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February is Black History Month and the University of Saskatchewan has a series of events planned.

UNC Professor Named Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP Woman of the Year The Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP named UNC professor Deborah Stroman as the branch’s 2021 Woman of the Year. The award honors a woman who makes significant contributions to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community through leadership and service. Candidates were evaluated based on community involvement and contributions to women of color. “I am just so blessed and honored to serve with those who are champions for justice, for equity and for lifting up all of humanity,” Stroman said. Stroman will now compete at the state level where...

Long-time diplomat, LSU graduate and Louisiana native Linda Thomas-Greenfield accepted her nomination to serve in President-Elect Joe Biden’s cabinet as Ambassador to the United Nations.

Long-time diplomat, LSU graduate and Louisiana native Linda Thomas-Greenfield accepted her nomination to serve in President-Elect Joe Biden’s cabinet as Ambassador to the United Nations. In her remarks on Nov. 24, she explained how she put a “Cajun spin” on diplomacy in her 35 years serving across four continents the Foreign Service. Thomas-Greenfield was born in Baker, Louisiana, a rural town north of Baton Rouge, and she paid homage to her home state by engaging in what she calls “Gumbo diplomacy.”  “Wherever I was posted around the world, I’d invite pe...