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Faith Jenkins, who graduated top of her class from the Southern University Law Center (SULC), and is star of her own TV show, "Judge Faith," was the commencement speaker for the 2017 Fall Commencement Exercises at Southern University, Friday, December 15, in the F.G. Clark Activity Center.

Southern University Shreveport (SUSLA) has been awarded $1.3 million to implement the Veterans Upward Bound Program (VUB).

In addition to an anticipated gridiron victory in the 44th Bayou Classic, Southern University wins $1.6 million in support including a $1.1 major gift from alumnus Antonio "Tony” Clayton and a $500,000 grant from Capital One, both presented during the SU System Board of Supervisors meeting today in New Orleans.

The Southern University Marching Band, the "Human Jukebox,” will participate in the annual Zion Tabernacle Bayou Classic Christian Fellowship Parade, Saturday, November 18, 2017, in Lake Charles.

The Leonard S. Washington Memorial Library at Southern University New Orleans (SUNO) will host an Open House Thursday, November 2, 2017 to celebrate and showcase its $14million restoration project. Tours are scheduled throughout the day at 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

SU professor a contributor to the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics Southern University active member of LIGO since 1999.

Shreveport native Felise C. Thompson-Doyle, who was crowned the 87th Miss Southern University, during a formal coronation Wednesday, October 4 in SU F.G. Clark Activity Center, reigned over the 2017 Homecoming on the "Bluff.”

Student population is expanding at Southern University Baton Rouge. In particular, for the first time in several years, the University experienced significant growth in important sectors this fall.

The Southern University Baton Rouge Environmental Toxicology department recently received renewal of a Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI) grant for 2017-2018.

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Environmental Toxicology research group (left - right) Benathel McLemore, Prathyusha Bagam, Rakeysha Pinkston, Sanjay Batra, Gagandeep Kaur, Dhirendra P. Singh receive grant support from FAMRI for its fifth year.

The Southern University Land-Grant Campus will host a Produce Safety Alliance Grower’s Training from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., September 25, 2017 at the SU Ag Center, 181 B.A. Little Drive, in Baton Rouge.