HIGHER EDUCATION Ferrum graduate establishes new scholarship to aid Black students By BRIANA BARKER Jul 24, 2020 Jul 24, 2020 0 Ra’meer Roberts Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By BRIANA BARKER By BRIANA BARKERkAmp=F>?FD #2’>66C #@36CED @7 #:49>@?5 92D C646?E=J 6DE23=:D965 2 D49@=2CD9:A 7@C p7C:42? p>6C:42? DEF56?ED 2E u6CCF> r@==686]k^AmkAm%96 D49@=2CD9:A :D E96 7:CDE @7 :ED <:?5 @776C65 6I4=FD:G6=J E@ q=24< DEF56?ED[ #@36CED D2:5] u6CCF>’D ':46 !C6D:56?E 7@C x?DE:EFE:@?2= p5G2?46>6?E 2?5 tIE6C?2= #6=2E:@?D (:=D@? !2:?6 4@?7:C>65 E92E E96 D49@@= 92D 2 >:?@C:EJ DEF56?E 6?5@H65 D49@=2CD9:A[ 3FE E92E E96 C6D@=FE:@? 7@C E96 6?5@H>6?E DE2E6D E92E 7:CDE AC:@C:EJ D9@F=5 8@ E@ 2 q=24< p>6C:42? DEF56?E] x? E96 6G6?E E92E E96C6 2C6 ?@ 6=:8:3=6 q=24< p>6C:42? DEF56?ED[ :E 42? E96? 36 2H2C565 E@ 2?J ?665J 2?5 BF2=:7:65 >:?@C:EJ DEF56?E]k^Am kAm“u@C E96 =2DE D6G6C2= J62CD[ :E 92D 366? 2H2C565 E@ 2 q=24< p>6C:42? 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Board approves carp comeback at Smith Mountain Lake to eat invasive hydrilla The Tri-County Lakes Administrative Commission will once again stock sterile grass carp into Smith Mountain Lake this year to combat the invas…
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