+5 Opinion Will Sutton: Former Dillard president leaving UNCF will give fundraising secrets to select HBCUs BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Updated Aug 7, 2026 Dr. Michael Lomax became president of Dillard University in New Orleans in 1997. He increased enrollment at the Jewel of Gentilly by about 50%. Fundraising tripled. Some reports say private giving increased 300% and alumni giving increased 2,000%. That was highly unusual for traditionally underfunded HBCUs, then and now.
+2 Opinion Will Sutton: Xavier University's big bodacious fundraising goal is a stretch, but worth it. BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Nov 29, 2022 Xavier University of Louisiana is an excellent higher education institution compared to others of any enrollment size or research level. It’s had a well-deserved national reputation for decades, especially for sending more Black students to medical schools than any other college.
Opinion BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Updated Nov 27, 2024 Reneé Simien enjoyed her time with the speech and debate team at LaGrange Senior High School in Lake Charles. With a skill for making quick wo…
+4 News Bayou Classic hopes to break records this week as Grambling, Southern face off BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com Nov 20, 2017 New Orleans officials are hoping for record attendance this year at the 44th annual Bayou Classic football game, which will see two ¶¶Òõh …
Tricentennial 300 unique New Orleans moments: Xavier University of ¶¶Òõh opens its halls in 1915 Advocate Staff Report Oct 21, 2017 Of the 106 historically black colleges and 251 Catholic colleges in the U.S., only one — Xavier University of ¶¶Òõh — is both Black and Catholic.