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This Week in Pictures | 05/26/2012 - 06/01/2012

New Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost Stuart Bell was on campus this week preparing for his start date later this summer. Bell will begin at LSU on Aug. 2. On Wednesday, May 16, the LSU College of Engineering unveiled the new L. H. Bossier Asphalt Laboratory in Patrick F. Taylor Hall. Bryan Bossier, president and CEO of Diamond B Construction Co., is pictured above while speaking at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Pictured at the ribbon cutting ceremony were (l-to-r) LSU professors Louay N. Mohammad and George Z. Voyiadjis, Diamond B Construction Co. President and CEO Bryan Bossier, Renee Bossier and LSU Chancellor Mike Martin.
LSU honored its proud military heritage with a Memorial Day ceremony on Wednesday, May 30. The wreath-laying ceremony offers a visible remembrance of the soldiers who have proudly served in America's armed forces and have given their lives to preserve our freedoms. During the Memorial Day ceremony the names of Army Capt. Aaron Dale Istre and Navy Chief Petty Officer Robert James Reeves, both of whom were killed in Afghanistan while serving their country, were unveiled on the Wall of Honor. Their families were presented an etched rendering of their name on the wall. Cliff Vannoy, executive vice president of the LSU Alumni Association; Jim Reeves, father of Robert Reeves; William Jenkins, LSU System interim president; Victoria Cormier, mother of Aaron Istre; Norman Deumite, president of the Cadets of the Ole War Skule; and Lane Carson, secretary of the Louisiana Office of Veterans Affairs.
Members of the LSU Color Guard who presented the colors during LSU's annual Memorial Day ceremony. LSU System Interim President William Jenkins addressed the crowd at LSU's annual Memorial Day ceremony at the War Memorial on the Parade Ground. LSU Professor Terry Patrick Harris, professional-in-residence at the LSU College of Music & Dramatic Arts, sang the national anthem at LSU's annual Memorial Day ceremony.
Storm clouds roll in over the Memorial Tower. LSU's Tiger Stadium hosted the annual Bayou Country Superfest on Memorial Day weekend. The two-day event saw performances by country superstars including Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean and Dierks Bentley. Country superstar Keith Urban dons an LSU shirt during his performance at the annual Bayou Country Superfest in Tiger Stadium.

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