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Southern University and A&M College entered into a partnership with Guizhou University in China that will bring student exchange, scholarships, and research opportunities for SU and Ghizhou students as early as next year.

Southern University will jump start its Relay For Life campaign with a kick-off party from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, November 16, in suite 305 on the 3rd floor of the Southern University Field House.

Joe Leonard, USDA assistant secretary for civil rights is scheduled to speak at the Southern University's Global Food Security and Plant Biosecurity Symposium on November 9, 2010. Leonard will give remarks at 9:30 am at the Southern University Royal Cotillion Ballroom, Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union. Leonard will address symposium participants including students, guests, staff, administrators, community and faculty members.

Southern University is inviting high school juniors, seniors, and their parents to an "Open House" on November 9 to get vital information about college entrance requirements, financial aid, and courses of study on the Baton Rouge campus.

The Southern University System recently received a contribution of $20,000 from Kellogg's Corporate Citizenship Fund. The contribution will be used for educational purposes throughout the University.

A ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center's new headquarters for the Southwest Center for Rural Initiatives (SCRI) is scheduled for Wednesday, October 27 at p.m.

Prospective law students can prepare for the LSAT, the admissions test for law schools, in an intensive LSAT Preparation Workshop conducted by Test Review Institute (TRI), October 30-December 5, at the Southern University Law Center.

Scientists and professionals who are working on the frontlines of global food security and plant biosecurity research will gather at Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, on November 9-10, 2010, to uncover potential threats to our nation's natural resources and agriculture. They will participate in the University's Global Food Security and Plant Biosecurity Symposium.

Southern University, Baton Rouge has signed an agreement with Advance Baton Rouge Charter School Association that will help juniors and seniors at Pointe Coupee Central High School take college courses online.

United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today announced that six schools in Louisiana received more than $6.8 million as a part of the U.S. Department of Education's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Institutional Aid Program.