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Tag: Southern University
Students
Third Louisiana Institution Offers Full Ride to Spelling Champion Zaila Avant-garde
Southern University has become the third Louisiana academic institution to offer a full-ride scholarship to Zaila Avant-garde, the 14-year-old Louisiana native who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, reports The Advocate. “We at SU celebrate you, Zaila!” wrote Ray L. Belton, Southern’s president-chancellor, on Twitter. “You a PHENOMENAL representation of our great state […]
July 12, 2021
Students
Southern University Receives $1 Million Gift for Business Scholarships from Alums
Mark A. and Dawn Malveaux will be gifting $1,000,000 to Southern University – their undergrad alma mater – and the money will support academic scholarships to business students and general programming in the College of Business, located on its Baton Rouge Campus. The gift is one of the largest donations given to the school by […]
May 21, 2021
News Roundup
Proposal Allowing Out-of-State Representation in Louisiana Higher Ed Boards Fails
Voters rejected a proposal to allow out-of-state representation on Louisiana’s higher ed governing boards the News Star reported. Amendment No. 1 to the Louisiana Constitution would have allowed the governor to appoint up to two out-of-state members to the Louisiana Community and Technical College, LSU, Southern University and University of Louisiana management boards, News Star […]
December 7, 2020
African-American
Southern University to Preserve and Restore Oldest Building on Baton Rouge Campus with Nearly $500k Grant
Southern University and A&M College received a grant of nearly $500k from The National Park Service to preserve and protect a 180-year-old building on the Baton Rouge campus, according to WBRZ-TV. The grant, one of 18 awarded to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), is to protect and restore Southern’s oldest building — the Archives […]
November 10, 2020
HBCUs
The Future of Higher Education and Industry
Social media manager. App developer. Uber driver and Podcast producer. These are just a few of the many jobs that didn’t exist 35 years ago. And as current trends go, there will undoubtedly be a number of new professions that will be created over the next decade or so, forcing higher education leaders to rethink how they train and prepare students for the emerging workforce.
July 22, 2019
HBCUs
Beyoncé’s ‘Homecoming’ Brings HBCU Culture to the Forefront
From paying homage to the historic marching bands and dancers at the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to demonstrating the resiliency, beauty and sacrifice embedded in the Black experience, Beyoncé’s newly released documentary Homecoming is a testament to the vivacity of Black culture that is celebrated at HBCUs.
April 24, 2019
Students
Child Prodigy with Full-Ride to Southern University Begins First Semester of Classes
Elijah Precciely, an 11-year-old child prodigy from Baton Rouge recently began his first full semester at Southern University where he is pursuing a degree in physics. In May 2018, Southern University announced that Precciely was taking courses at the institution before he received a full-ride scholarship to attend Southern. With his completed courses from last […]
January 23, 2019
Home
Southern University to Join Booming Legal Marijuana Industry
Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in Baton Rouge is set to make strides in Louisiana’s legal marijuana industry as the institution’s plan to launch a new medical marijuana program moved forward following a recent Board of Supervisors vote.
June 4, 2018
HBCUs
For Marching Bands at Historically Black Schools, It’s ‘About the Showmanship’
ATLANTA — Five drum majors approach midfield and snap into high-stepping formation, capes swirling as they spin and drop into splits before hopping up and bending backward until their hats scrape the ground. When they dart toward the sideline, Bethune-Cookman University’s 300-piece marching band and its 14 Karat Gold Dancers surge onto the field, performing […]
April 11, 2018
News Roundup
Students Find Body Floating Near Campus
BATON ROUGE, La. — A body has been found along the Mississippi River near a college campus in Louisiana. The Advocate of Baton Rouge reports the body was discovered Tuesday afternoon by Louisiana State University students on a field trip near Southern University. The body was found in a pool of water blocked off from […]
February 7, 2018
Faculty & Staff
Southern University Fires Vice Chancellor Dumas
Southern University has fired Dr. Brandon K. Dumas, the school’s vice chancellor for student affairs who was placed on administrative leave last month for undisclosed reasons. Dumas will have the opportunity to appeal his termination to the historically Black institution’s board of supervisors Friday. Dumas, who had served in his position for nearly five years, […]
July 20, 2017
HBCUs
When the News of Demise Is Greatly Exaggerated
In the same state, under the same accrediting agency, two schools in the past few years have been on probation, and their media treatment has been very different.
July 11, 2017
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