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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.

Members of Southern University's world renowned, "Human Jukebox" marching band, will perform February 12 in Washington, D.C., at the Louisiana Delegation's Mardi Gras Ball hosted by Sen. Mary Landrieu.

High school seniors and Baton Rouge Community College students seeking scholarships and exciting opportunities are invited to a Southern University Open House, 6 p.m., February 10, in W.W. Stewart Hall Auditorium.

Leah Cullins, assitant professor, SU Baton Rouge School of Nursing, has been appointed to serve as a nurse representative from the Louisiana Nursing Association on the governor's HIV, AIDS, and Hepatitis C Commission.

Chancellor Victor Ukpolo of Southern University, New Orleans (SUNO), will address the media on Wednesday, January 26 at 11:30 a.m. in the Health and Physical Education Building, room 204 on the campus, about Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposal to merge SUNO and the University of New Orleans.