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Published November 30, 2007
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34th Annual State Farm Bayou Classic ended with the
Southern University Jaguars holding a crystal trophy
and the ticket to a year of bragging rights, but the
event reflects a "win-win situation" for state and
local economy, the City of New Orleans and both legendary
HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
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The Senior co-captains Jarmaul George
and Gerard Landry led Southern onto the field with
two huge school flags. They could have passed the
flag around for the next 60 minutes, because the Jaguars
strung together a host of efforts in all phases to
beat 16th-ranked Grambling, 22-13, in Bayou Classic
XXXIV on Saturday in the Superdome. |
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NBC Sports presented
"Every Man a Tiger: The Eddie Robinson Story," a 30-minute
special, presented commercial free by State Farm,
that looks at the legendary Grambling State University
football coach who sent more than 200 players to the
NFL, retired as the all-time winningest coach in NCAA
Division 1 history and, for 57 seasons, led and motivated
his players to successful lives both on and off the
field. |
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Coors Brewing
Company providef a total of $20,000 in scholarships
to Grambling State University and Southern University
as part of its sponsorship of the State Farm Bayou
Classic on Nov. 24 in New Orleans. |
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Southern University alumnus and Dallas Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson will be the keynote speaker for the Fall 2007 commencement exercises at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7 in the Felton G. Clark Activity Center. |
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More than 400 persons attended the Southern University Law Center's 60th Anniversary Gala, Friday, November 9, at the Holiday Inn Select Premier Ballroom. |
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Several hundred Southern University students, faculty and administrators today commemorated the deaths of two students killed during a nonviolent protest on the Baton Rouge campus 35 years ago. |
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Fears of 'agro-terrorism' and ways
to prevent incidents like the California wildfires
were among the many topics discussed in early November
at the Plant Biosecurity Symposium at the Southern
University Agricultural and Research Center. |
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The Bureau of Land Management invited a team of SU researchers to examine the rapid melting and calving of the Bering Glacier in coast south central Alaska. The Bering is the largest (5200 sq km) and longest (190km) glacier in North America and contains approximately 20 percent of Alaska's total glacier ice.
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The 15th Annual SU Thanksgiving Food
Drive concluded with the distribution of food the
Tuesday before Thanksgiving in the Stewart Hall Auditorium.
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The Southern University Ag Center's
Sustainable Agriculture Field Day and Farm Tour was
held in late October and drew more than 80 participants
for two discussion sessions and six field tour stops.
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HUD field representative Martha Sakre recently presented Southern University, Shreveport Chancellor Ray Belton and the Division of Community Workforce Development a $600,000 check at the Morning Star Baptist Church Family Life Center. |
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Hendrix Broussard, assistant area agent, youth development, Orleans Parish and Lonnie Parker, research associate took a petting zoo to first-sixth graders at New Orelans' Saint Pius X Elementary School in early October. |
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The 1890 System developed the Small Farmer Agricultural Leadership Training Institute to address the needs of small-scale minority farmers. This two-year course of study guides small, limited-resource and minority farmers through the process of becoming more competitive agricultural entrepreneurs. |
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The Southern University Lady Jaguar Bowling Team reached mid-November undefeated in division play and sitting on top of the SWAC's West Division. The Lady Jaguars are no strangers to high-level competition after four national SWAC titles and are off to a 9-3 overall start to the 2007-2008 season. |
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The SUNO Knights and Lady Knights have started the basketball season, but still look forward to returning to "The Castle" on the Southern University, New Orleans South Campus. As the facility nears completion, the historic Pontchartrain Park HBCU will play its home games at Delgado Community College's Michael L. Williamson Complex until The Castle is ready. The Castle was one of 11 buildings destroyed by flood waters from both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. |
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The CELP is a pre-collegiate program designed to encourage 8th grade students at Sophie B. Wright to complete high school and attend college. As an incentive, Chancellor Victor Ukpolo announced that "students who comply with various requirements will be awarded a full tuition scholarship to SUNO." . |
