BATON ROUGE – The LSU College of Human Sciences & Education invites its faculty, staff, students and alumni to nominate candidates to be recognized for proven records of exceptional service to their professions, school, college or university.
The college is composed of six schools: the School of Education, the School of ...
College of Human Sciences & Education Seeking Award Nominations
Posted On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Community Partner Award, Human Resource Education, LSU College of Human Sciences & Education, Workforce Development
BATON ROUGE – The LSU College of Human Sciences & Education invites its faculty, staff, students and alumni to nominate candidates to be recognized for proven records of exceptional service to their professions, school, college or university.
The college is composed of six schools: the School of Education, the School of ...
LSU Readers & Writers Presents Cartoonist and Illustrator R. Sikoryak on Nov. 13
Posted On Monday, November 4, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Charles Schulz’s, College of Art & Design, LSU Design Building Auditorium, Metamorphosis, The Daily Show
BATON ROUGE – LSU Readers & Writers, in co-operation with the College of Art & Design, invites guests to share an evening with internationally renowned cartoonist and illustrator R. Sikoryak on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m., in the LSU Design Building Auditorium - Room 103.
Sikoryak’s work has appeared everywhere ...
LSU Partners with OfficeMax to Reduce Office Supply Costs
Posted On Monday, October 28, 2013 By USA Education News. Under FEATURED, LOUISIANA Tags: E. J. Ourso College of Business, LSU GeauxShop, Reduce Office Supply Costs
BATON ROUGE – In an effort to reduce costs, LSU has entered into a partnership with OfficeMax as the office supply vendor for the university through LSU GeauxShop. This five-year partnership agreement will help LSU to realize lower costs, take advantage of greater discounts and have the ability to analyze ...
LSU Upward Bound Sweeps Awards at SWASAP Student Leadership Conference
Posted On Sunday, October 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Southwest Association of Student Assistance Programs, Student Leadership Conference in Hawkins, SWASAP, TRIO programs
BATON ROUGE – LSU Upward Bound advances into its second year at the university and has started the new academic year in full force by taking its junior and senior high school students to the Southwest Association of Student Assistance Programs, or SWASAP, Student Leadership Conference in Hawkins, Texas.
The conference ...
Students, Faculty and Staff Invited LSU’s Annual Fall Fest Today
Posted On Sunday, October 13, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Annual Fall Fest Today, Chancellor F. King Alexander, Enrollment Kurt Keppler, LSU Parade Ground, LSU Quadrangle, President John Woodard
BATON ROUGE – One of the most anticipated events of the fall semester will take place today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the LSU Parade Ground as the LSU Fall Fest celebration welcomes back more than 30,000 new and returning students, faculty and staff to campus. This year, ...
2014 LSU 100 Nominations and Applications Open
Posted On Saturday, October 5, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Alma Mater, E. J. Ourso College of Business, Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses, LSU Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute
BATON ROUGE – Applications for the fourth annual LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses, hosted by the LSU Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute, are now open. Nominations and applications can be found at www.lsu100.com.
The LSU 100 is a highly competitive program that identifies, recognizes and celebrates the 100 fastest growing Tiger-owned or ...
LSU Reactivates the Small Business Development Center
Posted On Friday, September 27, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Dean Richard D. White Jr, Director Charles D’Agostino, LSU E. J. Ourso, Small Business Development Center
BATON ROUGE – LSU will once again be the host of a Louisiana Small Business Development Center location, beginning Oct. 1. The Louisiana Small Business Development Center’s newest location will be housed within the LSU Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute, or SEI, of the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business.
According to ...
Medical Tourism is One of the Growing Trends Across the World
Posted On Friday, September 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS, DELAWARE, FEATURED, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, INDIANA, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, PUERTO RICO, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, VERMONT, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON DC, WEST VIRGINIA Tags: cardiology, health care facility, joint replacement, low cost, Medical tourism, medical tourists, medical treatments, orthopedic surgery
Medical tourism is one of the growing trends across the world. Due to high increase in the cost of health care facility, individual as well as companies are providing incentives to travel across the countries to get the surgeries they need. While travelling other countries for the medical tourists not ...
