Word: dillard
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...first thing he’ll do, he said, is return to the places where he once volunteered: Dillard University, O. Perry Walker High School, and several families’ homes. He wants to see how far they’ve come...
...third team will visit the historically black Dillard College, where volunteers will make a documentary about what the students have faced over the past year, Omeokwe said...
...that she has received her last paycheck from her former job as an administrative assistant at New Orleans' Dillard University, Carmelita is looking for new work. So far, openings for a hot-dog vendor or truck driver have not been too appealing. Carmelita and Nathaniel like to imagine that in three to five years, they may be able to return to New Orleans. Their neighborhood of Pontchartrain Park, the first African-American subdivision in the city, was so wrecked that whatever is left is slated to be reduced to rubble. Carmelita is sad that it will be lost to history...
Like many women in her age group--whom fashion marketers refer to as the baby-boomer generation of women, 35 and up--Deneen has money to spend on clothing but doesn't feel there are many options on the retail horizon. Department stores such as Macy's and Dillard's, where Deneen and her contemporaries have traditionally shopped, fall short. The common complaints are that the merchandise is not compelling (who needs another beige pantsuit?) and the service levels have declined so much that shopping is no longer enjoyable...
More than 30 colleges and universities have been damaged by Hurricane Katrina, with as many as 100,000 students displaced, according to a Sept. 2 statement by the American Council on Education. Many of the affected schools, including Tulane University, the University of New Orleans (UNO), Xavier University, and Dillard University, have closed for at least the fall semester, though UNO plans to offer electronic classes in October, according to the school’s website. Hundreds of colleges and universities across the country have opened their doors to the displaced students, letting them enroll with visiting status until their...