February 22, 2013
Reorganization task forces begin discussions
Daily Reveille
The Transition Advisory Team’s technology and finance subcommittees’ leaders joined to create six task forces that began meeting for the first time Thursday. Thursday’s meetings were the first of many that will examine the strengths and weaknesses ...
LSU officials make stop in Lake Charles
KPLC-TV
Louisiana State University Interim Chancellor and President William L. Jenkins, along with LSU Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Stuart R. Bell, were in Lake Charles on Thursday to meet with locals about the university and to field questions. ...
Governor previews budget
The Advocate
Fannin said a number of factors will help fill the gap, including public-private partnerships, college tuition and a tobacco settlement refinancing. ...
Jindal unveils budget today
Daily Reveille
The amount of state funds the University will receive in the 2014 fiscal year will be initially proposed in March and will be approved in late summer, said University Director of External Affairs Jason Droddy. ...
Gov. Jindal to reveal budget plan today
WBRZ-TV
Gov. Bobby Jindal says his proposed $24.7 billion budget for next year relies heavily on privatization plans for LSU's charity hospitals to offset the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal Medicaid funding. ...
NOAA satellite failure ‘would be felt around the world’
WAFB-TV
Manship Theatre to receive facelift as part of Shaw Center upgrades
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Both private and public funds comprised the $2.33 million in improvements to the Shaw Center. The Center is jointly operated by the state, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and the LSU Foundation. ...
Our Views: Take poet’s good advice
The Advocate
In an age when the decline of reading is widely lamented — and in an era when poetry rarely gets much attention at the bookstore — we’re heartened by poet Maya Aneglou’s sold-out appearance at LSU’s Student Union Theater. ...
Reception celebrates registrar workers’ retirement
Daily Reveille
Assistant registrars Patricia Lee and Pat Yancey celebrated more than 80 years of combined service for the University on Thursday at their retirement reception in the University Suite Stadium Club. ...