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Volume 1, Issue 5, February 2010

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BP gives $2.5 million to SU, LA schools

Gree5ngs SU Family,

The newsle6er this month is one that reflects the diversity of talents and strengths of the Southern Family that have made us so strong over our 130 year history. This publica5on also reflects our accelerated movement towards dis5nc5on as an academic enterprise.

In these pages, you will read about student achievement, faculty and staff service to the community and their discipline, and community support from our stakeholders. I salute the accomplishments of our students, celebrate the hard work of our faculty and staff, and invite the community to partner with us like never before.

The Southern University System has a unique role to play in the future of Louisiana. However, the 5me has come upon us to show the world “the magic” we make. In the coming issues, I hope that we can increase our coverage of SU – success.

I am honored to have been entrusted with the leadership of this sacred ins5tu5on and the efforts reflected in these pages and the stories/lives they mirror make me proud to be your interim leader. We are five campuses, with one vision and global excellence is our goal!

Yours for Southern, Kassie Freeman, Ph.D. Interim President

The BP Founda0on awarded a $2.5 million grant to six Louisiana schools including Southern University. On hand during the January 29 press conference at BP’s oilfield facili0es near Houma were (le! – right) Mwalimu J. Shujaa, provost and execu0ve vice-Chancellor, SUBR; Andrea Jefferson, assistant vice-president for Ins0tu0onal Advancement, SUS; James Dupree, senior vice president, BP; Tony M. Clayton, chairman, SU Board of Supervisors; Mary Landrieu, U.S. Senator (D-LA); Katara Williams, director of media rela0ons, SUS; Francesca Mellion Williams, project director, Office of Research, SUBR; Charlie Melancon, U.S. Representa0ve (D-LA), and Ernie Troy Hughes, special assistant to the president and execu0ve director of the Founda0on, SUS.

Southern University and A&M College was one of six Louisiana colleges and universi5es to share in a $2.25 million grant from the BP Founda5on.

The grants, announced Friday, January, 29 at BP’s oilfield facili5es near Houma, will support math and science enrichment programs, as well as scholarships and curriculum enhancement for technical programs that provide training for jobs in the oil and gas industry.

“We believe in the power of partnerships in the communi5es in which we operate,” said Lamar McKay, chairman and president of BP America. “Our investment will offer students the skills necessary to enter and succeed in the local workforce.”

Schools receiving grants are: Southern, Dillard University, Xavier University of Louisiana, Delgado Community College, L.E. Fletcher Technical Community College, and Sowela Technical Community College.

Southern, Dillard, and Xavier will conduct intensive science and math summer enrichment campus for high-school students.

Annual grant awards to ins5tu5ons range from $50,000 to $275,000 per year.

SU mourns loss of Rep. Avon Honey

The Southern University System family mourns the loss of Louisiana State Representa5ve Avon Honey. Honey was a Southern University alumnus and a long-5me SUBR employee.

Rep. Avon Honey

“Representa5ve Honey’s un5mely death is a tragic loss for the Southern University System family, East Baton Rouge Parish, and the en5re State of Louisiana.” said Interim President Kassie Freeman. “We are all going to miss such a truly respected friend and leader. I join the Board of Supervisors and the en5re Southern University System family in extending my hear4elt condolences to his wife Linda and family. My prayers will certainly be with them in the days and weeks to come.”

Representa5ve Honey was known throughout the Southern University System as a visionary leader and extraordinary public servant. He was a true advocate for the Southern University System and higher educa5on. Honey always put the needs of District 63 first, and his outstanding legacy will forever live on throughout the North Baton Rouge community.

Representa5ve Honey’s legisla5ve district, District 63, encompassed three of the Southern University System’s campuses – Southern University at Baton Rouge, Southern University Law Center, and Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center.

A “Celebra5on of Life” service was held in his honor on February 19 at the F. G. Clark Ac5vity Center.

Margaret M. Corley, a second-year law student, has been named first prize winner in the American Bar Associa5on (ABA) Health Law Sec5on Legal Wri5ng Compe55on.

Wilbert R. Jones, assistant director, purchasing, SUBR, was selected as the recipient of the 2010 MLK Unity Celebra5on's Unsung Hero Award from Southern University.

Wilbert Jones

Jones who was chosen by the Student Government Associa5on and MLK Unity Celebra5on Commi6ee, was presented the award during the 2010 MLK Unity Celebra5on on January 27 at the LSU Lod Cook Alumni Center.

The award was designed to showcase and give recogni5on to those individuals that have humbly contributed to the success of programs and involvement for the be6erment of the ins5tu5on and community at large.

“To be recognized, by the students and the staff, for doing your job, is truly an honor that I will cherish for a life5me,” said Jones.

Black History month ac5ve at SUNO

The Center for African and African-American Studies at Southern University at New Orleans announces Black History Month Calendar of Events.

The 2010 theme, “The History of Black Economic Empowerment,”provides an opportunity to reflect on the financial progress of Black America in the 21st century.

Margaret M. Corley

Corley of Lafaye6e, Louisiana, wins a $500 honorarium, airfare, hotel for two nights and a $50 per diem for two days to a6end the Emerging Issues in Health Law Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, in February.

Her paper, “Disease or Depriva5on: The State’s Authority to Quaran5ne, Depriving the Individuals of Their Cons5tu5onal Liberty, in the Shadow of H1N1,” will be published in The Health Lawyer, a bimonthly magazine published by the ABA that provides informa5ve ar5cles on a wide range of areas in the health law field.

“We salute Ms. Corley for her achievement. It brings honor to the en5re SU family,” said SU Interim President Kassie Freeman.

Program sponsors include SUNO’s Center for African and African-American Studies, Title III Program, Lyceum Commi6ee, Addison C. Carey Poli5cal Science Club, library, and the College of Business and Public Administra5on.

All events are free and open to the public.

"Contribu5ons from Blacks to the U.S. Economy" Visual Display Exhibit Library (Lake Campus 27) February 1 through February 26 2 p.m. daily

Wednesday, February 10 Lake Campus 43 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

George Amedee, “Africa: Is it African-Americans' Path to Economic Empowerment?”

Thursday, February 11 Lake Campus 43 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Alia Chanel Gant, American University Interna5onal, “AfroBrazilian and Afro-Americans: Experiences of an African American in Brazil.”

