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Published October 22, 2007
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Christopher Brown has spent his entire professional
life educating both students and educators so he became
a perfect catalyst to spark change and motivate this
year's participants in the Southern University System-sponsored
J.K. Haynes Teacher Preparation conference. |
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The Southern
University, Baton Rouge Honors College and the program
was renamed on the Thursday of Homecoming week to
honor Dolores Spikes, president emeriti of the Southern
System. |
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Miss Southern is a year-round
job for the young women who hold the crown, so Jasmine
Smutherman's reign as the school's homecoming queen
is just starting. |
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Southern University, Baton Rouge celebrated
Homecoming with events for the students, alumni and
the community. The events started with Homecoming
convocation on Monday, October 1 and ended the following
Saturday with alumni receptions, a parade and the
concluding football game. |
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Aeneas Williams, a former football
star at Southern University and the NFL was the grand
marshal of Southern University's annual homecoming
parade Saturday, October 6. The parade featured the
Southern University band, cheerleaders and nine high
school marching bands. There were more than 75 entries
in this year's parade. |
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The
Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III brought
an unexpected message of hope and encouragement to
200 faith and community leaders gathered at the Southern
University Agricultural Research and Extension Center's
annual leadership development conference in late September.
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Gubernatorial candidates entered the
last week of campaigning with an issue-based forum
held at the Southern University Agricultural Research
and Extension Center Ocyober 14. The Louisiana NAACP
and the Every Child Matters Campaign partnered with
the Southern Ag Center to present the forum to educate
voters and raise awareness of issues affecting the
African American community. |
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The 18th Annual Southern University
System Radiothon raised more than $2.5 million in
pledges Friday, October 5, 2007. The Radiothon broadcast
aired live on three stations powered by Citadel Broadcasting
– KQXL 106.5 FM, WEMX 94.1 FM, and WXOK 1460 AM.
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System President Ralph Slaughter
dons another hat as imperial potentate of a national
Shriners group involved in civic and community projects
across the country. During the recent Shriners convention,
Slaughter and the group donated school supplies to
children in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System.
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Based on an analysis of enrollment
data for New Orleans-area colleges and universities
that appeared in the September 6, 2007 (New Orleans)
Times-Picayune, from Fall 2006 (2,321) to Fall 2007
(2,643), Southern University at New Orleans' (SUNO)
nearly 14 percent enrollment increase makes the school
the fastest-growing 4-year institution of higher learning
in the city.
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Southern University, Shreveport was
created May 11, 1964, by the Louisiana Legislature
as a two-year commuters’ college to serve the Shreveport-Bossier
City area. Gov. John J. McKeithen signed the act to
create SUSLA and Louisiana State University-Shreveport
in 1964 to maintain the state’s separate education
systems for black and white students.
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Although postponed by rainfall, Southern
University, Shreveport received encouraging support
by the local media highlighting the construction start
for student apartments on the MLK campus. The ceremony
took place on the nine-acre site of the new building
located behind the University Library.
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Southern University and A & M College
has been awarded a $6.2 million grant from the U.S.
Department of Education for the 2007-2008 school semesters.
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The Caddo Parish Commission will provide
$60,000 for an endowed professorship at SUSLA. The
endowed professorship will assist with establishing
curricula in disciplines that would support a locally-based
national Cyber Command Center for the Air Force. |
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Recently, SUBR was officially informed
of Computing Accreditation Commission’s (CAC) action
to award accreditation to its B.S. program in computer
science. |
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Southern University, Shreveport announced
in August the receipt of six grants totaling $6,153,176.00
for TRIO Community Outreach Programs housed within
the Division of Student Affairs. |
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The ExxonMobil Corporation awarded
Southern University, Baton Rouge $28,900 in funding
during the university's annual Fall Career Day in
mid-August with $10,000 of the award earmarked for
the College of Engineering. |
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Four Louisiana judges have helped
create the Honorable Alvin B. Rubin Memorial Scholarship
at the Southern University Law Center. |
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Southern University, Shreveport’s
Center for Transitional and Relief Services sponsored
a panel discussion on Hurricane Katrina to mark its
second anniversary in late August. |
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Southern University, Baton Rouge’s
Division of Continuing Education will offer an online
legal secretary certificate course. The seven-week
course started October 15 and will continue through
November 30. A new session will begin every eighth
week. |
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The Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated
recently established the Southern Area of The Links,
Incorporated Endowment Fund for Southern University
and A&M College, Baton Rouge. |
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Southern alum Jacqueline Beauchamp
has returned to her hometown to start a software development
company and her alma mater to announce plans for Nergyzed
expansion in the Capital City. |
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The Southern University nursing program
received a $25,000 grant from the Louisiana Campaign
for Tobacco-Free Living to continue efforts to address
tobacco-related illnesses in the state of Louisiana.
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Southern University, Baton Rouge’s
Division of Continuing Education will offer an online
paralegal certificate course. The course will be held
October 15- November 30. |
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The academic partnership between Middle
Tennessee State University (MTSU) and Southern University
at New Orleans (SUNO) was expressed via sound Thursday,
Oct. 4, during The Presidential 'Prism' Gala Concert,
a music-filled benefit for SUNO that promises to deliver
'sonic surprises.' |
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Two Chinese research administrators,
Li Yuhong, director of Basic Research Division, Department
of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education,
and Hou Xiaolong, director of Division of Science
and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Peoples
Republic of China, visited the Southern University
Ag Center research facility, Urban Forestry Program
and its research labs, as well as the GIS facility
in late August. |
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Southern University, Shreveport through
the Division of Community and Workforce Development
awarded more than $13,000 in business opportunity
grants to local business at a special awards luncheon
held in August at Guillaumes’ Restaurant. |
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Southern University, Shreveport’s
Allied Health Department of Radiologic Technology
held its 2007 Graduate Honors Program August 14 at
the Riverview Convention Hall. This year’s event commemorated
20 years of academic excellence while recognizing
the accomplishments of 22 students who graduated in
the summer semester from the Radiologic Technology
program. |
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Kassie Freeman, System vice president
for academic and student affairs, represented both
the nation and historically black institutions at
the third Russian-American Links conference in St.