LSU to Host Forum Discussing Globalization and Education
Posted On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: globalization and education, Human Sciences & Education’s, LSU Journalism Building on campus, Manship School of Mass Communication
BATON ROUGE – LSU will host a forum titled “Internationalization and Education: Breaking Boundaries” on Wednesday, Sept. 25, beginning at 9 a.m., in the Holliday Forum of the LSU Journalism Building on campus. The forum will be free to attend and open to the public.
“Internationalization and Education: Breaking Boundaries” will ...
Emily Nemens Appointed to The Southern Review
Posted On Wednesday, September 4, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Cleanth Brooks, Emily Nemens, Gettysburg, MSNBC, Robert Penn Warren, Seattle native
BATON ROUGE – The Southern Review is pleased to announce the appointment of Emily Nemens as co-editor and prose editor of the distinguished literary journal. Nemens, a Seattle native, was the search committee’s unanimous first choice.
“We are so pleased to have Emily join our staff,” said LSU Press director MaryKatherine ...
Financial Planning Education Day Lineup Announced
Posted On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Business Education Complex, Department of Finance, Financial Planning, LSU E. J. Ourso College, Tina Thomas
BATON ROUGE – The Financial Planning Association of Baton Rouge and the Department of Finance at the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business will co-host 2013 Financial Planning Education Day on Friday, Sept. 13, in The Rotunda of the Business Education Complex. Financial planning professionals can earn five hours ...
LSU Geographer to Participate in International Conference on Infrastructure and Equity
Posted On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Carl O. Sauer, Conference on Infrastructure and Equity, Craig Colten, flood-control infrastructure
BATON ROUGE –Craig Colten, Carl O. Sauer Professor of Geography, has been invited to speak at the Infrastructure and Equity Conference in Bogota, Columbia, on Aug. 21. The principal host and organizer is Columbia Humanitaria, a federal agency created in the wake of disastrous La Nina floods in 2010-2011, which ...
LSU LBTC, Pennington Partner for Biotech Business Incubator
Posted On Monday, August 12, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: BioTech, Biotech Business Incubator, Charles D’Agostino, LBTC, LSU’s Louisiana Business, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Technology Center
BATON ROUGE – LSU’s Louisiana Business and Technology Center, or LBTC, and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, or PBRC, have teamed up to create a biotechnology business incubator. The BioTech Initiative is a specialized incubator that will facilitate the growth of companies focusing on impacting patient health and care through ...
LSU Education Professor Finding New Ways to Reach Students Long-Distance
Posted On Monday, August 5, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Kenneth Fasching-Varner, LSU School of Education, Shirley B. Barton Endowed, Skype video-call, Skype-a-Scholar
BATON ROUGE – LSU School of Education Shirley B. Barton Endowed Assistant Professor Kenneth Fasching-Varner implements a creative program in his classrooms to connect students with professional authors despite distance, time or cost constraints. Using Skype video-call technology, guest speakers converse with students for an in-depth, innovative learning experience.
The program ...
LSU System Employees to Receive Pay Adjustments for First Time in Four Years
Posted On Monday, July 29, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Chancellor F. King Alexander, LSU AgCenter, Provost Stuart Bell, Richardson, Southern Regional Education Board
BATON ROUGE – LSU President and Chancellor F. King Alexander announced Friday, July 26, that LSU System employees across the state will receive a pay adjustment for the first time in four years.
“This is a long overdue action that has been precluded by financial circumstances,” Alexander said. “While we still ...
LSU Soil Sciences Professor Magdi Selim Announced as IUSS Liebeg Award Winner
Posted On Monday, July 22, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Environmental & Soil Sciences, Liebeg Award, LSU School of Plant, Magdi Selim, World Congress of Soil Science
BATON ROUGE – Magdi Selim, a professor in the LSU School of Plant, Environmental & Soil Sciences, was recently announced as the recipient of the International Union of Soil Sciences, or IUSS, Liebeg Award, the highest award given by IUSS and the global soil science communities.
Selim will receive the award ...
LSU Press Author Ava Leavell Haymon Named Louisiana Poet Laureate
Posted On Sunday, July 14, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: American South mix, Baton Rouge, Eldest Daughter, LSU Press Poet Ava Leavell Haymon
BATON ROUGE – LSU Press Poet Ava Leavell Haymon was recently selected as Louisiana’s new poet laureate. She will serve a two-year term from 2013–2015.
“I’m honored and thrilled to be appointed poet laureate of the state of Louisiana,” Haymon said. “Past laureates, distinguished poets all, have worked hard during their ...
