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The Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Search Committee welcomes and encourages the participation and input of the entire Southern University community in the search for the newly created position of Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.

The Bayou Classic team announced August 3, 2015, that the 42nd Annual Bayou Classic will once again be broadcast on NBC, but this year will move to the broadcast company’s cable network – NBC Sports Network. Also new for 2015, the kickoff time for the Annual Bayou Classic has been moved from its traditional 1:30 pm CST to a new kickoff time of 4:00 pm CST.

The Southern University System Foundation will launch a 90-day viral fundraising campaign at noon, Thursday, July 23, 2015, at the Donald C. Wade House located on the Southern University Baton Rouge Campus. Alumni, students, SUS Board Members, staff, and faculty volunteers will be in attendance at the campaign lunch.

After interviewing two finalists recommended by the Southern University System (SUS) President/Chancellor Search Committee, the SUS Board of Supervisors, Friday, June 12, 2015, named Ray L. Belton President and Chancellor of the SU System.

The Southern University System family is deeply saddened by the death of former SU System President Dolores Margaret Richard Spikes who passed away June 1, 2015, at age 78.

The Southern University System (SUS) Board of Supervisors' President/Chancellor Search Committee, May 28, 2015, announced three finalists for the position of president/chancellor.

The Southern University System Foundation, Monday, May 18, 2015, received an $83,625 check from representatives of ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge refinery at a luncheon in honor of the contribution, held in the Magnolia Room on the Baton Rouge campus.

The Southern University System (SUS) Board of Supervisors' President/Chancellor Search Committee today announced applicants for the position of president/chancellor.

Leon Valdry, a 1957 SU engineering graduate, March 21, 2015, made a unrestricted gift of $100,000 to the Southern University System Foundation's 1880 Society. Last calendar year, Valdry's annual gift totaled $25,000.

As a trustee of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Joe Stewart recently directed a $500,000 contribution to the Southern University System Foundation (SUSF).