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Published August 29, 2007
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Elton C. Harrison, Dolores Spikes, and Jewel Prestage
are just a few of the distinguished panelists that
were featured in The Southern University System Annual
Fund event kick-off entitled The Road Less Traveled:
An Evening with Southern University Trailblazers. |
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Southern University's
Baton Rouge campus has been listed among high-ranking
schools in producing African-American graduates. Southern's
role was underscored in Diverse: Issues in Higher
Education magazine. |
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In a recent issue,
Washington Monthly Magazine urges the American
public "don't forget the little guys" when looking
at excellence in higher education. Community colleges
like Southern University, Shreveport are lauded for
being a good economic solution as well as providing
a great education. |
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In an act of
solidarity, higher education and the elementary and
secondary communities will meet for the fourth J.K.
Haynes Teacher Preparation Conference September 18
and 19. The event is sponsored by the Southern University
System and is a gathering of administrators and faculty
from its five campuses and Grambling State University.
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Students should
persevere during difficult times and remain focused
on their goal of getting an education, Kwame Jackson,
a noted motivational speaker, told an audience of
first-semester freshmen students Tuesday morning in
the Felton G. Clark Activity Center. |
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Actor
Denzel Washington and his wife Pauletta presented
two research scholarships in their family's name in
ceremony held on the SUSLA campus June 24. |
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State senators Kenneth Smith,
Winnfield and Robert Barham, Oak Ridge, toured the
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension
Center earlier this summer. Barham is a member of
the agricultural, forestry, aquaculture, and rural
development committee chaired by Smith. |
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The Southern University, Shreveport
Foundation (SUSF) presented a check in the amount
of $5,000 on July 19 to Southern University, Shreveport
as a result of the proceeds from the “8th Annual Gentlemen's
Cooking Classic.” |
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In a joint effort with LaVonya
Malveaux, director of Southwest Center for Rural Initiatives,
Ronald Nicholas and Chris Robichaux, Ag Center extension
agents and scientists Owusu Bandele, Mila Berhane
and Yemane Ghebreiyessus, SU Ag Center organized a
field day in Opelousas in June 30. |
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This summer, Southern University
Ag Center urban forestry scientists are collaborating
with USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) in response to exotic fruit fly risks on a
bio security project. |
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The Youth NetWORK Initiative (YNI)
Program in the SUSLA Department of Community Outreach
Programs received a $25,000 grant from the Shreveport
Bossier Community Foundation to expand its tutoring
program to help teens and young adults earn a high
school diploma or a GED. |
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Louisiana youth had the time of their
life June 15-16 at the Southern University Ag Center
as they traveled to Baton Rouge to join others for
the Youth and Family Exposition, a two-day educational
event. The event was jam-packed with exciting seminars,
exhibits, tours, demonstrations, and a presentation
by Southern University alumnus Egeenee Daniels, a
veterinarian at the University of North Texas and
with NASA. |
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The University’s College of Engineering
was recently featured in UBSE Magazine. This magazine
is published four times a year and is devoted to engineering
education for African Americans. |
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Southern University Ag Center urban
forestry scientists conducted a “Historic Tree Preservation
and Tree Care Training” for hurricane-affected community
members and students on the Baton Rouge campus. |
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The National Association of Schools
of Music (NASM) recently informed SUBR of the Commission's
decision to continue the accreditation of the bachelor
of music education and the bachelor of music in performance.