Thursday, February 18th Lake Campus 43 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

George Amedee, “Black Poli5cal and Economic Empowerment.”

Tuesday, February 23rd Lake Campus 43 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Frank Mar5n, chair, business entrepreneurship, College of Business and Public Administra5on “Black Economic Empowerment through Human Capital Investment and Occupa5onal Diversifica5on.”

6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Lora Helvie-Mason, Undergraduate voices speaking out: Black history and our genera5on in Lake Campus 6B. Wednesday, February 24th Lake Campus 43 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Sula (of Zion Trinity) Women ’s Health and Wellness Forum and Breast Cancer Survivors.

Thursday, Feb 25th - Closing Ceremony Lake Campus 43 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Speaker: Samuel Collins: Historic Stringfellow Orchards Property, Texas, “Another Day Another Dollar”

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SUBR among U.S. News top 5er HBCUs third year in a row

For the third consecu5ve year, Southern University and A&M College has been cited as a Top Tier school among Historically Black Colleges and Universi5es by U.S. News & World Report.

Southern finished 29th na5onally among HBCUs in the latest survey, an improvement of one spot from the previous year. There were 80 HBCUs eligible to be ranked, according to U.S. News.

The rankings take into account freshmen reten5on rates, gradua5on rates, faculty, financial resources, alumni giving, and peer assessments.

To qualify for the U.S. News ranking, an HBCU has to be an undergraduate baccalaureate-gran5ng ins5tu5on that enrolls primarily first-year, first-5me students and must have been a school that was currently part of the 2010 America's Best Colleges rank-

ings. In total there were 80 HBCU colleges and universi5es eligible to be ranked.

Jaguars announce 34 football signees, 2010 schedule Southern University and A&M College announced 34 signees a%er the first day of the early signing period of Na5onal Le6ers of Intent for football.

“I am extremely pleased with what our team has been able to come up with in such a short period of 5me”, says Livonia “Stump” Mitchell, SUBR’s first-year head coach.

“We are basically talking a three week span, and my coaches worked hard to get this done,” Mitchell added.

SUBR held its annual “Football Recrui5ng Bash” February 3 in the north end zone fieldhouse at A.W. Mumford Stadium where

DATE Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 27 Dec. 11 SU System News, page 3

Mitchell discussed the 2010 signing class.

2010 Southern Football Signees

Player Pos. Javon Allen LB Charles Barkins OL Christopher Bernard RB Jordan Bilbo WR DʼVonn Brown TE Travis Clark FB Christopher Colwell S Darius Deloach RB Dallas Fort RB Aaron Hall OL Stepfan Henderson CB Dwayne Houston OL Rashaad Hoyle CB Dray Joseph QB Detrane Lindsey LB Todd Mabry CB Cantrell McKinley SS/RB Wynton Perro QB

Southern University Jaguars 2010 Football Schedule

OPPONENT SWAC/MEAC Challenge Arkansas-Monticello at Alabama A&M Arkansas-Pine Bluff Mississippi Valley St. at Jackson State at Prairie View at Alcorn St. Texas Southern Alabama St. x-Grambling St. SWAC Championship

School Edna Karr O. Perry Walker Westbury Lamar Lamar Consol.

Edna Karr Manville Dunbar Tara Central Zachary Northside Roswell West St. John BT Wash/Hou Amite Liberty-Eylau BT Wash/Hou

LOCATION Orlando, FL Baton Rouge Huntsville, AL Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Jackson, MS Houston Lorman, MS Baton Rouge Baton Rouge New Orleans Birmingham, AL

TIME TBA 6 p.m.

TBA 6 p.m.

6 p.m.

TBA TBA TBA 6 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

1 p.m.

TBA

x-Bayou Classic Notes: game times are subject to change, Homecoming game TBA

Kesean Peterson .Johnathan Preston Jaleel Richardson Jordan Rose William Waddel Franchot West John White Jamal Williams Stanley Williams Jr. Virgil Williams Roosevelt Wright

Transfers Julius McGee David Henderson Kedy Enabulele Chris Little Artis Sullivan

LB/TE OL WR S WR LB LB ATH DE ATH WR

Charlton County Dawson Warren Easton Dawson BT Wash/Hou Stephenson John Curtis Lamar Consol.

Zachary Evangel Christian Capitol Academy

OL OL DL OL OL

Copiah Lincoln CC Hinds CC Kilgore JC NW Miss. JC Coahoma JC

‘Human Jukebox’ a shining star among marching bands The Southern University Marching Band is enjoying another season of exci5ng performances to enthusias5c crowds on and off the field. Last fall, the “Human Jukebox” kicked off another spectacular season with a “thrilling” hal%ime tribute to the late ar5st Michael Jackson, during the football season opener against UL Lafaye6e. The performance earned rave reviews and a volume of online hits from a “You Tube” video capturing the unique commemora5ve show.

The SU Marching Band recently traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to par0cipate in the 2010 Honda Ba1le of the Bands along with bands from eight other HBCUs. Not surprisingly, the “Band from Jaguarland” stole the show. The marching band champions provided a superior show before a crowd of more than 55,000 in the Georgia Dome for the event.

The band’s success is measured by the excitement of its vast and diverse audiences. Look around during any band performance and fans of all ages are rocking to the beat of the drumline, or swaying to the familiar sound of a Top 40 tune, and being mesmerized by the crea0ve dance moves of the fast-stepping band members and dance team.

A short 5me later, the marching band gave hometown fans in the Louisiana Superdome quite a treat as the hal%ime entertainment for the first home game of the New Orleans Saints.

lege marching bands. (h'p://www.ny&mes.com/2009/12/27/arts/dance/27ma rching.html)

“While there are dozens of superb bands marching their way across football fields in the United States, two that exemplify a consistently high standard of marching are the Human Jukebox of Southern University here and A&M College and the Ohio State University Marching Band,” wrote Gia Kourlas.

An historic highlight to begin 2010 was the SU Marching Band’s show stopping half-5me performance before the “Who

The highly an5cipated act during Bayou Classic weekend, the band always lives up to its reputa5on by providing a spectacular show at the Ba6le of the Bands and Greek Step Show and an unforge6able display of showmanship during hal%ime Audiences are captured by the powerful sound and talent of the musicians and expert choreography of the Dancing Dolls under the direc0on of Lawrence Jackson. at the annual football game against Grambling State University.

