Alumni from LSU College of Agriculture’s Les Voyageurs Reunite to Celebrate Program’s 25th Anniversary

Posted On Tuesday, November 20, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , , ,   
BATON ROUGE – The LSU College of Agriculture’s Les Voyageurs program recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, with more than 50 alumni, current students, faculty, staff and family members attending a reunion event held at the LSU AgCenter’s LaHouse Resource Center. Representatives from various Les Voyageurs classes were in attendance, including a member ...

LSU A Cappella Choir to Host 63rd Annual Candleight Concert Dec. 2 at Union Theater

Posted On Tuesday, November 20, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , , ,   
BATON ROUGE –The internationally acclaimed LSU A Cappella Choir will hold its 63rd annual Candlelight Concert on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Union Theater, with a mix of seasonal music that is the perfect way to “sing in the season.” Under new choral director John Dickson, the concert ...

Social Entrepreneur Aims to Get People Out of Poverty Quickly

Posted On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , , , ,   
par par Martin Fisher, co-founder and CEO of'c2~KickStart, opened his Tulane lecture with a question. 'e2'80'9cWhat'e2'80'99s the No. 1 need of a poor person?'e2'80'9d The answer, seemingly too simple, is 'e2'80'9cto make more money.'e2'80'9dpar par Fisher, whose talk was part of the 'c2~New Day Social Entrepreneurship Series, told of his time in Africa building ...

Yulman Stadium Built on Bond Forged After Hurricane Katrina

Posted On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , , ,   
par par It was a storm named Katrina and a daughter named Katy that ultimately led to a stadium named Yulman, says the man who made the lead gift of $15 million to build the'c2~new on-campus stadium'c2~at Tulane University.par par Richard Yulman was elected to the Board of Tulane in 2005, but Hurricane Katrina ...

Football's Cairo Santos Named Semifinalist For Groza Award

Posted On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , , , ,   
par par NEW ORLEANS -'c2~Two days after setting a school record with a 57-yard field goal, Tulane University football standout'c2~Cairo Santos'c2~garnered national recognition as the junior from Sao Paulo, Brazil, was named a semifinalist for the 2012 Lou Groza National Collegiate Place-Kicker Award as announced by the Orange Bowl Committee.par par Santos, who prepped ...

LSU Community Mourns the Passing of Alumni Professor Emeritus Marion Socolofsky

Posted On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , , ,   
par BATON ROUGE 'e2'80ldblquote The LSU College of Science is saddened to report that Alumni Professor Emeritus Marion 'e2'80'9cSoc'e2'80'9d Socolofsky passed away on the morning of Nov. 2 at the Mid-City Baton Rouge General Medical Center.par par A legendary figure in the former Department of Microbiology and in the current Department of ...

LSU Reorganization: Board Adopts Guiding Principles, Will Appoint Transition Team

Posted On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , , ,   
par BATON ROUGE 'e2'80ldblquote The LSU Board of Supervisors voted unanimously at a special meeting on Friday, Nov. 2, to adopt six guiding goals and principles on which it will base its decisions regarding the realignment and reorganization of LSU.par par The board also authorized LSU Interim President William L. Jenkins to ...

LSU Student Union Art Gallery Presents Poison for the Impressionable (Conceptual Realism)

Posted On Friday, November 2, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , , , ,   
par par BATON ROUGE 'e2'80ldblquote The LSU Student Union Art Advisory Committee, in conjunction with the LSU College of Art & Design, and the LSU School of Art is proud to announce the upcoming exhibit, 'e2'80'9cPoison for the Impressionable (Conceptual Realism): A Robert Williams Documentary Exhibition.'e2'80'9dpar par This biographical exhibition will explore the ...

Artist Robert Williams to Hold Lecture at LSU Student Union Theater

Posted On Friday, November 2, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , , , ,   
par par BATON ROUGE 'e2'80ldblquote In conjunction with the LSU Student Union Art Gallery exhibit, 'e2'80'9cPoison for the Impressionable (Conceptual Realism): A Robert Williams Documentary Exhibition,'e2'80'9d the Student Union Art Advisory Committee, the LSU College of Art & Design, and LSU School of Art are proud to announce a free lecture ...

LSU Board Honors Ed Steimel with Honorary Degree

Posted On Monday, October 29, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , , ,   
BATON ROUGE – As part of its October meeting, the LSU Board of Supervisors approved a request to honor Ed Steimel with a Doctor of Humane Letters degree, which he will receive at LSU’s fall commencement exercises in December. Steimel, a native of Baton Rouge, was the founding executive director of ...

Thirteen Successful RSD Schools Now Eligible To Choose To Return To The Orleans Parish School Board

Posted On Saturday, October 27, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , , ,   
NEW ORLEANS - Monday’s release of the 2012 School Performance Scores and Letter Grades for all public schools in Louisiana provides further evidence of the dramatic improvement in our city’s schools.  Schools that had been failing to educate our children were placed into the Recovery School District (RSD) and now thirteen of these ...

Early Childhood Community Provides Feedback On ACT 3 Implementation

Posted On Saturday, October 27, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , , ,   
BATON ROUGE, La. - The Department of Education, in partnership with the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Health and Hospitals and Education’s Next Horizon, today released initial feedback from a series of forums, meetings and surveys on the implementation of Act 3 of the 2012 Regular Legislative Session. ...

LSU and City Year Team Up to Assist Community Affected by Hurricane Isaac

Posted On Friday, October 19, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , , , ,   
BATON ROUGE – LSU students and members of City Year New Orleans assisted the LaPlace community on Saturday, Oct. 6, in recovery efforts following Hurricane Isaac, which devestated parts of South Louisiana in late August. The group of 40 LSU students joined forces with members of City Year to work with ...

LSU Theatre to Present Staged Readings of “Spill” Nov. 18 & 19

Posted On Thursday, October 18, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , , , ,   
BATON ROUGE – LSU Theatre will host staged readings of “Spill,” a play and visual installation inspired by the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill, on Nov. 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. each evening in the Studio Theatre, located in the Music & Dramatic Arts Building on Dalrymple ...

LSU Tennis Club Honored by State, National Organizations

Posted On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: ,   
BATON ROUGE – The LSU Tennis Club was acknowledged this week by the Louisiana Tennis Association, or LTA, and the United States Tennis Association, or USTA, as the 2012 Tennis on-Campus Club of the Year. This award is given to the club team that has made significant contributions to the USTA/LA ...

Volleyball Continues Road Swing Over The Weekend

Posted On Friday, October 12, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , , , ,   
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane University volleyball team returns to action on Friday, Oct. 12, when the Green Wave travel to Dallas to take on Conference USA foe SMU at 7 p.m. in Moody Coliseum. The contest is the third of a four-match road swing as Tulane will close out the ...

Alumnus holds lucky raffle ticket for Saints vs. Tampa trip

Posted On Friday, October 12, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , ,   
Tulane alumnus and Saints fan Jeremie Ertle of New Orleans will be in that number on Oct. 21 when the Saints play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa, Fla. He had the lucky raffle ticket for the game-day package offered by the Helluva Hullabaloo Auction. Ertle is a 2002 graduate of ...

RSD And Urban League Of Greater New Orleans Partnership Increases Services And Accessibility Of Family Resource Centers

Posted On Thursday, October 11, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: ,   
NEW ORLEANS - Today, the Recovery School District (RSD) and the Urban League of Greater New Orleans announced the launch of an innovative partnership to provide families increased assistance with both school enrollment and access to information and support services. This partnership will expand the offerings available to parents at ...
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