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SULC alumnus Domoine D. Rutledge, general counsel for East Baton Rouge Parish School System and chairman of the Southern University System Foundation, will be the featured speaker for a hooding ceremony recognizing the Fall 2015 graduates of the Southern University Law Center, Friday, January 8, 2016, in the Royal Cotillion Ballroom of the Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union, Southern University Baton Rouge campus, 6 p.m.

The Southern University System will observe December 23, 2015 - January 4, 2016, as the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. All offices will re-open Monday, January 4, 2016.

Governor-elect John Bel Edwards, December 16, 2015, announced several key cabinet appointments for his administration.

Still reveling in an election victory and poised to take the oath of office January 11, 2016, Governor-elect John Bel Edwards made an impression on the Fall 2015 class of Southern University Baton Rouge graduates, during his keynote speech for commencement December 11, in the F.G. Clark Activity Center.

Only weeks before he officially takes office as the fifty-sixth Governor of the State of Louisiana, Governor-Elect John Bel Edwards will address the Fall 2015 graduating class of Southern University Baton Rouge, Friday, Dec.11, 2015, in the University’s F.G. Clark Activity Center, at 10:30 a.m.

Florida native, Imani Martina Williams, will lead the 2015 fall graduating class of Southern University Baton Rouge (SUBR) next week as chief student marshal.

The Board of Regents' 2015 Gubernatorial Forum on Higher Education has been postponed.

The Southern University System (SUS) today selected M. Christopher Brown II as the new executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. Brown has more than 10 years of experience in higher education administration including serving as president of Alcorn State University in Mississippi, and as executive vice president and provost at Fisk University in Tennessee.

Two separate search committees comprised of a diverse group of faculty, staff, students, alumni, and stakeholders will screen applicants and select finalists for two SU System campus chancellors.

Targeted recruitment campaigns, an innovative alumni enrollment initiative, and creative recruitment strategies helped boost Fall 2015 enrollment for the Southern University System.

Overall enrollment for the SU System increased by 490 students (12,884), nearly four percent.