Dat” na5on in the Louisiana Superdome when the New Orleans Saints defeated the Audiences are tuned in and captured by Minnesota Vikings in the NFL’s NFC Chamthe powerful sound and talent of the musi- pionship game. cians and expert choreography of the Dancing Dolls under the direc5on of The “Human Jukebox” became part of Lawrence Jackson. history as the New Orleans’s NFL franchise won its first berth to a Super Bowl.

The SU Marching Band remains a posi5ve program and has achieved celebrated sta“We were blessed and honored to be on tus as one of the na5on’s top college such a tremendous stage as the NFC Chambands. Dedicated to the art of music while pionship game to represent Southern Uniproviding fresh and unique entertainment versity,” said Jackson, director of bands at with a crea5ve flare, the 176-member band Southern University. enjoys a long list of awards and achievements and has a resume of appearances on The Jaguar Band treated the crowd to local, na5onal, and interna5onal venues. several songs from the 1990s, including the popular New Kids on the Block selec5on Step by Step.

In late 2009, the band was profiled in a New York Times ar5cle on successful colcon nued on page 5

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and diverse audiences. Look around during any band performance and fans of all ages are rocking to the beat of the drumline, or swaying to the familiar sound of a Top 40 tune, and being mesmerized by the crea5ve dance moves of the fast-stepping band members and dance team.

This talented, world-traveled Southern University Marching Band is a state and na5onal treasure nurtured by Jackson along with assistants Carnell Knighten and Nathan Haymer.

Here’s another chance for the Jaguar Na5on to support its “champion” marching band.

The talented, world-traveled Southern University Marching Band is a state and na0onal treasure nurtured by director Lawrence Jackson along with assistants Carnell Knighten and Nathan Haymer.

SU Band, con&nued

During their rou5ne, the band spelled out Brees’ name, and capped off the performance with their rendi5on of the Michael Jackson hit Thriller, complete with the en5re band breaking out into the Thriller dance.

In the spirit of Black History Month, SportsNa5on asks, which is the best HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universi5es) band in the land? Vote for the “Human Jukebox” at: h'p://sports.espn.go.com/sportsna&on/r ank/_/listId/512/versionId/1#topOfList Vote as many 5mes as you want!

Most recently, the SU Marching Band traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to par5cipate in the 2010 Honda Ba6le of the Bands along with bands from eight other HBCUs. Not surprisingly, the “Band from Jaguarland” stole the show. The marching band champions provided a superior show before a crowd of more than 55,000 in the Georgia Dome for the event.

The Dancing Dolls celebrated their 40th anniversary during SUBR homecoming ac0vi0es last fall. From the original eight who debuted before an enthusias0c crowd in the Houston Astrodome in 1969 to today’s talented team of young ladies, the Dancing Dolls have entertained audiences with grace, beauty, and talent for 40 years and have upheld remarkable standards on and off the field that young women have long admired and aspired to.

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Interim President Kassie Freeman, who a6ended the Honda Ba6le of the Bands, said the SU Marching Band’s performance was awesome.

“The ‘Human Jukebox’ band was the highlight of the compe55on.

Nothing before or a%er compared to the Jaguar band performance,” said Freeman. We are just so proud of them.”

The SU band’s success is measured by the excitement of its vast

Interim President Kassie Freeman, who a1ended the Honda Ba1le of the Bands, said the SU Marching Band’s performance was awesome. Freeman is an ardent supporter and enjoys visiting with the band in the stands during football games

SUNO enrollment nears 4,000; retains 86% of freshmen Southern University at New Orleans’ (SUNO) enrollment has increased to 93 percent of its pre-Hurricane Katrina enrollment of 3,647 students, according to preliminary Spring 2010 figures.

Currently, 3,391 students have enrolled this semester, represen5ng the ins5tu5on's highest enrollment since Hurricane Katrina.

This preliminary figure also includes 160 first-5me/full-5me freshmen and 176 transfer students. Twenty-two-percent of the transfer students joined SUNO from Delgado Community College, thanks in part to the ar5cula5on and 2+2 agreements signed last year between the ins5tu5ons which allow Delgado's students to seamlessly transfer to SUNO in order to pursue specific academic programs.

Southern University at New Orleans Chancellor Victor Ukpolo pictured with prospec0ve student during a “High School” day on the campus.

momentum for improvement in this area heading toward the next school year.

Addi5onal preliminary figures indicate that the University has retained 86 percent of its first-5me/full-5me freshmen who had enrolled in Fall 2009. This represents the highest fall-to-spring reten5on percentage for SUNO since 2003.

“These preliminary enrollment and reten5on figures are very encouraging. They mean that more individuals are con5nuing to make SUNO their choice for pursuing higher educa5onal opportuni5es,” said Victor Ukpolo, SUNO’s chancellor.

The Louisiana Board of Regents officially calculates reten5on percentages from fallto-fall. However, the 86 percent reten5on rate this semester gives SUNO tremendous

“Our new student housing is a great addi5on, and we look forward to experiencing the increased pool of students from around the state, na5on and world that this amenity promises to bring.”

Chancellor Ukpolo credits the improvement to an aggressive all-hands-on-deck approach to communica5ng with students, including using faculty and staff members who hadn't previously worked directly with reten5on to call students, visit their homes and classrooms to address academic and, occasionally, personal issues which may adversely affect school performance, and work directly with their academic advisors.

SU Ag Center annual livestock show starts March 11 Young farmers and ranchers from across the state are gearing up for the 67th Annual State Livestock and Poultry Show hosted by the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, March 11-13.

featuring a variety of small farm animals, will open Friday, March 12. Tour guides will discuss different animals, their food sources, farming and how agriculture affects every-

They are grooming, weighing, and even breeding their champion animals in prepara5on for the two-day compe55on to be held at the Maurice A. Edmond Livestock Show Arena on Highway 61N in Alsen.

The show features animals that have been showcased or have won in parish compe55ons. During the two-day event, judges will name the state champions in various breeds of beef and dairy ca6le, hogs, sheep, lamb, and goats. The all-5me favorite mini-farm, SU System News, page 6

one’s lives. The show will also have face pain5ng, food, cra% booths, and the Hall of Louisiana Agriculture, un5l 1 pm Friday for local school groups.

