February 20, 2013
Jenkins: LSU in precarious position
The Advocate
State budget cuts and the corresponding sinking opinions of peer institutions have put LSU in danger of falling out of the nation’s top tier universities recognized in the popular U.S. News & World Report rankings ...
LSU transition team gains momentum, pushes toward 2015 model
New Orleans Times-Picayune
LSU is inching its way to a more lean and efficient way of running the LSU system amid state budget cuts, rising tuition and stagnant salaries for its faculty. ...
Transition Advisory Team defines mission, tenets
Daily Reveille
The University’s Transition Advisory Team defined a mission and tenets that will guide the system through reorganization in a meeting Tuesday, emphasizing the importance of research in the University’s national ranking and reputation. ...
Online focus, tuition raises concern subcommittee students
Daily Reveille
Student members of the Transition Advisory Team’s Student Experience subcommittee are worried about tuition raises and the increased emphasis on online courses. ...
Poet Maya Angelou thrills LSU crowd
The Advocate
The curtain rose, the lights shone and the thunderous cheers filled the arena as Maya Angelou was introduced to an appreciative crowd at the LSU Student Union Theater. ...
Maya Angelou shares stories, offers advice to LSU students during sold-out Union Theater lecture
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Maya Angelou delighted her audience at LSU's Union Theater in Baton Rouge on Feb. 19 with recited poems, jokes, advice and anecdotes from a life filled with beautiful words and interesting people. ...
Maya Angelou lectures to full house at Student Union Theater
Daily Reveille
An array of different faces of various races gathered in a buzzing LSU Student Union Theater on Tuesday night for an unforgettable evening with Maya Angelou during Black History Month. ...
Maya Angelou visits LSU campus
WAFB-TV
A literary legend made her return to the LSU campus and there wasn't an empty seat in the house when she arrived. Maya Angelou made an appearance at the Student Union Theatre Tuesday night and was welcomed by a standing room only crowd. ...
Rhythmic Maya Angelou
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Maya Angelou spoke with me and a reporter from The (Baton Rouge) Advocate this week ahead of her speaking engagement at LSU on Tuesday. It was beautiful to hear her speak. ...
New river modeling facility will allow greater research opportunities
Daily Reveille
Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, together with the University, will construct a new scale model of the lower Mississippi River that will be four times larger in scale and size than the University’s existing model on River Road. ...
Breakfast to Business speech offers unconventional advice
Daily Reveille
The speech was a part of the Executive Education’s Breakfast to Business series at the University and was held during the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities. ...
Swine Palace continues to celebrate Louisiana's Bicentennial Season with Rising Water
Gonzales Weekly Citizen
Tickets range from $15 to $28, and can be obtained from the LSU Box Office by calling (225) 578-3527 or by visiting www.swinepalace.org. ...
LSU Hopkins Black Box Theatre presents the 'trashiest show in town'
WVLA-TV
The Hopkins Black Box theatre at LSU invites patrons to experience “Sacred Waste,” an interactive eco-performance that takes a playful look at people’s complicated relationship with plastic trash. ...
Tiger Park wins STMA Field of the Year Award
WBRZ-TV
Tiger Park has been honored with the prestigious Field of the Year award by the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) for the college and university softball division. ...