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The SU "Human Jukebox," Nathan Haymer director, will perform in the McDonald's Queen City Battle of the Bands in Charlotte, North Carolina, Saturday, August 27, 2016, in Charlotte’s Memorial Stadium.

The Southern University System has nominations in nine categories for the 2016 HBCU Awards. HBCU Digest recently announced the finalists in 28 categories for the sixth installment of the national award ceremony that acknowledges and celebrates achievements at historically black colleges and universities throughout the United States.

The Southern University System awarded more than 1500 degrees to diverse classes among its four campuses spring commencement exercises this May.

The accreditation of SUNO’s College of Education and Human Development has been re-affirmed by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)/National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). The accreditation is granted until 2023.

The Southern University System (SUS), April 19, 2016, signed a partnership Memorandum of Understanding with California State University (CSU) and the Multimedia Education Resources for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) organization for the design and deployment of Southern University's Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) Initiative, and to create the Southern University Open Online Library for Education (SUOL4Ed).

The families of Southern University Baton Rouge students Lashuntae Benton and Annette January, who died Sunday, April 10, 2016, in an incident off campus, have announced memorial arrangements for Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16.

The Southern University Baton Rouge Student Government Association held a candlelight vigil Tuesday, April 12, 2016, in the courtyard of the Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union, in honor of SU Baton Rouge students Lashuntae Benton and Annette January, who died Sunday, April 10, in an incident off campus.

The Southern University Alumni Federation (SUAF) will host Alumni Pride Day, Friday, April 1, 2016.

Due to a rainy forecast for Thursday March 31, 2016, the Southern University System (SUS) Day at the Capitol Rally previously planned on the Capitol steps, will instead be held in Committee Room A.

The Southern University System (SUS) Board of Supervisors, March 18, 2016, named John K. Pierre to become the seventh chancellor of the Southern University Law Center (SULC).