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SUBR received notification from SACS
recently that its first program to be offered completely
online had been approved. The program, a master’s
in rehabilitation counseling, is under the direction
of Madan Kundu. |
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On July 25, 2007, SUBR hosted representatives
from the National Great Rivers Research and Education
Center (NGRREC) to further explore the possibility
of establishing a partnership with NGRREC which is
an entity of Lewis and Clark Community College in
Godfrey, Illinois. |
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The partnership between the Law Center
and London City University could possibly be extended
next year to include a CLE program for law school
graduates. |
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The School of Social Work at Southern
University at New Orleans presented a Family Violence
Prevention Services Conference, Thursday, August 30,
at the Sheraton Hotel, 500 Canal Street. Titled "Empowering
African American Women Impacted by Domestic Violence:
From Heartaches to Happiness," this one-day conference
gave participants information on issues related to
the impact of domestic violence on women, youth and
children. |
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The Services for Students with Disabilities
staff collected and distributed school supplies to
students in the community of Slidell, Louisiana and
to students at the Martin Luther King Technology School
in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. |
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The Army ROTC Program held its Annual
Summer Commissioning Ceremony, July 26. Students,
J’Varis Jackson and Stefan Wilson, received their
commissions. |
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The business incubator at Southern
University, Shreveport, is one of several programs
that will share more than $600,000 in funding. To
help Louisiana small businesses thrive and become
more competitive, Louisiana Economic Development (LED)
has again allocated $608,000 for the Small and Emerging
Business Development program. Across the state, local
partners will assist participants, who pay for a portion
of the costs themselves, with business planning, accounting,
marketing, computer skills and entrepreneurship training,
among other activities. |
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Devona Dixon, SU Ag Center research
associate in textile technology recently traveled
to London, England and Paris, France for a group European
Study Tour. Dixon's group spent 12 days in Europe
with five students and three faculty and staff from
the Division of Family and Consumer Sciences in the
College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences.
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"Names in the News" offers
a glimpse into outstanding members of the Southern
University System family as they distinguish themselves
in the academic, civic, and social arenas. |
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"Names in the News" offers
a glimpse into outstanding members of the Southern
University System family as they distinguish themselves
in the academic, civi,c and social arenas. |
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"Names in the News" offers
a glimpse into outstanding members of the Southern
University System family as they distinguish themselves
in the academic, civic, and social arenas. |
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After
being elected Southern University’s student body president,
Carey Ash said he decided to give back to the students.
Ash said the cost of college textbooks is “extraordinarily
high.” He donated his $4,000 per semester Student
Government Association scholarship to help students
buy textbooks.. |
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Choir
director Sonya Hester, flanked by members of the Southern
University Performing Arts Gospel Choir, recently
recorded a music video along the winding staircase
inside the school's Leonard C. Barnes Administration
Building. |
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The third time proved to be the charm as the Southern Jaguars downed the Florida A&M Rattlers 33-27 to claim the 2007 MEAC/SWAC Challenge. The win gives the SWAC its first win in the series and brings the challenge series to 2-1 for the MEAC. |
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Presenters at Saturday's 21st annual
Black Tie Affair echoed the theme of unity in a community
celebration of the completed Tangipahoa African-American
Heritage Museum and Black Veterans Archives. |
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A Southern University Shreveport program
received a needed boost from legislators approving
appropriations for transportation, education and social
projects. Congressman Jim McCrery announced funding
for Southern University at Shreveport's health-care
training mission, which will get an infusion of $100,000
tucked into the House's Labor/Health and Human Services
appropriations legislation.
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Marcia C. Arceneaux, 2007 graduate
of SULC, is the winner of the 2007 Elaine Osborne
Jacobson Award For Women Working in Health Care Law.
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April Farmer, a single mother of three
who is majoring in criminal justice, was selected
by the Executive Leadership Council of Washington,
D.C., in conjunction with the United Negro College
Fund, to receive a $5,000 scholarship and attend the
Black Women's Leadership Summit in New York. |
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The 2007 Community and Faith
Leadership Development Conference is designed to spark
leaders to move their organizations' visions, develop
powerful mission statements, and construct working
programs and ministries that transform lives and communities.
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Southern University Shreveport will
celebrate 40 years of academic and social excellence
August 31 through September 19. |
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High school junior, seniors and their
parents are invited to the Baton Rouge campus for
Family Day: Extravaganza on the Bluff October 20 starting
at 9 a.m. at the F.G. Clark Activity Center. |
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Southern University’s Division of
Continuing Education will offer a Basic Film Acting
Class for those who desire to be in the movies. The
classes are part of the division’s Community Outreach
Project and are designed to assist the novice with
basic information on auditioning. |
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