Winners will receive premiums, rose6es, ribbons, and silver pla6ers. An awards presenta5on for exhibitors of champion market animals in the show will be held Saturday, March 13, at 8 a.m. and will be immediately followed by the Junior Auc5on Sale at 10:30 a.m.. Prize meats (beef, lamb, pork, and goat) are available for pre-sale now, as well as during the auc5on.

Weigh in for animals and contestant check in begin March 11. School groups and families are invited to a6end this free event.

To pre-order meat or register a group, visit www.suagcenter.com

Across the System, SU reaches out to Hai5 On Tuesday, January 12 a catastrophic 7.0 earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Hai5.

the heart-wrenching photos of the vic5ms, especially the children, who have lost everything, “ said Lomotey.

A student town hall mee5ng to discuss the relief effort was held Wednesday, January 20, in A.A. Lenoir Hall.

In addi5on to the massive damage, more than 170,00 lives were lost as a result of the tragedy.

“In this 5me of overwhelming need by the people of Hai5, it is incumbent upon the Southern University family--the Jaguar Na5on--to help,” he added.

Funds collected for the Southern University Law Center Hai5 Relief Effort will be donated to Lespwa Worldwide, according to Feraud D. Calixte, a member of the student commi6ee leading the ini5a5ve.

The Southern University family joins the world community in reaching out to do its part in efforts to provide support and aid to our Hai5an brothers and sisters.

Interim President Kassie Freeman and campus chancellors have issued statements and appealed to faculty, staff, and students to become involved in the humanitarian drive to provide immediate aid to the Caribbean na5on.

Southern University and A&M College professors Warner Anderson, Kristan Gordon, and Ernst Pierre have started the Southern University Hai5 Disaster Relief Drive.

The Center for Interna5onal Educa5on on the Baton Rouge campus is providing assistance through financial dona5ons, along with other items that will aid in emergency relief.

“On behalf of the Southern University System, I offer our support and sympathy to everyone affected by the recent disaster,” said Freeman.

A%er discussing several organiza5ons, Calixte, who has family members in Hai5, met with Jeremy Schurke, one of the founders of Lespwa Worldwide, and was impressed by his presenta5on and with the work that his group has already done in Hai5.

“Many organiza5ons have mobilized to assist the relief efforts in Hai5, and I urge members of the Southern family to join in these efforts. I urge all members of the community to engage and support any legi5mate relief efforts. Now more than ever our prayers and assistance are greatly needed,” Freeman urged.

A priority is reaching out to SU faculty, staff, and students whose rela5ves and friends from Hai5 may have been impacted by the tragedy.

The Baton Rouge Advocate interviewed several Hai5an faculty and staff members and ran a feature story on associate dean of engineering Patrick Carriere who lost several family members as a result of the earthquake.

SUBR Chancellor Kofi Lomotey said the Southern University family joins the rest of the world in prayer for the people of Hai5.

“Our words of love, sympathy, and caring at this 5me seem so insignificant when we see the unbelievable devasta5on and loss of life caused by the recent magnitude-7 earthquake. There are no words to describe

Lespwa Worldwide is a nonprofit organiza5on started in the summer of 2006 by a group of college students who are dedicated to helping the children of Hai5. The organiza5on partners with an established local ministry in Hai5 to accomplish its goal of building and suppor5ng orphanages. The group also helps sponsor children to receive an educa5on.

The SU Ag Center has had a long history with Partners of the Americas, and many SU faculty and staff have travelled with them on many development projects in El Salvador, Louisiana’s southern partner. Re5red Ag Center animal scien5st James McNi6 has worked in Hai5 to develop a rabbit project which now involves more than 700 rabbit farmers.

SULC Chancellor Freddie Pitcher Jr. announced the Southern University Law Center Hai5 Relief Effort, led by law students and supported by faculty and staff, to aid and assist the popula5on in Hai5 affected by the earthquake.

The disaster hits close to home for the SULC family, which comprises current students and alumni from Hai5.

Through the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Louisiana has offered the U.S. State Department and FEMA resources to assist in the Hai5an disaster response efforts, including more than 65,000 MREs and thousands of bo6les of water being donated by Lipsey Mountain Springs Water.

Addi5onally, the Na5onal Associa5on for Equal Opportunity in Higher Educa5on (NAFEO) is organizing a na5onal fundraiser to assist with relief efforts.

Dona5ons can be brought to the SUBR Center for Interna5onal Educa5on, Room 1100 in T.H. Harris Hall, located on Elton C. Harris Drive.

For more informa5on on SUBR's Hai5 Disaster Relief Drive, contact Warner Anderson at (225) 771-2613.

For more informa5on on the SULC Hai5 Relief Fund, contact commi6ee treasurer, Sannes5ne For5n, at (813) 732-6615 or Sfor5n@ sulc.edu.

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Ag Center agent joins Louisiana 4-H Team Southern University Ag Center area agent Edna Lastrapes joins the six-member team represen5ng the Louisiana 4-H Youth Development program.

The team was selected to par5cipate in the Building PartEdna Lastrapes nerships for Youth’s Spotligh5ng Posi5ve Youth Development program offered through a partnership between Na5onal 4-H Council and the University of Arizona. According to the Louisiana 4-H Club, the selec5on for the conference was very compe55ve with fewer than 15 percent of applicants being accepted.

“I expect to develop greater knowledge of how posi5ve youth development can address the many issues facing youth in Louisiana with a focus on the issues faced by youth in the Southwest Center's service region,” said Lastrapes.

The effort will provide the team with an opportunity to learn ways to coordinate efforts of deliberate incorpora5on of posi5ve youth development into programs and policies.

According to Louisiana 4-H, the overall goal of the program is to produce a systems-level impact that supports youth throughout the state.

“With this knowledge, our team will design a plan to build greater capacity by forming a coali5on and offering a youth development conference for youth and adult teams throughout the state, which will include students and adults who I am currently working with,” said Lastrapes who organizes the youth programs of the Southwest Center for Rural Ini5a5ves’ 10-parish region.

“By crea5ng a coali5on and facilita5ng collabora5on, the goal will be to engage youth in posi5ve development experiences with caring adults yielding a be6er informed, healthy, and supported youth,” she said.

