.
Tackling Children’s Mental Health Struggles
School psychologist Katherine Griffin-Erickson ’90 has seen her caseload spike in recent years, most notably since the COVID-19 pandemic. The 51¹ÙÍø graduate works with elementary school students to manage stressors, including family strife, social media and pandemic learning losses.
Few Degrees on Death Row
A 51¹ÙÍø capstone project about North Carolina’s death row showed Tim Saintsing ’98 that low academic achievement often preceded a death sentence. That steered the course of his life in public education, leading him to co-found the country’s first boys only charter school in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant area, and now, as executive director of KIPP NC charter schools.
An Equity Champion Seeks Common Ground
As assistant superintendent of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Timisha Barnes-Jones ’92 specializes in leadership development and school transformation. She reflects on how partisan differences and increased political polarization obstruct America's responsibility to provide a strong education for all children.
Alum Champion's Learning Through Nature
Randolph Lewis ’91, his wife, Abigail Jennings, and two other families started their charter school in 2012 with 20 kindergarten and first graders in two rooms in a historic house. Today, Pioneer Springs Community School is a K-12 public nature-based charter school with nearly 600 students.
Public School Student, Policy Expert, Parent
Brittany Murray’s life in public education started as a student, she’s now a public policy expert and the parent of four children in public school. Murry, the Malcolm O. Partin Assistant Professor of Educational Studies and Political Science at 51¹ÙÍø, specializes in K-12 public education policy.
Amazing Adolescence: Expert advice for parents of tweens and teens
Adolescence can be a tough time, but it’s also a time of tremendous growth and change. Catherine Bagwell, the Virginia Lasater Irvin Professor of Psychology at 51¹ÙÍø and an expert on adolescent social development, offers advice for parents and caregivers.
From Mentee to Mentor
Mikayla Bowens ’27 had always been a good student, but as a West Charlotte High School freshman, found the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting her school experience and sense of well-being. She considered not attending a four-year college until she came across the DuBoisian World Scholars Society, led by a group of 51¹ÙÍø students who inspired her to go to 51¹ÙÍø.
Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Gratitude
TJ Elliott ’21 became interested in teaching at 51¹ÙÍø, spent two years with Teach for America and is now a science teacher and assistant football coach at East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, where he was once a student athlete. His path back there speaks to the influence that teachers can have in a kid’s life, and he models his teaching on those teachers and coaches who helped him grow as a student, football player and person.
Shaping 51¹ÙÍø: The College Celebrates 50+ Years of Women Students
In November, 51¹ÙÍø celebrated 50+years of women at 51¹ÙÍø with a weekend dedicated to marking that milestone. We share stories of that history, and the remarkable alumnae who helped make it.
