Around Campus
In Focus BMLI Fellows – The eight secondyear Black Male Leadership Initiative (BMLI) Fellows are representative of the twenty-five students taking part in the self-selected program serving LSU undergraduate males of color. Fellows participate in academic and professional workshops that provide opportunities in applying for nationally competitive internships and research programs.
Second-year BMLI Fellows, from left, Jarvis Flowers, Jordan Hicks, Anthony Jenkins, Dominique McShan, Zackari Murphy, Isaiah Alexander, Sidney Brinson, and Nolan Knight.
Olinde Career Center Director Mary Feduccia, Student Union Executive Director Margo Carrol, Anne Marie Marmande, Dr. Henry Olinde, Secretary of Louisiana Economic Development Stephen Moret, President and Chancellor F. King Alexander, Student Life & Enrollment Vice Chancellor Kurt Keppler, Student Government President Clay Tufts, and Jamie Segar.
Ribbon Cutting – LSU and state officials cut the ribbon on the Olinde Career Center in the Student Union on Sept. 2 officially bringing together LSU’s career services operations in one convenient, central location on campus. Center Director Mary Feduccia presided over the ceremony, and remarks were given by President and Chancellor F. King Alexander, Student Life & Enrollment Vice Chancellor Kurt Keppler, Secretary of Louisiana Economic Development Stephen Moret, and LSU Student Body President Clay Tufts. Donors and corporate partners who helped make the project a reality were recognized, and special thanks was given to the Olinde family for their support. Visit http://students.lsu.edu/careercenter. Photo by Eddy Perez
34 LSU Alumni Magazine | Winter 2014