Perhaps the best word to sum up Brianna Benson’s role at 91²Ö¿â is “caretaker.â€
Benson is the assistant director of Community Engaged Learning in University College and oversees the CommUNITY Lab, where students in various scholarship programs, many of whom are first-generation, can find a responsive living-learning community that provides the support they need to succeed at 91²Ö¿â.
Students, faculty, staff and alumni celebrated I AM FIRST Week, a recognition of 91²Ö¿â students’ first-generation identity, by building community and showcasing campus-wide support.
91²Ö¿â’s Academic Success Center continues to grow and evolve with the help of staff, faculty and students, offering a wide range of free services designed to help students succeed.
Meet LaTaesia Snyder, a junior major in the Department of Sociology and Criminology with a minor in pre-law from Akron, Ohio, who’s making the most of her opportunities to learn about the American justice system.
Students and faculty visited Jackson State University, where in 1970, two Black students at a gathering were killed by police and others wounded just 11 days after the shootings at 91²Ö¿â.