Members of Louisiana’s team are: Eve Franchebois, Collegiate 4-H David Free, Collegiate 4-H and pastor, Memorial Bap5st Church Lane6e Hebert, regional 4-H coordinator, Louisiana 4-H, LSU AgCenter Edna Lastrapes, area agent, youth development, Southern University Trey Williams, Department of Social Services, State of Louisiana John Wyble, Louisiana CASA Associa5on The team will par5cipate in a three-day kickoff conference in Chevy Chase, Maryland, in February. The conference will be followed with monthly, Web-based conferences throughout the year.

The Southwest Center for Rural Ini5a5ves is a satellite en5ty of the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center.

The Center’s mission is to promote socioeconomic development within a 10-parish region. For more informa5on, please contact Lastrapes at (337) 943-2410.

SUBR to host new series of workshops in Scotlandville

Helping senior ci5zens and physically and mentally challenged persons in the Scotlandville area receive local, state, and federal assistance will be the subject of a series of workshops to be conducted by Southern University and A&M College.

SUBR’s School of Architecture’s Urban + Rural Community Design Research Center designed the workshops a%er spending several months last year conduc5ng a “listening tour” which allowed Scotlandville residence to discuss issues of importance in their community.

The workshops will be held from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., at the Scotlandville Branch Library, 7373 Scenic Highway.

The February 23 workshop will focus on business startup and business development.

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Richard L. McCline, assistant professor and James A. Joseph Endowed Chair in Small and Minority Business Enterprise, in the SUBR College of Business, will be the workshop’s lecturer.

McCline earned his doctorate degree from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business in organiza5onal behavior. His areas of research interest include entrepreneurship and factors affec5ng venture crea5on and development.

He began his career in consul5ng as a senior associate for James A. Lowery and Associates. McCline quickly gained a reputa5on for effec5vely and efficiently managing some of Lowery’s largest contracts with the U.S. Department of Transporta5on, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and The U.S. Department of Defense and Energy.

Three more workshops will be held on the following dates: * March 2 – Vision kickoff mee5ng/ workshop * March 9 – Community policing * March 30 – Landscaping, flooding, and drainage issues The workshops are free and open to the Scotlandville community and others interested in the focus of the mee5ngs. For more informa5on, contact Jason Lockhart at 225.771.3015.

SUSLA’s Black History Month ac5vi5es slated Black History Month at Southern University at Shreveport is set to be full of events that feature though4ul debate, pride in past African-American culture, enhancing the lives of children of all ages, and speeches from some of today’s most engaging and well known speakers.

Annual Na&onal Give Kids a Smile Day Friday, February 5 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

SUSLA Metro Campus, 610 Texas Street Almost 80 third-graders from Werner Park Elementary School received free dental services from local prac55oners and dental hygiene students Friday, February 5 at SUSLA Metro Center.

The event, part of the na5onwide, “Give Kids A Smile” program sponsored by the American Dental Associa5on in recogni5on of Na5onal Children's Dental Health Month, stressed the importance of cavity preven5on and focused on families who don't always have the resources to afford proper dental care.

Judge Hatche1

Spring Convoca&on Guest Speaker – Judge Glenda A. Hatche' Wednesday, February 10 10 a.m.

Health and Physical Educa5on Complex

Judge Glenda Hatche6 encouraged students to move to higher ground and give voice to their dreams during Southern University-Shreveport's spring convoca5on on Wednesday, February 10.

Hatche6 shared with students her story about growing up in the South a%er Brown v. Board of Educa0on and the inequality in classrooms a%er the Supreme Court decision. When ripped and ta6ered books prevented her from reading stories aloud in class, Hatche6's father told her to write her own story.

Hatche6 had the crowd close their eyes and envision their dreams. They also were

instructed to yell them out loud in unison.

Through a Dreampost Campaign, Hatche6 is encouraging 1 million parents to join the movement and post their child's dreams near their bed as a daily reminder of what they can achieve.

Judge Hatche6 is also the author of the na5onal bestseller, Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say (Harper Collins, 2003), based on her extensive professional experiences as a jurist and her own personal experience as a mother of two boys.

The judge also serves as na5onal spokesperson for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), a non-profit volunteer organiza5on that trains volunteers to represent abused and neglected children and help them navigate the court system.

In May 2005, Judge Hatche6 received a special honor at the Mayor of New York City's residence, Gracie Mansion. Katherine Oliver, Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcas5ng, presented Judge Hatche6 with the Mayor's "Made In NY" award for her contribu5on to New York City's day5me television community.”

The Michael Baisden Live Na&onal Tour “Save Our Kids” Friday, February 19 6 p.m.

In front of the Health and Physical Educa5on Complex (Gymnasium)

Michael Baisden

out there and do something about it,” he said.

Baisden says organiza5ons like the Boys and Girls Clubs and Big Brothers, Big Sisters do not have enough money and do not have enough mentors.

Baisden’s radio career began in 2003 when 98.7 KISS FM in New York City offered him a posi5on as the a%ernoon drive-5me host. Because of budget constraints the sta5on was unable to offer him a salary. Baisden’s response was, ‘“Just give me the damned mic!” And sure enough, within six months, their a%ernoon drive ra5ngs went from number 9 to number 1.

A%er eight months of consistent high ratings, Baisden suggested taking his show na5onal but management was apprehensive, sugges5ng that New York wasn't ready. A few months later, Michael threatened to quit if management did not pursue a syndica5on deal.

He began a6rac5ng a6en5on with primarily female followers as author and publisher of the highly successful provoca5ve books, Never Sa0sfied: How and Why Men Cheat and The Maintenance Man. Annual SUSLA “Friendly” Black History Debate Wednesday, February 24 11 a.m.

Loca5on: Jesse Stone Science Lecture Hall

Syndicated radio host Michael Baisden’s 72-city tour stopped at Southern University at Shreveport Friday, February 19. He is traveling the country, stopping to talk about saving our kids.

Each year SUSLA’s, Student Support Services (SSS) sponsors a “Friendly” debate during the Black History Month Celebra5on, to offer a provoca5ve, informa5ve, inspired recogni5on of Black History Month.

On the na5onal tour he hopes to raise $1 million and recruit one million mentors.

Baisden says many fathers are missing in homes and everyone needs to get involved raising the younger genera5on.

This highly an5cipated event includes the par5cipa5on of community leaders, state and local poli5cians, faculty, staff, and students.

