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U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan will serve as the commencement speaker at Southern University, New Orleans on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 4 p.m. in the Lakefront Arena.

Michael V. Roberts Sr., chairman and CEO of the Roberts Companies, will address more than 200 Southern University, Shreveport graduates during commencement excercises on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 7 p.m. at the Shreveport Convention Center.

Charles F. Bolden Jr., the first African American and the second ex-astronaut to lead NASA, will deliver the keynote address for Southern University's spring commencement, May 13, 2001 in

F. G. Clark Activity Center, at 10:30 a.m.

Judge Brian A. Jackson of the United States District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, will deliver the 2011 Commencement address for Southern University Law Center at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 14, 2011 in the F.G. Clark Activity Center on the Southern University, Baton Rouge campus.

Southern University, New Orleans, (SUNO), will cut the ribbon for its Information Technology Center on Wednesday, March 16 at 11 a.m. in front of the building on the Lake Campus at 6801 Press Drive.

The University will also hold the Support Our Southern SUNO launch as a part of the program.

Visitation for Dr. Emmett W. Bashful, the first chancellor of Southern University, New Orleans (SUNO), will be held on Friday, March 4 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the University's gymnasium at 6400 Press Drive. Dr. Bashful died Saturday morning, February 27, in Baton Rouge at the age 93. He led SUNO from 1959 to 1987 and had served as chancellor emeritus since his retirement.

The SU Civil Rights Commemoration Project will kickoff during the 2011 SU Founders' Day with the first in a series of video recording sessions to collect civil rights stories from former students/faculty/administrators and the public. The sessions will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Thursday, March 10, in the SU Field House.

Southern University System today officially launched its advocacy campaign, "Support Our Southern, Preserving Our History....Protecting Our Future."

The official 2011 Spring enrollment for Southern University, New Orleans (SUNO) is 3,318, representing the University's highest enrollment since Hurricane Katrina. This figure also signifies a 91 percent return of SUNO's pre-Katrina enrollment of 3,647 students.

SU alumnus Brig. Gen.Craig C. Crenshaw was honored at Southern University, Baton Rouge on Monday, February 7.