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Southern University, Baton Rouge celebrated International Education Week with several events designed to showcase the diverse cultures of students on the Baton Rouge campus. |
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Student retention is a sizeable problem on most campuses, but two years after Hurricane Katrina, Southern University, New Orleans faces a new dynamic to the age-old dilemma of keeping students after recruiting them. This fall, however, SUNO officials found a way to shine LAMPS on the problem of keeping freshmen engaged and enrolled. |
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Southern University, Baton Rouge is among eight historically black colleges and universities that will receive $25,000 each from the Tom Joyner Foundation to promote awareness of HIV/AIDS. |
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A Southern University, Shreveport dean
traveled to Bangladesh earlier this year as part of
a program to provide training and assistance to poultry
famers in that impoverished country. |
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On October 25, 2007, Miss Niesha Williams
was crowned Miss Southern University, New Orleans
2007-2008 in late October. More than 300 attended
the coronation at The Four Columns Banquet and Reception
Hall. |
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The Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center has appointed Lashunda Anderson, Ph.D., agronomist on the Wildlife Habitat and Native Grasses Outreach Project. |
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The Jaguars were ranked 25th until a heart-breaking loss to Alabama A & M in early October. The last time they played a game as a ranked team was when they were 20th in December 2004 before falling to Alabama State in the SWAC Championship Game. |
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SUSLA men's basketball bolstered by experience, size
The Southern University, Shreveport hoopsters look forward to a season with increased experience and some valuable 'big men' in the paint. David Francis, SUSLA head basketball coach of eight years, says he has never seen a Port City Jags team like this one. |
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A trio of Southern University students
helped restore Ashlee L. Menke’s faith following their
acts of kindness amid a near life-threatening accident.
She was aided when students, who were en route to
school following a church service, stopped to help
push her car onto the Mohican and Wyandotte exit ramp
off the interstate. |
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A team from Southern University, Baton Rouge joined group of Louisiana and Mississippi students who spent their summer break giving back to their communities. Using NASA satellite data, they hope to come up with a better way to detect and map the hurricane-induced vulnerabilities of Mississippi's forests. |
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Lt. Gen. Russell Honoré was
recognized for his leadership in Joint Task Force
- Katrina when the Thurgood Marshall College Fund
(TMCF) honored leaders recently from the public and
private sectors. |
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The Southern University ladies soccer team finished the year with five members on the All-SWAC team including a standout freshman from Fairfield, Calif., who led the nation in saves per game. SU goalie Divinity Bradley led the SWAC with 159 saves and was named Freshman of the Year. |
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John Posey, publisher and CEO of Urban
Sports News (USN), announced the selection of Southern
University, Baton Rouge Sports Information Director
Kevin Manns, as its first College Sports Information
Director of the Year. Manns was selected from 36 SID's
in the SWAC, MEAC, PAC 10, SIAC, Sunbelt and Conference
USA. Manns will receive the award during the Bayou
Classic activities. |
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SUSLA Surgical Technology Program noted for excellence
The Southern University, Shreveport Surgical Technology Program has received a certificate of achievement for the second consecutive year marking the program and its students' excellent performance on the Program Assessment Exam (PAE), a mandatory qualitative assessment tool, used for program accreditation. |
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Southern University, New Orleans' Center for African and African American Studies will hold its inaugural Ma'afa Awareness Week November 26-29. The week will culminate in the annual Kwanzaa Festival on Thursday, November 29, 2007 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the grounds of the North Campus at 6801 Press Drive. All events are free and open to the public. |
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Small business center at SUNO to hold training course for entrepreneurs
The Small Business Development and Management Institute at Southern University, New Orleans will hold a course for future business owners. The "NxLeveL Entrepreneurial Training Classes" will start with a registration and orientation on Monday, November 26, 2007 at 6 p.m. The registration and orientation will be held in Building 43 of the North Campus.
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