“You can't just shake your heads and talk about how bad the kids are, you got get

The annual debate is sponsored by SSS, a department in the Division of Academic Affairs, is a Federal Funded Program.

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SU Law Center journal holds symposium

Acclaimed Tu!s University professor delivers luncheon address

Peniel E. Joseph, a tenured professor of history at Tu%s University and the author of the award-winning Wai0ng ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narra0ve History of Black Power in America and Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama as well as editor of The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era and Neighborhood Rebels: Black Power at the Local Level, served as the keynote speaker for Southern University Law Center’s Journal of Race, Gender and Poverty Symposium Luncheon on Friday, February 19th.

Professor Joseph is the founder of a growing subfield in American History and Africana Studies that he has characterized as “Black Power Studies” which is ac5vely rewri5ng postwar American and AfricanAmerican History as well as related interdisciplinary fields of Africana Studies, law and society, sociology, poli5cal science, women’s

and ethnic studies, philosophy, anthropology, literary studies, and american studies to name a few.

He is a frequent na5onal commentator on issues of race, democracy, and civil rights who appears on C-SPAN’s Book TV, NPR , and PBS’s NewsHour. During the 2008 Democra5c and Republican Na5onal Conven5ons Professor Joseph provided historical commentary for the PBS NewsHour.

Peniel E. Joseph

Having earned his Ph.D. in American History from Temple University and a baccalaureate degree with a double major in African Studies and European History, Joseph has a dis5nguished teaching record. Prior to his current appointment at Tu%s, he was a professor at the pres5gious Brandeis University and served as scholar-in-residence at Brown University, from 2002 -2003.

The recipient of fellowships from Harvard University’s Charles Warren Center, the Woodrow Wilson Interna5onal Center for Scholars, and the Ford Founda5on, his essays have appeared in The Journal of American History, The Chronicle Review, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Book Forum, and The American Historical Review.

“This is such an honor for me,” says the 77-year old Jobe. “So many people have helped me throughout my career and they are the reason for this award. People like John McClendon, Clarence `Big House' Gaines, and so many others have helped to get where I am today. I have been truly blessed. This is the biggest honor I have ever had.”

Jobe went on to the NBA's Denver Nuggets (assistant coach and director of player personnel, 1980-81); Georgia Tech University (assistant coach, 1981-82); and Alabama A&M University (head coach, 1982-86). At A&M he posted a record of 8336 in four seasons, taking the Bulldogs to three SIAC championships and two NCAA Division II tournaments.

Jobe’s coaching career began at Cameron High School in Nashville in 1959. One year later he went to West Africa to coach junior college ball. He returned to the U.S. to coach at Talladega in 1964.

“It is an honor to be included in this pres5gious panel to commemorate the impressive career of my friend, Ben Jobe,” says Donnie Walsh, General Manager of the New York Knicks. “Ben was not only a great coach, but a wonderful mentor for genera5ons of young athletes. I consider it a privilege to have a vote for Coach of the Year honors.”

He is fluent in Hai5an Creole.

Award to be named for former SUBR basketball coach In its con5nued effort to recognize some of the greats that have coached the game, CollegeInsider.com announced the crea5on of the Ben Jobe Na5onal Coach of the Year award.

“Coach Jobe is one of the great coaches of our 5me," says CollegeInsider.com cofounder Joe Dwyer. "If he had coached at a high profile program he would be a household name. Today's game needs more people like Ben Jobe. He is a success as both a coach and a person. He truly is a legend in every sense of the word.”

Ben Jobe

Jobe, who spent the majority of his career coaching at historically black colleges, won 524 games in 31 years. He is best known for his accomplishments at Southern University.

During a 10-year stretch (1986-1995) he took the Jaguars to four NCAA tournaments and one NIT appearance. In 10 seasons he never posted a losing record at Southern.

Throughout the 1960s and in the decades that followed, Jobe established himself as a program builder. He changed the fortunes of Alabama State and South Carolina State where he took the Bulldogs to five NAIA Tournaments in five seasons. In 1979 Jobe took over at the University of Denver. The program had suffered through 11 straight losing seasons, but under Jobe's guidance the Pioneers finished 15-12 in his first season. One year later Denver won 20 games and had its first postseason invite since 1947.

The Ben Jobe Award will be presented annually to the top minority coach in Division I college basketball. The finalists for the award will be announced in early March and the winner will announced on Friday, April 2 at the Final Four NCAA Tournament in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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USDA awards $300,000 for leadership ins5tute at SUAREC Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced December 9 that the USDA is awarding more than $14 million in grants to organiza5ons throughout the country that will provide training and assistance to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.

The Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center will receive $300,000 in funding to support the Small Farmer Agricultural Leadership Ins5tute.

The Ins5tute is a two-year, course of study specifically designed to guide small, socially disadvantaged, limited resource farmers or minority farmers through the transforma5ve process of becoming successful agricultural entrepreneurs, said Dawn Mellion Pa5n, ins5tute director and agricultural specialist.

The ins5tute currently has 34 par5cipants and has graduated 58 farmers from 14 states.

According to USDA, the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers

and Ranchers (OASDFR) grant program enables socially disadvantaged producers to successfully acquire, own, operate, and retain farms and ranches, and to assure equitable par5cipa5on in the full range of USDA programs. A socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher is one of a group whose members have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice without regard to their individual quali5es.

Generally, socially disadvantaged producers who par5cipate in OASDFR-funded projects develop profitable new farming or ranching prac5ces, receive loans more rapidly, increase their farm or ranch income, con5nue farming or ranching longer and are less likely to go out of business.

This has been the case for the Southern University Ag Center's Ins5tute graduates, said Pa5n. Graduates have been appointed to the advisory boards of Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Educa5on and Southern Region Risk Management Ed-

uca5on programs, as well as, to state and local advisory boards and taskforces in eight states. “They have been invited to serve as panelists and keynote speakers at conferences all across the country. They are serving as model farmers in several states and their farms are used demonstra5on sites.

Three graduates have been selected as Small Farmers of the Year for their states.”

Graduates have also started farmers markets and Community Supported Agriculture ini5a5ves and are featured in educa5onal videos.

“Most importantly, (the graduates are) taking back to their communi5es what they have learned and sharing with others.” For more informa5on visit,h6p://agins5tute.suagcenter.com or contact Pa5n at (225) 771-2242 ext. 201.

