The Louisiana Scalawags: Politics, Race, And Terrorism During The Civil War And Reconstruction
Posted On Friday, January 4, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Civil War, Louisiana Scalawags, Politics, Race, Reconstruction, scalawag, Terrorism
BATON ROUGE – During the Civil War and Reconstruction, the pejorative term “scalawag” referred to white southerners loyal to the Republican Party. With the onset of the federal occupation of New Orleans in 1862, scalawags challenged the restoration of the antebellum political and social orders. Derided as opportunists, uneducated “poor ...
Moot Court Team Headed To National Championships
Posted On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Loyola University, Monica Hof Wallace, Moot court, national championships, New Orleans College
The Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Moot Court Team won first place in the National Moot Court Competition Region VII Regional Rounds, earning the team a spot in the nationals in New York City Jan. 28-31.
Loyola law students on the team included oralists Kate Cazayoux and Camille Bryant, ...
LSU School of Education Assistant Professor Publishes Second Book on Diversity in Education
Posted On Thursday, December 20, 2012 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Book, Diversity in Education, Pre-Service Teachers, Racial Identity, school of education
BATON ROUGE – LSU School of Education Assistant Professor Kenny Fasching-Varner recently published his second book “Working through Whiteness: Examining White Racial Identity and Profession with Pre-Service Teachers.”
This book explores pre-service teachers’ narratives as a means of better understanding racial identity and the way teachers enter the profession. In addition ...
Surgery Not An Easy Fix For Diabetes
Posted On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Obesity Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University
Over the past few years, weight loss surgery has become an increasingly popular option to treat Type 2 diabetes, but Dr. Vivian Fonseca, professor of medicine at the Tulane University School of Medicine, says it is not a cure-all.
A recent study in the journal Obesity Surgery found that many obese ...
Student’s Passion Brings Dreams to Life for Children With Disabilities
Posted On Friday, December 14, 2012 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Disabilities, Families Helping Families of Jefferson, Lose the Training Wheels, School of Social Work
Since she was 15, Lisa Baker has worked to help adults and children with disabilities. Thanks to her professional project at the Tulane School of Social Work, she was able to advance her passion. Baker is one of 85 master of social work graduates who will receive their diplomas on ...
LocalMed Announces Creation of Digital Healthcare Business in Baton Rouge
Posted On Thursday, December 13, 2012 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Baton Rouge, Capital Region, Derek Gilbert, Digital Healthcare Business, LocalMed
BATON ROUGE, La. — Today, LED Secretary Stephen Moret and LocalMed CEO Keith English announced that the startup company will create 52 new direct jobs in Baton Rouge, supporting LocalMed LLC’s online and mobile technology platform that enables doctors, dentists and patients to schedule, manage and remember their appointments 24 ...
LSU Names Guillermo Ferreyra Interim Dean of College of Science
Posted On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Guillermo Ferreyra, LSU, Rutgers University, Science
BATON ROUGE – Guillermo Ferreyra, professor of math and associate dean for science education in the College of Science, has been appointed interim dean of the LSU College of Science. Ferreyra will take over for Kevin Carman effective January 1, 2013.
Ferreyra, a native of Argentina, has been with LSU since ...
