March 7, 2013
LSU, BRCC collaborates on Tiger Bridge program
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Nearly 200 students will be taking courses at Baton Rouge Community College while living at LSU beginning fall 2013, which is a new agreement between the two institutions, the university announced Wednesday. …
LSU and BRCC collaborate on Tiger Bridge Program
Daily Reveille
Starting next fall, some Baton Rouge Community College students will have the opportunity to live on LSU campus as a part of the Tiger Bridge Program, according to BRCC and University officials. ...
Program "bridges" BRCC with LSU
WAFB-TV
LSU officials announced a new Tiger Bridge Program Wednesday, which will allow students who are taking courses at Baton Rouge Community College to live on the LSU campus. The program is mostly for students who may have fallen short on the admission requirements to get into LSU. ...
New president will shape reorganization
Daily Reveille
While Tuesday’s Transition Advisory Team meeting was another step toward determining which combination of reorganization models will work best for the University, those leading the transition process say the next LSU president must shape the final structure. …
Reveille pursues names of LSU presidential candidates
Daily Reveille
The Daily Reveille submitted a series of public records requests Wednesday for the names of the 30 potential candidates in the search for the new LSU System President position. …
Our View: Presidential names should be open to the public, we hope university won’t reject public records request
Daily Reveille
A public records request is gold to a journalist. On Wednesday, we used that gold four different times as we requested records detailing finalists for the LSU System President and Chancellor position from current Interim System President and Chancellor William “Bill” Jenkins …
University professor writes book on finding white racial identity
Daily Reveille
Assistant professor of elementary education and foundations Kenneth Varner is challenging American teachers to rethink their racial identities — but not the teachers most might expect. …
TEDxLSU to feature LGBT activist
Daily Reveille
Local LGBT activist and 2011 University graduate Tucker Barry has been chosen to speak about the power of amateurs and their ability to create change at Saturday’s TEDxLSU event at the Reilly Theatre in the Music and Dramatic Arts Building. …
Report: Small firms play big role in job creation
The Advocate
Masingill, who was in Baton Rouge on Wednesday to tour the Louisiana Business and Technology Center at LSU, said small companies play more of a role in job creation in the Mississippi Delta compared with the rest of the nation because so much of the area is rural. ...
Baton Rouge Turns Up the Heat With New Startups
Entrepreneur
About 80 miles up the Mississippi River from New Orleans, Baton Rouge is the state capital, a petrochemical and manufacturing hub and home to Louisiana State University's flagship campus. ...
LSU students take stand against bullying with project
WBRZ-TV
A group of LSU students took their class project into other classrooms around Baton Rouge. The anti-bullying campaign, "To Be Honest," was created by the LSU PRSSA Bateman Team. ...
VAWA passage could affect University protocol
Daily Reveille
The recent passage of the Violence Against Women Act might affect University protocol, according to Summer Steib, director of the University Women’s Center. …
LSU grad appears on new season of ‘Fashion Star’
The Advocate
The LSU graduate and Austin, Texas, resident has lived and worked in New York, and recently competed on NBC’s “Fashion Star” in Los Angeles, but when it’s time to design clothes for her fashion line, Pearl Southern Couture, her Texas and Louisiana background ...
EKL, clinics reduce services
The Advocate
Staff levels at LSU’s Earl K. Long Medical Center and its clinics have declined so much that LSU officials have had to reduce both inpatient and outpatient clinic services to the poor and working uninsured in the Baton Rouge area. ...
LSU plans new tennis facility
Daily Reveille
LSU is planning to build a new tennis complex that will include six indoor courts, 12 outdoor courts and a bigger viewing area for fans. The current stadium — W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium — has hosted the team’s home matches since 1976, …
Lupe Fiasco to headline at Groovin’ on the Grounds
Daily Reveille
This year’s Groovin’ on the Grounds will be headlined by rapper Lupe Fiasco. The annual free concert will also feature Grace Potter, YelaWolf and student band Levee Daze. The concert will be at 6 p.m. on April 13 on the Parade Ground. …