SUBR Founders’ Day celebra5on to honor three alums Alumni Federa0on to sponsor Founders’ Day gala

On March 9, 2010, Southern University and A&M College will celebrate Founders Day marking 130 years of providing educa5onal opportuni5es to students from across the globe. To commemorate this milestone, the Southern University Alumni Federa5on (SUAF) will host its fourth annual Founders Day Gala, “A Celebra5on of Living Legends,” on Saturday, March 6.

This year’s honorees are SU alumni Emme6 W. Bashful (‘40), Elton C. Harrison (‘38), and Walter L. Johnson (‘50).

“I am proud our Alumni Federa5on has chosen such dis5nguished alumni. I am par5cularly proud that we are celebra5ng our own outstanding academicians,” said SU System Interim President Kassie Freeman.

The event will begin with a recep5on at 6:30 p.m. and the program is set for 7:30 p.m. in the Royal Co5llion Ballroom of the SU System News, page 12

Emme1 W. Bashful

Elton C. Harrison

Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union, Southern University and A&M College.

Cost for the Gala is $75 per person or $750 for a table of ten. The a7re is semiformal. In addi5on to the program, guests will be entertained with live music and served a three-course dinner.

“It is my hope that you will purchase 5ckets for this event for yourself, friends, and

Walter L. Johnson

family. This is going to be a great occasion to reconnect with fellow alums while observing the University’s rich heritage,” said Domoine Rutledge, president, SU Alumni Federa5on.

To reserve your 5ckets or a table please and for hotel informa5on contact Glinda Rutledge or Cynthia Robinson of the Office of Alumni Affairs at 225-771-4200.

SULC holds first hooding ceremony Southern University Law Center’s Fall 2009 graduates were recognized in a Hooding Ceremony Friday, January 15, 2010, in the Edward L. Pa6erson Moot Courtroom in A. A. Lenoir Hall.

For the first 5me, the Southern University Law Center (SULC) recognized its graduates with a special Hooding Ceremony, according to Chancellor Freddie Pitcher Jr. The SULC Commencement is held during the spring of each year. Since the opening of the part-5me Day Program in 2000 and part5me Evening Division in 2004, an increasing number of students have completed gradua5on requirements following the summer and fall semesters, becoming eligible to take the

Fall 2009 graduates show their apprecia0on to family and friends who supported them throughout their law studies, during the first SULC Hooding Ceremony held Friday, January 15, in the Edward L. Pa1erson Moot Courtroom.

bar examina5on in February prior to the SULC Spring Commencement. This special Hooding Ceremony does not take the

place of commencement. All graduates will con5nue to have their degrees conferred at Spring Commencement.

SUBR shortstop earns SWAC so%ball honor Southern University and A&M College’s Audrey Phillips was presented a preseason honor by The Southwestern Athle5c Conference (SWAC). In late January, SWAC announced that Phillips and Mississippi Valley State's Lisa Jansen, claimed 2010 preseason so%ball honors. The teams were voted on by the schools’ coaches and sports informa5on departments.

Phillips, a 5-foot-4 sophomore shortstop, has been named the 2010 Preseason Player of the Year. Phillips had an excep5onal

freshman campaign in 2009 for the Jaguars.

She ranked eighth in the conference and second on her team with a .370 ba7ng average. The Mansfield, Texas na5ve also finished the season ranked first in the SWAC in triples (8), third in hits (54), sixth in doubles (11) and eighth in runs scored (33). Her efforts helped guide the Jaguars to a number one seed in the Western division for the conference tournament as well as a spot in the 2009 championship game. Along with being named to the 2009 SWAC First-Team, Phillips garnered SWAC Freshman of the Year accolades.

Jansen was named the 2009 SWAC Pitcher and Newcomer of the Year and a first-team honoree.

Head So!ball Coach Nancy Marshall and members of the SU so!ball team recently visited Shiloh Missionary Church in Baton Rouge. The SU Jaguars are predicted to clench its SWAC division 0tle this season. Also, sophomore shortstop Audrey Phillips was named SWAC Preseason Player of the Year. Pictured with the team at Shiloh is Walter T. Tillman Jr., execu0ve associate to the vice president for academic and student affairs, SUS.

In the predicted order of finish, Southern and Mississippi Valley State have been selected to win its respec5ve divisions in 2010. The two teams have met in the conference tournament championship game five 5mes over the past six years. SU last won the 5tle in 2003.

In the Western division, Southern collected 11 firstplace votes en route to 77 vo5ng points.

Grambling State (two first-place votes) was second with 57 points while Audrey Phillips Arkansas-Pine Bluff (one first-place vote) was third with 47 points.

Texas Southern (one first-place vote) registered 43 points and Prairie View A&M (two first-place votes) tallied 31 to round out the Western division.

Mississippi Valley State led the way with seven players chosen for preseason honors four on first team. Southern had five representa5ves on the preseason team, while Alabama State had three selec5ons and Jackson State and Grambling State each had two. Alabama A&M, Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern all had one player on the preseason squad.

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SULC names new associate vc for financial affairs Terry R. Hall, chief financial officer for the Louisiana Family Recovery Corps in Baton Rouge, has been named associate vice chancellor for financial affairs at the Southern University Law Center.

Hall, who has been with the Recovery Corps since 2006, has more than 40 years of experience in public and private accoun5ng Terry R. Hall

and tax for non-profits, financial, construc5on, manufacturing, and retail organiza5ons.

“His wealth of experience in budge5ng, financial repor5ng, and financial planning for non-profit ins5tu5ons, including colleges and universi5es, makes him an excellent choice for this posi5on,” Chancellor Freddie Pitcher Jr., said.

The Baton Rouge na5ve succeeds long5me SULC chief financial officer Bertell Dixon, who died on November 14, 2009.

Hall formerly prac5ced 15 years in his own

CPA Firm and also served for 16 years as manager of general accoun5ng and financial planning for Copolymer Rubber and Chemical Corpora5on in Baton Rouge; and as senior accountant for Coopers & Lybrand in Boston, Massachuse6s, from 1970-1975. He is a member of the Society of Louisiana Cer5fied Public Accountants.

Hall is a 1971 graduate of Southern University with a bachelor of science in business administra5on, accoun5ng major.