Petersburg, Russia, Sept. 20 and 21. |
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The Southern University Agricultural
Research and Extension Center has appointed Keydron
K. Guinn, sociologist at the Southwest Center for
Rural Initiatives located in St. Landry Parish. The
Ag Center also has hired five new extension staff
for different parishes in the state. |
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The Lake Providence Senior High School
has a much improved football field, thanks to the
efforts of Glenn Dixon, associate area agent, East/West
Carroll Parish. Football coaches and grounds keepers
have learned basic weed control, tillage, fertility
and mowing techniques. |
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The Southwest Association of Student
Assistance Programs (SWASAP) elected Ruth W. Johnson
as President-Elect for the November 2007 to November
2008 term. SWASAP is the regional association of TRIO
professionals from Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, and Texas. Johnson is the director of the
Southern University at New Orleans Educational Talent
Search Program. |
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Margaret Ambrose may only be the “interim”
chancellor of Southern University, but that does not
mean she is just keeping a seat warm. Ambrose has
been in charge since May. But the former executive
vice chancellor has already embarked on a full-fledged
student retention “crusade.” |
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An alumnus of Southern University’s
Naval ROTC battalion, 1st Lt. Brandon Dronet, died
when his helicopter collided with another off the
coast of Djibouti in February 2006. An estimated 200
members of four Reserve Officers Training Corps battalions
in Baton Rouge gathered inside Southern University’s
A.W. Mumford Stadium in Dronet’s memory Saturday to
compete in the inaugural Dronet ROTC Fitness Challenge.
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The Southern soccer team captured
its first win of the season by defeating Texas Southern,
2-1, in Southwestern Athletic Conference play October
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Southern junior defensive end Vince
Lands is late to practice, really late, every Tuesday
and Thursday. Nobody minds much. The players and coaches
know what a special student Lands is. He majors in
microbiology and minors in chemistry, with an A average,
and earned Southwestern Athletic Conference All-Academic
honors last year. |
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Southern University Ag Center sponsored
the back-to-school summit lending larger regional
support than when it first started seven years ago
in St. Landry Parish. Currently the summit is geared
towards eighth-graders in St. Landry and surrounding
parishes.
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The Southern University System honored
long-time employee Tolor E. White, vice president
for finance and business affairs and comptroller,
during a 50th Anniversary program, “Celebration of
Dedication, Faithfulness, and Hard Work,” Thursday,
Octboer 18. |
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During the Bayou Black Rodeo in Monroe,
the Bayou State Trail Riders Association presented
two scholarships to Southern University animal science
students in Baton Rouge. The $1,000 gold scholarship
was awarded to Courtney Anderson of Rayville and the
$500 silver scholarship went to Calvin Adams of Wisner.
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Tickets for the 34th State Farm Bayou
Classic event are on sale now. Dubbed the "Granddaddy"
of African-American collegiate sporting events and
the "Superbowl" of black college football, this year's
Bayou Classic will be held Saturday, November 24 at
the Louisiana Superdome. |
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Southern University, New Orleans' Homecoming 2007 continues through October 26 at the North Campus at 6801 Press Drive. The University welcomed alumni, media and the public to listen to ex-NBA star, speaker and author, Bob Love when he addressed the alumni convocation on Monday, October 22. |
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Southern University admissions representatives
will participate in the National College Fair sponsored
by the National Association for College Admission
Counseling (NACAC) next Tuesday, October23, at the
Baton Rouge River Center. |
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The Southern University Counseling
Center (UCC) is observing National Collegiate Alcohol
Awareness Week October 22-24. The culminating event
for the week will be on October 24, at 11 a.m.in the
Smith-Brown Cotillion Ballroom, and will feature a
presentation by Sarah Panzau, an alcohol-related-accident
survivor. Mockler Beverage Company, one of the sponsors
for Alcohol Awareness Week, is making it possible
for the UCC to have Panzau at Southern University.
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The Southern University men’s basketball
schedule includes a December 21 visit from Big 12
member Baylor. |
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The Southern University Ag Center
will hold Sustainable Ag Field Day October 27 at A.O.
Williams Hall. The event will include tours of the
Red Stick Farmers Market, the LSU organic community
garden, and other local growers. |
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The Law Center is continuing its publicity
blitz, leading up to a grand anniversary gala to be
held November 9. In conjunction with the celebration,
Chancellor Freddie Pitcher Jr. hosted an informal
reception for alumni and friends in Atlanta during
the American Bar Association conference in July, and
attended a gathering of Shreveport alums in August.
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The Center for African and African
American Studies and the Master of Arts Program in
Museum Studies at Southern University at New Orleans
(SUNO) and the New Orleans African American Museum
of Art, Culture and History (NOAAM) present an International
Muslim Artists Exhibition, continuing until November
11, 2007. It takes place at NOAAM, 1418 Gov. Nicholls
Street. The opening reception was Saturday, October
13. |
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