SU wins ‘Spirit of UNCF’ vo5ng sweepstakes

More than 100 rival historically black colleges and universi5es (HBCUs) went headto-head for eight weeks in AT&T’s* "Spirit of UNCF” vo5ng sweepstakes. With the final numbers counted, AT&T announced Southern University and A&M College received the most votes to take the top spot and reign as the first HBCU to represent the Spirit of UNCF. AT&T created the sweepstakes to give HBCU students, alumni, and supporters a new way to show their school spirit and build excitement for the airing of UNCF’s An Evening of Stars® Tribute to Lionel Richie.

More than 21,000 na5onwide voted by text and online for their favorite HBCU. AT&T, for a third year, sponsored the broadcast of UNCF’s An Evening of Stars® as part of its con5nued commitment to educa5onal programs that support African-American communi5es across the country.

“I want to congratulate Southern University and the countless number of supporters who made it possible for them to hold the lead posi5on for four consecu5ve weeks, and ul5mately win,” said Jennifer L. Jones, vice president diverse markets, AT&T. “It is an honor for AT&T to present this fun and relevant program that lends itself to bringing awareness to a worthwhile cause like UNCF’s An Evening of Stars®, which is a SU System News, page 14

celebra5on of higher educa5on and America’s rising stars – college students,” added Jones.

While Southern University was the contest winner, the na5on’s HBCUs ba6led up to the end for the Spirit of UNCF 5tle. A less than 100 vote spread is proof Central Ohio’s Wilberforce University did not go down without a fight for the number one spot before securing its second place ranking. The following HBCUs made up the remaining top five schools receiving the most votes: Clark Atlanta University, Tennessee State University, and Langston University (Langston, Oklahoma).

Combined, the top five HBCUs claimed 35 percent of the total sweepstakes votes.

The Spirit of UNCF crown made Southern University eligible to take advantage of two incredible experiences: a campus-to-community technology educa5on fair powered

by AT&T Technology and an exclusive, Hollywood-styled red carpet campus viewing party, complete with a celebrity host from the 2010 UNCF An Evening of Stars® Tribute to Lionel Richie presented by Target. Both reward events occurred on Saturday, January 23, 2010, on the Southern University campus to coincide with the na5onal televised airing of An Evening of Stars® on ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, and CW affiliates and na5onally on BET Networks and WGN.

“From the thousands who cast votes around the country for their favorite school, it is evident that the rich tradi5ons and camaraderie among HBCUs is s5ll alive today,” said Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., UNCF president and CEO. "AT&T’s support of An Evening of Stars® ® helps to make it possible for us to do the work that ensures these ins5tu5ons, as well as the students educated by them, are sustained for many years to come."

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FEBRUARY

22 Kappa Alpha Psi, ‘Black Koffee: A Night of Poetry and Jazz’ Smith-Brown Memorial Union NAACP Forum Discussion: The Willie Lynch Discussion Part II 7 p.m.

313 T.T. Allain Hall 23 SUBR – Office of Sponsored Programs Electronic Proposal Prepara5on and Submission Workshops, through February 24 James B. Moore Hall 2nd Floor.

Morning and a!ernoon sessions are available.

Pre-registra0on is required. To register, contact OSP at 771-3890, ext. 208.

SUNO- Frank Mar5n, chair, business entrepreneurship, College of Business and Public Administra5on “Black Economic Empowerment through Human Capital Investment and Occupa5onal Diversifica5on.”

10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Lake Campus 43 Black History Month High School Poster Contest 6 p.m.

Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union SUNO- Lora Helvie-Mason, Undergraduate voices speaking out: Black history and our genera5on Lake Campus 6B. 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

U+ R Community Design Research Center Workshop Vision kickoof mee5ng/workshop 6 p.m.

Scotlandville Branch Library

The Southern University System Newsle6er is published monthly by the Southern University System to highlight news and accomplishments throughout the SU System. Campus news provided by the Office of Media Rela0ons (SUBR), the Office of Public Rela0ons (SUNO), Office of Communica0ons (SU Ag Center), Office of Publica0ons and Electronic Media (SUBR, SULC), Department of University Communica0ons (SUSLA), and Sports Informa0on (SUBR).

Please e-mail any ar0cles, photos, and announcements for the SU System Newsle6er by the last week of each month to: susystemnewsle1er@sus.edu

Upcoming Events

24 SUBR – Office of Sponsored Programs Electronic Proposal Prepara5on and Submission Workshops, through February 24 James B. Moore Hall 2nd Floor.

Morning and a!ernoon sessions are available.

Pre-registra0on is required. To register, contact OSP at 771-3890, ext. 208.

SUNO- Lake Campus 43 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Sula (of Zion Trinity) Women ’s Health and Wellness Forum and Breast Cancer Survivors.

Annual SUSLA “Friendly” Black History Debate 11 a.m.

Jesse Stone Science Lecture Hall SU Theatre presents, “The Drum” 7:30 p.m Hayden Hall Theatre, through February 27 25 SUNO- Closing Ceremony Speaker: Samuel Collins: Historic Stringfellow Orchards Property, Texas, “Another Day Another Dollar” 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Lake Campus 43 Black College Reunion 2010: Culture Fest Noon – 5 p.m.

SUBR Soccer Field AKA Black History Movie Showcase 7 p.m.

Smith-Brown Memorial Union 26 SU Board of Supervisors Mee5ng 9 a.m.

Board Mee5ng Room March 2 Vision kickoff mee5ng/ workshop U+ R Community Design Research Center Workshop 6 p.m.

Scotlandville Branch Library 6 Southern University Alumni Federa5on Founders Day Gala, “A Celebra5on of Living Legends” 7:30 p.m.

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9 Founders’ Day Prayer Breakfast 7:30 a.m.

Smith-Brown Memorial Lab School Founders’ Day Gravesite Ceremony 9 a.m.

Clark Gravesite Founders’ Day Convoca5on 10:30 a.m.

F.G. Clark Ac5vity Center U+ R Community Design Research Center Workshop Community policing 6 p.m.

Scotlandville Branch Library 11 SU Agricultural Research and Extension Center 67th Annual State Livestock and Poultry Show, through March 13.

Maurice A. Edmond Livestock Show Arena 30 U+ R Community Design Research Center Workshop Community policing 6 p.m.

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